All news on the topic: Italy

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Supervolcano on brink of first eruption since 1538 sparking global winter fear
Although Campi Flegrei last erupted almost 500 years ago, a spate of recent earthquakes has left scientists concerned another catastrophe could be imminent
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Brit disappears after checking in for flight home from Rome but never turning up
The 62-year-old Welsh man booked two flights to the UK and was set to depart from Rome on the 15th of June, but has not been seen since
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Italy named top European destination Brits would travel to - just for the food
Millions of Brits plan their whole holiday around local cuisines - with Greece and Portugal also serving up popular delicacies
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Silvio Berlusconi dies aged 86 as tributes pour in for former Italian PM
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died in Milan this morning. The billionaire media mogul and leader of the populist Forza Italia party was readmitted to hospital last week
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Woman enjoys Italy day trip, paying just £52 for flights, wine, food and gifts
Katie, from Kildare, Ireland flew Ryanair to Pisa for five hours in the sun, before making it home in time for work the next morning
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RAF sends cadets to train in Italy amid shortage of British instructors
The deal to use 'international instructors' was agreed a fortnight ago in a desperate bid to tackle a backlog of student pilots, who are facing waits of up to a year for training slots
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Baby whose brain descended into nose saved by medics in world-first operation
Surgeons at the Regina Margherita Children's Hospital in Turin, northern Italy, saved a little baby who was born with nasal myelomeningocele and faced difficulty breathing
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Man kills pregnant partner before sending chilling text message to her phone
After killing his heavily pregnant girlfriend Giulia Tramontano, evil Alessandro Impagnatiello tried to pervert the course of justice by sending her texts in which he pretended he was worried for her
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Man 'kills pregnant partner before sending text to lover saying I'm a free man'
Giulia Tramontano, 29, was killed by her boyfriend Alessandro Impagnatiello, who tried to burn her body twice before hiding it in an abandoned green area near the home they shared in Senago, Milan
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Nan kills vicious dog after it attacks granddaughter and mauls her face off
The three-year-old girl had to undergo surgery after sustaining facial wounds when she was attacked by the fierce mutt - which had lived with her since it was a pup - at home in Como, in Italy's Lipomo province
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Secret agents killed on board a huge houseboat that capsized in Italian lake
Several tourists were said to be celebrating a birthday when a "whirlwind" tipped over the boat on Lake Maggiore, which is on the border between Italy and Switzerland
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Son lived with mum's corpse for six years in sick scheme to cash in her pension
Helga Maria Hengbarth was said to have died six years ago when she was 86, but her son told neighbours in Verona, Italy that she'd moved back to Germany - while her corpse remained in their property
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Inside the Italy mega storm that killed four and caused a houseboat to capsize
Nineteen of the 25 people on board a houseboat sailing over Italy's Lake Maggiore were rescued after many swam to shore, while others were picked out of the water by other boats, after a massive storm struck at around 7pm yesterday
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Boat full of Brit tourists capsizes on lake with four dead
Several English tourists were said to be celebrating a birthday when a "whirlwind" tipped the boat on Lake Maggiore, which is on the border between Italy and Switzerland
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Floods destroy 30 tonnes of belongings as locals warned 'don't touch your eyes'
Thousands of residents of the Emilia Romagna region whose houses were flooded last week have lost everything and had to throw away their belongings rendered unusable by a huge quantity of mud
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Tourist needs his penis amputated after having 'crazy' 24-hour sex marathon
The 50-year-old unnamed German man is in serious condition in a hospital in Grosseto, Italy, after having sex under the influence of drugs for an estimated 24 hours
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Distraught woman cries 'my home no longer exists' after devastating Italy floods
Mirella Berardinelli, 56, lost everything including her home, her shop and her pets in the devastating floods that hit north-eastern Italy last week and forced 36,000 people to leave their homes
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Climate activists dye famous Rome fountain black after floods kill at least 15
The famous Trevi Fountain was dyed black today by climate activists who said heavy floods in Emilia Romagna were just 'a warning' of the impact climate change is having on the world
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Elderly man drowns in own home while wife begs for help as Italy floods kill 15
Towns and cities in Emilia Romagna were hit by heavy flooding this week and thousands of people were left with no power, while others had to throw away their belongings that were destroyed by mud
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Italy tops list of holiday destinations for Brits - here's the 9 places it beat
Brits have shared their number one priorities for all aspects of going on holiday - from where to book, to what they will do first when they get there
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'Apocalyptic' floods kill five with thousands evacuated from raging waters
Residents have been told to move to the upper floors of their homes and avoid low-lying areas and riverbank, as more flooding is predicted in northeast Italy
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Wife dies after being in a coma for last 31 years from horror car crash
Miriam Visantin died last week at the age of 57 after spending three decades in a vegetative state after being in a horror car crash on Christmas Eve 1991 - with her husband Angelo Farina staying by her side ever since
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Fireball explosion from 'van' on busy road sets cars on fire as school evacuated
Several cars were on fire in Milan this morning, with huge flames coming from the vehicles and black smoke in the air. At least one person has been injured and a nearby school has been evacuated
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Beautiful Italian region caps tourist numbers and limits access to famous lake
Visitor numbers to Trentino-Alto Adige in Italy has been capped, Airbnb and hotel beds limited, and access to Alpe di Siusi and Lago di Braies restricted in a bid to stop over tourism
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Girl, 16, electrocuted to death in bath while on chatting to her friend on phone
On Tuesday evening Maria Antonietta Cutillo was charging her phone while also holding it in the bathtub of her parent's home in Montefalcione, southern Italy, when she was electrocuted to death