News Archive for May 2016
Here you can find articles published in May 2016. Return to full archive here-
02 May
- Up to 100 missing in two migrant shipwrecks
- Six incredible ways Italy profoundly changed my life
- U2 star performs Sistine Chapel's first ever gig
- Italian cemetery worker 'stole gold teeth from corpse'
- 'We were going to Syria to help children, not join Isis'
- Italy and Japan urge G7 to spend for growth
- Italian marine held in India should return home: UN court
- Italy's long neglected wonders to get €1 billion boost
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03 May
- Record profits put Ferrari in pole position for 2016
- Chinese police begin patrols at Italy's tourist hotspots
- Seven reasons Molise (yes, Molise) is Italy's best kept secret
- It's not a crime if hungry poor steal food, Italy says
- How a humble Italian became 'King Claudio' of England
- Find Italian a handful? Not after you watch this video
- Italy set to raise migrant wreck to identify hundreds of victims
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04 May
- Microsoft buys Italian startup in 'internet of things' push
- The Who name two Italian dates for 50th anniversary
- Brexit would leave expats in 'ghastly' legal limbo for years
- Italians plan third refugee demo at Austrian border
- Migrants get Pakistani chef amid 'bad' Italian food revolt
- Why the baby brain can learn two languages at same time
- Disgraced Italian surgeon defends work in first interview
- Ranieri is 'King of England', says his 96-year-old mum
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05 May
- Food-nabbing gulls go beserk in Venice's St Mark's Square
- EU leaders meet amid Italy fears of new migrant influx
- Glamorous M5S candidate tops Rome mayor race
- Italy's long-awaited gay unions bill ready for final vote
- Naples bids to smash world record with 2km pizza
- Banksy's biggest collection of works get Rome display
- 'Nationalism will rise unless EU borders protected': Merkel
- US passports now need six months validity for Italy
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06 May
- Renzi blasts 'anachronistic' Austria over border plan
- Activists destroy copies of far-right leader’s new book in raid
- Italian firm wrong to not hire hijab-wearing woman: court
- Jubilant Italian, 93, finally overturns athletics ban
- Deutsche Bank targeted in Italian bond sale probe
- Migrant arrivals in Italy top 30,000 for 2016: navy
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09 May
- Bocelli stirs Leicester City with tear-jerking performance
- Man arrested on suspicion of recruiting terrorists in Italy
- Eight of Rome's most tantalizing foreign food gems
- Italian court absolves two men over public goat slaughter
- The ultimate guide to the insanity of driving in Italy
- Italy announces diplomats' meeting to end chaos in Libya
- Almost half of Italians polled in survey want to leave EU
- What Google says about Italy (and other EU nations)
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10 May
- Art-loving mafia mobster's collection in Italy show
- British expats: have your say in this historic decision
- Thirteen American soldiers arrested over Italy bar brawl
- Afghan held over 'terror attack plots in Italy, UK and France'
- Italian artist sells contentious Adolf Hitler statue for €15m
- Ranieri focuses on Foxes but would 'love' Italy job one day
- Italy's civil unions bill gets put to a final confidence vote
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11 May
- Eataly fined €50k for misleading wine labels
- Italian candidate puts naked bum on election poster
- Tuscany fights sex slavery with red light district race
- Italy busts network that held migrants hostage in Sicily
- Italy holds confidence vote on civil rights bill
- Italy court acquits engineer sentenced for quake deaths
- Italy says ‘yes’ to gay civil unions in historic vote
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12 May
- Masterpieces stolen in Verona heist found in Ukraine
- 'Anarchy' in small Italian town after all its police retire
- Why not everyone is happy with Italy's civil unions bill
- Italian police unable to access terror suspect's iPhone
- Everything you need to know about Italy's Eurovision entry
- Two bodies found on migrant wreck, but 600 still on board
- Storms lash Italy as cyclone Poppea strikes
- Italian right seeks referendum to overturn gay unions law
- Where can you find the best beaches in Italy?
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13 May
- More than 800 migrants rescued off Sicily coast
- Italian paedophile priest pays abuse victims' families €25k
- Brits: don't let bumbling councils steal your vote
- 'Staying single is why I'm the world's oldest person'
- Two Italy suspects freed in terror threat 'blunder'
- Meet the expats making a career out of Italian food
- Italy suspends raising migrant wreck amid bad weather
- It's OK to call a politician a 'Nazi': Italian judge
- Italy is now Europe's top spot for refugee arrivals
- Austria backs down on Brenner Pass border checks
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16 May
- Why talk of barriers is opening up old wounds in South Tyrol
- Italy will not send troops to Libya to protect UN structures
- Fury as Grillo makes 'terrorist' jibe at London Muslim mayor
- Runner killed by lightning bolt as storms batter Italy
- Italy coach Conte cleared of sporting fraud charges
- Huge Roman villa found under Amalfi church set to open
- Two men kicked off plane in what captain calls 'racist act'
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17 May
- 1,800 jobs to go as part of Italian bank merger
- Dubai a 'transit hub' for drug smugglers as Italy arrests two
- London mayor 'bomb' joke bares crisis in Grillo party
- Italian man killed in front of family by swarm of bees
- Why Italy's facing a birth rate apocalypse
- Rome mulls 'metro museum' after new line unearths ruin
- Prosecutor wants 18 years jail for migrant disaster captain
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18 May
- How Italy's richest region is feeling the migrant strain
- Italy sends asylum-seekers to Cyprus under EU scheme
- Italy granted 'unprecedented' slack on EU budget rules
- Italy's slice of paradise is finally back in public hands
- Amanda Knox vs Italy: European court accepts rights violation case
- Italy finds stolen Columbus letter announcing discovery of Americas
- Huge ash cloud over Etna as volcano erupts again
- Italy has 'moderate' risk of Zika virus outbreak: WHO
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19 May
- Italy makes headway in bid to close Libya migrant route
- Foreign, female and a self-made success in arduous Italy
- Naples brings pizza record home with 1.8km margherita
- Brits: Why vote away your right to move in Europe?
- Italy gets first hint of summer with a hot, perfect weekend
- The radical Italian who fought for the EU's creation dies at 86
- 'The Exorcist' maker says Vatican let him film real rite
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20 May
- Why Italians are falling out of love with the EU
- Star pizza maker/mafia boss nabbed in Dutch seaside town
- Italy ministry tells town to take down 'Christians only' signs
- 2.2 million Italian families are without a job income: Istat
- Migrants help Italian police overcome poor English skills
- Italy deports couple after terrorism probe
- Brits have until June 7th to apply for Brexit proxy vote
- 22 May
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23 May
- Hearing on Italian marine's return home set for May 26th
- Rampaging fans stab two in bar brawl after Italian Cup final
- Fury as mayor hopeful vows to give road fascist's name
- Tragedy as Austrian mother found dead after killing baby
- These are the best beaches within easy reach of Rome
- Cheesed-off Italy wants pay-out over US soap opera gag
- Pirlo and Balotelli missing as Conte finetunes Italy squad
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24 May
- How the brutal murder of an anti-mafia hero altered Sicily
- Alleged Portuguese, Russian 'spies' arrested in Rome
- Over 2,000 stricken migrants rescued in the Mediterranean
- Largest show of Banksy's works opens in Rome
- Meredith Kercher's convicted killer gets 36 hours of freedom
- GO! Italians asked to vote on coveted Monopoly locations
- Italian football hooligan gets 26 years for rival fan's murder
- Plush Sardinian resort serves Harrods with eviction notice
- And Lonely Planet's 3rd 'must visit' Europe destination is...
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25 May
- Did a Nazi official save Ponte Vecchio from destruction?
- Italy says another 3,000 migrants rescued off Libya
- Rome in €500m plea to restore historic icons to former glory
- 200-metre sinkhole swallows cars in central Florence
- Austria steps up anti-migrant patrols at Italian border
- Italy finds 'body-filled' wreck of WWII submarine
- Five migrants dead in shipwreck: Italian navy
- Italians petition to save paradise island's hermit
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26 May
- Two men jailed in Italy for social media terror threats
- Striking pictures capture moment of migrant shipwreck
- India allows accused Italian marine to go home
- Huge sinkhole in city centre will cost Florence €5 million
- Purrfect: cat-filled beach is a top tourist spot in Sardinia
- Italians plea to adopt baby orphaned in migrant tragedy
- '20 to 30' people dead in new migrant shipwreck
- Italian man lay dead in flat for 5 years before anyone noticed
- Over 100 feared dead in new migrant boat tragedies in Med
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27 May
- Why the average ancient Roman worker was dead by 30
- Iconic photos of Hiroshima horror go on show in Rome
- Man can pay ex-wife's alimony with pizza, Italian court rules
- Crew who sunk with WWII sub 'wanted to be found': relative
- Alicia Keys to sing live at Milan Champions League final
- 'Racist' Chinese ad causes outrage...but Italy did it first
- Dozens missing in fresh migrant shipwreck: rescuers
- 28 May
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30 May
- Migrant who survived boat wreck drowns in Italian lake
- Italy hunts for more foreign directors in museum shake-up
- Ex-boyfriend of Rome student found burning to death probed
- Quiz: Silvio Berlusconi versus Donald Trump - who said it?
- Rome risks rubbish pile-up as binmen strike
- Migrant crossings to Italy - what do we know?
- Severe storms and flash floods wreak havoc in Milan
- Italian gran drives wrong way along motorway...for 7km
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31 May
- No longer just a job: the unlikely crew saving lives
- Italian admits burning his ex alive 'because she left him'
- Disgraced Concordia captain awaits appeal verdict
- Fourteen people injured in Turin paints factory explosion
- Panic as three earthquakes strike Umbria
- Ten Airbnb apartments where you'll feel at home in Rome
- At least 1,000 feared dead in nine migrant boat wrecks