Italy News
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Milan -
A year after the last Covid-free catwalk shows in Milan, men's fashion week begins on Friday, but without the buzz of its traditional audience of buyers, bloggers, celebrities and media.
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Rome -
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital in Monaco after suffering heart problems, a spokesman and his doctor said Thursday.The 84-year-old media tycoon "is at the Cardiothoracic Hospital in Monaco for tests.
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Rome -
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was battling Thursday to keep his government afloat after a junior coalition partner pulled out, sparking a political crisis in the middle of a raging pandemic.
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Cinquefrondi -
Lucia urged her six-year old twins to move quickly but quietly as she bundled them into the car under cover of darkness.
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Rome -
Italy was plunged into political crisis Wednesday after former premier Matteo Renzi withdrew his party from the ruling coalition, risking the collapse of the government in the middle of a raging coronavirus pandemic.
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Rome -
For Nicola Gratteri, the lead prosecutor in Italy's largest anti-mafia trial in more than 30 years, the fight against the mob has always been a personal issue.
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Italy's largest mafia trial in more than 30 years opened Wednesday, as prosecutors seek to strike a blow against the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate, whose tentacles reach worldwide.
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Rome -
Italy was facing a fresh political crisis Wednesday after weeks of turmoil in the coalition government came to head in a row over how to spend billions of euros in EU coronavirus recovery funds.Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's cabinet approved the 222.
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Rome -
The 'Ndrangheta, rooted in the southern region of Calabria, has surpassed Sicily's more famous Cosa Nostra to become Italy's most powerful mafia group, which operates across the world.
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Rome -
Hundreds of suspected members of the 'Ndrangheta, Italy's most powerful mafia group, will face a judge this week as the country's biggest "maxi-trial" of the past three decades gets underway.
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Rome -
Patients had to be evacuated from a hospital in Naples on Friday after a huge section of the carpark collapsed, causing water and electricity to be cut off.
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Rome -
Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has more than enough on his plate as he deals with a raging coronavirus pandemic, but also faces the more immediate challenge of staying in office.
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Paris -
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who died earlier this week at the age of 98, was laid to rest on Saturday in a private ceremony at Paris's Montmartre Cemetery, his family told AFP.
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Rome -
With a ball made from rags and surging adrenaline, the young Jorge Bergoglio and his friends pulled off "miracles" playing football in the street, Pope Francis recalled on Saturday.
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Apo -
Egypt's public prosecutor Wednesday cleared five policemen of responsibility in the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni and said he will not pursue the case because the perpetrator is unknown.
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Paris -
French designer Pierre Cardin, who shook up the fashion world with his visionary creations but also turned his name into a money-spinning global brand, died Tuesday aged 98.
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Paris -
Pierre Cardin, who died Tuesday aged 98, was a man of many paradoxes -- a designer who sought flamboyant yet simple styles, an aesthete with a head for business, and a futurist now associated with retro.
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Rome -
A 2,000-year-old fast-food stall unearthed from the ash of Pompeii has given researchers new clues about the snacking habits of the ancient Romans.
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Rome -
The US student who admitted stabbing a policeman in Rome last year was shaking and crying inside a police station after learning the attack was fatal, his mother testified Thursday at his trial.
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Rome -
Eighteen fishermen including eight Sicilians who were held in Libya for more than three months have been freed, Italy's prime minister and foreign minister said Thursday after visiting Benghazi to secure their release.
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Turin -
Augusto Grilli's eyes still light up when he recalls receiving the little theatre and 12 puppets almost 75 years ago, a childhood gift that sparked a career and a lifelong passion.
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Rome -
Italy on Saturday became the European country with the highest pandemic toll, its new total of 64,036 deaths overtaking Britain, according to an AFP tally.
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Madrid -
An elegant Madrid institution known for exquisite souffle potatoes, Zalacain closed its doors last month, the latest top European restaurant to have its fate sealed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rome -
The first "Covid-tested" flight arrived in Rome from New York on Wednesday, an initiative designed to open up air routes between Europe and the United States blocked by the pandemic.
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Rome -
Rome's majestic umbrella pines are as much part of the landscape as the ruins and cobbled streets, but they are under threat from a tiny insect invader -- the pine tortoise scale.
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Turin -
In the kitchen of the Michelin-starred Del Cambio restaurant, chef Matteo Baronetto fusses over a boiling vat of paccheri -- fat pasta tubes to be immersed in a light tomato sauce.
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Rome -
Faced with a dysfunctional health system and the resignations of three local leaders in quick succession, Italy has turned to a charity more accustomed to warzones to help tackle coronavirus in its poorest region.
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Naples -
The southern Italian city of Naples was braced Friday for further coronavirus restrictions as hospitals risked becoming overwhelmed by new cases, with medics forced to treat patients in their cars.
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Rome -
A doctor in an open-air tent in Rome crouches and scrapes high into his patient's nostrils with a fine straw-like implement. He dabs a strip of paper and produces a result: "Negativo.
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Mazara Del Vallo -
Domenico Asaro recalls the day in 1996 when Libyan forces began firing on his Italian fishing boat "Osiride" (Osiris), triggering a four-hour chase during which a bullet grazed his skull.
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Patient presented with a "scorbutic tongue" due to what proved to be a vitamin C deficiency. CDC Image
A huge tornado affected the area near Bologna, Italy on May 4, 2013. YouTube
The grand architecture of Piazza della Liberta, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Charles Trenet - screenshot from LCI news report.
Santa Maria dell’Isola, Tropea, Calabria, Italy Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz
Courtesy of Flickr/καρλο [ AKA Gilyo]
Rescue mission underway on the shipwrecked Costa Concordia Il Fatto Quotidiano
Tartufo from Pizzo: Chocolate gelato with a core of vanilla gelato, and covered in chocolate and syrup. Anna Fox
Pomarici Palace (MUSMA's seat).
Entrance of the building.
Refugee in Italy Video screen capture
Generator Venice, luxury hostel on Giudecca Island, Venice, Italy - private room. Hostelbookers.com
Ippo the Zonkey, born of a Zebra father and Donkey mother in Florence, Italy. YouTube
The Costa Concordia accident: As many as 32 people died in the Jan. 13, 2012 sinking of the 114,500-ton cruise ship near the island of Giglio off the coast of Tuscany Il Fatto Quotidiano
The spread of the virus has disrupted high profile events including the Venice Carnival ANDREA PATTARO, AFP
Flight of the Angel at the opening of Carnival of Venice 2013 YouTube
MUSMA of Matera- first room (I Ipogeo)
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