Italy

Pisa's Square of Miracles with cathedral and Leaning Tower.

World News

Long A Bastion Of The Left, Tuscany Is Turning Hard Right

10:51pm August 14, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

Since 2016, the hard-right, anti-immigrant League party has won elections in many towns in Tuscany, a major shift in a region known as the birthplace of the Italian Communist Party.

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Trash piles in Monteverde, a residential neighborhood in Rome. During this scorching summer, the city's residents and visitors are being tested by a massive trash crisis.

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In Rome, Uncollected Trash Festers In Scorching Heat

12:01am July 19, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

Doctors have warned of health risks from tons of garbage rotting in the Italian capital's streets during the summer's hot spells.

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Rocco Morabito, pictured after his arrest in 2017, escaped from the Uruguayan prison where he was awaiting extradition to Italy.

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'Cocaine King Of Milan' On The Run After Uruguay Jailbreak

8:25pm June 25, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

One of the world's most wanted drug traffickers, Rocco Morabito, and three other inmates made a brazen escape from a prison in Montevideo Sunday, climbing through a hole in the roof.

A handful of young upstarts are changing Naples' traditional pizza-making habits, bolstered by a new flour called Nuvola (Italian for "cloud"), developed by Italian miller Caputo.

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Naples Rolls Out A Fine-Tuned Dough, And The New 'Cloud Pizza' Is Born

10:17am June 17, 2019

by Richard Morgan

Bucking generations of tradition, some Neapolitan pizzaiolis are experimenting with new ideas, bolstered by a new flour that creates a charred, puffier and lighter crust. And the trend is catching on.

The MSC Opera cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy Venice canal. An investigation is underway into the cause of the crash.

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Massive Cruise Ship Crashes Into Port In Venice, Injuring At Least 5

12:37pm June 02, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

It lost control after engine failure and slammed into a tourist boat and dock. The crash adds to growing criticism of cruise ships in the historic Italian city, risking harm to its infrastructure.

Matteo Salvini (center), flanked by European nationalist leaders, attends a rally ahead of the May 23-26 European parliamentary elections, in Milan on Saturday.

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Italy's Matteo Salvini Hopes To Lead Nationalist Wave In Upcoming European Elections

1:54pm May 22, 2019

by Sylvia Poggioli

Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, leader of a far-right party and Europe's rising populist star, counts President Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon as one of his biggest fans.

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Migrants disembark from the motor tanker El Hiblu 1 in Valletta's Grand Harbour after Maltese armed forces took control of the vessel on Thursday.

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Migrants In Maltese Custody After Reportedly Hijacking Ship That Rescued Them

8:50am March 28, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

More than 100 migrants were picked up from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean. When they realized the ship was returning to Libya, officials say, they commandeered it and demanded passage to Europe.

Art thieves tried to steal a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1638), but the artwork, titled The Crucifixion, had been switched out for a copy.

Arts

Thieves Steal A Famous Painting From An Italian Church — But Don't Worry, It's Fake

4:43pm March 17, 2019

After authorities were tipped off about the heist, they replaced the Flemish masterpiece with a replica.

Scholars believe this drawing was likely made by Leonardo da Vinci. It was originally credited to one of his students.

Arts

Mystery Sculpture Thought To Be The Work Of Leonardo da Vinci Is Unveiled In Italy

3:15pm March 09, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Since da Vinci's death, no three-dimensional work of art by him has ever been identified. That is, until now, say curators in Italy.

Wim Janssen, one of the musicians involved in the recording project, plays a viola made by master luthier Girolamo Amati in 1615.

An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved

12:51am February 18, 2019

by Christopher Livesay

The mayor of Cremona, Italy, blocked traffic during five weeks of recording and asked residents to please keep quiet so master musicians could play four instruments — note by note — for posterity.