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Council Elections: Shock PD losses in the Veneto
ROME - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s Democratic Party (PD) has lost crucial seats at Venice and Arezzo in council elections held Sunday, electoral officials say.
Police arrest two people over brutal machete attack
ROME – Two people have been detained after a violent machete attack on a train conductor in Milan. The victim suffered huge trauma to an arm, which required surgery lasting seven hours.
Arrest warrant for senator over nursing home fraud
ROME – Police have issued an arrest warrant for senator Antonio Azzollini on suspicion of being involved in the fraudulent bankruptcy of a series of nursing homes.
Police nab 60 Camorristi
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, around 60 alleged Camorra members were arrested during a police raid in Forcella, at the heart of Naples.
Lombardy governor refuses to accept more migrants
ROME – Lombardy governor Roberto Maroni, has told his region’s prefects to refuse to accept any further migrant relocation until the government provides a “fairer solution” to the current problem.
Italy celebrates Republic Day
ROME – The red, white and green of the Italian tricolore was omnipresent in Rome on Tuesday as the nation celebrated Republic Day.
Renzi’s PD win 5 of 7 regions in elections
ROME – Italy’s Democratic Party (PD), led by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi look set to claim five of seven regions in the aftermath of Sunday’s regional elections.
De Luca “unpresentable” in regional elections
ROME – Vincenzo de Luca, the Democratic Party’s (PD) nomination for the post of Governor of Campania has been named as one of 17 unpresentable candidates ahead of Sunday’s vote.
Salvini calls for Roma camps to be razed
ROME – During campaigning in the lead up to Italy’s regional elections on Sunday, Northern League leader Matteo Salvini has reiterated his calls for Roma camps to be razed.
Milan court bans use of UberPop app
Explaining Italy's inheritance system for English speakers
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Renzi ‘shocked’ by mafia match-fixing scandal
ROME – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi described himself as “very shocked” over the latest revelations of match-fixing in the third and fourth tiers of Italian football.
Man sentenced to five months over failed Berlusconi attack
ROME – A man has agreed a five month suspended sentence as part of a plea-bargain for an attempted attack on Silvio Berlusconi on Monday.
50 arrested in mafia match-fixing scandal
Nordic countries move to Milan
MILAN - Starting next Wednesday, thanks to BeNordic, Milan city centre will change into a corner of Northern Europe for a total of four days.
Economic growth 'means Italy officially out of recession'
ROME – The Italian economy has grown by 0.3 percent in the last quarter and as a result the country is officially out of recession, according to the National Institute for Statistics (ISTAT).
Pompeii introduces cap on visitors
ROME – The Italian Culture Ministry has revealed plans to limit the number of visitors who are allowed access to the historic site of Pompeii, local officials said.
Journalist assaulted in Formia
ROME - Local journalist Francesco Furlan has been attacked by a businessman who contested the content of one of his articles, according to H24Notizie, for which Furlan is a writer.
Italian teen gunned down waiting for bus
NUORO – 19-year-old Gianluca Monni was shot dead whilst he waited for a school bus.
Expo 2015: highlighting Italy’s problems?
MILAN- At the universal exposition’s opening ceremony on 1 May, Prime Minister Renzi stated that “Italy has awakened, we are ready for life.” While one does hope that hosting Expo 2015 will prove b
Tuscany Expo 2015: In the name of innovation and tradition
MILAN - The importance of the future, science, food and the development of the senses and cultural heritage is the message bring s