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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

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Rome counts on its rich history for 2024 Olympic bid
Rome presented its plans for its 2024 Olympics bid on Wednesday. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP

Rome counts on its rich history for 2024 Olympic bid

But will the Italian capital be able to keep within its budget? 
    Fury as Italian leaders stall on gay unions
    The Italian Senate suspended a debate on civil unions on Wednesday. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP

    Fury as Italian leaders stall on gay unions

    The decision has caused a backlash from the LGBT community. 
      Study
      Young Italian workers are among worst paid in Europe
      Italy: no country for entry-level workers. Photo: Kailash Gyawali/Flickr

      Young Italian workers are among worst paid in Europe

      Italian graduates are paid one third of Swiss graduates. 
      Five reasons why the world is worried about the state of Italy
      Italy's bank and corporate stocks have had a volatile start to the year. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP

      Five reasons why the world is worried about the state of Italy

      Will Italy be the next Greece? 
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        Italy's late coffee king buried inside iconic Moka pot
        Coffee king Renato Bialetti was buried inside a coffeepot on Monday. Photo: Screengrab/LaStampa

        Italy's late coffee king buried inside iconic Moka pot

        The Bialetti family thought the unusual urn was an appropriate choice. 
        Australia sends victims to Rome for child abuse hearing
        Cardinal George Pell is due to give evidence from Rome via video-link later this month. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP

        Australia sends victims to Rome for child abuse hearing

        If Cardinal George Pell is too sick to travel to Australia to give evidence in a child abuse inquiry, then the victims will come to Rome, campaigners say.  
          Salieri-Mozart cantata sheds new light on their fervid rivalry
          Czech musician Lukas Vendl plays after the recently discovered music notes composed by the Austrian and Italian composers. Photo: Mikel Cizek/AFP

          Salieri-Mozart cantata sheds new light on their fervid rivalry

          Antonio Salieri allegedly tried to poison his Austrian counterpart. 
            Italy pits top sleuths against world's heritage looters
            The 60-strong task force of art detectives and restorers will work for Unesco. Photo: Fillipo Monteforte / AFP

            Italy pits top sleuths against world's heritage looters

            The Italian team of detectives and restorers will protect the world's best cultural treasures. 
            Refugee crisis
            Austria to step up border controls with Italy
            Migrants wait to cross the Slovenian-Austrian border in Gornja Radgona last September. Photo: Jure Makovec/AFP

            Austria to step up border controls with Italy

            Austria announced on Tuesday it would step up controls along its southern borders, edging closer to Eastern countries in their defiance of Germany's push for a European solution to the migrant crisis. 
              Murdered Italian student's family deny he was a spy
              Giulio Regeni was buried last Friday. His family has denied he was a spy. Diego Petrussi/AFP

              Murdered Italian student's family deny he was a spy

              Giulio Regeni allegedly worked for an London-based intelligence agency. 
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              How these star-crossed lovers met their Italian Romeos
              Holly and Gianluca on their wedding day in Capri.

              How these star-crossed lovers met their Italian Romeos

              And none of them met online... 
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              Tourist types you'll meet in Italy: which one are you?
              Photo: Luca Sartoni

              Tourist types you'll meet in Italy: which one are you?

              So are you the sort that "pushes" the Leaning Tower of Pisa? 
              Busted: five pernicious myths about dating an Italian
              Forget these stale old stereotypes about dating an Italian. Photo: Alex De Carvalho

              Busted: five pernicious myths about dating an Italian

              A lot has been written about what it's like to date an Italian - and most of it is nonsense. 
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              Ten fantastic holidays for Italy-loving foodies
              Photo: Danny Nicholson

              Ten fantastic holidays for Italy-loving foodies

              With our guide to Italian cookery holidays, you can plan a trip to Italy which will give you a real taste for the country. 
              5,000 migrant kids vanished in Italy: but where are they?
              Children disembark from a boat at the Brindisi harbor, southern Italy, in September 2014. Photo: DFF/AFP

              5,000 migrant kids vanished in Italy: but where are they?

              In an increasingly worrying element of the refugee crisis, at least 10,000 have disappeared in Europe. 
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              Why these idyllic Italian towns are saying no to tourists
              The town of Vernazza, one of the Cinque Terre. Photo: Daniel Stockman

              Why these idyllic Italian towns are saying no to tourists

              Want to visit the Cinque Terre? Then join the queue. 
              British student among those hurt in Naples gas explosion
              The explosion tore through a building in central Naples. Photo: Screengrab/Pupia Campania

              British student among those hurt in Naples gas explosion

              The students are lucky to be alive. 
              Mussolini's shrine town will get €5m fascism museum
              The museum will be located in the town where Mussolini was born. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

              Mussolini's shrine town will get €5m fascism museum

              Critics fear the proposed museum will become a hotspot for the neo-fascists who already flock to the town. 
              Growers despair as disease ravages Italy's olive groves
              Pantaleo Piccinno checks an olive tree partly infected by xylella fastidiosa at the Caprarica di Lecce estate. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

              Growers despair as disease ravages Italy's olive groves

              The disease is "an environmental disaster".  
              Italian gran scoops degree with top marks - aged 87
              An 87-year-old Italian grandmother graduated in Naples on Monday. Photo: Screengrab/La Stampa

              Italian gran scoops degree with top marks - aged 87

              The 87-year-old is proof that it's never too late to graduate. 
              From our other editions
              Long-lost Mozart score found in Prague
              Vasiliy Shkafer as Mozart and Fyodor Shalyapin as Salieri. Photo: Russian Private Opera, 1898

              Long-lost Mozart score found in Prague

              A long-lost collaborative effort between composers and putative rivals Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri has been found at a Czech museum, its spokeswoman said Friday. 
              Prison guard and Syrian escapee 'likely off to Syria'
              Prison guard Angelica Magdici posing with the suspected getaway car. Photo: Zurich cantonal police

              Prison guard and Syrian escapee 'likely off to Syria'

              A female Zurich prison guard and the Syrian inmate she helped escape from his cell have probably fled to Syria, according to the guard’s husband. 
              Berlin police seize man who refuses to give up Döner
              Photo: DPA

              Berlin police seize man who refuses to give up Döner

              Police in Berlin had to drag a man from a bus on Wednesday evening after he refused to stop eating a Döner which he’d brought on board. 
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              Six tips for surviving the Danish dating scene
              The Dane is a beautiful yet mysterious creature. Photo: Sigfrid Lundberg/Flickr

              Six tips for surviving the Danish dating scene

              Ahead of Valentine's Day, we've put together some tips for dating Danish women through extensive trial and error. OK, mainly error.  
              Spanish civil servant takes six years off work. No-one notices
              Photo: Vmiramontes/Flickr

              Spanish civil servant takes six years off work. No-one notices

              A civil servant continued to draw his salary for six years until he was rumbled. 
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              US taxes and FATCA: 'The time for hiding is over'
              Travel
              Why these idyllic Italian towns are saying no to tourists
              Italian gran scoops degree with top marks - aged 87
              Technology
              Ten essential free phone apps for a visit to Rome
              Lifestyle
              How these star-crossed lovers met their Italian Romeos
              National
              How this tiny Italian town opened its homes to refugees
              Features
              Tourist types you'll meet in Italy: which one are you?
              Features
              Busted: five pernicious myths about dating an Italian
              National
              Italian war prisoner's letter delivered after 72 years
              Pilgrims loot Rome homes 'to pay for Padre Pio trip'
              National
              Raffaele Sollecito creates a social network for the dead
              Seventy hurt by flying oranges in Italy's crazy fruit fight
              How Under the Tuscan Sun changed a small Italian town
              National
              Ten things to do in Italy in February
              Ten fantastic holidays for Italy-loving foodies
              5,000 migrant kids vanished in Italy: but where are they?
              National
              What you need to know about Italy's new smoking laws
              Politics
              Why Italy's scrapping to be let into Europe's big boys' club
              International
              US museum gives Italy back looted head of Greek statue
              National
              Why Italy has no choice but to pass gay civil unions bill
              National
              Rome's nude statues covered to spare Rouhani's blushes
              National
              Thousands march in Italy for gay rights
              National
              Meet Dante Alighieri's stargazing Italian descendant
              National
              Why are tourists turning away from Rome?
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