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June 1, 2023, 11:58 AM

Italy displays antiquities looted from Italian territory and recovered from London dealer

Italy is displaying hundreds of antiquities that were looted from Italian territory and were recovered from a London dealer
June 1, 2023, 11:58 AM
Italy displays returned antiquities looted from London dealer
May 30, 2023, 6:40 PM

Mystery behind bright green water in Venice Canal solved, officials say

The waters' transformation to a fluorescent shade of green puzzled onlookers.
May 30, 2023, 6:40 PM
Mystery behind bright green water in Venice Canal solved, officials say
May 30, 2023, 6:39 PM

Mystery behind bright green water in Venice Canal solved, officials say

Environmental officials in Italy have solved the mystery of what turned the waterways in the historic Venice Canal a bright shade of green.
May 30, 2023, 6:39 PM
This is why water in the Venice Canal turned bright green, officials say
May 29, 2023, 4:16 PM

4 dead after tourist boat capsizes in storm on Italian lake

Italian firefighters say that they have recovered four bodies from a northern Italian lake after a tourist boat capsized in a sudden, violent storm
May 29, 2023, 4:16 PM
Four dead after tourist boat capsizes in storm on Italian lake
May 29, 2023, 2:06 PM

High school student in Italy wounds teacher with hunting knife, waves toy gun in class

Police in Italy say a high-school student wounded his teacher with a hunting knife and brandished what turned out to be a toy gun at classmates
May 29, 2023, 2:06 PM
High school student in Italy wounds teacher with hunting knife, waves toy gun
May 28, 2023, 3:02 PM

Venice police investigate bright green liquid in Grand Canal

Police in Venice are investigating the source of a phosphorescent green liquid patch that appeared Sunday in the city’s famed Grand Canal
May 28, 2023, 3:02 PM
Venice police investigate bright green liquid in Grand Canal
May 26, 2023, 12:31 PM

Bear who killed runner in Italy's Alps is spared death for now by court

An administrative court in Italy's Alpine region has for now spared the life of the bear who fatally attacked a runner last month
May 26, 2023, 12:31 PM
May 20, 2023, 1:13 AM

Man who rushed Vatican City gate sent for psychiatric care at nearby hospital

The man who drove through one of the gates to Vatican City has been taken to a nearby hospital for psychiatric care
May 20, 2023, 1:13 AM
May 19, 2023, 4:54 PM

Italy's deadly floods just latest example of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes

Climate experts say the floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy’s northeast this week are the result of extreme weather phenomena that are becoming increasingly frequent around the world
May 19, 2023, 4:54 PM
Italy's deadly floods just latest example of climate change's all-or-nothing extremes
May 19, 2023, 12:27 PM

Former Italian Premier Berlusconi leaves hospital after 45 days

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been released from a Milan hospital, a month and a half after he was admitted with a lung infection
May 19, 2023, 12:27 PM
May 19, 2023, 1:50 AM

Crews work to reach Italian towns isolated by floods as toll rises to 13 and cleanup begins

The communities were cut off from highways, electricity and cell phone service.
May 19, 2023, 1:50 AM
May 18, 2023, 1:18 AM

Exceptional rains in drought-struck northern Italy kill 8, cancel Formula One Grand Prix

Officials say eight people are now confirmed dead in northern Italy following floods from rain-swollen rivers
May 18, 2023, 1:18 AM
May 18, 2023, 1:18 AM

Exceptional rains in drought-struck northern Italy kill 8, cancel Formula One Grand Prix

Officials say eight people are now confirmed dead in northern Italy following floods from rain-swollen rivers
May 18, 2023, 1:18 AM
3 dead as heavy rains in northern Italy burst riverbanks, flood towns
May 17, 2023, 4:09 PM

At least 5 dead after heavy rain in Northern Italy burst riverbanks, flood towns

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May 17, 2023, 4:09 PM
At least 5 dead after heavy rain in Northern Italy burst riverbanks, flood towns
May 13, 2023, 10:03 AM

Italy’s government convenes talks amid skyrocketing pasta prices

Pasta Prices have risen to over twice the price the rate of Italy’s overall inflation
May 13, 2023, 10:03 AM
Italy’s government convenes talks amid skyrocketing pasta prices
May 12, 2023, 3:58 PM

Pasta prices hit by inflation spike in Italy

Italy called a crisis committee to address the soaring prices of pasta due to inflation, which are up on average 17.5% year over year.
May 12, 2023, 3:58 PM
Pasta prices hit by inflation spike in Italy
May 11, 2023, 7:08 PM

Van explodes in Milan, injuring 1 person

A fire initially broke out in the vehicle before it exploded, according to Reuters.
May 11, 2023, 7:08 PM
Van explodes in Milan, injuring 1 person
1 month ago

Van explodes in central Milan, causing fire

Police say the cause of the blast is not yet clear.
1 month ago
Van explodes in central Milan, causing fire
1 month ago

Severe flooding in Italy kills 2; drought persists

Heavy rains have caused flooding in Italy’s populous Emilia-Romagna region, leaving at least two people dead as riverbeds left dry by drought overflowed their banks after a day and a half of non-stop rain
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Italy returns ancient stele, illegally exported, to Turkey

Italy has returned to Turkish authorities a funerary stele dating from ancient Roman times because investigation determined that the artifact was illegally excavated from southeastern Turkey
1 month ago
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Suspected smuggler in deadly shipwreck sent back to Italy

Italian police say Austrian authorities have handed over one of the suspected smugglers of the boat which capsized in February off southern Italy in a tragedy that killed 92 migrants
1 month ago
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Pope allows women to vote at upcoming bishops' meeting

Pope Francis has decided to give women the right to vote at an upcoming meeting of bishops
1 month ago
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Italian police scoop up 2 tons of cocaine bobbing in sea

Italian police have scooped up two tons of cocaine that was wrapped in protective plastic and bobbing in the sea off eastern Sicily
2 months ago
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Berlusconi transferred from ICU to regular ward, family says

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has chronic leukemia.
2 months ago
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Italy's Meloni acknowledges 'anomalies' in Russian escape

A Russian businessman escaped from house arrest to avoid extradition to U.S.
2 months ago
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3 Alpine student guides killed in Italy avalanche

Rescue crews have recovered the bodies of three students training to be Alpine guides who were caught in an avalanche along Italy’s northwest border with France
2 months ago
3 Alpine student guides killed in Italy avalanche
2 months ago

Italy’s cabinet passes bill to fine monument vandals

Fines of up to 60,000 euros could be levied for anyone who damages monuments and other cultural sites.
2 months ago
Italy’s cabinet passes bill to fine monument vandals
2 months ago

Italy plans hefty fines for vandalism to monuments, cultural sites

Italy’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to fine vandals who damage monuments or other cultural sites up to 60,000 euros ($65,559).
2 months ago
Italy plans hefty fines for vandalism to monuments, cultural sites
2 months ago

Pope Francis skips Good Friday at Colosseum in chilly Rome

Pope Francis, hospitalized recently with bronchitis, has skipped the traditional Good Friday nighttime procession at the Colosseum because of chilly weather in Rome
2 months ago
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Berlusconi says he believes he'll recover 'once again'

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says he believes he will overcome a lung infection caused by chronic leukemia that has hospitalized him in intensive care
2 months ago
Berlusconi says he believes he'll recover 'once again'
2 months ago

Italy's Berlusconi has leukemia, lung infection, doctors say

Doctors for Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi say he is being treated in hospital for a lung infection that is a result of chronic leukemia
2 months ago
Berlusconi spends 1st night in hospital, said to be stable
2 months ago

Italian ex-leader Berlusconi hospitalized in ICU, but alert

Italy's foreign minister says former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is in intensive care and is being treated for a problem related to a previous infection
2 months ago
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Italy again tries to build a bridge to Sicily, seeks support

Italy’s infrastructure minister is seeking to rally international interest in Italy’s latest attempt to build a bridge linking Sicily to the Italian mainland
2 months ago
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Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns

Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules
2 months ago
Italy privacy watchdog blocks ChatGPT, citing data breach
2 months ago

Italy to punish 'synthetic' food purveyors, protect farmers

Italy’s government has endorsed legislation that would outlaw laboratory-grown food and allow stiff fines for those who make it or sell it
2 months ago
3 months ago

Italy retrial ordered for Americans in killing of officer

Italy’s highest court has ordered a retrial for two American citizens who were convicted in the slaying of an Italian carabiniere during a sting operation gone wrong
3 months ago
Italy retrial ordered for Americans in killing of officer
3 months ago

Italian court deliberates appeal of 2 US men in cop killing

Italy’s highest court has started deliberations in what should be the final appeal of two U.S. citizens convicted in the stabbing death of a police officer during a plainclothes operation in Rome
3 months ago
3 months ago

Italy rejects any blame for deadly migrant shipwreck

Italy’s interior minister has strongly rejected claims that government policies to discourage illegal migration played a role in a Feb. 26 shipwreck off the nation’s southern coast in which at least 72 people died
3 months ago
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2 Italian air force planes collide mid-air, killing pilots

Two Italian air force planes collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground, killing both pilots
3 months ago
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Athlete dead in shipwreck left Pakistan to help disabled son

The sister and a friend of a Pakistani national soccer team player who died in a migrant boat crash off Italy's coast says she took the voyage to find help for her disabled son
3 months ago
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Italy: Migrants paid 8,000 euros each for 'voyage of death'

Rescue teams have pulled more bodies from the sea, bringing the death toll from Italy’s latest migrant tragedy to 65
3 months ago
3 months ago

Italy migrant tragedy death toll over 60; dozens missing

The death toll has risen to at least 63 in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast after rescue crews recovered several more bodies
3 months ago
Death toll at 62 in Italy migrant tragedy; dozens missing
3 months ago

'They're all dead': Horror stories emerge from migrant smuggling boat crash

At least 62 migrants were killed and more than 81 were rescued Sunday when the wooden smuggling boat they were aboard crashed in southern Italy.
3 months ago
'They're all dead': Horror stories emerge from migrant smuggling boat crash
4 months ago

Prolonged low tides see smaller canals dry up in Venice

Some of the historic city's secondary canals have practically dried up.
4 months ago
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Italian mob suspect held in France after 16 years on the run

Interpol says police in southeastern France have arrested a convicted murderer linked to Italy’s most powerful organized crime group, the ’ndrangheta, who was on the run for 16 years
4 months ago
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Italy on alert amid anarchist attacks on diplomatic missions

Italy has increased security at its diplomatic missions around the globe in response to what the foreign minister called “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by an anarchist network acting in solidarity with an imprisoned Italian militant
4 months ago
4 months ago

Convicted hunger-striking anarchist in Italy wins transfer

After 15 weeks on a hunger strike to protest particularly harsh prison conditions, an Italian man convicted in attacks claimed by anarchists is being transferred to another prison in Italy for medical care
4 months ago
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Italian police arrest man whose ID helped fugitive mobster

His identity was allegedly used by a convicted Mafia boss.
4 months ago
5 months ago

Fugitive's arrest like a 'quake,' but Mafia very resilient

Italy arrested its most-wanted Mafia suspect this week.
5 months ago
Fugitive's arrest like a 'quake,' but Mafia very resilient
5 months ago

Italy's most-wanted Mafia boss nabbed after 30 years on run

Matteo Messina Denaro had been a fugitive for 30 years.
5 months ago
Italy arrests Mafia boss after 30 years on the run