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Rome -
An ancient Roman sculpture stolen more than a decade ago has been recovered after two off-duty officers spotted it in an antiques shop in Brussels, Italian police said Tuesday.
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Washington -
Italy on Monday became the first country to send its foreign minister for talks in President Joe Biden's Washington as in-person diplomacy stopped by the Covid-19 pandemic gradually resumes.
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Rome -
Italy expelled two Russian officials on Wednesday after an Italian navy captain was caught red-handed by police selling secret documents to the Russians.
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Sousse -
Dozens of Tunisian activists protested in the port city of Sousse on Sunday to demand the return of nearly 300 containers of household waste illegally imported from Italy.
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Milan -
Italian energy giant Eni said Thursday it had filed a request with a Milan court to pay 14 million dollars (11.8 million euros) to settle an investigation into corruption in Congo-Brazzaville levied at the company and one of its managers.
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Rome -
A young Italian chef who has become a symbol of frustration with the never-ending coronavirus crisis said Thursday she wants Prime Minister Mario Draghi to listen to her "despair".
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Bergamo -
Images of army trucks transporting piled-up coffins out of the Italian town of Bergamo provided a shocking testament to the horrors of coronavirus and one year on, the memories are still raw.
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Schools, restaurants, shops and museums were ordered Friday to close across most of Italy from next week, after Prime Minister Mario Draghi warned of a "new wave" of coronavirus infections.
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Florence -
Dante's "Divine Comedy," considered one of the world's greatest literary works, came to light after a miscarriage of justice which Italian legal experts now want to correct -- some seven centuries on.
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Italy's Constitutional Court on Tuesday said the country urgently needs a law on the rights of children of same-sex couples, in a step campaigners said did not go far enough.
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Rome -
Italian police said Monday they had arrested a 36-year-old Algerian on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State group and helping the authors of the November 2015 Paris attacks.
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Rome -
Italian police said Monday they had arrested a 36-year-old Algerian on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State group and helping the authors of the November 2015 Paris attacks."The investigations have made it possible to ascertain...
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Sydney -
Australia's prime minister on Friday played down the impact of Italy's landmark decision to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses due to be delivered.
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Rome -
Italy said Thursday it has blocked a shipment to Australia of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine in the first such export ban under an EU vaccine monitoring scheme.
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Rome -
A newly renovated colossal mausoleum for the founder of the Roman empire Augustus has reopened to the public in the Italian capital after centuries of neglect.
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Rome -
Italy said Wednesday it has asked the United Nations to launch an investigation into the killing of its ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Milan -
Fashionistas will have to log on to soak up the glamour at Milan Fashion Week, which remains online a year after the coronavirus first swept into northern Italy.
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Apo -
Rwandan Hutu rebels on Tuesday denied accusations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and instead blamed the armies of the DRC and Rwanda, as grim details emerged about the attack.
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Rwandan Hutu rebels Tuesday denied allegations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and instead accused the armies of the DRC and Rwanda.
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Goma -
Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was among three people killed on Monday when a UN convoy came under attack in the troubled east, DRC sources and the Italian government said.
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Codogno -
Entering the gate of the Codogno cemetery, with its four massive pillars and "Resurrection" written in Latin overhead, the ravages of coronavirus are not immediately apparent.
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Rome -
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday secured final parliamentary approval for his government of national unity, allowing him to focus on his country's unprecedented health and economic crisis.
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Rome -
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was set Thursday to complete the process of ratifying his new government, allowing him to focus on his country's unprecedented health and economic crisis.
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Rome -
Prime Minister Mario Draghi pledged Wednesday to use "all means" to fight the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated Italy, and said it presented an opportunity for the country to rebuild as it did after World War II.
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Rome -
Mario Draghi, who as the head of the European Central Bank did "whatever it takes" to preserve the eurozone, now has a daunting mission to try to rescue Italy after formally accepting the post of prime minister on Friday.
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Rome -
Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi was expected Friday to be formally named Italy's new prime minister, to lead a national unity government and guide his country through the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Belgrade -
Alan Ford, a 1960s Italian comic strip following hapless secret agents as they battle a bizarre cast of villains, including one who steals from the poor and gives to the rich, was intended as satire.
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Rome -
Silvio Berlusconi made a rare public appearance in Rome's halls of power on Tuesday as the ageing billionaire ex-premier sought to put his stamp on Italy's nascent government.
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Rome -
In Italy, politicians left, right and centre are rallying behind Mario Draghi's attempt to form a national unity government -- but will an unusually broad coalition make his job harder?
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Rome -
Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi on Saturday wrapped up a first round of talks aimed at forming a new Italian government, hoping to drag the country out of its economic and Covid-19 crises.
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Italian parody of Van Damme's epic split video. YouTube
Panorama of St Peter's Square in Vatican City. François Malan
Tunisian refugee in Sicily. Video screen capture
The Nemo's Garden project is an experiment in the use of underwater environments to grow plants in a sustainable and ecological way. Ocean Reef Group
Generator Venice, luxury hostel on Giudecca Island, Venice, Italy - outside the door. Hostelbookers.com
President Barack Obama, joined by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, tour earthquake damage in L'Aquila, Italy Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy
Vendor making Italian sausages and souvlaki.
Palaces hanging from the cliffs in Tropea, Italy Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz
Avalanche in South Tyrol Italy YouTube
CASE: American Amanda Knox (left) is driven away from court in Perugia, Italy, during her murder trial in 2011. Knox was acquitted by an appeals court on Friday. Scott335 / Wikimedia
The medieval Ponte di San Francesco, Subiaco, Lazio, Italy Lalupa
Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii - Forum and Vesuvius. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection. William Henry Goodyear - Brooklyn Museum
Vineyards on the Italian-Slovene border
The spread of the virus has disrupted high profile events including the Venice Carnival ANDREA PATTARO, AFP
Giant statue of Pinocchio on the Collodi tour in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. sailko
A destroyed house in the village of Borgo Sant'Antonio near Visso, central Italy pictured on October 27, 2016 after the region was hit by twin earthquakes Tiziana Fabi, AFP
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