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Why are EU countries closing their borders with each other?
Schengen Agreement: Many EU countries have recently reintroduced ‘temporary controls’ at their borders, leading to questions as to whether a core fundamental of the European Union is collapsing.
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Why is the Italian prime minister suing over deepfake porn?
The right-wing Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni is suing a father and his son for allegedly making deepfake pornographic videos of her.
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At least seven dead after storms sweep through Europe
At least seven people have been killed after storms swept through parts of Switzerland, Northern Italy and France.
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Who is mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro and why is his arrest significant?
We spoke to John Dickie, Professor of Italian Studies at University College London and author of a number of books on the mafia.
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Italian mafia boss arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run
On the streets of the Sicilian capital Palermo, police officers were clapped and cheered as word spread that the person they were arresting was none other than Matteo Messina Denaro – Italy’s most wanted mafia boss.
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Revisited: Italy’s journey from Covid hell to ‘redemption’
In this episode from August 2021, Antonello Guerrera reflects on whether recent sporting triumphs represent redemption for the country.
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Italy: from Covid hell to ‘redemption’
Antonello Guerrera, a journalist for the Italian newspaper la Repubblica, talks about Italy’s collective Covid trauma.
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Bjorn Andresen: The truth about Visconti’s ‘most beautiful boy in the world’
He starred in ‘Death in Venice’ and was feted worldwide as “the most beautiful boy in the world” at the age of just 15.
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Italian volunteers provide services to sick and isolated
The number of cases in Italy continues to rise, especially in the northern Lombardy region which has seen more than 4,000 deaths to date.
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‘There have been episodes of what I would describe as discrimination against Italians’ – Italian Ambassador to UK
Earlier I spoke to Italy’s Ambassador to the UK, Raffaele Trombetta. I started by asking him how things were in his country at this critical moment…
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Coronavirus ‘worse than bomb’ – senior Italian health official Giacomo Grasselli
I spoke to Professor Giacomo Grasselli a senior Italian government health official who is coordinating the network of intensive care units in Lombardy.
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Coronavirus: Deaths jump above 600 in Italy – as country struggles with lockdown
It’s a lockdown in a European country of a type not seen since times of war.
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Italy facing ‘darkest hour’ during coronavirus lockdown
Italy has almost ten thousand cases, making it the second worst after China
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Coronavirus lockdown in Italy as 16 million people quarantined
The number of people who have died from coronavirus in Italy has jumped a hundred and thirty three in a single day, taking the death toll there to 366.
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Elvis in Italy: after the migrant crisis
Elvis was one of the last migrants to make it to Italy – after his arrival the country’s new populist coalition government decided to block any further migrant ships from docking at its ports.