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Mt Etna’s latest eruptions awe even those who study volcanos

ROME (AP) : Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts … More

Geophysics, Italy, Lava, Mount Etna, Volcano

Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte resigns

The country’s president will now start consultations with other party leaders, with Mr Conte staying on in a caretaker capacity. … More

Covid19, Giuseppe Conte, Italy, Prime Minister, Vote Of Confidence

At least 20 migrants drown after boat sinks off Tunisia

Coastguard rescues five people, as Tunisian official says 45 people were on the boat when it capsized. At least 20 … More

Italy, Lampedusa, Migrants, Refugees, Tunisia

The Greatest Show: Italy’s most spectacular nativity scenes

Faithful to its Catholic traditions, Christmas is very much a religious affair for many people in Italy. Nativity scenes are … More

Catholic, Christmas, Holiday, Italy, Travel

Nearly 2,000 years on, bodies of man, slave fleeing volcano found at Pompeii

Two men apparently escaped initial eruption of Mount Vesuvius, before dying from blast the next morning; remains found under 2 … More

Archaeology, Italy, Mount Vesuvius, Skeletal

Something old, something new: Gucci revives classics to regain edge

Gucci is revisiting 1960s handbags and other classics in its latest collection, mixing them with up-to-the-minute sneakers and logoed skateboards, … More

Gucci, Italy, luxury

Moroccan taxes and labor helps prop up Italian economy

Moroccans are currently the largest non-EU immigrant community in Italy, mainly living in the northern regions of Lombardy, Piedmont and … More

Entrepreneur, Foreign Workers, Immigrants, Italy, Moroccans

France-Italy floods: Graves unearthed by floodwaters in French cemeteries

Destruction amid deadly flooding across France and Italy’s Alpine regions has grown worse after fast-flowing waters were found to have … More

Alpes-Maritimes, Extreme weather, Flood, France, Italy, Saint-Martin-de-Vesubie, Tende

Pope: Christianity is not against profit, but against profit at any cost

“In exercising one’s responsibilities, it is necessary to know how to distinguish good from evil. In fact, even in the … More

Christianity, Covid19, Economy, Finance, Investment, Italy, Pandemic, Pope Francis, Profit

Two dead and 24 missing after floods in France and Italy

Record rain in mountainous region destroys bridges, blocks roads and cuts off communities Flooding from record rains in a mountainous … More

Extreme weather, floods, France, Italy, Natural disasters

Europe’s prettiest fairytale towns and villages

When it comes to towns and villages worthy of a Brothers Grimm story, nowhere does it quite like Europe. From … More

Alberobello, Bamberg, Castle Combe, Covid19, England, Germany, Italy, Norway, Photography, Reine, Setenil de las Bodegas, Slovenia, Spain, Tourism, Travel, Velika Planina

The Italian cheese that’s so valuable it’s stored in a bank

These high-tech vaults are home to the world’s best Parmesan. In Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region producers rent the ‘cheese bank’ to … More

Cheese, Commodity, Emilia-Romagna, high-tech vaults, Italy, Parmesan, skimmed milk

A European odyssey: A portrait of Europe during the pandemic

Two journalists travelled from the North Cape to Sicily to document a Europe divided by the coronavirus crisis. The main … More

Covid19, Culture, Denmark, France, Germany, Heritage, Italy, Life, Norway, odyssey, Pandemic, Sicily, Sweden, Switzerland

Milan amid coronavirus: Pandemic takes its toll on an Italian cultural metropolis

In March, images of the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy were shown around the world, a harbinger of things to … More

Covid19, Cultural Metropolis, Italy, Milan, Pandemic, Tourism

‘Nomadland’ wins top prize at Venice film festival

VENICE : Nomadland by director Chloe Zhao won top prize at the Venice film festival yesterday, the first woman to … More

Chloe Zhao, Golden Lion, Italy, Venice film festival

Tubby tourists force Venice gondoliers to slim down numbers

ROME : Venice is reducing the number of tourists its gondolas can carry, because so many are overweight they dangerously … More

Covid19, Gondola, Italy, Photography, Tourism, Travel, Venice

Tourists Can Travel To Italy Again In June

Tourists from outside the EU will be allowed to travel to Italy on June 3.

Coronavirus, Covid19, Economy & Law, Italy, LIFE, Tourism, Travel

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