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The Argentine pontiff's "motu proprio" reverses a 2014 bill. Photo: AFP
Pope Francis issued a decree on Saturday aimed at boosting transparency over Vatican finances, which have been under scrutiny since leaks of secret documents revealed serious irregularities that may have masked corruption.
Bank of Italy chief, Ignazio Visco. Toru Yamanaka/AFP
Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco said on Friday that public intervention in the country's banks was not to be ruled out amid growing fears the sector's €360 billion ($398 billion) in bad debt would trigger a potentially contagious banking crisis. 11 comments
The one-year-old child weighed as much as a three-month-old should. Photo: Joe Radele/AFP/Getty Images
Italy had the lowest birth rate in the EU in 2015. Photo: Joel Saget/AFP
Italy's birth rate has more halved since the ‘baby boom’ of the 1960s, with the number of births falling to 485,000 in 2015 – fewer than in any other years since the modern state was formed in 1861. 6 comments
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Moving abroad is a stressful process that involves many challenges, and one of them is finding the right school for expat children.
Lazio boss Marcelo Bielsa has walked out on the club after just 48 hours in charge. Photo: Bernard Landlais/AFP
Suleman, from Mali, has set up a yoghurt business in Rome. Photo: Patrick Browne
They say entrepreneurial spirit flourishes in the face of great adversity and Barikamà, an organic yoghurt business which employs six former asylum seekers in Rome, is the perfect example.
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Not all educations are created equal. Why does everyone in the hospitality industry fight for graduates of Swiss Education Group? The Local finds out.
Emanuele Filiberto in his new food truck. Photo: Prince of Venice Food Truck/Facebook
The grandson of Italy's last king has moved to California to sell pasta. Really. 17 comments
Models present creations by Fendi during a fashion show at the Trevi Fountain in Rome on Thursday. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP
Fendi, now part of French luxury giant LVMH, said it wanted to capture the romance of the nearly 300-year-old monument.
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It’s been a long night, and for those of us Brits who have made our lives elsewhere in Europe, it will be a long road ahead writes The Local's managing editor James Savage. 2 comments
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Over 46,700 migrants have arrived in Italy since the start of this year. Photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFP
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Journalists Gianluigi Nuzzi (L) and Emiliano Fittipaldi were acquitted on Thursday. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP
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PR expert Francesca Chaouqui and Spanish monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda turned on each other in the witness box. Photo: Umberto Pizzi/AFP
There's only one thing for it: head to the nearest beach. Photo: Paolo Macorig
UberEATS will soon arrive in Rome and Milan. Photo: Uber
The Italian passports were sold on the black market. Photo: Wikicommons/Wikimedia
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A German food watchdog on Monday pushed for the recall of Kinder chocolate bars, among other snacks.
Iceland's players celebrating their win over England. Photo: BERTRAND LANGLOIS/SCANPIX
The Icelandic national team has requested that the nationalist Danes' Party take down a clearly racist post.
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