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Video of rainfall turns bridge into waterfall in Southern Italy

Flooding turns a bridge into a stunning waterfall in Southern Italy as it battles with heavy rain

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Mega hailstorm hits Rome causing transport chaos

After warm summer-like days in September and during the first half of October, an unprecedented hailstorm hit Rome Sunday evening

Cult

Rome Film Festival: Cate Blanchett shines

Cate Blanchett was in Rome for the 13th edition of the Film Festival and presented the Italian premiere of the 'House with a Clock in Its Walls'

Italy

Rome: Baths of Caracalla open to public

The demand for guided tours at the 1,800 historic site, has been so great that the site is once again open for night tours

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Rome: Bees used as pollution monitors

The tiny insects collect pollen from thousands of plants daily, in quite a tight radius and then their honey and wax are tested for various toxins. The project's been set up by Italian beekeepers and the carabinieri to understand the air pollution

Italy

Rome residents paint potholes to alert cyclists and shame authorities

Residents in Rome have been covering the city's infamous potholes with spray paint in response to an appeal from a woman whose daughter died in an accident reportedly linked to the 'terrible' condition of Rome's roads.

Italy

Elderly group occupy leisure centre in Rome to protest its closure

The group of retired Italians occupied a leisure centre in northern Rome after the municipality declared it unfit for use.

Business Planet

Supporting women's entrepreneurship in Europe

In partnership with The European Commission

Women make up 52% of Europe's population but they account for just 30% of startup entrepreneurs. Euronews went to Italy to find out why.

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Public bus explodes in Rome, no casualties

Moments of fear in Rome on Tuesday when a public-transport bus burst in flames in Rome's central Via del Tritone.

Sport

Liverpool request meeting with Italian police ahead of Champions League semi-final clash with Roma

Liverpool Football Club has requested a meeting with Italian police ahead of its Champions League semi-final second leg with Roma.

Italy

Pope Francis leads solemn Good Friday service in Rome

Pope Francis has led Roman Catholic devotees in a Good Friday service which was held under tight security in the city's ancient Colosseum.

Musica

Violin virtuoso Kyung Wha Chung debuts with Sir Antonio Pappano

The 'unstoppable maestro' Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Brahms' challenging and emotional violin concerto in Rome, featuring the legendary South Korean violinist Kyung Wha Chung.

Italy

Italian elections: More than 70 counts of violence in month leading to

Here’s a list of the main episodes of violence that have taken place during the electoral campaign ahead of the March 4 elections.

Italy

Giant sinkhole opens in Rome, swallowing seven cars

The cavity appeared on a construction site in the Italian capital.

Italy

Violence breaks out as Erdogan meets Pope Francis in Rome

The pro-Kurdish group, which objects to Turkey's treatment of Kurds in Turkey and Syria, held a sit-in outside the Castel Sant'Angelo, not far from where Erdogan was meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican.

Italy

Food wastage amounts to 143 billion euros per year in the EU

An Italian family monitors the amount of food it wastes and finds it amounts to between 30 and 50 euros per week. The family is taking part in a project aimed at reducing the amount of discarded food.

Italy

Italy and France urge Europe to increase efforts to ease migrant crisi

French President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni have called on European states to do more to help resolve the migrant crisis

USA

Disgraced former archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law, has died

Law became a central figure in the worst crisis to hit the Roman Catholic Church in America - the alleged cover-up by church officials of sexual abuse of children by priests.

Italy

Italy likely to hold national elections on March 4.

National elections in Italy look likely to be held on March 4th. The date is not yet official but Italian media say the country's president, Sergio Mattarella, is likely to dissolve parliament at the end of this month.

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Street artist turns tree stumps into work of art

After the council's chainsaws, Andrea Gandini moves in with his chisel.