The Procura di Palermo has formally requested that former Sicilian governor Salvatore Cuffaro and 17 other individuals be placed under house arrest in a sweeping corruption investigation into rigged public contracts.
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Five Italian nationals are among the nine people who died in Nepal’s Himalayas after a severe bout of extreme weather, according to an AFP-report cited by the Italian foreign ministry.
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A 66-year-old Romanian worker, Octay Stroici, died overnight in Rome after being trapped for 11 hours under the rubble of a section of the medieval tower Torre dei Conti. There was a partial tower collapse during renovation work on Monday.
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A section of the 13th-century Torre dei Conti in central Rome partially collapsed on Monday during renovation work, leaving one worker in critical condition and two others injured, according to Italian media.
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The Baroque painter Annibale Carracci was born on 3rd November 1560 in Bologna. His work transformed Italian art, shaping the course of Baroque painting and restoring the ideals of the High Renaissance to new prominence.
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Starting 12 November, online platforms in Italy offering content banned to minors — including pornography, gambling, alcohol and cigarette sales — must implement an age-verification system, the national regulator Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) announced on Friday.
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Juvenile prosecutors in Turin have opened an investigation into three minors accused of kidnapping and torturing a teen with a learning disability on Halloween night.
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Skiers in Italy face another year of steep price hikes as resorts across the country increase their ski pass costs ahead of the new season, according to consumer watchdog Assoutenti.
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Italian police have seized shares worth €1.3 billion from Lagfin, the Luxembourg-based holding company that controls Campari Group, as part of a major tax evasion investigation.
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Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has vowed to continue his fight against organised crime after receiving an online threat against him and his family. The threat came after city authorities demolished two illegally built villas in Rocca Cencia, a district in eastern Rome known for mafia-linked clans of Sinti origin.
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