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Italy's Beppe Grillo joins Nigel Farage's 'peoples' army'

 

Beppe Grillo's 17 MEPs are to march in Nigel Farage's "people's army" to bring down the EU

12 Jun 2014

Italian man who had sex change demands right to remain married to wife

 

Italian man who had a sex change says he and his wife want to remain married, takes case to the Constitutional Court

12 Jun 2014

Italian lawsuit launched after erectile dysfunction injections go wrong

 

Italian man sues specialists who gave him an erectile dysfunction drug that left him with painful erections lasting for 36 hours

11 Jun 2014

Hitler used to sell beer in Italy

 

Video Italian supermarket labels its beer bottles with infamous dictators such as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin

11 Jun 2014

Porn star gives up sex for World Cup

 

Video Italy's king of porn, Rocco Siffredi, makes vow of chastity to show his support for his national team in the 2014 Fifa World Cup

11 Jun 2014

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How should tourists behave? Rules for Britain’s visitors

As the Italians tell Russian tourists how to behave abroad - no skimpy bikinis or drinking red wine with fish - we imagine the rules that could apply to visitors in Britain

11 Jun 2014

Italian hotel owner issues etiquette guide for 'uncouth' Russian tourists

Italians tell rich Russians how to avoid being boorish and rude when they descend on Tuscany's smart resorts for the summer

10 Jun 2014

Italians tell Russians how to behave

Video Italians tell rich Russians how to avoid being boorish and rude when they descend on Tuscany's smart resorts for the summer

10 Jun 2014

George Clooney 'to marry British fiancée in Venice'

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin seen scouting for discreet wedding locations in Venice, according to reports

10 Jun 2014

Italian rescue boat capsizes

At least three migrants are killed during a rescue operation when their overloaded rubber dinghy capsizes off the coast of Sicily

09 Jun 2014

Brazil furious over Christ statue in Italian football colours

Video Days before England play Italy in their first match at the World Cup, the Italians are in hot water in Brazil for a television commercial in which Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue is dressed in a giant Italian football shirt

09 Jun 2014

Mafia boss 'lost count of killings'

Camorra mafia boss turned informer Antonio Iovine tells Italian court he cannot remember all the murders he has committed during his criminal career

08 Jun 2014

Removal of Costa Concordia 'could pollute sea' around island of Giglio

Local officials and environmentalists have been angered by a report from Costa Cruises warning of potential release of oil and chemicals

08 Jun 2014

Corrupt Venetians were able to eat the evidence

Businessmen allegedly listed the politicians they were bribes on pieces of edible paper

07 Jun 2014

Rem Koolhaas: Our cities are the brainchildren of Reagan and Thatcher

Architecture The curator of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, tells Jonathan Glancey why the uniformity of modern cities drives him up the wall

06 Jun 2014

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Secret wardrobe that held Benito Mussolini's body put up for online auction

The cupboard used to conceal the Italian dictator's remains in a monastery for 11 years is for sale, with a starting price of £4,000

06 Jun 2014

Watch: the singing nun's winning performance

Video Sister Cristina Scuccia is awarded a record deal with Universal after winning Italy's singing talent show, The Voice

06 Jun 2014

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Suor Cristina, Italy's singing nun, wins The Voice

Suor Cristina recited 'Our Father' prayer after winning television singing contest with Alicia Keys's "No One" and earning Universal Music contract

06 Jun 2014

I want to work for Gucci, says 'black widow’ who paid for heir’s murder

Socialite who got her nickname for ordering the murder of her Gucci dynasty husband is soon to be released from prison and dreams of a job with the fashion house

05 Jun 2014

Singing nun headed for victory in Italy's The Voice

Millions of Italians expected to tune in to see if popular talent show is won by a singing nun whose performances have become an Internet sensation

05 Jun 2014

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Mayor of Venice arrested on lagoon barrier project corruption charges

Giorgio Orsoni, Venice's mayor, and 35 others arrested or placed under investigation for allegedly siphoning off millions from ambitious “Moses” flood prevention project

04 Jun 2014

Lady Carla Powell describes 'nightmare' robbery at her Italian villa: 'They said they would kill me'

Lady Carla Powell, wife of Margaret Thatcher’s adviser, tells how gang forced her to open safe at gunpoint

03 Jun 2014

$200 for a life jacket: refugees speak of class system on African boats bound for Europe

Each trip nets up to €1m for people smugglers who cram poorer refugees into their vessels' holds without food or water for the perilous voyage to Italy

03 Jun 2014

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Lady Powell pistol-whipped by thieves at villa in Italy

Carla Powell, the wife of Margaret Thatcher's close adviser Lord Powell, is injured after being robbed at gunpoint by masked men at Italian villa

03 Jun 2014

Hiker has close encounter with bear on mountain pass

A hiker in the mountains outside Verona in northern Italy gets the fright of his life when a full grown bear comes hurtling towards him on a mountain path

02 Jun 2014

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