Italian village with 46 residents has 30 local election candidates
Two-thirds of Ingria near Turin are competing for positions including a mother and son in rival camps The last time Igor De Santis ran for...
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Italian anti-fascist goes on trial in Hungary accused of attacking neo-Nazis
Ilaria Salis, 39, says she is being persecuted for her beliefs in case that has led to tensions between two countries An Italian anti-fascist activist...
London-born boy who died aged 15 to become first millennial saint
Second posthumous miracle attributed to leukaemia victim Carlo Acutis, qualifying him for canonisation A London-born teenager who died of leukaemia aged 15 is to become...
Vatican tightens rules on supernatural phenomena in crackdown on hoaxes
Updated guidelines strip bishops of power to recognise ‘supernatural’ nature of purportedly divine events Apparitions of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been part...
Vatican Museums faces unprecedented legal dispute over job conditions
Petition by 49 employees could lead to Holy See being taken to court for ‘undermining dignity and health’ Forty-nine employees at the Vatican Museums have...
Model seeks legal advice after Salvini’s party uses image for anti-Islam poster
Anna Haholkina tells of shock and says no one from deputy Italian PM’s League sought her permission A woman whose photograph was used in a...
Extra virgin olive oil prices tipped to top £16 a litre next month
Price rise for mass-market types expected as global production falls to lowest level in more than 10 years Olive oil prices are set to climb...
Lampedusa aid workers condemn UK’s Rwanda plan after Cleverly visit
Rescuers on Italian island say European governments must open more safe routes to claim refuge Aid workers on the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is...
Pope visits women’s prison in Venice and tours Vatican show at art Biennale
Pope Francis, 87, met inmates, staff and volunteers at Giudecca jail during first trip outside Rome for months The pope has met female prisoners in...
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter
Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism Authorities in Venice have been accused...
