Italy

South America 08/19/20, 17:16

The lawyer for former right-wing paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso asked a federal court in the United States to force Justice Secretary William Barr to deport him immediately to Italy. Mancuso was released on March 11 on a drug trafficking conviction. According to AP News, the emergency request was filed Monday in ...

Europe 03/17/20, 03:33

Stubbornness and selfishness are not two traits Americans need to display, and one journalist from Italy explains why we need to change our behavior. Mattia Ferraresi is an Italian journalist who writes for Il Foglio, an Italian newspaper. He recently penned an op-ed for The Boston Globe, warning other countries not ...

News 03/10/20, 13:29

A group of Italian medical specialists recently sent a letter to the European community warning of the effects of the coronavirus on people who contract it, as well as on public health systems, revealing that in Italy 10 percent of those infected require intensive care but there is less and ...

News 03/10/20, 04:28

A western European nation has ordered the general public to stay off the streets unless they have prior approval to help contain a deadly Asian virus. Italy's government is banning unauthorized travel and outdoor gatherings across the country in response to the rapidly growing number of people infected by the Chinese ...

Europe 02/26/20, 16:26

About a thousand people, including guests and employees of the Spanish hotel H10 Costa Adeje Palace, were tested and prevented from leaving because an Italian couple and two of their friends tested positive for the coronavirus. "We regret to inform you that, for health reasons, the hotel has been closed. Until ...

Europe 06/28/19, 20:16

As Europe sizzles in the heat, with temperatures topping 104 degrees Fahrenheit, both humans and zoo animals find ways to stay cool. In the Italian capital city of Rome, residents and tourists are in search of shade. One English tourist, Catherine Labdon said she knew it was going to be hot but ...

Europe 05/30/19, 09:59

A top aide to Hungary's prime minister says he sees only a "slight possibility" that Viktor Orban's Fidesz Party will link up with Italy's Matteo Salvini in a coalition in the European Parliament.Gergely Gulyas, Orban's chief of staff, said Thursday that while they "naturally respect" Salvini and the Italian government, ...

Entertainment 05/29/19, 13:30

Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele has made a clear abortion rights message in his latest Cruise collection, as the debate over abortion heats up once again in the United States.The collection, shown to a VIP crowd Tuesday evening in Rome's Capitoline Museum, featured a purple jacket with the slogan "My ...

Europe 05/29/19, 11:09

The European Commission has sent the Italian government a letter asking it to clarify why the eurozone's third-largest economy has not made sufficient progress in reducing debt.A European Commission spokesperson confirmed that Wednesday's letter from EU Finance Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and EU Economic Commissioner Pierre Moscovici asks for a response ...

Europe 05/29/19, 03:04

The European Central Bank says that challenges to financial stability in the eurozone have risen amid risks to growth from trade tensions, and warns that indebted governments such as Italy could run into trouble if they don't heed rules limiting debt and deficits.The warning in an ECB report released Wednesday ...

Sports 05/28/19, 12:24

Giulio Ciccone of Italy won the toughest stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, while Richard Carapaz remained in the overall lead after another disappointing day for race favorite Primoz Roglic.Ciccone, who rides for Trek-Segafredo, edged out Czech cyclist Jan Hirt at the end of the grueling mountain leg. The ...

Europe 05/28/19, 05:46

Italy's victorious right-wing leader, Matteo Salvini, says the European elections have created "a new geography" of anti-elite sentiment in the EU. But it is far from certain that he will be able to forge a bloc from parties who are united around a strict euroskeptic, anti-migrant, anti-Islam platform, but little ...

Europe 05/27/19, 12:07

France's pro-EU president and the leader of Italy's euroskeptic, far-right movement jockeyed for the role of chief powerbroker on the continent Monday after elections to the European Parliament hollowed out the traditional political middle. The four days of balloting that drew to a close Sunday across the European Union's 28 countries ...

Europe 05/26/19, 01:35

As voters in all 28 European Union countries elect a new shared parliament , here are some key races to watch in the battle to fill the 751 seats in the European Parliament:ITALYItaly's anti-migrant, anti-Islam interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has been campaigning hard to boost his right-wing League party to ...

Sports 05/25/19, 10:53

Richard Carapaz of Ecuador won the grueling 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday to move into the overall lead.Carapaz, who rides for Movistar, attacked with just over 25 kilometers remaining of the 131-kilometer (81-mile) route from Saint-Vincent to Courmayeur in the Valle d'Aosta region near the French border.Simon ...

Sports 05/24/19, 06:58

The Italian bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo looked stronger than the Stockholm-Are project in an IOC analysis of the candidates published Friday.Polling by the International Olympic Committee, which typically looks to get a warm welcome from host nations, showed "83% support in Italy" ...

Entertainment 05/23/19, 10:14

The husband of a "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member has won a reprieve in his deportation battle.The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled in an order published Wednesday that Joe Giudice (joo-DEE'-chay) can stay in the U.S. as his appeal progresses.Giudice and his wife, Teresa, ...

Europe 05/23/19, 06:12

Environmentalists concerned with plastic levels coming from the sea

Europe 05/23/19, 02:46

While Germany systematically wiped out traces of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime after World War II, the legacy of his Axis ally, Benito Mussolini, remains present in Italy even today.Many monuments and symbols glorifying Mussolini's two-decade rule were removed following the war, but a surprising number remain in plain view in ...

Europe 05/23/19, 02:36

Honor to Mussolini" read the banner unfurled steps away from the Milan piazza where the Fascist dictator's body was hung upside down in 1945 by partisans after his summary execution. That this was the eve of the 74th anniversary of Italy's liberation from Nazi-fascism was not lost on the leader ...