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The panther has not been found in spite of a two week hunt. Photo: Xcaret Panther/Flickr
Italian park held hostage by 'veggie' panther
Experts at the nature reserve of Torbiere del Sebino, Lombardy, are being led on a wild goose chase by a suspected escaped panther that they have been pursuing without success for two weeks.
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Mule testicles, anyone? Photo: Umbria Lovers/Flickr
Ten Italian dishes with truly disgusting names
What's in a name? From 'mule testicles' to 'priest-chokers', Italy is full of foods with confusingly off-putting names. Here The Local lists ten of the most revolting examples.
The alleged attacker has now been arrested. Police car photo: Shutterstock
Rape suspect arrested after bumping into victim
The protest will be the first to take place in Siena during the event. Photo: Fabio Muzzi
Historic Palio protest gets go ahead in Siena
Authorities in Siena have given the green light to the first ever anti-Palio protest to take place in the city during Italy's most famous horse race.
The scammers posed as Trenitalia officials at Termini station. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP
Thieves pose as rail officials to scam tourists
The letter was sent to the French embassy at Palazzo Farnese in Rome. Photo: Myrabella/Wikicommons
Letter bomb sent to French embassy in Rome
An investigation has been launched in Rome after an explosive package was sent to the French embassy.
Photo: Shutterstock
Italy stumped over tattoo on severed leg
Rome police were stumped on Wednesday after the discovery of a severed leg tattooed with the phrase "a good day to die."
Giuseppe Ammendola, boss of a clan within the Naples-based Camorra syndicate, was on holiday in Torvaianica, near Rome. Photo: Didi
Italy nabs fugitive mobster on beach
Rescuers are working to recover the bodies, which are on the Prè de Bar glacier in Val Ferret, Courmayeur. Photo: Justin
Two killed in Mont Blanc glider crash
A pilot and his passenger were killed on Wednesday after crashing on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.
The advert calls Parmigiano Reggiano "the PornHub Premium of cheeses." Photo: Screengrab/YouTube
Our cheese is not like porn: Italian makers
The Italian consortium of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese makers is seeking legal action against the American pornographic website, PornHub, after the cheese was featured in a new ad campaign for the adult entertainment giant.
Features
The unfinished polo stadium in Giarre, Sicily. Photo: Incompiuto Siciliano/Flickr
Five 'ghost' buildings that cost Italy dearly
Diego Angemi and Francesco Ceccarini. Photo: private
Italian couple tie the knot at Swedish Pride festival
Of the almost 6,000 minors who landed on Italy’s shores during the first six months of this year, more than 3,830 arrived alone. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP
What happens to Italy’s missing migrant kids?
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Athlete Gianmarco Tamberi and his half-beard. Photo: Screengrab/YouTube
Six dodgy fashion trends to emerge from Italy
The ill-fated hotel is much loved by local pigeons. Photo: agrigentonotizie.it
Ghost hotel 'celebrates' 61 years without guests
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Football
Italian international fullback Federico Balzaretti announced on Wednesday. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP
Roma's Balzaretti retires over groin injury
Migrant crisis
98,000 migrants have arrived in Italy since the start of the year. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP
Sixty missing in new migrant shipwreck
Five Star Movement leader Beppe Grillo said he will leave politics and return to comedy. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP
'I will leave politics and return to comedy': Grillo
The pensioner was stranded in the Lagorai mountain range for nine days and nights. Photo: IN3YSG/Wikicommons
Lost pensioner survives on herbs for nine days
Migrant crisis
A child stands on the beach after a boat carrying migrants arrived on a beach on the Greek island of Kos. Photo: Angelo Tzortzinis/AFP
Italian tourists help save migrants in Kos
Andrea Bocelli surprised a couple by singing at their wedding service. Photo: Aaron Davidson/Getty Images North America/AFP
Bocelli crashes wedding with Ave Maria rendition
Italy's Exor has boosted its stake in The Economist Group. Photo: PhiIippe Lopez/AFP
Italy's Exor boosts stake in The Economist Group
The storms marked the end of a long heatwave. Photo: Giorgio Galleoti
Two dead as storms batter Italy
Italy has arrested almost 900 migrant smugglers since January 2014. Photo: Mahmud Turkhi
Italy arrests almost 900 traffickers since Jan 2014
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The farmhouse where Ramos stayed. Photo: Josef Ruckhofer
Wallet lost during WWII returned to US soldier
A wallet lost 70 years ago by an American soldier in Austria during World War II was returned to its rightful owner thanks to a doctor who discovered the item in his late grandfather's farmhouse.
Photo: Alistair Paterson
Rich Swiss youth burns Ferrari in fraud attempt
A German court has put the son of a Swiss millionaire on probation after he set fire to his Ferrari so that he could get another luxury vehicle on his insurance.
No mere gun can harm a Wonderbra! Photos: DPA
Bra stops bullet in hunting mishap miracle
A woman in Mecklenberg-Western Pomerania survived being accidentally shot in a hunting accident, Gadebusch-Rehnaer Zeitung reported on Friday – because her bra somehow stopped the bullet.
A large police presence has been on the scene near Copenhagen Central Station since the early hours of Friday. Photo: Bax Lindhardt/Scanpix
Assault shuts down Copenhagen train traffic
An employee of rail company DSB was attacked and tied up in the early hours of Friday, causing traffic chaos and a large police operation.
Tourists behaving badly
Peter Dench documented Brits on holiday in Ibiza Photo: Peter Dench
Caught on camera: Brits behaving badly in Ibiza
A British photojournalist has captured his fellow countrymen at their worst as they enjoy the excesses that Ibiza has to offer. The Local talks to Peter Dench on the publication of his new book "British Abroad".
Suspects reportedly planned to dissolve the victim's body in acid. Photo: AFP
'Breaking Bad inspired killers of French student'
Four people who planned to dissolve a French woman's body in acid were inspired by hit US TV show Breaking Bad, a prosecutor revealed on Friday.
Two of the rioters at Lunner reception centre after being handcuffed by police. Photo: Torstein Boe / NTB scanpix
Norway to deport or jail rioting asylum children
Norway is threatening to imprison or even deport a group of teenaged asylum seekers after they mounted a rebellion at a reception centre 50km north of Oslo.
Ikea stabbings
Emergency services outside the Ikea store in Västerås on Monday. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
Two arrested after deadly double stabbing at Ikea
UPDATED: A man and a woman have died following a stabbing inside an Ikea store in Västerås, north west of Stockholm. Police have arrested two suspects.
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