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Spectacular start to Venice carnival season

Floating, illuminated structures and breathtaking light displays over the famed waterways of Venice marked the opening of the lagoon city’s annual

24/01/2016

Italy

Venice carnival opens in burst of light

Venice carnival season has opened in a burst of light, with floating illuminations and light displays marking the start of the annual event

24/01/2016

Italy

Night of surprises in Venice as debut film from Venezuela grabs Golden Lion

An unknown first-time director has won one of world cinema’s most prestigious prizes, Venice’s Golden Lion. Lorenzo Vigas, for his film “From Afar”

12/09/2015

Italy

French director Bertrand Tavernier awarded Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

French director Bertrand Tavernier was awarded a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday (September 8). Receiving

09/09/2015

Italy

Everest thriller opens Venice Film Festival

The first red carpet of the Venice Film Festival was filled with the stars of the mountainous thriller Everest, along with members of the event’s

03/09/2015

Cinema

Stars and gondolas, Venice Film Festivals opens on top of the world

Everest opens the 72nd Venice Film Festival. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley, it is based on the 1996 climbers' disaster on the world's highest peak.

02/09/2015

Italy

Venice film festival 2015

The world’s oldest surviving film festival is getting underway in Venice – the 72nd edition of what’s locally called La Mostra brings with it 11

02/09/2015

Italy

Venice crowd protests against Matteo Salvini's Liga Nord party

Left-wing protesters in the Italian city of Mestre, near Venice, chanted “we are all anti fascists” and used rubber dinghies for protection during a

25/05/2015

Italy

Venice carnival to end with stylish and spectacular paegent

Nearly three weeks of fun, frolicking and festivities will come to and end tonight as Venice says arrivederci to another year’s Carnival. From

17/02/2015

Italy

Carnival of Venice underway in Italy

One of the world’s oldest festivals, the Carnival of Venice, has begun. Thousands of tourists have crowded the city’s canals, bridges and squares to

01/02/2015

Musica

New Year's Concert at La Fenice: a spectacular showcase

The New Year’s Concert at La Fenice theatre in Venice is a spectacular, prestigious international event that proves the power music has to bring

08/01/2015

Italy

New gondola safety rules come into force in Venice after fatal accident

New rules on gondola safety come into force in Venice after a German tourist died in an accident last year.

11/12/2014

Italy

Arrivederci Roma: Venice to vote in week-long independence referendum

17/03/2014

Italy

Venice tourists get shock by 100 euro bill at outdoor Café

20/08/2013

Musica

When Verdi went to Venice

17/01/2013

Musica

Bonus interview: Sir John Eliot Gardiner

17/01/2013

Musica

Bonus interview: Michèle Roche, Laurent Martin and Alexandre Dratwicki

20/05/2010

Musica

Venice, more Romantic than ever

19/05/2010