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As climate change causes rising temperatures across the Mediterranean Sea, an invasive predator is wreaking havoc for fishermen and holidaymakers off the coast of Sicily. ...

As he begins his first overseas trip, the UK's new Foreign Secretary David Lammy writes for The Local on how Britain plans to rebuild ties with Europe and become a better neighbour. ...

British nationals who moved to Italy before January 1st 2021 and don't have health coverage should pay Italy's 'voluntary' healthcare fees or take out private insurance, the UK govement's website for British nationals overseas said in an update on Wednesday. ...

Italian Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday issued an injunction postponing a national rail strike plaed for Sunday, May 19th, citing public order conces due an overlap with the Emilia Romagna F1 Grand Prix. ...

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. ...

Lazio have been fined 50,000 euros ($61,000) but avoided a stadium ban over posters created by their fans featuring Holocaust victim Ae Frank, the Italian football federation (FIGC) aounced on Thursday. FIGC prosecutor Giuseppe Pecoraro had demanded a fine and two games be played behind closed doors after Lazio's infamous ultra fans fly-posted photos of Ae Frank in a shirt of bitter city rivals Roma during a game against Cagliari last October.The FICG said in a statement Thursday that their sporting tribunal had decided on a "partial acceptance" of the prosecutor's requests.The two Rome clubs share the Stadio Olimpico and Lazio's ultras were housed in the south end of the ground no...

Theresa May’s letter to UK nationals living in Europe on the progress of Brexit negotiations is likely to prompt us to save up Brussels sprouts for a New Year’s pelting ceremony at Downing Street, writes Laura Shields from citizens' group British in Europe. How should we, the 1.2 million British people living in continental Europe, reply to the shiny Christmasletter we received from Theresa May hoping to reassure us that we’ll be able to carry on life as normal after Brexit? In the spirit of yuletide joy, I suppose we should be grateful that we have a letter at all…even if it comes a week after the one she sent to the 3.3 million Europeans living in London and i...

Italy's troubled bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS) said Friday it lost more than 3.2 billion euros in the second quarter, after the EU approved a bailout for the stricken lender. The bank's chief Marco Morelli had waed in July that he anticipated losses due to write downs on bad loans. Founded...

Milan is one of 19 cities vying to host the EMA. Photo: Olivier Morin/AFPMilan is among 19 European cities competing to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which will relocate from London after the UK leaves the EU. The northe Italian business hub is seen as the front-ruer among rival bidd...

Angelino Alfano speaks to press. Photo: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFPItaly's Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano, said Italy was working "with conviction" to guarantee the rights of Brits in Italy and Italians in the UK post-Brexit, after meeting with the UK's Brexit Secretary David Davis in Rome on Tuesday. "We...

Pope Francis makes the pilgrimage. Photo: AFP Photo/Osservatore RomanoPope Francis made a pilgrimage on Tuesday to the tombs of two Italian priests known for their progressive social views and works during Italy's postwar years. The pontiff began with an early visit to Bozzolo, a village in the coun...

The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci was parodied in the poster. Picture: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons A poster advertising a gay night at a southe Italian bar has prompted outcry, with local political groups calling for the event to be cancelled. The reason for the anger was the poster...

The British govement said on Friday it will scrap the 15-year rule that had barred many British voters living abroad from casting a ballot in general elections back home. The UK govement said on Friday that the rule that has barred British nationals from voting if they have lived abroad for over 15 years, will be scrapped in time for the 2020 election. The govement published its intention to ditch the unpopular law, which Britons living abroad have long fought against, by publishing a policy statement titled “Democracy that works for everyone”. “We believe that overseas electors contribute to British society and should be given that democratic right to vote,” the constitution minister Chris ...

The UK can't expect an easy ride post-Brexit, Renzi waed. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFPBritain must not expect to end up with more rights than other countries outside the EU following Brexit negotiations, Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi waed in an interview on Thursday. Renzi also told the BBC that he blamed Britain's former premier David Cameron for June's vote to leave the European Union.His comments are the latest from a European leader to highlight the tough stance Britain is likely to face in Brexit negotiations when it triggers Article 50, the two-year process for leaving."It will be impossible to give to British people more rights than other people out of the EU," Renzi said, speaking i...

A robot surveys a quake-damaged church. Photo: Vigili FuocoWith the last of the missing accounted for, emergency services have begun the task of rebuilding central Italy's damaged towns - with the help of high-tech drones and robots. The robots have begun to carry out structural checks, reducing the need for people to go into unstable buildings.Their job is to capture photos and video footage of the buildings, which can then be studied by experts to assess the extent of the damage.Following scans 3D models are created from the images, which will be used to secure the buildings. A series of aftershocks and tremors - some reaching up to 5.0 on the Richter scale - in the days following the init...

Milan is vying to be Europe's post-Brexit financial and business hub. Photo: Melanie BowmanMilan has also joined the race among European cities to pick up the post-Brexit spoils should London’s financial institutions choose to shift their operations elsewhere. “With Brexit, we want to bring a piece of London’s financial [services] to Milan,” Italy’s Prime Minister aounced jubilantly last week. Milan’s recently elected mayor, Giuseppe Sala, was even quicker to flag-up his city’s attributes, saying on the day Britain voted to leave the EU that the outcome “could be an opportunity for Milan”. The Lombardy city, already Italy’s financial and start-up hub, could become “a land of opportunity”, he...

Italy's Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said the money would be used to pay down debt. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP AFP · 20 Jul 2016, 08:22 Published: 20 Jul 2016 08:22 GMT+02:00 The Italian govement hopes to ea "around €2 billion ($2.2 billion) from the sale of more shares in Poste Italiane SpA, the country's postal service, Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Tuesday. The money will be used to reduce public debt, he told the Senate transportcommission. The sale conces a 29.7 percent stake. A tranche of around 35 percent wassold last October. Story continues below… The state will retain a 35 percent share in Poste Italiane through theItalian Deposit Bank in order to maintain ...

The UK Foreign Office has launched a new website for those anxious Brits expats who live in Europe and fear the consequences of Brexit. The UK Foreign Office has launched a new website for those anxious Brits expats who live in Europe and fear the consequences of Brexit. This week saw the launch of a new webpage specifically designed to keep expat British nationals informed about changes that Brexit might bring. But with no idea yet when and what form the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union will take, the website offers a simple message: Keep calm and wait and see. "The negotiations to leave the EU may take up to two years or more," the website states. "The govement has made clear that w...