News Archive for October 2016

Here you can find articles published in October 2016. Return to full archive here

02 October
- Top ex-bankers indicted in Italy over derivatives scandal
03 October
- Pope Francis: Teaching gender theory is indoctrination
- Pope to give slain French priest fast track to sainthood
- Italy expels five for 'jihadist messages' on Facebook
- Refugee kids made to use separate toilets at Italian school
- Aussie cyclist gets caught in traffic, misses Tour of Lombardy
- Italy police dismantle two earthquake fundraising scams
- First Remembrance Day for Lampedusa migrants marked in Italy
- Nine dead as Italy rescues 6,055 migrants on disaster anniversary
- Elena Ferrante's 'unmasking' sparks literary privacy row
04 October
- The Italian farmers cultivating an ancient Jewish tradition
- Pope Francis makes surprise visit to quake-hit towns
- Central Rome park to be closed at night following rape
- 'I'm Chinese, I'm Italian - hug me as a human being'
05 October
- At least 32 migrants dead off Libya: coastguard
- Fake Ferrante Twitter account sparks fresh confusion over author's identity
- Italian government boasts of low wages in campaign for foreign investment
- Sicilian public sector workers skipped work for massages and basketball
- New photos show horror of the Mediterranean's never-ending migrant tragedy
- The ten most Instagram-able places in Italy - beyond the obvious
- Remains of 'up to six bodies' discovered in Sicilian cave
06 October
- Police catch mafia fugitive 'Mamma' in secret room in his own home
- Light aircraft crashes and catches fire in northern Italy, killing one
- Brain drain: More Italians than ever are moving abroad
- Italian lottery reimburses scratchcard fan who never won
- Recreated treasures from Syria and Iraq go on show in Italy
- Apple's first European Academy opens in Naples
07 October
- The battle of migrant rescue 'angels' to save lives
- Italian mum tells teacher: Homework is torture, kids need time to play
- Italy's best pizza is made in a rehab centre
- Rome's central train station gets a new artisanal food market
- Britain to allow ALL citizens living abroad the right to vote
- Phew! Pickpocketing in Italy has declined significantly
10 October
- Pope Francis appoints potential successors
- IN PICTURES: Italy's first snowfall of the season
- Wasps and weather threaten Italian chestnuts
- 100,000 Italians march 'for peace, against indifference'
- Amatrice man charged for deliberately running over his dog
11 October
- Italy PM Renzi battles to avoid party split over referendum
- Child contracts TB from infected paediatrician in northern Italy
- Italy officially abandons Rome Olympic bid
- Following in Dante's footsteps: Eight beautiful towns to visit in Italy
- Migrants nearly as valuable to Italian economy as Fiat
12 October
- 'Ethnicity: Italian or Sicilian?' UK schools provoke row with online form
- Italian beer Peroni officially turns Japanese
- Pope Francis begs for immediate Syria ceasefire
- Risking it all on a referendum: Is Renzi bold or foolish?
- The first 'wine fountain' just opened in Italy - and it's free
- Italian mayor defends request for refugees to use separate buses
- Brit fined €3,000 for defecating in public at Italian airport
13 October
- Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright Dario Fo dies at 90
- Sardinia bans 'sexist language' from official communication
- Italy puzzles over how to save 700,000 people from wrath of Vesuvius
- EU court condemns Italy for neglecting victims of violence
- Fifteen migrants lost at sea off Libya in nighttime horror
- Obituary: Dario Fo, master of satire and political farce
- How Italy plans to rebuild its earthquake-damaged towns
14 October
- Italy's largest bank raises €550 million through asset sale
- Milan mayor: 'Only fair' that city bid for 2028 Olympics
- EU reduces clam size restrictions to help Italian fishermen
- Italy's left pushes to speed up citizenship reform bill
- Tom Hanks calls Trump a 'self-involved gasbag' at Rome Film Fest
- Italy's illegal and underground economy accounts for 13 percent of GDP
- Italy's most famous pizzeria sets up shop in London
15 October
- Crowds pay respects to Italy Nobel winner Dario Fo
- Pope Francis to open Castel Gandolfo palace to public
- Banco Popolare and BPM shareholders vote on merger
- Cardinals protest St Peter's Square McDonald's
- Singing in the rain at send-off for Italy's Dario Fo
16 October
- Italy banks shareholders green-light historic tie-up
- Renzi unveils 'budget full of good news for Italians'
17 October
- Explosives found at Naples home of Isis suspect
- Gomorrah writer Saviano tells mafia: you did not succeed
18 October
- Florence's Uffizi gallery shines new light on Botticelli masterpieces
- Italian woman sentenced to 30 years for killing 8-year-old son
- Police charge 69 for toxic waste dumping in Italy's 'Land of Fires'
- Obama praises Renzi's 'vision', criticizes EU austerity
- 'Bring your own loo roll,' broke Italian school tells kids
- For the first time, the younger generation is Italy's poorest
19 October
- Renzi: Losing the referendum wouldn't be a 'major disaster'
- Endangered Italian bear killed in suspected hit-and-run
- Renzi tells Michelle Obama: Your speeches are better than your tomatoes
- Record numbers of migrants leave Milan's centres struggling
- Italy cracks down on exploitation of foreign farm workers
- Sex, lies and Berlusconi: 23 face charges for lying under oath in bunga bunga trial
- Emperor Nero returns to Rome in a rock musical
20 October
- Five bodies recovered, 300 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
- IN PICTURES: Star architect unveils 'The Cloud' in Rome
- On the trail of Inspector Montalbano in Sicily
- Mythbusting Ancient Rome: What was Emperor Nero really like?
- Italy is home to 'Europe's best landmark'
- 'Better sex education will help tackle gendered violence in Italy'
- Italian fined €30,000 for bad-mouthing her ex to her son
- Milan made the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen and China isn't happy
21 October
- Italian coastguard: 1,400 migrants rescued off Libya on Thursday
- Hunting gastronomic gold in Italy's truffle country
- Expats or immigrants in Italy: What's the difference?
- Italy hit by day of general strike on Friday
- Teacher investigated for Facebook posts wishing death on migrants
- Spanish 'La Mafia' restaurants banned after Italian complaint
- Exorcist priest and soldier arrested for sex abuse in Italy
- Armed men attack migrant boat, killing at least four
- Italy PM brands UNESCO Jerusalem vote 'unacceptable'
22 October
- Rooms at Pope's summer residence open to public
- Muslims in Italy protest over freedom to worship
23 October
- Israel thanks Italy for Jerusalem stance
- Swiss unblock millions after Italy acquittals
24 October
- A quarter of Rome's restaurants risk closure over poor hygiene, police warn
- Two thirds of Italian millennials live with their parents
- How this postcard to Italy from a Nazi labour camp finally got delivered
- Over 4,000 migrants arrive at Italy's ports, as ministers urge EU to do more
- Video: Italian zoo asks public to name adorable baby hippo
25 October
- Pope grants Venezuela president private audience
- Migrant women forced to relocate following residents' protest
- Italy expects more migrants than ever before in 2016
- Italy's crisis-hit BMPS bank to cut 2,600 jobs
- Italian finds 37 million lire in her attic - but it's worthless
- ‘In the mouth of the wolf’: My one-way ticket to Italy
- Bangladesh charges politician with Italian's murder
26 October
- Italian 'heroes' probed for manslaughter over 2013 Lampedusa shipwreck
- Vatican tells Catholics not to scatter ashes of the dead
- Renzi to EU: If you build walls against migrants, don't expect Italian money
- European Commission: Italy's budget is a 'real problem'
- Pope aide interviewed by Australian police over sex abuse claims
- Italian researcher creates a gelato that makes you better at sport
- Italy's oldest theme park reopens after eight years
- 25 people found dead in Mediterranean migrant boat: MSF
- Volatile trading in Italy's troubled BMPS bank
- Europe's border force agency steps up effort to repatriate migrants
27 October
- Love, food and music: Why Italian is now the world's fourth most studied language
- Italy earthquake causes thousands to flee homes
- IN PICTURES: Chaos and collapsed buildings as Italy hit by another quake
- Central Italy earthquake: What you need to know
- Convicted killer escapes Rome prison amid quake chaos
- Residents recall 'apocalyptic' earthquake scenes
- Lonely Planet hails Venice as budget destination. Wait, what?
- What caused Wednesday's earthquake in central Italy?
28 October
- Over 100 aftershocks felt in central Italy on Thursday night
- This Italian couple had a magical underwater wedding
- Which areas of Italy have the highest risk of earthquakes?
- Three migrant centre workers investigated for €9 million fraud
- Italy quake survivors head to the coast
- Lucky Italian scoops record €163 million lottery win
- Dark tourism: Visit Italy's creepiest attractions
- Locals abandon their homes in quake-hit central Italy
- The world's first wine school will soon open in Italy
29 October
- Italian experts warn of more quakes
- Record migrant arrivals in Italy as tensions rise
- Body of missing German hiker found in Italy
30 October
- Italy 'on its knees' after biggest earthquake in 30 years
31 October
- Would you dare visit? These are Italy's five most haunted places
- Emma Morano, world's oldest person, shares her secrets for a long life
- Paperwork delay leads to fatal bridge collapse in Italy
- Italy quakes leave 15,000 homeless, 'soul of the country' damaged
- Ten Instagram shots that prove autumn in Italy is simply stunning