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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1 month ago
Van explodes in central Milan, causing fire
Police say the cause of the blast is not yet clear.
1 month ago
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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
1 month ago
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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
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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
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2 months ago
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
2 months ago
Berlusconi transferred from ICU to regular ward, family says
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has chronic leukemia.
2 months ago
2 months ago
Italy's Meloni acknowledges 'anomalies' in Russian escape
A Russian businessman escaped from house arrest to avoid extradition to U.S.
2 months ago
2 months ago
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
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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
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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
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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
2 months ago
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
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
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
2 months ago
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
2 months ago
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
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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
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
3 months ago
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
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'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
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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
4 months ago
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
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