All news on the topic: Italy

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A Ryanair plane caught fire, forcing nearly 200 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides
The Ryanair plane - flight FR8826 - caught fire as it was about to leave Brindisi Airport in Italy and the inflatable slide was deployed to help the passengers evacuate following the emergency
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Cinema in mafia boss’s Sicilian hometown refuses to screen film about his life
Venue owner says Sicilian Letters, about the Cosa Nostra leader Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘doesn’t interest me’
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The safes on tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht, Bayesian, may contain data related to intelligence services
Divers searching British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht off Sicily have found safes holding potentially sensitive intelligence data, sources have claimed.
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Italy’s PM leads tributes following the death of ‘football icon’ and World Cup hero Salvatore Schillaci
Italy’s Prime Minster has led tributes to Salvatore Schillaci after the ‘football icon’ and World Cup hero died at the age of 59.
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Italian police seize £40,000,000 worth of fake retro consoles
Over £40 million worth of counterfeit retro consoles have been seized by police in Italy, featuring games like Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros.
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Starmer to explore Albania migration deal after meeting Italian PM and appointing new border security chief
The deal Giorgia Meloni has struck with Albania will see Tirana accept asylum seekers on Italy’s behalf while their claims are processed.
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Italian antimafia priest attacked in Rome
Don Antonio Coluccia was leading anti-crime march when he was reportedly assaulted with planks, bottles and sticks
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Bayesian yacht passengers’ cause of death revealed as more details of horror sinking come to light
US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian superyacht sank in a sudden, violent storm off Sicily on August 19
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Two more crew members from Mike Lynch yacht under investigation
Italian prosecutors said to be investigating engineer and sailor as well as captain over sinking in which seven died
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Bayesian yacht captain ’under investigation for manslaughter’ following sinking tragedy
Italian prosecutors will investigate the Bayesian’s captain after the superyacht sank in Sicily last week killing seven people.
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Italian authorities reveal initial findings in Bayesian manslaughter investigation following tragic sinking, citing ’mistakes’ made
Italian prosecutors release initial findings in manslaughter investigation into the Bayesian disaster, following claims that the luxury yacht was "unsinkable."
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Manslaughter charges under consideration as final body is recovered from Sicily yacht
Coastguard confirms body of Hannah Lynch, 18, found after four-day search, bringing number of dead to seven
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French customs officers thwart €1.3m sale of fake Leonardo da Vinci painting
Spanish police make arrest after being notified that export licence had expired and work was found to be a copy
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Montenegrin ’Pirate of the Unknown’ arraigned in the US for cocaine trafficking
A Montenegrin dubbed the ‘Pirate of the Unknown’ is set to be arraigned Monday in U.S. federal court for allegedly trafficking several tons of Latin American cocaine all over the world onboard container vessels.
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Tamberi reveals he lost wedding ring in Seine during Olympic ceremony
The Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi has apologised to his wife on social media after his wedding ring was lost in the River Seine during Friday’s opening ceremony.
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Reuters: Amazon under second investigation in Milan for tax evasion
An Italian unit of Amazon, is being investigated by Milan prosecutors for suspected tax evasion, two sources said on Friday, but the inquiry was not linked to a multi-million euro seizure from another of the group’s Italian units this week.
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Italian journalist ordered to pay €5,000 in damages for Giorgia Meloni height insult
Giulia Cortese convicted of defamation over two tweets that judge in Milan said amounted to ‘body shaming’
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Female tourist criticized after ’simulating sex’ with cherished statue in Florence
The tourist has been slammed for being "disrespectful" after she was seen climbing up to Giambologna’s Bacchus in the Borgo San Jacopo area of Florence in Italy
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Chameleon complex: Europe’s far right is mimicking the fight for stability and justice — and it’s working
Last week in France, the far-right National Rally won the first round of parliamentary elections, taking 33% of the vote.
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At least 10 people have died, and dozens are missing following two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean
Rescuers near Italy report 10 bodies found on wooden boat and 50 missing in a separate incident off Calabria
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Italy-led operation dismantles crime ring spanning Europe
In a sweeping operation on Wednesday, authorities arrested 17 Turkish nationals—14 in Italy and three across other European countries—cracking down on a criminal organization linked to murders, migrant smuggling, drug trafficking, and counterfeit cigarette smuggling across Europe.
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Italian authorities bust VAT fraud ring
Italian authorities have put 11 suspects under house arrest as part of a crackdown on a VAT fraud ring that has deprived the budget of the European Union as well as national budgets of more than 25 million euros (US$27.17 million).
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Briton with cancer residing in Italy struggles to access entitled care post-Brexit
Briton with cancer living in Italy unable to get care he is entitled to after Brexit
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Mussolini’s WW2 underground bunker, featuring 13ft thick concrete and gas-tight doors, sheltered family beneath villa
Three bunkers were built underneath the 19th century villa - the last was never finished
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Former Italian foreign minister convicted for involvement in Monte Carlo apartment sale
A former Italian foreign minister has been convicted and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for his role in the sale of an apartment in Monte Carlo inherited by his right-wing party.