Powerful Medici family behind Italy’s ‘plague-free’ wine windows
Small “wine windows” were created in 16th-century Florence for landowners and wealthy families to pass...
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Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat
In September and October last year, the Planpincieux glacier also threatened a partial collapse, after...
Italian valley still in ‘red zone’ as Mont Blanc glacier threatens collapse
75 people have been evacuated from the valley below the glacier Andrea BERNARDI AFP An...
Forced evacuations as glacier the size of a football pitch threatens Italian valley
This image taken from a video shows an aerial view of part of the Planpincieux...
Italian valley evacuated as cathedral-sized glacier slips
A segment of the Planpincieux glacier is seen on the Italian side of the Mont...
Raphael’s face reconstructed to solve tomb mystery
This is how Raphael looked, although he wouldn’t have liked the accurate depiction of his...
Italy defence ministry seeks closer ties with Libya
Italian Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini (pictured March 2020) met in Tripoli with Fayez al-Sarraj, the...
New bridge in Genoa opens to traffic two years after deadly collapse
ANDREAS SOLARO AFP A gleaming new bridge in Genoa built after the deadly collapse of...
Victims ‘shining like stars’ as Italy inaugurates new Genoa bridge
A rainbow appears above the new San Giorgio bridge on its inauguration. The high-tech structure...
Ex Pope Benedict’s condition ‘not particularly worrying’: Vatican
The Vatican, responding to a German newspaper report that former Pope Benedict XVI was seriously...
Genoa’s new bridge puts spotlight on how Italy can manage recovery
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Genoa bridge as engineers perform static testing operations...
Details of the investigation that led police to stolen Banksy in Italy
The artwork was painted on the emergency door of the Bataclan music venue in Paris...
Venezuela supreme court approves extradition request to Italy for ex-oil czar
Former Venezuela’s Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez gestures as he speaks during an interview...
Knowledge a ‘treasure’ for Italy’s oldest student, who graduates at 96
At 96, Giuseppe Paterno has faced many tests in life – childhood poverty, war and,...
Italy’s Senate revokes Salvini’s immunity from second trial over migrant detention
Leader of Italy’s far-right League party Matteo Salvini addresses the upper house of parliament in...
SAIPEM posts €616m loss in first half of 2020
Stefano Cao CEO Saipem Italian energy firm, Saipem has released its first half year results...
Italian PM Conte wins backing to extend COVID-19 emergency period
Italy’s upper house of parliament approved on Tuesday a request by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte...
Italy’s Lombardy region denies allegations of fraud over COVID medical gear
FILE PHOTO: Italy’s Lombardy Governor Attilio Fontana puts on a protective mask as he announces...
Italy imposes quarantine on travellers from Romania, Bulgaria
Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Friday said he had signed a quarantine order for...
The uphill struggle on the terraces of Amalfi’s lemon growers
Lemon growing on the steep terraces of the Aceto family’s farm on Italy’s Amalfi coast...
Italian police arrest 15 Nigerians for cultism related matters
The Italian police force has arrested 15 Nigerians for their alleged involvement in cultism after...
Tubby tourists force Venice gondoliers to slim down numbers
The Venice gondoliers are back in business after Italy eased its virus lockdown, but can...
Police discover 130g of cocaine stuffed inside coffee beans in Italy
Police in Italy have discovered...
Italy suffered double mortality in worst month of pandemic, study shows
Father Don Antonio Lauri celebrating mass on the roof of San Gabriele dell’Addolorata church, April...
France, Germany, Italy threaten sanctions over arms for Libya
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to...
Vatican handbook on sex abuse cases urges reporting to authorities
The Vatican is advising bishops to report cases of sexual abuse of minors by priests...
Italy returns stolen Banksy tribute to 2015 Paris attacks to France on Bastille Day
An Italian carabiniere and a French policeman unveil an artwork by British street artist Banksy...
Malian jihadist on trial at ICC over Timbuktu destruction, crimes against humanity
Malian Muslim militant Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud arrives for his trial...
Pope ‘very pained’ by decision to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia museum into mosque
FILE PHOTO: Police officers walk in front of Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii, in...
Italy pushes to end stalemate over single broadband network – source
Italy has told state-controlled utility Enel to reach a deal with Telecom Italia by the...
