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Whether you're moving to Rome for the first time or are looking for a new neighbourhood to live in, here are five of the best 'quartieri' for foreign nationals. , ...ادامه مطلب

Some foreigners in Italy need to pay an annual fee to register with the health service - one that's set to rise to €2,000 this year for many. But how do you pay the fee in practice? , ...ادامه مطلب

From typical budgets to preferred locations and property types, Silvia Marchetti looks at how the profile of the average foreign buyer looking for a slice of Italian life has changed over the years. , ...ادامه مطلب

Far-right protesters salute as they face off with police in Macerata. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Italy's President Sergio Mattarella waed on Friday against the "grave risks of extreme nationalism" as the country was gripped by high racial tensions ahead of next month's elections. The president was speaking on the eve of Remembrance Day, which commemorates gruesome massacres carried out between 1943 and 1945 on Italy's north-easte border. "Remembrance day marks an agonising chapter for our country [...] a tragedy caused by a calculated initiative to purge on an ethnic and nationalist basis," he said. "The massacres, violence and suffering endured [...] cannot be forgotten, minimized or suppressed." READ ALSO: Far-right demonstrators clash with police at banned protest in Macerata Between 1943 and 1945, Yugoslav troops massacred thousands of Italians, throwing their victims dead or alive into 'foibes', deep stone cavities, typical of the border region with Slovenia and Croatia. This political and ethnic cleansing known as the "Foibe massacres" is commemorated every year on February 10th. These events "make us aware of the grave risks of extreme nationalism, ethn, ...ادامه مطلب

Italy players after Sweden knocked them out of the World Cup play-offs. Photo: Miguel Medina/AFPOutgoing Italian football federation (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio said on Wednesday he did not expect a new coach to be appointed before next June. Italy have been without a coach since Giampiero Ventura was sacked after the four-time champions failed to qualify for the World Cup finals last November. Tavecchio was forced to resign as FIGC chief but will remain in charge until his successor is elected later this month. "I'm in charge until January 29th, and I don't think that by that date there will be the new national team coach," the 74-year-old said on the sidelines of the presentation of the new 2017-2018 Panini Collection in Milan. "I won't be the one that chooses the new coach. I can also tell you that the best coaches are under contract until June. It's difficult for the new coach to be appointed before then." Among the names being touted are Zenit Saint-Petersburg's Roberto Mancini, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte and former Baye Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti. Under-21 coach Luigi Di Biagio will oversee Italy's friendlies against England and Argentina while the country awaits , ...ادامه مطلب

Back at your desk after the Christmas break and wondering where the national holidays fall in 2018? The bad news is that two this year are lost to the weekend – starting with the Epiphany on Saturday. But with a little planning, you can elongate a weekend or holiday in between those that fall towards the beginning or end of the week. Here's the full list of Italy's public holidays in 2017: January 6th - Epiphany (Saturday) April 2nd - Easter (Monday) April 25th - Liberation Day (Wednesday) May 1st - Labour Day (Tuesday) June 2nd - Republic Day (Saturday) August 15th - Assumption of Mary/Ferragosto (Wednesday) November 1st - All Saints’ Day (Thursday) December 8th - Immaculate Conception (Saturday) December 25th - Christmas Day (Tuesday) December 26th - Saint Stephen’s Day (Wednesday) Regional holidays Venice: April 25th (Wednesday), Feast of St Mark Sardinia: April 28th (Saturday), Sardinia Day Rome: June 29th (Friday), Feast of St Peter and St Paul Palermo: July 15th (Sunday), Feast of St Rosalia Naples: September 19th (Wednesday), Feast of St Gennaro Bologna: October 4th (Thursday), Feast of St Petronius Trieste: November 3rd (Saturday), Feast of St Giusto Bari: December 6th (Thu, ...ادامه مطلب

After 120 years, Juventus Football Club -- also known as The Old Lady of Turin -- has finally opened its doors to an elite women's team, which is shaking up the world of women's football in Italy. Since September, Rita Guarino's Juventus women have swept aside their rivals with eight wins from eight league games so far, including the last two champions Brescia and Fiorentina. Now Juve look poised to follow the success of their dominant men's team in Serie A.Italian national women's team coach Milena Bertolini sees the arrival of the new team as a sign that things are changing in a sport that is seen as one of the last men's strongholds in Italy."The arrival of Juventus has given a strong impetus to the whole movement," Bertolini told AFP as the national side are also poised to succeed where their men failed and qualify for their first World Cup since 1999. READ ALSO: A nation mous: The saddest reactions to Italy's World Cup flop "We have spoken more about women's football in the last six months since the arrival of Juventus than in the last ten years."Juventus -- winners of a record 33 men's league titles, including the last six, 12 Italian Cups and tw, ...ادامه مطلب

A group of migrants awaits rescue off the Libyan coast. Photo: Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP Amnesty Inteational on Tuesday accused European govements of "complicity" in the detention under horrific conditions of migrants in Libya, especially through their assistance to the Libyan coastguard implicated in people trafficking. "European govements are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of tens of thousands of refugees and migrants detained by Libyan immigration authorities in appalling conditions in Libya," the rights group said in a report.It accused European govements of "actively supporting a sophisticated system of abuse and exploitation of refugees and migrants by the Libyan coastguard, detention authorities and smugglers in order to prevent people from crossing the Mediterranean"."Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants trapped in Libya are at the mercy of Libyan authorities, militias, armed groups and smugglers often working seamlessly together for financial gain," said John Dalhuisen, Amnesty's Europe director."European govements have not just been fully aware of these abuses; by actively supporting the Libyan authorities in stopping sea cros, ...ادامه مطلب

Voting in Rome. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP Italy's populist Five Star movement (M5S) on Thursday called for inteational observers to monitor next year's elections, claiming irregularities during Sicily's regional polls. Luigi Di Maio, the party's candidate for prime minister, sent a letter making the request to several officials at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE often sends observers to monitor elections, including in the recent French, German and Austrian votes. In the letter, Di Maio, 31, pointed to alleged irregularities during the November 5th election in Sicily. "Cases of vote-buying and fraud were observed," , ...ادامه مطلب

Over the weekend, hide-and-seek enthusiasts from across the globe descended on a tiny Italian town to battle it out in the quest to be crowned inteational champions of the sport. For the second time in its eight-year history, the touament was held in Consonno, a small Italian town which has lain uninhabited for years, since a landslide put an end to an eccentric count's plan to transform it in, ...ادامه مطلب

Participants hiding during last year's touament. Photo: Nascondino World ChampionshipThe most exciting sporting event of the year you've probably never heard of will take place in northe Italy this weekend: it's time for the annual Inteational Hide and Seek Championship. Between September 8th and 10th, the tiny town of Consonno will be taken over by hide-and-seek teams from around the world,, ...ادامه مطلب

France's biggest shipyard is about to be temporarily nationalised at a cost of €80 million. France will temporarily nationalise its biggest shipyard after failing to agree with its prospective Italian owner on a deal to share control of the site, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire announced Thursday. , ...ادامه مطلب

England's Under  21s are hoping to follow in the success of their Under 20 counterparts and reach a major footfall final for only the third time ever.  Andy Boothroyd's team face arch sport nemesis Germany in their semi final in Tychy, Poland, this evening for a place in the touament's final. Ital, ...ادامه مطلب

Joe Hart is set to join Torino on loan. Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFPEngland goalkeeper Joe Hart arrived in Turin on Tuesday ahead of undergoing a medical that should see him sign a season-long loan deal with the unfashionable Serie A club. Hart, 29, has fallen out of favour with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City following the signing of Claudio Bravo from Barcelona and is on his way to join Torino in a bid to preserve his club future and inteational career following England's spectacular Euro 2016 exit.   Television pictures showed Hart arriving at the city's Caselle airport and widespread reports in the Italian media said he will sign for Sinisa Mihajlovic's side later in the day if he successfully completes a medical.   Hart would become the first English goalkeeper to play in Italy's top flight since 1929/30, an era in which English players - some of whom helped lay the foundations of some of Italy's biggest clubs - were prevalent in the country's top flight. It is cons,england,england flag,england national team,england time,england population,england squad,england furniture,england football,england currency,england euro ...ادامه مطلب

A Pakistani man expelled from Italy for allegedly plotting an attack in the name of the Isis group used to captain the Italian youth cricket team, media reports said on Wednesday. Aftab Farook was caught on a wire-tap talking about using a Kalashnikov or bomb to attack targets such as a wine shop in Milan or the airport of Bergamo in northe Italy, saying the important thing was to scare Europeans, Italian newspapers reported. On Tuesday, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said the 26-year-old supported Isis and was planning to go to Syria to join militants. The news stunned locals in Vaprio d'Adda near Milan, where Farook had lived with his family since he was 13 years old. Photos published in 2009 by Sportweek, a weekly insert in Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport daily, and re-issued in the media Wednesday, show him as the captain of the under-19s national team, wearing the Italian colours in inteational competitions. "It hit us like lightning out of the blue, I still don't believe it," Fabio Marabini, president of the Kingsgrove Milano cricket club and a close pateal figure to Farook, told La Stampa daily. "I spoke to him just before they put him on the flight for Islamabad. He thanked me for everything I've done for him over the years and he told me he was scared, because he no longer has any ties in Pakistan." Farook, who worked for the sporting goods retailer Decathlon, was keen on snowboarding with his friends and volunteered in his spare time as a driver of a bus for disabled people, La Stampa said. "He would never have hurt a fly. He was made captain of the national team precisely because he was a trustworthy person, always ready to help others," Marabini said. Story continues below… Citing the investigative report drawn up by anti-mafia police, however, La Stampa said Farook had changed over the past year or so, and had begun beating his wife and forcing her to wear a burqa. Farook was expelled from Italy on Wednesday but his family plan to challenge the extrad, ...ادامه مطلب