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Living in Italy means you’ll have to file and pay taxes in the country. But what are the penalties if you miss the yearly tax retu deadline? , ...ادامه مطلب

Becoming legally resident in Italy means you'll have to file an Italian tax retu, but when - and how - do you do it? , ...ادامه مطلب

From submitting a residency permit application to accessing financial services and paying utility bills, sending mail isn't the only thing you'll be able to do at a post office in Italy. , ...ادامه مطلب

For many people the dream is to escape the rat race and buy a remote Italian farmhouse, pick some olives and live happily ever after. But what's life in rural Italy really like? , ...ادامه مطلب

As the days get longer and the winter blues fade away, cultural, culinary and sports events are picking back up all over Italy. Here are some of the best to attend in the coming months. , ...ادامه مطلب

If you want your Christmas gifts from Italy to arrive before the holiday, when should you aim to post them by? , ...ادامه مطلب

Five people were killed and hundreds evacuated oveight on Thursday as Storm Ciarán swept northe and central Italy, causing flooding, power outages and road and rail disruption. , ...ادامه مطلب

The region of Tuscany declared a state of emergency on Friday with at least six people dead following severe flooding oveight. , ...ادامه مطلب

The deadline for most employees in Italy to submit their tax retu came on Monday. But what happens if you missed this deadline, or any others? , ...ادامه مطلب

A bus carrying tourists caught fire and plunged off a bridge in Venice on Tuesday night, killing 21 people. What do we know about the victims, and how did the crash happen? , ...ادامه مطلب

File photo of migrants being transferred to the Aquarius ship in December. PHOTO: FEDERICO SCOPPA / AFP Two women died and many others are presumed drowned after a migrant boat carrying dozens of people sank in the Mediterranean, rescue services in Italy said on Saturday. Among the 83 people rescued were three babies who were revived by medical teams.   "A tragic day in the Mediterranean. The Aquarius was mobilised for a rescue of a deflated boat," the rescue charity SOS Mediterranean said on Twitter. "People were already in the water, 83 people saved and safely on board. Two women could not be revived, leaving two children orphaned."   Doctors Without Borders (MSF), who also helped in the rescue operation, said "many people are missing and presumed drowned, including children."   Italian coast guards on Saturday said a total of 800 people were rescued in five separate operations.   According to the Italian home office, around 2,730 migrants from Libya have landed on the Italian coast since the start of the year.   The numbers have dropped significantly since Italy forged a controversial Brussels-backed deal last summer with forces in Libya t, ...ادامه مطلب

A photo of the train which derailed. Photo: Italian Fire Service The death toll after a regional train derailed near Milan in northe Italy has risen to three, with more than 40 people injured, emergency services said. All of the dead were women, news agency Ansa reported. They have been publicly identified as Pierangela Tadini, 51, a resident of Vanzago, Giuseppina Pirri, a 39-year-old from Ceusco sul Naviglio, and Ida Maddalena Milanesi, a 62-year-old doctor from Caravaggio.  Around 100 people were injured in total and 46 were still being treated on Thursday afteoon, Ansa said. Four of them were in a serious condition, though their lives were not thought to be in danger. In pictures: Rescue effort and aftermath of train derailment near Milan The train, bound for Porta Garibaldi, derailed at 7am between Segrate and Pioltello, emergency services said. Many of the passengers on board were daily commuters, travelling to Italy's economic capital. One woman told the newspaper La Repubblica that her daughter had called her on her phone to say "Mummy, help, the train is derailing" as the accident happened. Since then, the woman said there has been no reply on he, ...ادامه مطلب

An aerial view of Hotel Rigopiano the day after the disaster. Photo: Vigili del Fuoco/AFPOn January 18th, Italy marks the one-year anniversary of a major avalanche in Rigopiano that engulfed a luxury hotel and killed 29 people. The disaster was the deadliest avalanche in Italy in almost 100 years. On Thursday victims' relatives, local residents and representatives of the authorities and emergency services said prayers, read poems and laid flowers outside the remains of the hotel as part of a commemoration day. "Never again", read a display showing the portraits of those killed – some working at the Hotel Rigopiano and some simply holidaying there.  Here's how the disaster unfolded, and what's happened in the year since then. What happened? A combination of heavy snowfall and seismic activity in the Abruzzo region is thought to have caused the avalanche. The snow slide weighed 120,000 tonnes and hit the Hotel Rigopiano with a speed of around 100km/h – a force equivalent to 4,000 trucks. Firefighters at work in the wreckage. Photo: Vigili del Fuoco The four-storey hotel was ripped from its foundations and collapsed almost entirely, with only the cellars and spa left intact. Many of , ...ادامه مطلب

Two people are feared dead after an avalanche hit a group of off-piste skiers in Val Venosta, Alto Adige. Two others were pulled alive from the snow in the area of Malga San Valentino, close to the Haideralm ski centre, Corriere reported. Alpine rescuers have been able to reach the scene but the use of helicopters has been hindered by heavy snow. The avalanche risk waing across the Alto Adige region is currently at level three, with the highest being five. The avalanche comes almost year after 29 people died when a snowslide buried Hotel Rigopiano in the Abruzzo region. Eleven people were pulled alive. , ...ادامه مطلب

A view over Naples. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP A man has died and another person is injured after a blast in Naples, southe Italy. The blast is reported to have taken place in the easte part of the city and to have been caused by a cherry bomb, a kind of spherical firework. When police arrived at the scene, two people were injured by the blast, one of whom later died shortly after being taken to hospital. The victim was a 32-year-old man, Repubblica reported, and the other injured person a woman aged 43. The woman has also been transported to hospital for treatment while police are investigating the blast. Two parked cars were also damaged in the explosion and a gate of a nearby building to off its hinges. READ ALSO: 'Defend the city': Naples launches website to combat slander , ...ادامه مطلب