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Friday, April 18, 2014

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Sollecito returns to crime scene with new girlfriend

On Thursday Mr Sollecito was photographed walking arm-in-arm with his current girlfriend, Greta Menegaldo, in front of the now notorious house where Miss Kercher was brutally stabbed  
The Italian, along with Amanda Knox, had his conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007 overturned, only to be reversed again in January by a Florence court
18 Apr 2014

Venetians club together to save 'world's most haunted island'

Poveglia, a small, uninhabited island in the Venice lagoon  
Residents asked to donate 99 euros each to stop luxury developers getting their hands on the infamous island
17 Apr 2014

Italian singing nun back for encore

Sister Cristina Scuccia amazed judges on the show in March with her spirited rendition of the Alicia Keys hit “No One”  
Sister Cristina Scuccia returns for second appearance on The Voice with a rendition of Cyndi Lauper’s 1980s hit Girls Just Want to Have Fun
17 Apr 2014

New finds make Roman port 'bigger than Pompeii'

Often overlooked by visitors heading for Pompeii, Ostia is the second best-preserved ancient Roman town, with streets, houses and an amphitheatre on the banks of the Tiber River  
New discovery of walls and buildings shows Ostia Antica was 35 per cent larger than previously thought
17 Apr 2014

'World's most haunted island' up for auction

Poveglia, a small, uninhabited island in the Venice lagoon  
Dubbed one of the most haunted places in the world, Poveglia, which was sealed off after it was hit by the plague, is to be sold off to raise money for Italy
15 Apr 2014

Silvio Berlusconi ordered to do a year of community service for tax fraud

Former prime minister is required to work in centre for the elderly every week for one year
15 Apr 2014

Costa Concordia captain accused of mounting cover up

Schettino tried to persuade an official working in Costa Crociere's crisis room to report that the Costa Concordia cruise ship had experience a blackout before the impact
14 Apr 2014
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'iPriest' launches Arabic app for Catholic prayers to skirt Islamic bans

Tech-savvy priest says iBreviary in Arabic aimed at providing daily prayers for Christian congregations in Muslim countries where Catholic breviary is censored
14 Apr 2014

Pregnant Italian woman to keep twins after IVF 'mix-up'

Embryos were implanted in womb of wrong woman due to apparent confusion over surnames, in latest medical blunder to dog Italian medical profession
14 Apr 2014

Pope Francis poses for selfies at Palm Sunday

Pontiff delivers off-the-cuff speech and takes selfies at the start of Roman Catholic Holy Week leading up to Easter
13 Apr 2014
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Rome 'ages' 200 years as archaeologists discover new remains

The city of Rome is two centuries older than previously thought, archaeologists say, as they uncover new artefacts during an excavation of the Forum
13 Apr 2014
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Venetian separatists ask Rome to return their embassy

The Venetian independence movement wants to use Rome's iconic Palazzo Venezia as their embassy, following an unofficial 'referendum' in which a majority of voters backed separating from Italy
12 Apr 2014
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Silvio Berlusconi ally 'flees abroad' ahead of mafia verdict

Berlusconi’s closest and long-serving political henchman declared a fugitive having reportedly fled Italy days before a court rules on charges of colluding with the mafia
11 Apr 2014

Italian navy warns of 'biblical exodus’ in Mediterranean

Navy has had to step in simply to stop the thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who make the perilous journey from drowning
10 Apr 2014

Mussolini the musician’s violin to be sold

Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini's 300-year-old violin for sale for £150,000 at Bonhams
10 Apr 2014

Italian court recognises gay couple as married for first time

Campaigners say official recognition of the two men's New York marriage is the start of a "new chapter" for same-sex couples in a country which has previously shunned them
10 Apr 2014

Italy calls for EU help as it pulls 4000 migrants from sea in 48 hours

Interior minister Angelino Alfano says Europe cannot wash its hands of an 'increasingly glaring' crisis
09 Apr 2014

Berlusconi may face community service in care home

Disagraced former Italian PM faces hearing to decide whether he gets nine months of house arrest or social service duties for his tax fraud conviction
09 Apr 2014

Troubled Vatican Bank to remain open: Pope

Pontiff says bank will "continue to serve with prudence and provide specialised financial services to the Catholic Church worldwide"
07 Apr 2014
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Mafia fugitive 'The Professor' rearrested

Domenico Rancadoree, who evaded Italian authorities for 20 years, has been rearrested a month after winning a battle against extradition to his native Italy
05 Apr 2014

Steven Meisel cooks up controversy for Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia tackles the issue of domestic violence against women with a controversy-courting shoot by Steven Meisel
03 Apr 2014

Gauguin owner wants to sell painting worth as much as €30m

The 70-year-old former factory worker says he hopes Italian police will return the artwork he bought at auction in 1975 as he bought it in good faith
03 Apr 2014

Rome’s cracks show – but London is no better

Italy neglects its heritage, but London is diminished too by modern tower blocks, says Joan Bakewell
02 Apr 2014
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Gauguin work resurfaces in Italy after being stolen 43 years ago

Extraordinary discovery of 'Fruits on a Table' painting which hung on a factory worker's wall for decades before being found by Italy's art police
02 Apr 2014

Venice independence movement 'turns to terrorism'

Push for independence for Venice and surrounding region takes bizarre turn after Italian police arrest activists on charges of terrorism and making a home-made tank
02 Apr 2014
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