Italy’s ruling party drafts law to ‘safeguard’ school nativity scenes
Brothers of Italy party plans law to ‘protect’ Christian traditions and prevent schools ‘modifying the essence of Christmas’ Italy’s ruling far-right party has identified a...
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Fixing leaning tower of Bologna will take at least 10 years and €20m, says mayor
Matteo Lepore compares project to save 12th century Garisenda tower from collapse to 10-year effort to preserve the tower of Pisa Work to prevent the...
Leaning tower in Bologna to be saved as city announces €4m repair project
Work to be carried out on Garisenda tower in new year after area around it was cordoned off due to collapse fears Officials have announced...
Venice Biennale’s new, rightwing director has art world guessing
Meloni’s party is pleased by the appointment but Pietrangelo Buttafuoco has surprised before – not least by adopting Islam When Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, the incoming new...
Pope Francis dismisses conservative Texas bishop and critic Joseph Strickland
Rare move comes after years of criticism from Strickland, a strong supporter of former US president Donald Trump Pope Francis has dismissed a bishop in...
Italy to create asylum seeker centres in Albania, Giorgia Meloni says
Neighbouring country would house up to 3,000 people rescued at sea by Italian boats, with some exceptions for vulnerable groups Italy’s far-right government has announced...
Storm Ciarán: six dead in Italy; Spain evacuates 800 as wildfire spreads – as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here One missing person in Tuscany has been found alive, Ansa reports....
Storm Ciarán kills at least 15 across western Europe as floods strike Italy
Tuscany is in a state of emergency and three people died when their sailing boat capsized off Portugal At least six people have died in...
‘Tiredness on all sides’ over war in Ukraine, Italian PM tells prank caller
Giorgia Meloni ‘misled’ into phone conversation reportedly with Russian comedian posing as African political leader Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates The Italian prime minister,...
Young Europeans more likely to quit driving and have fewer children to save planet
Exclusive: Poll shows young people willing to make big lifestyle changes but baulk at smaller gestures They are willing to have smaller families, stop using...
