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Trump blasts Pope Leo as tensions rise over Iran conflict
Vatican condemnation of conflict sparks sharp response from White House.
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Stefano Gabbana has stepped down as Dolce & Gabbana president
No creative change for the company founded by the two designers in 1985.
News
World’s smallest theatre opens near Foggia in a former newsstand
A format ready to travel, with just six seats and eyes on a Guinness World Record.
Vatican
Italy’s Milano Cortina athletes meet the Pope: “An emotion like the Games”
After the Quirinale, the champions head to the Vatican, then to Palazzo Chigi to meet Meloni.
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Italy seizes assets allegedly stolen from Ursula Andress
Italian authorities have impounded millions of euros worth of property, artworks and financial assets in and around Florence that were allegedly purchased with money stolen from original Bond girl Ursula Andress, Italy’s financial police say.
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Stefano Gabbana has stepped down as Dolce & Gabbana president

No creative change for the company founded by the two designers in 1985.
News

World’s smallest theatre opens near Foggia in a former newsstand

A format ready to travel, with just six seats and eyes on a Guinness World Record.
Vatican

Trump blasts Pope Leo as tensions rise over Iran conflict

Vatican condemnation of conflict sparks sharp response from White House.
Vatican

Italy’s Milano Cortina athletes meet the Pope: “An emotion like the Games”

After the Quirinale, the champions head to the Vatican, then to Palazzo Chigi to meet Meloni.
News

Italy seizes assets allegedly stolen from Ursula Andress

Italian authorities have impounded millions of euros worth of property, artworks and financial assets in and around Florence that were allegedly purchased with money stolen from original Bond girl Ursula Andress, Italy’s financial police say.
Politics

Meloni government justice reform defeated in referendum

The ‘No’ vote won a referendum on the government’s justice reform by about 54 per cent to 46 per cent, according to almost final results.
Politics

Pier Silvio Berlusconi doesn’t rule out political career

Pier Silvio Berlusconi, the eldest son of late former Italian prime minister and media billionaire Silvio Berlusconi, failed to rule out launching a political career on Wednesday, while stressing that a move of this kind was not imminent.
Politics

PD, M5S bicker over building an alternative to Meloni

The two biggest Italian opposition groups, the Democratic Party (PD) and 5-Star Movement (M5S), bickered on Saturday over how to build an alternative to the ruling alliance led by Giorgia Meloni.
Politics

M5S votes to change two-term limit, scrap Grillo’s role

5-Star Movement (M5S) members have voted to change the two-term limit for the group’s elected representatives.
Politics

Musk’s Albania intervention splits Italian politics

Elon Musk has on Tuesday condemned the Rome judges who nixed the detention of a second batch of migrants set to be processed in Albania.
Business

We can talk about State stake in Stellantis says Urso

Business and Made in Italy Minister Adolfo Urso said Thursday that the government is open to taking out a stake in carmaker Stellantis, if CEO Carlos Tavares wants.
News

IL GLOBO TV the first to offer Rai to Italians in the UK and Spain

With a new agreement between Rai COM & Il Globo TV, announced by Rai on December 6, selected Rai channels will provided for the first time to Italians in the UK and Spain from January 1, 2024.
Business

Nutella maker Ferrero to buy cereal maker WK Kellogg

Italian confectioner Ferrero, known for brands like Nutella and Kinder, is buying the century-old US cereal company WK Kellogg.
Business

Carlos Tavares leaves Stellantis

Carlos Tavares is stepping down from his role as head of Stellantis, effective immediately.
Environment

Storms continue to pound Southern Italy

A wave of storms that has been battering Southern Italy for days, causing havoc and massive damage, continued unabated on Wednesday, with Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria hit especially hard by ‘Cyclone Harry’.
Environment

Mimmo the Dolphin refuses to leave Venice waters

Italy’s now famous Mimmo the Dolphin is refusing to leave St Mark’s Basin in Venice despite running the risk of being injured by boats or posing a hazard himself and is again delighting tourists with his playful frolics.
Environment

Venice vessels told to dodge lagoon dolphin

Vessels in Venice have been told to avoid hitting a dolphin that has been cavorting in the lagoon since July and which, since the start of last month, has been increasingly approaching liners, boats, water taxis and gondolas.
Environment

Wasp made alien by climate change destroying beehives

An Italian wasp which has turned into a more aggressive alien species due to climate change is wreaking havoc among Italian beehives, green farming officials told ANSA Tuesday.
Health

Trentino top for quality of life, Umbria last - report

Trentino is the top Italian region for health-related quality of life while Umbria is last, according to a new report out Wednesday.
Health

Swine fever: 24 outbreaks, ‘complex situation, caution’

There are currently 24 outbreaks of swine fever in Italy and the “complex” situation warrants “caution”, the Extraordinary Commissioner for African Swine Fever, Giovanni Filippini, told ANSA Monday.
Health

Italy leads EU in life expectancy

Italy leads the European Union in life expectancy at 84.1 years, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday.
Health

Tailor-made cells against a serious brain tumour

A new weapon against glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain tumours, has been developed by a team from the Neurological Institute of Milan.
Vatican

Trump blasts Pope Leo as tensions rise over Iran conflict

Vatican condemnation of conflict sparks sharp response from White House.
Vatican

Italy’s Milano Cortina athletes meet the Pope: “An emotion like the Games”

After the Quirinale, the champions head to the Vatican, then to Palazzo Chigi to meet Meloni.
Vatican

Pope names Italian Australian as Vatican’s chief legal expert

Pope Leo has named an ‌Australian bishop to lead the Vatican ‌office that oversees the Catholic Church’s extensive ‌legal system, adding global diversity to the pontiff’s close team of advisors in his second major Vatican appointment.