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Luca Attanasio died alongside an Italian soldier after their car was attacked as they traveled in a UN convoy in the eastern part of the country. “It is with deep sorrow that the Farnesina confirms the death, today in Goma, of the Ambassador of Italy to the Democratic Republic of Congo Luca Attanasio and of …

Italian police have dismantled what authorities allege was a criminal organization that moved migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan to Italy and northern Europe By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press December 5, 2020, 12:23 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article ROME — Italian police on Saturday arrested 19 suspects, …

Bolgheri Sassicaia red wine comes from an area on the coast of Tuscany and has become one of Italy’s best known fine wines since it appeared on the market in the 1970s. Officials from the Guardia di Finanza said the sophisticated counterfeit operation bottled inferior wine from Sicily in a warehouse near Milan, with meticulously …

Image copyright Comune di Negrar di Valpolicella Image caption Local officials said scholars first found evidence of a villa at the site more than a century ago A Roman mosaic floor has been discovered under a vineyard in northern Italy after decades of searching. Surveyors in the commune of Negrar di Valpolicella north of Verona …

Fourth grade pupil 9-year-old boy Lupo Daturi displays ‘Cerba-20’, the online video game to virtually combat COVID-19 that he built from scratch during lockdown. Image Credit: AFP While most nine-year-olds have been battling during lockdown with the vagaries of home schooling, Lupo Daturi has been waging war on COVID-19 itself. Virtually. The fourth-grade pupil from …

Italy’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has warned of the break-up of the European Union, as unprecedented pressure was piled on northern states to give way and unlock €500bn (£438bn) of economic support for the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. After 16 hours of talks since Tuesday, EU finance ministers reconvened by videoconference on …

MILAN (Reuters) – Eyewear maker Luxottica said it would cut to just one week its customary August closure, a move which other firms may seek to replicate to relaunch production after the forced shutdown in the current coronavirus crisis. The decision by the Italian arm of eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica <ESLX.PA> impinges on the sacredness of …

© Reuters. By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com – Italian bonds and stocks surged in late trading in Europe on Wednesday after a report suggesting that eurozone governments were preparing an assistance program for Italy allowing the European Central Bank to intervene more actively to support local markets.  Bloomberg reported that eurozone leaders were looking at the …

Pedestrians walk past a pre-triage tent outside the Mauriziano Hospital in Turin, Italy. Photographer: Federico Bernini/Bloomberg Photographer: Federico Bernini/Bloomberg We’re tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response. Sign up here for our daily newsletter on what you need to know. Europe’s largest coronavirus outbreak is putting unprecedented strain on the Italian …

By Nwafor Sunday Having condemned the isolation room given to him, due to poor ventilation and  mosquito bites, the Lagos state government has on Saturday transferred the forty-four year-old Italian man to a better facility. Disclosing this, Lagos commissioner of health, Akin Abayomi, who appeared on a show on Arise Akin admitted that the Italian …