Italian police have charged a man with culpable homicide after he shot and killed his father during a boar hunt. The pair were moving through thick bushes near the town of Postiglione in the southern province of Salerno on Sunday,…
Nigerian “Maphites” Cult Crushed in Italy
A two-year probe — aided significantly by a man on the inside who fed details to investigators — “has allowed us to destroy much of what, within the Nigerian community, is known as the ‘Maphite’ cult,” Italian police said in…
Girelli’s hat trick lifts Italy into next round of WC (Nation)
Cristiana Girelli scored a hat trick to put Italy into the second round of the Women’s World Cup with a 5-0 victory over Jamaica on Friday. It was Italy’s second hat trick at the World Cup, as Girelli joined Carolina…
Stolen Bruegel masterpiece was switched with fake in police sting (BBC)
Police in Italy are unconcerned about the daring theft of a Flemish master’s painting – because they had replaced it with a fake a month ago. The painting by Pieter Bruegel the Younger, worth millions, apparently vanished from a church…
France angered by Italy’s Africa remarks (BBC)
France has summoned Italy’s ambassador after the Italian deputy prime minister accused the French of exploiting Africa and fuelling migration. On Sunday, Luigi di Maio called on the European Union to impose sanctions on France for its policies in Africa.…
Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director, dies at 77 (BBC)
Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director of Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor, has died in Rome, aged 77. Born in Parma in 1941, his other films included The Conformist, The Dreamers, 1900 and The Sheltering Sky. Winner of two…
Italy to introduce ‘sugar tax’ to fund varsity research (Punch)
Italy plans to introduce a tax on fizzy drinks to help fund university research. Carla Ruocco, a lawmaker from the 5-Star Movement, announced late on Thursday that the so-called ‘sugar tax’ would be presented as an amendment to the budget.…
Italy promises land as gift to increase birth rate (Punch)
In a bid to increase its birth rate the Italian government plans to reward parents with three children with a land. Italy’s populist government plans to reward parents who have a third child by awarding them a piece of land,…
Death toll in Italy storms rises to nine (Guardian)
The death toll from fierce storms battering Italy has risen to nine, civil protection authorities said Tuesday, as wild weather caused schools to close and trapped dozens of tourists in the north of the country. With ferocious storms lashing the…
Italy fines Apple, Samsung €15m for slowing down smartphones (Punch)
Italy’s competition authority on Wednesday said it was fining Apple and Samsung 10 and five million euros ($11.5 and $5.7 million) respectively for the so-called “planned obsolescence” of their smartphones. The ruling is believed to be the first against the…