News Archive for February 2018
Here you can find articles published in February 2018. Return to full archive here- 01 February
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02 February
- Hollywood honours Italian screen star Gina Lollobrigida
- Women in Italy's film industry call for an end to harassment in joint manifesto
- Rome mayor challenges compulsory vaccine law
- There's one thing Italy's politicians can agree on: Amazon's electronic bracelets
- Where to go in Italy in 2018: Ten travel ideas off the beaten path
- 03 February
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05 February
- IN PICTURES: 'Flight of the angel' launches Venice carnival
- Rome bans protests in city centre ahead of Erdogan visit
- 'It could have been me': Shooting highlights racial tensions ahead of Italy election
- Italian journalists denounce sexual harassment in open letter
- Clashes at banned protest against Erdogan's visit to Rome, one hurt
- Football: Serie A TV rights sold to MediaPro for €1.05 billion
- Italy puts 200,000 classic Italian songs online for free
- 06 February
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07 February
- Former Vatican bank bosses must pay compensation for losses after 'mismanagement'
- Parent attacks teen referee after Italian youth football match
- 'Stop the violence': Italians march to remember woman found dismembered in Macerata
- Fifteen arrested in Italy over Eni bribery scandal
- Italian parents investigated after unvaccinated child catches tetanus
- Volunteers are evacuating 100 stray goats from an idyllic Italian island
- Former pope Benedict ready for final 'pilgrimage'
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08 February
- Italy's centre-left warns of 'return of fascism' amid wave of support for far-right shooter
- Italy's Five Star Movement accused of plagiarizing Wikipedia and rivals' political speeches in election programme
- Italy's Sanremo festival kicks off with Sting and a song about the subjunctive
- Italian police arrest six in amateur cycling doping probe
- Italy is older than ever as birthrate falls to all-time low
- Italy's UniCredit back in black after 'pivotal' year
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09 February
- Citrus fruits, scurvy and Cosa Nostra: Analyzing the origins of the Sicilian mafia
- Far-right demonstrators clash with police at banned protest in Macerata
- Long-term Brits in Italy to get back UK voting rights
- Italy's president warns against 'extreme nationalism'
- Seven songs that will help you learn Italian
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12 February
- IN PICTURES: Thousands of Italians march against racist and sexist violence
- Why thousands of people join a massive food fight in this Italian town each year
- Is Italy's Five Star Movement still an 'anti-establishment' party?
- Italy’s entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is a dark ballad about terrorist attacks
- Guillermo del Toro to chair Venice Film Festival
- 13 February
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15 February
- PICTURES: Massive sinkhole opens in Rome, swallowing cars
- How the discovery of prehistoric wine in Italian caves made us rethink ancient Sicilian culture
- Political cheat sheet: Understanding Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party
- Spanish grandpa, 80, heading to Italy as Erasmus student
- Today in Italian politics: Candidate chatter, a Roman ransom and half of Five Stars
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16 February
- Italy's former Northern League hunts votes in the south
- Snowboarder Michela Moioli wins Italy's second Winter Olympics gold
- Meet the Italian doctor making house calls on horseback
- Rising oil prices help Italy's Eni back to black
- Aldi, meet Aldi: German supermarket seeks out Italians who share its name
- Five great reasons why Parma is Italy's 2020 capital of culture
- Today in Italian politics: Polls, protestors and populism
- Italy's final pre-election polls put centre-right in the lead
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21 February
- Skier Sofia Goggia wins Italy's third winter Olympics gold
- David vs Goliath: Small Italian site wins copyright victory over Facebook
- Icy wind from Siberia will bring winter back to Italy
- Extreme-right leader violently attacked by protesters in Sicily
- Today in Italian politics: The election campaign has turned violent
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22 February
- Who is Silvio Berlusconi? The four-time PM seeking 'one last win'
- 'Concrete risk' of mafia meddling in Italy election, ministers warn
- Milan Fashion Week opens with Gucci models carrying their own heads
- Italy is 'steeped in hate', Amnesty warns amid toxic election campaign
- Snow over Vesuvius and frosty deer in Abruzzo: Italy is a winter wonderland right now
- What a Five Star mayor says about the movement's bid to govern Italy
- Today in Italian politics: Free flights to Italy?
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23 February
- EU must prepare for 'non-operational government' after Italy election, Juncker warns
- Immigration in Italy: Fact-checking five common myths and assumptions
- Vatican sets up new exorcism training courses as demand triples in Italy
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- The political Italian vocabulary you should know ahead of the 2018 election
- Talking to locals and migrants in Macerata, Italy's immigration flashpoint
- Snow, ice and freezing rain set in as Italy braces for a wintery weekend
- Italian nonna, 93, heads to Kenya to volunteer in orphanage
- Three police injured in clashes with antifascist protestors in Turin
- Italy's Ferrari chases Formula One title with new 2018 racing car
- Warning of 'non-operational government' in Italy was misunderstood: Juncker
- Today in Italian politics: Italy is braced for a weekend of protests
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26 February
- Silvio Berlusconi: A history of the Forza Italia leader's political gaffes
- Juventus match snowed off as blizzard hits northern Italy
- IN PICTURES: Snowmen and skiers in Rome after historic snowfall
- 'He's blessed by the gods': Inside a campaign event with Berlusconi's supporters
- Italy's fragile economic recovery hangs on the election
- Here's how heavy snowfall is affecting Italy
- EU angling for grand coalition in Italy: sources
- Today in Italian politics: Italy's latest candidate for prime minister is a real clown
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27 February
- Five women set to play important roles in the Italian election
- Meet Lucia Annibali, the acid attack survivor running for office in Italy's election
- Italy braces for more freezing weather as snow causes traffic chaos
- The Pope's new clothes: Catholic 'fashion' to go on show in New York
- Today in Italian politics: Who needs an election when you have snow?
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28 February
- Italy's political parties have made big promises to voters, but do the numbers add up?
- Italy election: how the populist Five Star Movement is wrecking government hopes for the mainstream
- Silvio Berlusconi: what to expect from the comeback king in Italy's election
- Murdered Slovak journalist was 'investigating Italian mafia'
- Why many residents of quake-hit L'Aquila are still grateful to Berlusconi
- Rome to ban diesel cars from 2024
- Is Italy’s League a ‘far-right’ party?
- Today in Italian politics: The campaign goes down the toilet, literally
- Italy reveals shortlist for new national football coach