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July 19, 2015
Controversial Japanese airbags are at the centre of the Ferrari recall. Photo: Scanpix
Ferrari recalls cars over airbag installation
Italian luxury automaker Ferrari is recalling about 800 cars in North America after discovering it had improperly installed Takata airbags, the defective equipment at the center of a worldwide recall. READ
Overcrowded reception centres caused authorities in Sicily to turn away a rescue boat full of migrants (not the one pictured). Photo: DPA
Rescue boat turned away in Sicily
Italian authorities prevented a rescue boat with some 700 migrants aboard from landing in Sicily because there was no room for the people in reception centres, a humanitarian group said late Friday. READ
A group of migrants disembark in Italy. Photo: Marcelo Paternostro / AFP
Police hurt in Rome protest against migrants
UPDATED: Chairs and rocks were thrown at policemen as angry residents protested the arrival of 100 refugees in Casale San Nicola, a suburb in the outskirts of northern Rome, on Friday. READ
Rosario Crocetta suspended himself as president of Sicily for allegedly failing to challenge a pro-mafia comment made during a wiretapped phone call. Photo: Marcello Paternostro/AFP
Sicily’s anti-mafia leader quits over wiretap
Rosario Crocetta suspended himself from as president of Sicily for allegedly failing to challenge a pro-mafia comment made during a wiretapped phone call. READ
An elderly couple finds some shade in Italy. Photo: Tiziana Fabi / AFP
Heatwave kills 140 pensioners in Piedmont
Record temperatures in north-western Italy have left 140 pensioners dead in just the first ten days of July, according to data from the environmental agency, Arpa Piedmont. READ
An Italian was among those arrested on Wednesday night in Athens during violent anti-austerity protests over a new bailout deal. Photo: Louis Gouliamaki/AFP
Italian activist in prison over Greece protest
An Italian was among those arrested on Wednesday night in Athens during a violent anti-austerity protest over a new bailout deal. READ
A scooter blocked by rubbish in Napoli. Photo: Anna Monaco / AFP
Italy fined €20 million over Campania's rubbish
The European Court of Justice has hit Italy with a €20 million fine for failing to resolve waste management problems in the southern Campania region. READ
The damage wrought by protesters. Photo: Luca Zaia/Facebook
Treviso homeowners burn migrants' furniture
Angry homeowners in Treviso set fire to mattresses and flat-screen TVs from migrants’ homes after more than 100 were moved into their apartment buildings by the local authorities. READ
The annual financial statement, presented by the Pope's economy czar Cardinal George Pell. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP
Vatican funds boosted by newly declared assets
The Holy See's accounts remained in the red in 2014 but showed more than €1 billion in previously off-the-books assets, a statement said on Thursday, following a drive to clean up the Vatican's finances. READ
Animal rights activists have filed a complaint against Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch. Photo: Dieter Nagl
Artist sparks anger with dead animal show
Animal rights activists have filed a complaint against Austrian enfant terrible Hermann Nitsch over his current exhibition in Sicily featuring dead animals on crucifixes, a spokeswoman for the artist said on Thursday. READ
Features
Apericena or Aperitivo? Photo: Ardo Beltz
A beginner's guide to aperitivo in Italy
The Italians go crazy for them – and it's easy to see why. Here, The Local's Patrick Browne gives you the lowdown on one of Italy's most treasured rituals: the aperitivo. READ
Museum for the Memory of Ustica. Photo Ghedolo
Dark tourism: Italy's creepiest attractions
While Italy might be famed for its art, history and food - it is also home to some of the creepiest tourist attractions on Earth. READ
A street scene in Palermo. Photo: Monte Cruz photo
Most liveable cities: five neglected Italian gems
The prestigious culture magazine, Monocle, has published its most liveable cities list for 2015 - with not one Italian city among the top 40. So how did they get it so wrong? READ
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Italian comedian Andrea De Marco in his satirical video, 'Ndrangheta Today. Screengrab: YouTube
WATCH: Brilliant video lays bare mafia power
A scathing new video is winning plaudits for showing the global power of the Calabrian mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta - a group that makes more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined. READ
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Photo: Gualtiero
Six bizarre health tips Italian grans swear by
Italians have come up with some truly weird and wonderful remedies for common health complaints but do they help, or are they just a bunch of old wives' tales? READ
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Pascal Lamy, the former chief of the WTO, said Italy would benefit the most from the TTIP trade pact. Photo: Eric Piermont/AFP
Italy 'will benefit most' from EU-US trade pact
Italy stands to be the “biggest potential beneficiary” of a long-awaited trade agreement between the EU and US, Pascal Lamy, the former director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Thursday. READ
Georgiev in action for Rubin Kazan. Photo: soccer.ru
Footballer charged with defacing Colosseum
A Bulgarian international footballer has been charged with vandalism after carving his initials into Rome’s famous Colosseum with a coin. READ
Fishermen on the Adriatic coast. Photo: Johann Jaritz
Clam busters: EU snubs 'tiny' Italian shellfish
Fishermen on Italy's Adriatic coasts are fighting for their livelihoods as EU regulation is preventing them from fishing for clams. Why? Because their clams are too small. READ
The ill-fated hotel is much loved by local pigeons. Photo: agrigentonotizie.it
Ghost hotel 'celebrates' 61 years without guests
Work began on Italy's Grande Hotel San Calogero more than 60 years ago, but in spite of being renovated and inaugurated twice, the hotel has never entertained a single guest. READ
Silvio Berlusconi said the axing of his €8,000 a month parliamentary pension was the latest “insult” against him. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP
Berlusconi slams pension cut as 'an insult'
Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said the axing of his €8,000 a month parliamentary pension was the latest “insult” against him. So much so, because he gave the money to charity. READ
Italian ex-premier Prodi greets Vladimir Putin at a meeting in 2014. Photo: Ria Novosti/Alexei Nicolevski/AFP
US and Russia must unite on terrorism: Prodi
Italy's former prime minister Romano Prodi said on Thursday that the thorny issue of Ukraine is hampering progress towards wiping out terrorism. READ
A Eurasian Brown Bear. Photo: Rami Radwan
Trentino calls for cull of 'dangerous' bears
If you go down to the woods in Trentino, you might be in for a big surprise. The region is home to over 60 brown bears – so many that the regional authority is asking the government's permission to cull them. READ
Migrant crisis
A doctor carries a baby and holds the hand of a woman after migrants disembarked from the Italian Coast Guard patrol vessel Dattilo on July 11th in Palermo. Photo: Marcello Paternostro/AFP
2,700 migrants rescued off Italian coast
Around 2,700 migrants were rescued on Wednesday off the coast of Italy, as Europe struggles to deal with a swelling tide of arrivals from across the Mediterranean. READ
Tech-savvy Pope Francis now has over 22 million Twitter followers. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
Pope surpasses 22m Twitter followers
Pope Francis surpassed 22 million Twitter followers on Wednesday across his multiple accounts, joining the ranks of tech-savvy entertainers and world leaders who command tens of millions of eyeballs on social media. READ
The American student was in Perugia for the Umbria Jazz Festival when she fell from a third floor window. Photo: Chris Yunker
American student falls from window in Perugia
An American student is in a serious condition after falling out of a window in the Umbria city of Perugia. READ
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The gravestone of Gisbert Katzwendel. Photo: Private
Nazi symbols 'must be removed from graves'
A cemetery plot owner in Linz, Upper Austria, has been told to remove Nazi symbols from two tombstones after complaints from visitors. READ
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Teen falls ill after eating drug-laced meal in Zurich
A family night out turned into a drama when a teenager had to be hospitalized after getting high on a cannabis-laced vegetarian meal at Zurich’s Kaufleuten club. READ
Merkel attempts to comfort a crying Reem during their encounter. Photo: Norddeutsche Rundfunk/Screenshot
Palestinian girl defends Merkel against criticism
Angela Merkel's televised response to a 14-year-old Palestinian refugee brought the girl to tears on Wednesday and unleashed an internet storm against the Chancellor. But now the girl has defended Merkel. READ
The Danish Way
Photo: Colourbox
Danes have the right approach to discipline
Opinion columnist Jessica Alexander and her Danish husband had very different thoughts about how to raise their children but the American transplant eventually adopted 'The Danish Way' and thinks all parents should too. READ
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia at a state dinner on July 7th. Photo: Juan Carlos Rojas / AFP
Night drone mystery at Spanish royal palace
The privacy of Spain’s royal family is being invaded by unmanned aircraft which are using the cover of darkness to venture into airspace above King Felipe’s residence. READ
'Adieu France': Mum's parting rant goes viral
An acrimonious Facebook post by a French entrepreneur who claims she is being forced to move her family abroad because France "prevents success" has clearly struck a chord, picking tens of thousands of "Likes" and "Shares" as well as the attention of the media. READ
Hilde Krohn Huse hanging from a rope. Photo: Hilde Krohn Huse
Norway artist's naked tree stunt goes awry
A Norwegian contemporary artist has confessed to being left hanging naked in a tree for three and a half hours after an video art installation she filmed in a Norwegian forest went wrong. READ
Villa Sjötorp. Photo: Courtesy of Rädda Villa Sjötorp Facebook group
Huge Swedish house for sale for just one krona
A grand French Renaissance style house in Gävle, 160km north of Stockholm, is up for sale for one krona ($0.11). The catch? The buyer must renovate it and move in. READ
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