City of Rome bans picnics as it battles wild boar incursions
The city acts to contain the wild boar population after African swine fever detected in body of dead animal. Picnics have been banned and bins fenced off.
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Pope says LGBT Catholics welcome
When questioned by a Jesuit priest on LGBT Catholics, the Pope says the Church does not refuse LGBT believers. A ‘selective, pure blood’ Church would be a sect says Pope Francis.
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Stolen Nostradamus manuscript returned to Rome library
A manuscript by the French astrologer Nostradamus, stolen from a library in Rome has been returned. It was discovered when put up for sale in Germany.
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Two more Giants discovered at Mont’e Prama
Two more monumental statues are discovered at Mont’e Prama Nuragic necropolis at Cabras on Sardinia. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini described is as “an exceptional discovery”.
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New piece of juvenilia by Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi published
A previously unknown piece of juvenilia by great 19th century Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi has been found in Naples and published for the first time. Leopardi is considered Italy’s greatest poet after Dante.
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Turin prepares for the Eurovision Song Contest
With only 10 days to go, Turin is in the last throes of preparing for the Eurovision 2022 finals. Forty participants are ready for the finals which start on 10th May.
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The boar are rampant in Rome
Curfew imposed by residents in north of city as wild boar attacks increase. One woman was pushed to the ground in an attack on Sunday.
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Italy wants Ukraine in the EU and will keep backing sanctions, Draghi says
Italy is working to find a diplomatic solution to the Russian war against Ukraine, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said. However, the country is set to keep backing sanctions in the meantime, he told the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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FAO says need to stop deforestation to avoid 3.6 gigatonnes of emissions
The Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says halting deforestation and maintaining forests could avoid emitting around 3.6 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) per year between 2020 and 2050.
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Employment rose in March 2022 except for those aged under 25
ISTAT reports Italy’s employment rate reached 59.9% in March. That equates to 23.04million people employed, the highest since this statistical series record started in 2004.
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