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The cost of flights to and from Italy has risen around by around 20 percent in the first three months of 2024 compared to the same period the year before. What's behind the hikes? , ...ادامه مطلب

New EU legislation has led to changes for inteet users in Europe - including the way search results appear on Google. , ...ادامه مطلب

The European Union health agency on Thursday reported a "troubling" surge in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) across Europe, which could be just "the tip of the iceberg". , ...ادامه مطلب

From making the most of Italy's Caevale season to finding the best upcoming events in Rome, our weekly newsletter La Bella Vita offers you an essential starting point for eating, talking, drinking and living like an Italian. , ...ادامه مطلب

Several airlines have announced new routes in and out of Italy in 2024, with the political and economic capitals of Rome and Milan among the cities seeing the biggest increases. , ...ادامه مطلب

Italians rate themselves 9 out 10 as drivers on average, according to new statistics which also showed which road rules are broken most often. , ...ادامه مطلب

City versus countryside, north versus south, coastal versus inland - in country as diverse as Italy, how do you choose the right area for you? The Local's readers share their advice. , ...ادامه مطلب

Senators voted almost unanimously on on Thursday to set up a new joint parliamentary inquiry into the case of teenagers Emanuela Orlandi and Mirella Gregori who vanished in 1983. , ...ادامه مطلب

A Rome-bound aircraft departed on Saturday from Libya's capital, restarting flights to Italy after a nearly decade-long suspension due to an EU ban, authorities in Tripoli said. , ...ادامه مطلب

From understanding the language used to talk about autumn in Italy to sampling the best of the season's produce, our weekly newsletter La Bella Vita offers you an essential starting point for eating, talking, drinking and living like an Italian. , ...ادامه مطلب

Italy's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into Ryanair over allegations the Irish airline was abusing its dominant market position, as the govement walked back plans to limit airfares. , ...ادامه مطلب

A sea rescue by Proactiva Open Arms in October 2016. Photo: Aris Messinis/AFPA three-month-old baby has died after being picked up by rescuers at sea off Libya, because bad weather and a lack of boats made a medical evacuation impossible, aid organizations said on Thursday. Over 1,600 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean since Tuesday, including many women and children. While some were brought to land on Thursday, hundreds of others could be trapped for days yet by stormy seas. The Proactiva Open Arms and Sea Watch 3, which have plucked over 700 people from unseaworthy vessels between them, are too small to attempt the rough crossing back towards Italy with that number of people aboard. They are currently being forced to take shelter off the coast of Tunisia until the weather calms. 1671 #migrants rescued in the waters between Libya and Italy in two days: 1457 on Tuesday and 214 on Wednesday. Three victims. (photo: @oimitalia staff this moing in Catania, where the ship Aquarius brought 505 migrants saved at sea) pic.twitter.com/OdAjMZRwqI — Flavio Di Giacomo (@fladig) January 18, 2018 "This is one of the most difficult situations we have had to face so far," Laura Lan, ...ادامه مطلب

Juventus players hold the trophy after winning the Italian Tim Cup final in May 2017. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFPDouglas Costa and Mario Mandzukic scored in either half as defending champions Juventus advanced to the semi-finals of the Italian Cup on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over city rivals Torino. Brazilian Costa opened after quarter of an hour in the Allianz Stadium with Croatian Mandzukic adding the second amid controversy on 69 minutes to set up a meeting with Atalanta, who eliminated Serie A leaders Napoli 2-1 on Tuesday, in the final four. Lazio, finalists in 2017, will meet AC Milan in the other semi-final played over two legs on January 31 and February 28th.The winning team will ea a direct entry to the group stages of the Europa League. "We've reached the semi-final for the fourth year running and the lads took the right approach to this game," said coach Massimiliano Allegri. Torino had wanted a free-kick for Sami Khedira's challenge on Afriyie Acquah in the build-up to Mandzukic's goal which was awarded after consultation with the video assistant referee (VAR). "I didn't see the incident and I will not comment. I never comment on VAR. I will just say we could have score, ...ادامه مطلب

A mountain rescue team in northe Italy on Wednesday found six people, dressed in jeans and gym shoes, attempting to cross a snow-covered pass in freezing temperatures. It was one of several such incidents in recent months, according to rescuers, who say the situation has reached “emergency level”. On Wednesday afteoon, members of CNSAS Piemonte – a voluntary mountain rescue organization in Piedmont – reached the group of six just below the Colle della Scala, an Alpine pass that connects north-west Italy with France, after they had walked for several kilometres in the snow. “They were visibly cold and poorly equipped, but they didn’t want to tu back so close to their final destination,” CNSAS said in a Facebook post. The rescuers offered to take the migrants, all said to be of African origin, back to the town of Bardonecchia, but they refused. “We told them every way we could that they were risking their lives by continuing – they were in gym shoes and tracksuits and were completely soaked,” one rescuer told La Repubblica. Instead rescuers monitored the migrants as they continued towards the border, watching them until they reac, ...ادامه مطلب

The town of Sondrio in Lombardy, Italy. Photo: Franco Folini/Flickr A man will be charged with attempting mass murder after he drove a car into a Christmas market in northe Italian town of Sondrio, prosecutors said on Monday. Local man Michele Bordoni, 27, injured three people when he crashed a Toyota Yaris in a pedestrian zone in central Sondrio on Saturday afteoon. “I should have killed more of them,” Bordoni reportedly said as he was arrested. Prosecutors are preparing to charge him with attempting to “indiscriminately kill a number of people”, as well as assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, according to papers filed on Monday. Bordoni, who was initially hospitalized before he was taken to prison on Sunday, is believed to have been under the influence of alcohol and possibly drugs at the time of the attack. He crashed the car into a pillar near Sondrino’s central square before attempting to flee the scene on foot. One woman was thrown onto an ice rink set up as part of the town’s Christmas market. She was taken to hospital in a serious condition but is now said to be out of danger. Two men were also treated , ...ادامه مطلب