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Italian climate activists sue government over inaction

 

Plaintiffs want court to order Mario Draghi’s government to adopt more ambitious climate policies

 

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‘I’m speechless’: Italy’s collaborator law questioned after release of mafia’s most notorious killer

 

Magistrates and jurists agree that without the now controversial law Giovanni Brusca wouldn’t have spent a day in prison

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
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Italy: the birth of the republic – archive, 1946

 

11 June 1946: Italians vote in an institutional referendum to replace the monarchy with a republic

 

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Italy investigates UN officer over death of diplomat in DR Congo

 

Prosecutors accuse suspect of failing to ensure protection of convoy that was attacked in February

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Wed 9 Jun 2021 16.14 BSTLast modified on Wed 9 Jun 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Giulio Regeni’s last messages before his death in Egypt counter spy claims

 

Facebook messages from the Italian student killed in Cairo in 2016 show his concerns about studying in the country

 

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Europe’s largest and oldest casino to reopen in Campione d’Italia

 

Venue established in 1917 as a base for first world war spying closed in 2018, decimating town’s economy

 

Wed 16 Jun 2021 14.44 BST
 
 
 
 
 
 
Campione d'Italia is Italy's territory ( subject to Italian laws) inside Switzerland
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Vatican urges Italy to stop proposed anti-homophobia law

 

Law calls into question church’s ‘freedom of organisation’ and threatens ‘freedom of thought’, letter claims

 

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Can pandemic recovery plan end Italy's years of stagnation?

 

MILAN (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic hit Italy especially hard, killing more than 127,000 people and sending the European Union's third-largest economy into a devastating tailspin. Yet out of that tragedy may come solutions for decades-old problems that have held back growth and productivity — and with them, a new sense of stability for the euro, the currency shared by 19 of the European Union's 27 members

 

June 23, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/10891574-pandemic-recovery-plan-italys-years-stagnation.html#.1272-stage-hero1-1

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Soccer Euro 2020: Italy undecided over taking knee at Wembley, but Alaba says Austria will

  • Italy criticised after five players made gesture against Wales
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  • Leonardo Bonucci said players would decide at hotel

 

 

 

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Italian region bans farm work during hottest hours after Malian worker dies

 

Camara Fantamadi died after picking tomatoes in scorching sun – critics question if ban will be respected

 

 
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Italian prisons under fire as video footage shows guards beating inmates

 

Italy’s justice minister orders an investigation after images from the 2020 incident are published

 

Thu 1 Jul 2021 14.31 BST
 
 
 
 
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Not good...Uncalled for...This needs fixin'
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Raffaella Carrà, Italian entertainment icon, dies aged 78

 

Star of music, TV and film who had UK Top 10 hit in 1978 with Do It, Do It Again had been suffering an undisclosed illness

 

Mon 5 Jul 2021 18.11 BST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A dancer, singer, actress...She used to be an icon in this country....For the last 50 years....A talented and intelligent lady...She even made a movie with Frank Sinatra.....RIP Raffaella...Thank you
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Italy to investigate Libyan coastguard’s ‘attempted shipwreck’ of migrant boat

 

Officials to be investigated after film appears to show patrol boat firing shots at a vessel carrying 64 people in the Mediterranean

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
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‘I spent the whole night celebrating’: Italy fans revel in Euro 2020 triumph

 

Fireworks, flags, tooting car horns and Brexit taunts greet shootout victory against England

 

 
Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Mon 12 Jul 2021 13.33 BST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Even here in Trento , which is a relatively small town of about 100,000...There was noise and confusion with  horns honking and people screaming savagely even in the my street until 03:00 am......
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‘No peace without justice’: families of Italy’s mafia victims wait for closure

 

Italy’s sluggish legal process under the spotlight as devastated relatives fight for cases to go to trial

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
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Italy bans cruise ships from Venice lagoon after Unesco threat

 

Vessels weighing more than 25,000 tonnes barred from lagoon from 1 August

 

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Wildfires raging across south-west Sardinia force evacuations – video

 

Firefighters are working to put out wildfires that have spread quickly across parts of south-western Sardinia, destroying 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 people to be evacuated from their homes. On Sunday the EU sent four firefighting planes........

 

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Success of far-right Brothers of Italy raises fears of fascist revival

 

Political party has overtaken Matteo Salvini’s far-right League as Italy’s biggest party in opinion polls

 

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Italy celebrates ‘most beautiful day’ after double Olympic gold

 

Tokyo Games wins in 100m and high jump in space of 11 minutes prompt outpouring of national pride

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Caltanissetta
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‘It is a bit annoying’: Italy’s Covid pass restrictions kick in

 

Green pass rule has prompted some protests but not on same scale as similar scheme in France

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Kim Willsher in Paris
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‘Italy’s fairytale’: men’s 4x100m gold continues summer of success

 

President among those hailing first-ever victory in relay event that takes country’s Olympic medal haul to 38

 

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Reputed mafia ‘godmother’ arrested at Rome airport

 

Prosecutors allege Maria Licciardi, 70, ran extortion rackets as head of Naples-based Camorra crime syndicate

 

Associated Press in Rome
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Zaki says will 'continue to fight until back in Bologna'

Letter to girlfriend published on 'Free Patrick' FB page

 

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Firefighters battle flames for 12 hours in worst night of southern Italy wildfires – video

 

Firefighters battled 300 different blazes across the southern regions of Italy, Calabria and Sicily in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday

Seven Canadair planes flew over the area, which has had 70% more wildfires than in the previous year, the majority breaking out in Sicily, Puglia, Calabria and Sardinia

 

 

Source: vigilidelfuoco.tv (It. Fire Dept)

Wed 11 Aug 2021 12.35 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/aug/11/firefighters-battle-flames-for-12-hours-in-worst-night-of-southern-italy-wildfires-video

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