Child donates savings to storm-hit Pistoia dog shelter
Six-year-old Raffaele’s gesture becomes one of the most striking examples of community response after bad weather damaged the dog-shelter in Pîstoia.
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Venice lagoon island with Napoleonic fort listed for sale
Crevan, a private island near Burano and Torcello, offers a converted fortress villa, manicured gardens and a helipad. According to the brochure, the asking price is €6,500,000.
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“Frozen hashish” surfaces on Naples drug market
Carabinieri find 45 grammes of “frozen hashish”, the high-potency cannabis product which can fetch up to €80 a gramme, in the home of a convicted felon.
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Palazzo Strozzi to open new courtyard bistro
Tommaso Mazzanti is developing a standalone concept for Renaissance courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi, due to open at the end of September. The palazzo is pushing to become a meeting place beyond its exhibitions.
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Vittorio Frescobaldi, Tuscan wine patriarch, dies
Marquess who modernised the 700-year-old Frescobaldi wine empire has died in Florence. Vittorio Frescobaldi leaves behind a portfolio of storied estates from Chianti Rufina to Montalcino.
Continue ReadingNo rift between Italy and US, says Tajani
Foreign minister insists transatlantic bond “transcends individual presidents” after Rome’s refusal to back Trump’s Iran war strained relations with Washington.
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Heat wave returns – eight cities on red alert Friday
The brief respite from the heat is over as temperatures climb again across central and southern Italy, with health risk alerts peaking on 28 August.
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On this day: death of mathematician Clelia Grillo Borromeo Arese
An aristocratic woman recognised as one of the brilliant mathematicians and scientists of her era, Clelia Grillo Borromeo Arese, died on 23rd August 1777 in Milan.
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Meloni rejects migration “boomerang” claim
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has rejected claims that Italy’s migration policy is backfiring after a growing number of EU countries began returning migrants to Italy under the bloc’s new Migration and Asylum Pact. Centre-left Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein described the situation as a “boomerang” for the government.
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Italy travel warning: September strikes
Anyone travelling in Italy in September should be prepared for disruption, with a series of strikes planned across the country’s railways, airports and local public transport. The walkouts come as millions of people return from the summer holidays and could affect both domestic journeys and international travel.
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