Italian police said today they arrested 12 people, including the leaders of the extreme right-wing party Forza Nuova, after riots in Rome a day earlier over a government drive to make the COVID-19 “Green Pass” mandatory for all workers.
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The re-election bid of Virginia Raggi of the Five-Star Movement ended on Monday, with two of her opponents squaring up for another round of voting. Meanwhile, Rachele Mussolini, the granddaughter of Italy’s fascist dictator, received the most votes in Rome’s local elections for the city council.
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The ancient village of Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, is home to monsters. Il Sacro Bosco, (The Sacred Wood) houses a collection of grotesques and giants. ItalyNews walked among the majestic and surreal…
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On Saturday night, Rome’s Ponte dell’Industria – better known as Ponte di Ferro – caught fire. The damage is serious.
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As Romans go to the polls to elect a new mayor of Rome, wild boar have put the current incumbent in a prickly position. Virginia Raggi says the animals are being used against here and puts the blame squarely on the region of Lazio.
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Italian police are investigating a Somali asylum-seeker for attempted murder after he allegedly slashed two ticket controllers aboard a bus in the beach resort town of Rimini. He then wounded three other people, including a boy, as he fled.
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On Sunday 12th September, Ravenna will commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death. It sees the culmination of celebrations launched a year ago by the President Sergio Mattarella, who symbolically reopened the doors of Dante’s tomb in Ravenna at the end of the restoration.
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The Mayor of Rome, Five Star Movement’s Virginia Raggi, accuses Lazio regional government of failing to tackle the wild boar problem
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On Saturday, 4th September, the Casa Martelli museum reopens in Florence. An integral part of the Bargello museums group it has been closed to the public for over a year.
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The mayor of Milan compared a fire that tore through a 20-storey residential tower block on Sunday to the Grenfell Tower blaze in London that killed 72 people four years ago.
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