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Read the latest news from Italy on travel, tourism, cost of living, culture, food, jobs, visas, bureaucracy, property and more. Non-EU nationals living throughout Europe will have to pay for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to enter the UK from Wednesday, January 8th. EU nationals will also ...
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Travellers warned about Italy's bird-brained laws Foreigners in Italy beware: playing bingo, snacking while sitting on the steps of a monument and feeding pigeons at Venice's St Mark's Square may seem innocent enough, but they carry hefty fines if caught.
Today in Italy: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
Oct 23, 2024 · Italy's Justice Minister Carlo Nordio speaks during a press conference in March 2023. Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP Europe's human rights body slams political speech in Italy as 'xenophobic', government declares 19 countries ‘safe’ to salvage Albanian migrant deal, and more news from Italy on Wednesday.
Today in Italy: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
Jan 11, 2024 · Italy’s top story on Thursday: Italy's emergency departments are facing a "crisis", Italy's doctors' association has warned, as the number of patients being hospitalised with severe cases of seasonal flu and Covid has soared in recent weeks. There was alarm after two patients in the northern city of Vicenza died of the H1N1 flu virus, and three more were in …
Today in Italy: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
May 22, 2024 · Rome residents make over 30 calls a week over seagull attacks. Italian environmental association Earth has been fielding more than 30 distress calls per week from Rome residents over attacks from local seagulls, newspaper Il Messaggero reported on Monday.. Earth president Valentina Coppola told reporters that the recent uptick in the number of attacks is down to spring being nesting season ...
Today in Italy: A roundup of the news on Monday
Oct 7, 2024 · Progeria campaigner Sammy Basso dies of disease. Sammy Basso, the Venetian biologist who suffered from the rapid-aging disease progeria, died Saturday night at the age of 28, his family said Sunday, Ansa reported. He was the longest-living patient with this genetic disease and had campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of the condition, which impacts the body, but not brain development or ...
Today in Italy: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
Jan 19, 2024 · Police hunt for anti-speed camera vigilante. A man believed to have knocked down some 11 speed cameras between Veneto, Lombardy and Piedmont months was at the centre of a police manhunt in northern Italy.. The suspect, whom social media users have dubbed Fleximan based on his tool of choice (a flessibile, or angle grinder) is believed to have last struck the night between Friday, January 12th ...
Today in Italy: A roundup of the latest news on Monday
Oct 13, 2024 · Two Ravenna men under investigation over rape of American student. Two men from Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, were placed under investigation in connection with the alleged rape of a 19-year-old American student in late August, Ansa reported on Sunday. The 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped on August 25th at a beach club in the Punta Marina Terme resort, on the Adriatic coastline.
Today in Italy: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
Mar 22, 2024 · Speed cameras have been at the centre of nationwide debate in Italy following the destruction of dozens of devices across northern regions by a controversial vigilante commonly known as ‘Fleximan’.. Italy is the European country with the highest number of speed cameras (11,130), with the UK being a far second (7,700). Italy's 20 largest cities collected a total of nearly 76 million euros ...