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News Articles: Italy

An aerial tramway car fell to the ground in Northern Italy Sunday, killing 14 and leaving a child in the hospital. The cable line appeared to have snapped, but the cause hasn't yet been determined.

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In The Italian Cable Car Disaster, Investigators Are Looking At Possible Manslaughter

A cable pulling an aerial tram to the top of a mountain appeared to have snapped, causing the car to swing into a pylon before falling to the ground and rolling several times, killing 14 people.

May 24, 2021
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  • Dustin Jones
The Italian Culture Ministry said the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was "one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals."

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  • Science

'Extraordinary Discovery': Archaeologists Find Neanderthal Remains In Cave Near Rome

Archaeologists unearth the remains of nine Neanderthals, dating from 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, in a discovery the Italian culture minister says will be "the talk of the world."

May 10, 2021
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  • H.J. Mai
In 2008, people hold portraits of a former member of Italy's disbanded Red Brigades group Marina Petrella as they take part in a rally in Paris against her extradition to Italy. Petrella is one of seven individuals whose arrest in France was announced Wednesday.

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  • Europe

French Police Arrest Extremist Red Brigades Members Sought By Italy

The members of the violent radical-left Italian terrorist group active in the 1970s and 1980s were arrested Wednesday after years of living under de facto French asylum.

April 28, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Real Madrid players, left, duel with Getafe players during the Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, Spain, Sunday.

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  • Sports

Europe's Top Soccer Teams Announce New 'Super League'

The Super League's 12 Founding Clubs include some of the most famous professional sports teams in the world, including Liverpool, Manchester United, and Real Madrid.

April 19, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Russian Embassy in Rome on Wednesda. Italy has ordered two Russian Embassy officials expelled and arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after police caught the Italian allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money.

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  • World

Italy Expels 2 Russian Embassy Officials, Arrests Navy Captain On Spying Charges

The captain, identified by Italian media as Walter Biot, was reportedly caught Tuesday evening as he handed over allegedly top-secret documents to one of the Russian diplomats in exchange for money.

March 31, 2021
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
A health care worker in Sydney, Australia receives their COVID-19 vaccination this month. Italian authorities got the European Commission to block a shipment of 250,700 doses of vaccine destined for Australia from Europe this week.

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  • World

Australia Asks European Commission To Review Italy's Block On Vaccine Shipments

The blocked shipment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines was the first intervention by the EU since the bloc approved rules that could restrict vaccine exports to non-member nations.

March 05, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
New Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi presides over a meeting of his first cabinet in Rome Saturday.

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  • Europe

Mario Draghi, Former EU Central Bank Head, Sworn In As Italy's Prime Minister

The swearing in of the celebrated economist comes weeks after the country's last prime minister resigned. Draghi will face the twin challenges of the pandemic and a crumbling economy.

February 13, 2021
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  • Jason Slotkin
Former head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi gives a press conference after a meeting with the Italian president, at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Mario Draghi, Credited With Saving The Euro, Tapped To Form A New Government In Italy

The former head of the European Central Bank agreed to form a government at the president's request after Giuseppe Conte resigned as prime minister, amid disputes over the handling of the pandemic.

February 03, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte replies to questions ahead of a confidence vote last week at the Senate at Palazzo Madama in Rome. Conte handed in his resignation Tuesday.

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  • World

Italy's Prime Minister Quits As COVID-19 Response Splits Coalition Government

Giuseppe Conte handed in his resignation Tuesday following weeks of political uncertainty and the loss of a coalition partner over his handling of the coronavirus' second wave and economic recovery.

January 26, 2021
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today.

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  • World

'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.

January 02, 2021
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
A girl walks past a <em>buchetta del vino</em>, a small window to serve wine, typical in Florence.

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  • World

In Tuscany, Renaissance-Era Wine Windows Are Made For Social Distancing

Tuscany's wine windows, each 12 inches high and 8 inches wide, were indispensable during a 17th century plague. They've became useful again during the coronavirus pandemic — even after lockdown ended.

September 12, 2020
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waving at  members of the media in Rome, Italy, in 2011. Berlusconi's staff announced Wednesday that he has tested positive for coronavirus but is showing no symptoms at present.

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  • Europe

Former Italian Premier Berlusconi Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Silvio Berlusconi tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 after returning to his home near Milan after a holiday in Sardinia, according to his staff.

September 02, 2020
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  • Scott Neuman
Aboubakar Soumahoro speaks at a protest in Rome last month. "If the workers lack dignity and rights, the food they provide is virtually rotten," he says in a new short documentary, <em>The Invisibles.</em>

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  • World

In Italy, A Migrants' Advocate Fights For The 'Invisibles'

"The reality is that laborers work at the limit of human dignity," Aboubakar Soumahoro tells NPR. He's the subject of a new documentary, The Invisibles, shot at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

August 05, 2020
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  • Sylvia Poggioli

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