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News Articles: Italy

The fascist origins of this Roman sports center can be seen in its monumental sculpture and architecture.

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  • Europe

Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

Unlike Germany, which after World War II underwent a rigorous de-Nazification effort, pride, rather than shame, is the emotion many Italians feel for the symbols of the country's fascist past.

February 25, 2023
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
A Pompeiian style fresco from Herculaneum titled "Young Hercules and the snake", dated to the I second A.C., is seen on display among other archaeological artifacts stolen from Italy and sold in the U.S. by international art traffickers, during a press conference in Rome, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.

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  • Fine Art

An ancient fresco is among 60 treasures the U.S. is returning to Italy

U.S. authorities announced that the fresco depicting Hercules and dozens of other trafficked objects, which ended up in private collections in the United States, would go back to Italy.

January 24, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Gloria Lucchesi cooks some local beans that she prepared using the cooking containers, on Nov. 12, in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy.

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  • World

Amid rising energy costs, Italian cooks go old-school to save gas

In a town in Tuscany, some cooks are moving away from the stove to cook meals in boxes with thick wool lining. These portable ovens use the wool's convection properties as a means of slow cooking.

December 10, 2022
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By:
  • Sylvia Poggioli
Gloria Lucchesi cooks some local beans that she prepared using the cooking containers, on Nov. 12, in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy.

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  • World

Amid rising energy costs, Italian cooks go old-school to save gas

In a town in Tuscany, some cooks are moving away from the stove to cook meals in boxes with thick wool lining. These portable ovens use the wool's convection properties as a means of slow cooking.

December 10, 2022
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By:
  • Sylvia Poggioli
Statues at the site of the discovery of two dozen well-preserved bronze statues from an ancient Tuscan thermal spring in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy on Nov. 3.

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  • World

Discovery of ancient bronze statues in Italy may rewrite Etruscan and Roman history

The discoveries shed light on what the Italian Culture Ministry calls a "unique multicultural and multilingual haven of peace" between Etruscans and Romans at a time when they were mostly at war.

December 03, 2022
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By:
  • Sylvia Poggioli
A man with an arm injury and in need of urgent medical care, right, waves to fellow migrants before he is flown by helicopter by the French Army from the Ocean Viking rescue ship on Thursday. French authorities evacuated several migrants from the ship ahead of the ship docking in Toulon on Friday.

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  • World

France accepts a migrant rescue ship as relations sour with Italy

France allowed the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship to dock in the port of Toulon on Friday, after Italy's new far-right government refused to accept it. More than 200 migrants were aboard the ship.

November 11, 2022
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
A woman holds a placard reading "Peace = Stop Putin" during a rally in support of Ukraine at Arco della Pace in Milan, Italy on Saturday.

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  • World

Italy has been a strong supporter of Ukraine — but that is starting to change

Though Italy's new prime minister vows to continue the country's staunch support for Ukraine, much of the public is critical of Italian weapons deliveries and analysts say the government may waver.

November 10, 2022
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
Italian President Sergio Mattarella is flanked by newly appointed Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni during the swearing in ceremony in Rome on Saturday.

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  • Europe

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has been sworn in as Italian premier

Giorgia Meloni was sworn in on Saturday as Italy's first far-right premier since the end of World War II. She is also the first woman to be premier.

October 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Senator Liliana Segre, a Holocaust survivor, chairs the opening session of the Italian Senate of the newly elected parliament on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Holocaust-surviving lawmaker opens Italy's Senate, even as the far-right takes office

Liliana Segre presided over the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month, when Italians voted in their first far-right government since World War II.

October 13, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Far-right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome on Sunday.

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  • Europe

Results show Italy set for first far-right government since World War II

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party is on track to be the biggest party in parliament, according near final results.

September 26, 2022
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  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • The Associated Press
From left, The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni and Noi Con l'Italia's Maurizio Lupi attend the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome on Thursday. If polling is correct, Italians will elect their country's most right-wing government since the end of World War II on Sunday.

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  • World

Giorgia Meloni may become Italy's 1st far-right leader since World War II

Far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni is favored to be voted in as Italy's next prime minister Sunday. Her Brothers of Italy party has roots in the neo-fascist movement that emerged after World War II.

September 24, 2022
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By:
  • Adam Raney
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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  • Food

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

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!

September 03, 2022
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  • Ian Brennan
This undated photo provided by The J. Paul Getty Museum shows Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet and Sirens.

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  • Art & Design

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

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.

August 12, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Italian Premier Mario Draghi waves to lawmakers at the end of his address at the Parliament in Rome on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns after his government implodes

Draghi's government of national unity collapsed Wednesday after members of his uneasy coalition of right, left and populists rebuffed his appeal to band back together.

July 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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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  • Europe

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

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.

July 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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