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The bridge was first dreamed up in the 1960's, but no prime minister has succeeded in bringing it to fruition.

He had a private aeroplane and eight homes.

The documentary comes out on Netflix on Friday.

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The southern Swiss region Ticino voted on Monday to curb job access for workers living across the border in Italy.

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The proposed reforms are judged to be the most important in Italy since World War II.

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If you're an American in Europe, don't let high-minded queasiness stop you using your vote - there's too much at stake, says Laura Shields of Democrats Abroad.

The Ticino region borders Italy, with 63,000 jobs there held by cross-border workers.

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"To live in Italy, one must do more than drink coffee. One must understand coffee."

A surge in the number of Chinese visitors is only one of the reasons that the Cinque Terre, a Unesco world heritage site that is home to some 5,000 people, attracted 2.5 million tourists last year.

Walk into Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood and it feels like a theme park. But it wasn't so long ago the picturesque area was considered one of Europe's most interesting, especially with its fiery, and violent, history.

The family of a Muslim woman who was attacked in Vienna by an unknown assailant suspect the assault was motivated by Islamophobia.

Expats in Switzerland have the best earning prospects in the world but among the worst social lives, according to a new survey.

A new report shows that more than half a million people who had their asylum applications rejected are still living in Germany, three-quarters of whom have been in the country for more than six years.

A new political party that promises a stricter immigration policy than the Danish People’s Party combined with a libertarian economic outlook will be on the ballot the next time Denmark holds an election.

As the wine harvest gets well underway across Spain, The Local celebrates the nation's favourite tipple with some little known facts.