Italy

Ibrahim Songne, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, opened a pizza spot called IBRIS in the Italian town of Trento. He overcame local prejudices — and now has been named to a list of the world's top 50 pizzerias.

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Whatever happened to the African-born pizza chef who won over biased Italians?

8:25am September 03, 2022

by Ian Brennan

Ibrahim Songne overcame local prejudice to gain success in Italy with his pizza joint and a spot on a list of top 50 global pizza joints. He's now made a special pizza in honor of ... Goats and Soda!

Swimming and sailing classes are just a few of the sports on offer to families who vacation in Punta Ala. Families return year after year to give their children a break in nature and let them reunite with friends they only see in the summer.

World News

Italy's Punta Ala, where the sea beckons and relationships run deep

3:14pm August 24, 2022

by Adam Raney

On the Tuscan coast lies a beach town with no archaeological sites or Roman ruins. Instead, there are big houses, with tennis courts and stables — a sporty getaway for people with money to spend.

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Italy is spending hundreds of millions to save dying villages. Will it work?

9:27am August 13, 2022

by Adam Raney

Using pandemic recovery money distributed by the European Union, Italy is trying to bring back one dying village in each of the country's 21 regions. The villages will each get $20 million.

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This undated photo provided by The J. Paul Getty Museum shows Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet and Sirens.

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles says it will return illegally exported art to Italy

3:46am August 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

The museum says it will return a nearly life-size group of Greek terra-cotta sculptures known as "Orpheus and the Sirens," believed to date from the fourth century B.C.

Italian Premier Mario Draghi waves to lawmakers at the end of his address at the Parliament in Rome on Thursday.

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Italy heads to an early election after Prime Minister Mario Draghi's coalition fails

3:03pm July 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

Italy's president accepted Premier Mario Draghi's resignation and decided there was no possibility for cobbling together another government following the rapid collapse of the ruling coalition.

Italian Premier Mario Draghi (center) flanked by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio (left) and Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, delivers his speech at the Senate in Rome on Wednesday.

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Italian Prime Minister Draghi wins a confidence vote, but his coalition unravels

4:57pm July 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

The rapid collapse of Mario Draghi's 17-month-old coalition could prompt President Sergio Mattarella to dissolve Parliament, opening the path to holding an early election.

Italian Premier Mario Draghi offered to resign after losing the support of a populist coalition ally.

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Italy's president rejects Prime Minister Mario Draghi's offer to resign

3:30pm July 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

The premier offered to quit after a coalition ally refused to support a key bill, but the nation's president asked Draghi to see if he can still find a majority in Parliament willing to back him.

A rescue helicopter hovers over the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy, Monday, July 4, 2022.

Environment

Rescuers are using drones to help search for avalanche survivors in Italy

5:30am July 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The terrain being searched is still so unstable that rescue crews are using drones to try to find any survivors while helicopters searched overhead.

From left, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, France's President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday. The French, Ge

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 16)

4:59pm June 16, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (second left), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center), French President Emmanuel Macron (second right), and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis meet at the Ukrainian preside

Ukraine's Zelenskyy hosts European leaders, welcomes more U.S. weapons

1:16pm June 16, 2022

Ukraine says it urgently needs the heavy artillery to counter Russia on the battlefield. Also, President Zelenskyy is looking for additional support as the leaders of Germany, France and Italy visit.