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Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail
Pope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmatesOriginally a...
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Meloni ‘turning Italian broadcaster into megaphone for far right’
Investigation urged into alleged bid to turn Rai into propaganda channel for ruling parties before electionsThe...
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Poverty is bigger issue for EU voters than migration, survey shows
Health, jobs, defence, security and climate crisis all seen as more important than immigration with June...
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Banquet room with preserved frescoes unearthed among Pompeii ruins
‘Black room’ with frescoes inspired by Trojan war described as one of most striking discoveries ever...
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Italy hydroelectric plant explosion kills at least three workers
A search is continuing for the missing after parts of the structure collapsed and led to...
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Get your goat: Italian island overrun by the animals offers to give them away
Mayor makes offer after number of goats on Alicudi reaches six times human populationThe mayor of...
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Project to save children from the mafia extended to Sicily and Naples
Scheme was founded in 2012 to prevent at-risk children being enticed by Italy’s most powerful mafia,...
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EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support
Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority voteThe...
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103-year-old Italian woman fined for driving with expired licence
Police were called to reports of dangerous driving in Bondeno, northern Italy, in the early hours...
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Olive oil becomes most wanted item for shoplifters in Spain
Gangs steal ‘liquid gold’ amid shortages and surging prices after extreme weather damages harvestsOlive oil has...
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Descendants of King William II’s killer want to donate triptych depicting death to UK museum
Latin-inscribed artwork tells story of Walter Tirel, whose son killed British monarchThe Italian descendants of King...
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Two Americans go back on trial in Rome over killing of Italian police officer
Highest court threw out previous convictions of Finnegan Lee Elder, 24, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 23A new...
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‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabe
Instrument was adapted, translated and corrected by Muslim and Jewish users in Spain, north Africa and...
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Italian warship forced to shoot down Houthi missile in Red Sea
Destroyer Caio Duilio, part of the EU shipping protection force, took out weapon when it came...
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Archaeologists find Pompeii fresco depicting Greek mythological siblings
Phrixus and Helle are depicted in vibrant colours with exquisite artistry in remarkable discoveryIn a remarkable...
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Paolo Taviani, acclaimed director of classic Italian films, dies aged 92
The film-maker, who won the Palme d’Or for 1977’s Padre Padrone, was a towering presence for...
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The Italian cricket-breeders putting a positive spin on insect-based food
Cianni brothers aim to change minds with Italy’s first company to produce flour from crickets for...
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Trial opens in Rome of four Egyptians accused over Giulio Regeni killing
Defendants are being tried in absentia over kidnapping and murder of Italian student in 2016Italy will...
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‘Dust is everywhere’: rare glimpse of how Michelangelo’s David is kept clean
Florence museum boss compares process to cleaning a bathroom as media are granted privileged accessMichelangelo’s David...
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Italian court jails people smuggler over shipwreck that killed at least 94 migrants
Gun Ufuk, 29, sentenced to 20 years in prison over deadly sinking that occurred metres from...
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Italian minister investigated over alleged art theft quits
Vittorio Sgarbi, who denies allegations over painting, cites separate antitrust investigation in resignationAn Italian art critic...
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Mafia boss who escaped prison using bedsheets recaptured in France
Marco Raduano broke out of high-security wing of a prison in Sardinia in February 2023A notorious...
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‘It’s unfathomable’: speed hump saboteurs join Italy’s pro-car vandals
First cameras were torn down by someone calling themselves Fleximan – now traffic calming measures are...
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Ethiopia hails return of its first plane, stolen by Mussolini in 1930s
Red two-seater named after Emperor Haile Selassie’s daughter abandoned in 1936 after Italy invaded countryAlmost nine...