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Fast-food outlets on slopes at two prestigious Dolomites resorts are Italy’s first, with legal action threatenedEurope live – latest updatesSkiers on the slopes of two of Italy’s most prestigious resorts will be able to dine from buckets of fried chick…
Read MoreUS citizen Leo, who has clashed with Donald Trump over several issues, submits his vote by post in ChicagoPope Leo has voted in the US midterm elections – the first time a sitting pontiff is known to have cast a ballot in any political election at any …
Read MoreArchaeologists uncover jewellery, cosmetics and coins in cabinet sealed since eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79Fragments of personal objects, from makeup tools and a perfume bottle to coins and a child’s necklace, have been found tucked away in a wood…
Read MoreItalian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightingsA significant cache of unexploded bombs from the first world war emerged this summer from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Dolomites, the It…
Read MoreDoctors say pontiff is ‘fit for discharge’ after operation to remove cancerous tumour from his lungPope Leo lung cancer surgery: what kind of operation did he have and what happens next?Pope Leo has been discharged from hospital in Rome after undergoin…
Read MoreVatican says pontiff had lower lobe of right lung removed in ‘successful, on schedule and as planned’ operation in RomePope Leo has lung cancer, the Vatican said late on Tuesday.Leo, 71, underwent an operation and had the lower lobe of his right lung r…
Read MoreLuca Olmetto was trapped roughly 10 metres below ground in the Gorroppeddu cave in the Urzulei mountain rangeA 31-year-old man has been pulled alive from a cave on the Italian island of Sardinia after being trapped roughly 10 metres below ground for 26…
Read MoreGang broke into cellar of Marchesi Antinori in Cortona and loaded two trucks with 30,000 bottles before getawayThousands of bottles of wine worth €5m (£4.2m) have been stolen from a prestigious winery in Tuscany in what is thought to be the biggest hei…
Read MoreItaly’s opposition parties vow to challenge law in court, arguing that extra reward for those with 42% of support distorts public representationEurope live – latest updatesA controversial overhaul to electoral law that critics say is aimed at boosting …
Read MoreIn Bolotana, 70 miles from island’s original blue zone, 13% of women who reach 70 will live on to a centuryThe secret to longevity is being a woman – specifically, a woman in one part of Sardinia. At least, that is the conclusion of a study on centenar…
Read MoreItalian police say Maltese citizen under investigation for smuggling after animals found packed in carA Maltese man is facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly attempting to transport 300 tortoises and 77 parrots from Sicily to Malta.The animals w…
Read MoreAuthorities crack down on trade they says risks spiralling out of control – but operators say they are being targeted unfairlyOn the edge of Piazza Navona, one of the grandest squares in central Rome, Barry and Linda, visitors from Texas in the US, ste…
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