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Business Planet

Pushing all the right buttons: the network empowering female entrepreneurship

In partnership with The European Commission

Business Planet heads to Italy to look at an online community that’s inspiring women to start, run and grow successful businesses.

Italy

Judge dismisses migrant case against Italy's Matteo Salvini

While the Catania case was dismissed, the leader of the right-wing League will face trial in the Sicilian capital of Palermo on kidnapping charges for failure to let a Spanish migrant rescue ship dock in 2019.

Vatican

Pope calls for incentives to boost Italy's ailing birth rate

The Supreme Pontiff called on the Italian government to create new opportunities for young people after the population shrank by more than 350,000 last year. But he's not the only religious leader making a case for increased fertility...

Italy

Italy's navy accuses Turkish boats of aggression in the Mediterranean

The Italian navy has accused Turkish fishing boats of throwing stones and smoke bombs at two Italian vessels north of Cyprus.

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Italy

Italian police seek 11 people over social media threats to President

Italian police are searching for eleven suspects who posted threatening messages towards President Sergio Mattarella on social media. The offence carries a punishment of between one and five years in prison.

Italy

Italian woman mistakenly given six doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

A 23-year-old woman in Tuscany remains under observation after she was mistakenly given an entire vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - equivalent to six doses.

Italy

More than 2,100 migrants arrive on Italian island at weekend

Italian media reported boats carrying hundreds of people arrived at the small island of Lampedusa, while an NGO warned hundreds more were in trouble in Maltese waters.

Italy

Heaven or sacrilege? Italy's pizza vending machine stirs controversy

Italy's national dish is now available via a vending machine in Rome but what's the verdict on the street?

Cinema

The Italian TV series that hopes to break down racial stereotypes

‘Zero’ hopes to break new ground in Italy, a country where racist language and imagery are not uncommon

Europe News

Italy set to spend €260bn to rescue battered economy after pandemic

Rome will receive €191.5bn in European funds as part of its plan, making it the largest recipient of EU money from the bloc's so-called Recovery and Resilience Facility.

Italy

Americans given life sentences for murder of police officer in Rome

Finnegan Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth were jailed for life for the 2019 murder of Italian police officer Mario Cerciello Rega.

Destinations

What to expect from the rewilding of Italy’s largest mountain range

Italy's Apennines region hopes to bolster its endangered bear population through the planting of nature corridors.

World News

Italy, Malta & Libya slow to react to deadly shipwreck, analysis finds

An analysis of logs and emails show that Italian, Maltese and Libyan authorities responded slowly, insufficiently, or not at all to migrants' pleas for help at sea in a deadly April shipwreck.

Sport

Italian doctor sentenced for manslaughter over death of Davide Astori

The Fiorentina captain was found dead in March 2018 after suffering an undetected heart defect.

Europe Decoded

Italy arrests two anti-vaxxers for Brescia vaccine centre arson attack

The two men allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at the facility last month, causing fire damage.

Sport

Inter Milan become Serie A champions ending a nine-year reign by Juve

It was Inter's first Scudetto since Jose Mourinho won the Serie A and Champions League 11 years ago.

Italy

Emperor Constantine's hand reunited with finger after 500 years

A missing finger from a giant statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine has been reunited with his hand after being missing for over 500 years.

Italy

Italian cruises set sail for the first time in four months

The flagship Costa Smeralda set off from the port of Savona after being landbound since December when the Italian government banned cruises due to the coronavirus crisis.

World News

Lockdown restrictions loosened in several European countries

A relaxation of some of the regulations surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have been introduced in several European countries.

Italy

Hundreds of migrants headed for Italy after being rescued at sea

SOS Mediterranee said some passengers told rescuers they were beaten by smugglers based in Libya and forced to embark despite high waves.

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