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NAPLES - This southern port city was plunged into chaos Tuesday after a freak snowstorm, which followed a similar rare event in Rome.

 Naples was hit by a heavy snowfall Monday night, causing severely disrupted transport services and the closure of schools. Departing and arriving flights at Capodichino airport have been cancelled, buses are out of action because of “security reasons due to adverse weather conditions,”, and some metro lines have been closed. These disruptions have also reduced services between Naples and Rome. 

27 Feb 2018
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ROME - The Community of Sant’Egidio, has issued an appeal to Italians, requesting new volunteers and asking them to donate blankets, woollen hats and sleeping bags. They announced that “in these hours we will not leave the homeless alone: everyone can help.”

27 Feb 2018
Daisy Raichura

  FLORENCE- The question still remains, is the car pass gifted to Mrs Renzi which allows her to move and park anywhere in the area of Florence, a right or a privilege?

  Matteo Renzi himself has taken to Facebook to pronounce the vilification he and his wife have faced as “fake news” and hinted at the possibility of lawsuits.

27 Feb 2018
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ROME – The families of three Italians kidnapped in Mexico have appealed to the Italian government on Monday to apply pressure to local authorities to find their relatives who are said to have been “sold,” according to Il Fatto Quotidiano.   

 Four Mexican police officers have been arrested following the sale of three Italian nationals in the country, though, as yet, those arrested have provided no further information on the whereabouts of the men.

26 Feb 2018
Tim Wade

ROME – Matteo Renzi ruled out any possibility of an alliance between the Democratic Party (PD) and the Five Star Movement (M5S), stating that “we would never form a government with extremists,” in a forum at La Stampa newspaper.

 Pressed to explain why he consider M5S extremists, Renzi responded by pondering “are they inside or outside Europe? Are they in favour of mandatory vaccines or not? The reality is… that the positions taken by M5S are profoundly far from what Italy had always known.”

26 Feb 2018
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ROME - Vittorio Brumotti and a team of journalists were attacked in Via Costante Girardengo in the Zen quarter of Palermo Sunday afternoon. Brumotti had been investigating drug dealing within the city and how it is managed. This particular neighbourhood profits greatly from drug dealing and consequently Brumotti's presence was not welcomed. 

26 Feb 2018
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ROME – Italy’s extraordinarily expensive hosting of the Ryder Cup in 2022 is under serious scrutiny, following the accusation that the chosen location for the event, Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, was never stipulated by the European Ryder Cup panel, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 Italy’s bid was announced as the winner in Dec 2015 and will cost an estimated 160 million euros, the majority of which will be funded from public sources. That includes 96 million euro guarantee that was passed by the Senate in 2017.

26 Feb 2018
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ROME – Italy’s miserable run in the Six Nations continued as they suffered another defeat in the competition against a lacklustre France at the Orange Velodrome in Marseille, the game ending 34-17.

 The French team’s preparations had been disrupted by events in Scotland after the last round of fixtures two weeks ago.

26 Feb 2018
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 ROME -- Snow blanketed the Eternal City and its suburbs as far as Ostia Monday for the first time in several years with many streets and piazzas in the centre all but deserted as schools were closed and residents stayed at home.
 
26 Feb 2018

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