A 20-year-old Italian man who lost a leg after a shark attack in Australia early last month returned to Italy on Wednesday for further treatment.
Matteo Mariotti during his travels in Australia. (Photo: ANSA)
Matteo Mariotti, who was attacked while swimming off the Gold Coast, was admitted to the Rizzoli orthopedic institute in Bologna where he will continue his treatment and rehabilitation.
He has already had three procedures in Australia.
“I’ve lost a leg but at least I’m alive,” he said after the December 9 incident.
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Prosecutors in Naples have placed the parents of two children suspected of throwing a statue from their balcony that hit and killed a tourist under investigation, judicial sources said Thursday.
A concert scheduled at Pompeii’s archaeological area on September 20 in honour of the guests of the G7 Culture Summit will include the performance of star tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Two people are missing in Emilia-Romagna floods caused by torrential rain, Deputy Transport Minister Galeazzo Bignami told a press conference at Palazzo Chigi in Rome Thursday.
It will be a few more months before the results of a check-up on rare 2500-year-old Riace Bronzes are released, the Central Institute of Restoration (ICR) director Luigi Oliva said on Wednesday.
Captain Daniel Maimon Toaff, a 23-year-old Israeli soldier with Italian citizenship, was among four Israeli soldiers killed Tuesday during fighting in Gaza, the Italian Jewish Community announced on Wednesday.
The Italian cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of a commission to evaluate a measure introducing the chemical castration of convicted rapists.
Former Italian prime minister and former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi warned that Europe is in danger of losing its freedom on Tuesday.
A father asked members of the Fabbrocino Camorra clan in Naples to kill his allegedly abusive son and son-in-law and to dispose of their bodies, according to anti-mafia DDA investigators.
Riccardo Schirru interviews the Julian Hill, the Representative for Bruce and the new Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs.
Finivest and Mondadori President Marina Berlusconi denied her family felt “disregard” towards Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni or was “dissatisfied” with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.
