Fears of days of travel chaos across Europe and the world eased on Saturday after plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to implement a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on some 6,000 of its A320 planes.
Major European airports including Brussels, London Heathrow, two German airports and two Irish airports were on Saturday hit by "cyber-related disruption" affecting check-in and baggage drop systems and causing delays and cancellations.
French-Italian relations soured this week amid a row over migrant rescues, with the two countries accusing each other of "incomprehensible" behaviour. Here's a look at what it all means.
A helicopter crashed in southern Italy on Saturday, killing all seven people on board including a family of Slovenian tourists, Italian media reported.
Giorgia Meloni on Sunday formally took office as Italy's first woman Prime Minister, four weeks after her far-right party swept to victory in general elections.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Saturday congratulated Giorgia Meloni on becoming Prime Minister of Italy and said he looked forward to working with her.
Polls opened and Italians began voting on Sunday morning in an election expected to result in the country's first far-right government since World War II, bringing eurosceptic populists to the heart of Europe.
From drought to a glacier collapse and this week's deadly storms, Italy has suffered numerous climate events this year - yet politicians are hardly mentioning the issue ahead of elections.
Millions of people will not cast their ballots at the upcoming general election in Italy despite wanting to vote, because they are elderly, sick or live far from their hometowns.
Giorgia Meloni looks unstoppable: with two weeks to the election, final polls show her heading for a landslide victory to lead postwar Italy's first far-right government as its first female prime minister.
Days after Italy's far-right leader made a multilingual appeal to foreign commentators to take her seriously, her main rival in September elections issued his own tit-for-tat video Saturday condemning her record.
Italian footballing giants Juventus were set to square off against Spanish side Atlético Madrid in Tel Aviv this weekend but the match was postponed amid renewed hostilities in the region.
The number of people killed in an avalanche in the Italian Dolomites rose to 11 on Saturday, which was expected to be the final death toll, police said.
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, the EU's executive warned on Sunday that Europe should be prepared for its biggest humanitarian crisis in years.
Italian police raided the homes and searched the computers on Thursday of eight people suspected of planning violence during protests against the country's coronavirus passport.
