News from italy

Italian police deny any abuse against migrants

December 2016 |
Italian police deny any abuse against migrants during their identification or reparation process. The European Union has imposed tougher requirements on fingerprinting to reduce onward movement and expulsion of migrants. The ill treatment claims...

More than 100 people drowned off the coast of Libya. 29 survivors taken to Lampedusa.

December 2016 |
More than 100 people drowned off the coast of Libya following a migrant shipwreck. The vessel overturned leaving only 29 survivors. Those who survived were taken to the island of Lampedusa by the Italian coast guard. Over 4,000 migrants have died...

Recent earthquakes will impact the tourism business

December 2016 |
The National Farmers Confederation Coldiretti says the series of recent earthquakes will impact the tourism business. They claim tourists spend 220,000 nights a year in the mountainous zone and the current earthquake devastation has turned off...

Earthquakes and aftershocks continue to affect central Italy

December 2016 |
Earthquakes and aftershocks continue to affect central Italy. A Norcia tremor destroyed all but the façade of the 14th century St. Benedict Cathedral. Norcia is famed for its monastery and for the birthplace of St. Benedict. Twenty people...

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi claims Italy’s 2017 budget is good news for the country

November 2016 |
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi claims Italy’s 2017 budget is good news for the country. Italy’s economy has been at a virtual standstill during the first six months of this year but, Renzi says the year will end with a 1 percent growth...

Pope Francis is offering his summer vacation palace as a tourist attraction

November 2016 |
Pope Francis is offering his summer vacation palace as a tourist attraction. Castel Gandolfo is just outside of Rome and his private apartment has been converted into a museum. The pontiff has visited the palace a couple of times since his election...

Cardinals are protesting a McDonald’s being opened in St. Peter’s Square

November 2016 |
Cardinals are protesting a McDonald’s being opened in St. Peter’s Square. The red-hatted “Princes of the Church” have complained that the new fast food restaurant is disrespectful of the architectural traditions of the...

Da Michele Pizzeria of Naples is bringing a taste of Italy to London

November 2016 |
Da Michele Pizzeria of Naples, known as the best pizzeria in the world, is bringing a taste of Italy to London. Opened in Naples in 1870, the pizzeria, where only margherita and marinara pizza are served, is opening a brand in the northwest section...

Fighting food waste in Milan

November 2016 |
A novel idea in fighting food waste is in the works in Milan where, on Saturday afternoons, market vendors bring their boxes of unsold fruit and vegetables to a local neighborhood where students take the leftover unsold food and distribute it to...
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