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Italy in trouble over alleged Fiat Chrysler emission-test cheating
The European Commission has launched legal action against Italy over allegations of emission-test cheating by Fiat Chrysler. It is demanding Rome formally respond to its concerns that the carmaker has not justified the necessity for...
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Alitalia: on a wing and a prayer
Italian airline Alitalia has started bankruptcy proceedings. The loss-making carrier has asked the Rome government to place it under special administration. That could lead to Alitalia being overhauled, sold off or shut down with the...
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Bankrupt Alitalia starts the difficult job of finding a buyer
The very real prospect that it could soon be “ciao” for Alitalia is sending shock waves through Italy. The troubled airline has been put under special administration by the government after two thirds of its workers voted against job and...
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Google to pay 306 million euros additional tax to Italy
Italy has done a search for money and come up with 306 million euros from Google. Its parent company – Alphabet – is to pay that to settle a tax dispute with Italy covered 13 years up to 2015. Alphabet has been accused by several...
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EU unemployment improves again to eight-year low
With powerhouse Germany leading the way the EU’s 28 members hit unemployment of 8% in February, the lowest since January 2009. Germany’s 3.9% unemployment is bested only by the Czechs’ 3.4%, but of major economies only the UK’s 4.6%...
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Less wine, more money
There was less wine produced around the world last year according to the trade body the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). Global production was down by 3.2 percent from the previous year with bad weather a major factor....
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Europe sets sights on supercomputer future
Ministers from seven European countries have signed a declaration in Rome, as they set their sights on seizing a share of the supercomputer future. The joint vision is for a hi-tech infrastructure that can process more than a thousand...
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Business opportunities with the Dual-use trend
This episode of Business Planet comes from Sicily and looks at the Dual-use trend and the tremendous opportunities it can present. Dual-use: a new avenue to explore for SMEs Dual-use technologies address both civil and defence needs....
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EU leaders sign Rome Declaration at milestone moment
Sixty years after the EU’s founding treaty, leaders have signed the Rome Declaration during anniversary events in the Italian city. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo had threatened not to put pen to paper, fearing any idea of a...
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BBC crew caught in volcano eruption
A group of journalists and tourists suffered minor injuries at Mount Etna in Sicily
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Catching Light in Italy
In his decades of experience as a war cameraman, Kurt Moser had never seen a camera like the one he discovered under a blanket in a studio in Milan. The camera, made in 1907, weighs 70kg, is two meters long and takes two people to carry it.
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Spectacular drone video shows erupting Mount Etna in Italy
Ground survey team captures images on 3rd day of volcanic activity
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President Donald Trump ‘floats’ at The Carnival of Viareggio
It is one of the most renowned street celebrations in Europe, The Carnival of Viareggio famous for its parades of huge floats. Fantastic floats at the Carnival of #Viareggio – photo essay https://t.co/yURFb5GrP4 via GuardianTravel #Italy...
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Italy’s UniCredit selling 13 billion euros of new shares
The latest chapter in Italy’s banking crisis is being played out as UniCredit sells shares to raise 13 billion euros. The country’s largest lender is having to rebuild its capital reserves as it expects to suffer a loss of 11.8 billion...
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EU refuses to rule out legal action over refugee relocation
EU countries have taken in just 12,000 migrants from Greece and Italy in a year and a half. The agreed target was to relocate 160,000 by this September. A senior Commission official says legal action could be the next step. Frans...
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Virtual reality comes to Emperor Nero’s Golden Palace in Rome
The Golden Palace in Rome, built by Emperor Nero is getting the virtual reality treatment. Put on a headset and you will be whisked back in time to the lavish rooms of his opulent home. It is all underground and possible to see the...
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EU casts doubt on British growth prospects amid Brexit uncertainty
An official EU forecast published on Monday said that Britain’s economic growth will slow over the next two years amid uncertainty that surround the country’s future relationship with the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May is widely expected...
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EU casts doubt on British growth prospects amid Brexit uncertainty
An official EU forecast published on Monday said that Britain’s economic growth will slow over the next two years amid uncertainty that surrounds the country’s future relationship with the EU. Prime Minister Theresa May is widely...
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Italy: anti-Uber protests take thousands of taxis off the streets
There was another anti-Uber protest on Thursday, this time in Italy, with at least 1,000 taxi drivers targeting the Senate building in Rome. Hundreds more took to the streets in other major cities, including Milan, Turin and Florence....
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‘Call Me By Your Name’ delights critics at Berlinale
“Call Me By Your Name” is an adaptation of a 2007 novel by Egyptian-born writer André Aciman. Set in the early 1980s, this coming of age drama follows the love affair between a teenager, Elio and his father’s new American assistant,...
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EU eyes more money to process refugees in Africa
EU interior ministers want to spend more money on camps in Africa so refugees and migrants can be processed there. Governments hope it will dissuade them from trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. “The people taken up by the...
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Utter devastation revealed as snow melts around Italian hotel
Entire resort pushed downhill during January avalanche that killed 29
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1st images from inside hotel show devastating impact of avalanche
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Searchers blocked by massive snow while trying to reach buried hotel
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