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Skipper of speed boat results positive in toxicology test.
Italian authorities have opened an investigation into the death of a 45-year-old American tourist who was killed after the chartered motorboat she was travellin...
Wildfires in Sicily leave devastation in their path.
Mourners were forced to flee the wake of an elderly man, abandoning his coffin, after the sudden arrival of a wildfire in a residential area of Sicily's capital Paler...
Zaki had received a three-year sentence on Tuesday.
Egyptian human rights activist Patrick Zaki was pardoned by Egypt's president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Wednesday, a day after being handed a three-year jail term on accu...
Mayor of seaside town says swimming fully dressed is "unacceptable".A mayor in northern Italy has criticised the practice of "Muslim foreigners" bathing fully clothed on beaches as "unacceptable", claiming it creates "in...
Brian Molko branded Italian premier 'fascist' and 'racist' during concert near Turin.
The prosecutor's office in Turin has opened an investigation after Brian Molko, the frontman of British band Placebo, insulted Italy'...
Rome included in 'bollino rosso' heatwave warning.
The Italian health ministry has issued a red alert heatwave warning for eight major cities on Tuesday 11 July, as temperatures tip 40°C.
The cities included in the l...
Amerigo Vespucci sets off on world tour.
Italy's Amerigo Vespucci tall ship will set sail from the northern port of Genova on 1 July on a round-the-world tour to promote Italian food, wine, culture and design.
Durin...
Quake felt in Florence and across Tuscany.
In an incredible coincidence, the testing of a new earthquake alert message in Italy's Tuscany region on Wednesday was followed minutes later by a real earthquake.
Tuscan re...
Army general previously served as emergency covid chief.
The Italian cabinet on Tuesday named General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo as extraordinary commissioner tasked with overseeing the reconstruction of the northern Emi...
Italia Loves Romagna concert to be held on 24 June.
Italy will hold a benefit concert in aid of the northern Emilia-Romagna region, which was devastated by floods last month, on Saturday 24 June.
Titled 'Italia Loves...
Italy faces first heatwave of the year on Thursday.
The Italian health ministry has issued an 'orange alert' warning for 14 cities on Thursday 22 June, as the country's first heatwave of the year is set to see temperatu...
Move follows high-profile murder of Giulia Tramontana.
The Italian cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill containing a series of proposals designed to combat violence against women and to strengthen measures already in pl...
Rome marks national holiday with military parade.
Italy celebrates Festa della Repubblica, Italy's Republic Day, with a national public holiday on Friday 2 June 2023.
This year marks the 77th edition of the annual ev...
Italy celebrates Republic Day with military parade in Rome.
Italy marks Festa della Repubblica, a national public holiday in celebration of the Italian republic, with a series of major events in Rome on Friday 2 June....
Rome rehearses for Festa della Repubblica parade.
Italian authorities will carry out rehearsals on Monday night for the military parade in Rome to mark Festa della Repubblica on Friday 2 June.
The rehearsals for the...
Lamborghini cancels 60th birthday celebrations.
Lamborghini, the Italian luxury sports car company, has donated €1 million to a relief fund for the Emilia-Romagna region where floods have caused widespread devastation a...
Meloni unveils emergency relief package.
The Italian cabinet of premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday approved emergency funds of more than €2 billion for areas in the Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions devastated by floods....
Capaci bombing took place on this day 31 years ago.
Italy marks the 31st anniversary of the murder of the anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone who was assassinated by the Corleonesi mafia in a bombing in Sicily on 23 May 1...
Emilia-Romagna floods kill at least 14 people.
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday travelled home a day early from the G7 summit in Japan to visit the northern Emilia-Romagna region devastated by floods....
Formula One Grand Prix cancelled due to floods.
Ferrari has donated €1 million towards relief efforts in Italy's northern Emilia-Romagna region in the wake of the devastating floods that have caused the deaths of at lea...
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