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Italian authorities urged not to kill bear who attacked man in woods

17 Aug 2014: Environmentalists angered by plan to capture bear who mauled a man foraging for mushrooms while it was nursing its cubs

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Who really killed Pier Paolo Pasolini?

24 Aug 2014: A biopic by Abel Ferrara at the Venice biennale will reconstruct the last hours of the Italian film director, who was murdered in 1975 3 comments
Italians divided over fate of Daniza the brown bear who attacked man

22 Aug 2014: Animal rights groups beg officials not to capture fugitive bear after attack that left cable car worker needing 50 stitches
The Appian Way review – an evocative history of Europe's first great road

22 Aug 2014: The classicist Robert Kaster is a knowledgable and engaging guide as he journeys along the queen of Roman roads, writes PD Smith 3 comments
France shrugging off recession threat but still beset by ailing industry

21 Aug 2014: Tough spending policies could be paying off, but factory layoffs will test re-election chances of President François Hollande
Angela Merkel scolds Italy and France over the faltering eurozone recovery

20 Aug 2014: German chancellor claims stifled growth is due to countries running high deficits and breaking fiscal rules set by Brussels 218 comments
Uefa investigate Italy FA president Carlo Tavecchio over alleged racism

20 Aug 2014: Uefa have launched an inquiry into comments made by the Italian football federation’s newly-elected president Carlo Tavecchio
For Pope Francis to talk about mortality and retirement is entirely in character

20 Aug 2014: Andrew Brown: As the pope contemplates his future, the big question is how much of the excellent work he has done will survive him 248 comments
Mausoleum of Augustus stands derelict on anniversary of emperor's death

19 Aug 2014: Events to commemorate death 2,000 years ago of arguably ancient Rome's greatest leader dismissed by critics as dismal 139 comments
Italian fighter jet crash causes woodland fires after mid-air collision

19 Aug 2014: No civilian casualties reported after Tornado jets crash near Ascoli, eastern Italy, after colliding during training mission
Licia Albanese obituary

18 Aug 2014: Opera singer celebrated for her acting who was a fixture at the Met in New York, singing Madam Butterfly more than 300 times 5 comments
Italian authorities urged not to kill bear who attacked man in woods

17 Aug 2014: Environmentalists angered by plan to capture bear who mauled a man foraging for mushrooms while it was nursing its cubs
Rome mayor hits back at Foreign Office warning over pickpockets

17 Aug 2014: Ignazio Marino says British advice to tourists about crime in Italian capital is misleading, and London is more dangerous
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Italian coalition government's tensions rise over immigration issues

15 Aug 2014: Angelino Alfano of New Centre-Right says Mare Nostrum humanitarian operation shouldn't be allowed to last two years
France calls on ECB to act as eurozone growth grinds to a halt

14 Aug 2014: France made it clear it blamed foot-dragging on the part of the European Central Bank for the failure of the eurozone's second biggest economy
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Eurozone growth grinds to a halt as German economy shrinks - as it happened

14 Aug 2014: Rolling coverage of the eurozone growth figures, as Germany suffers a shock contraction in the last quarter and France stagnates. 583 comments