Italy

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Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a sovereign country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands. Italy is located in south-central Europe, and is considered part of western Europe. A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital, the country covers a total area of 301,340 km² (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in Tunisian waters (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union.

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Italy remembers the victims of the Bologna Massacre 40 years on Italy commemorates the victims of the Bologna Massacre - the most deadly attack on its soil since the end of the Second World War.View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:10Published 2 days ago


[CDATA[Italy remembers the victims of the Bologna Massacre 40 years on]] [CDATA[]] Credit: Euronews English Duration: 01:10Published 2 days ago

[CDATA[France and Italy agree to unify border forces to combat people smuggling]] [CDATA[]] Credit: Euronews English Duration: 01:10Published 3 days ago

France and Italy agree to unify border forces to combat people smuggling Both countries' guards and officials will operate under one command to make them more effective. View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:10Published 3 days ago

Even dinosaurs flock to the beach in Italy's heatwave As a heatwave gripped Italy on Friday (July 31), a dinosaur took advantage of the jurassic climate to paddle on a Sicilian beach. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:50Published 3 days ago

Vikram Chandra analyses Covid-19 spike in India & other top news India on Friday saw a record daily spike with over 55,000 Covid-19 cases and has now overtaken countries like Italy, France and Spain in the death toll and is now at number 5 in the world. Though, the.. Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 07:49Published 3 days ago

Italy's oldest student caps off studies at 96 With no late-night drinking sessions to distract him and a typewriter instead of a tablet, Italy's oldest student, 96-year-old Giuseppe Paterno has become one of the world's oldest graduates after.. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 01:52Published 4 days ago

Pentagon details troop withdraw from Germany The U.S. military unveiled details of its plans on Wednesday to withdraw about 12,000 troops from Germany following a decision by President Donald Trump. The U.S. said it plans to keep nearly half of.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:31Published 6 days ago

Zanardi returning to intensive care in Milan Italian former Formula One driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi returning to intensive care to treat serious head injuries. Credit: Reuters - Sports Duration: 04:43Published 1 week ago

Lamborghini Launches New Way To Customize Car On Monday, Lamborghini announced buyers can now customize their new cars through virtual consultations. Normally, customers would have to fly out to the company's headquarters in Italy to create their.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:40Published 2 weeks ago

Relief in Italy and Greece after EU coronavirus recovery deal There was a lot of wrangling at the EU summit over the size and terms of the coronavirus recovery fund. For once, the hard-hit southern states don’t feel like they’re losing out.View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 02:18Published 2 weeks ago

Sperm whale caught in nets near Sicily The Italian coastguard has been working for days to free a massive sperm whale caught in an abandoned fishing net in open sea off the Sicilian Aeolian Islands. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:46Published 2 weeks ago

EU survives COVID talks but not unscathed Tense recovery talks have revealed deep political fractures in the European Union, questioning its ability to stay unified. Megan Revell reports. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 03:29Published 2 weeks ago

EU agrees 'historic' recovery deal European Union leaders reached a deal on Tuesday on a package of measures to boost their economies after the coronavirus pandemic, agreeing to borrow and spend hundreds of billions of euros in the next.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 02:04Published 2 weeks ago

An artist in Italy has carved a huge portrait of Joe Biden into this field A land artist is helping to cultivate support for US presidential hopeful Joe Biden after carving a picture of him in an Italian field. View on euronews Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 00:50Published 2 weeks ago

COVID-19 cases increasing in certain states, they'll reach peak little later: AIIMS Director While addressing a press conference in the national capital on July 20, the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Professor Randeep Guleria spoke on vaccine trail amid.. Credit: ANI Duration: 02:04Published 2 weeks ago

Italy's Coast Guard rescuing sperm whale entangled in fishing net off Sicily coast Italy's Coast Guard rescuing sperm whale entangled in fishing net off Sicily coast Credit: Euronews English Duration: 00:50Published 2 weeks ago

Merkel warns of possible EU summit failure European Union leaders may not reach a deal on a coronavirus stimulus plan on Sunday (July 19), German Chancellor Angela Merkel said as marathon negotiations ran into a third day. Francis Maguire.. Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:33Published 2 weeks ago

Can Pregnancy Spread The Coronavirus To Fetuses? Can a pregnant woman spread the coronavirus to her fetus? It’s possible, but it seems to be relatively rare and scientists think they know why that is. Many viruses can cross the placenta and infect.. Credit: Wochit News Duration: 00:36Published 3 weeks ago

80 Percent of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients Have Symptoms for Months, Study Says The analysis, which observed 143 people in Italy, can be found in the 'Journal of the American Medical Association'. Credit: Cover Video STUDIO Duration: 01:23Published 3 weeks ago

EU leaders meet ahead of crunch summit to paper over the cracks of COVID recovery plan The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, met with Italian premier Guiseppe Conte Monday, ahead of the EU summit on Friday, but said that the positions of the member states remain apart. But she urged her.. Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:30Published 3 weeks ago

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Italy reports 34 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, 210 new cases Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 34 on Tuesday, against 26 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases declined to 210 from 303 on Monday. Reuters - Published on June 16, 2020
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Italy, Germany, France and Netherlands sign contract with Astrazeneca for COVID vaccine Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands have signed a contract with Astrazeneca to supply European citizens with a vaccine against the coronavirus, Italy's health minister said on Saturday. Reuters - Published on June 13, 2020	Italy's PM says virus crisis should be opportunity to reform country Italy cannot afford to return to normality after the coronavirus emergency but should turn the crisis into an opportunity to reform the country, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Saturday. Reuters - Published on June 13, 2020
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Italy

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