News Archive for March 2019
Here you can find articles published in March 2019. Return to full archive here- 01 March
- 02 March
- 03 March
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04 March
- 'We owe it to our people': French president calls for reconciliation with Italy
- Nicola Zingaretti elected leader of Italian opposition
- IN PHOTOS: Italy's annual orange fight
- VIDEO: Italian police catch 92-year-old driving on ski slope
- Vatican to open archives of Pius XII, the WW2 pope accused of silence on the Holocaust
- Who's running the circus? A illustrated guide to Italy's government
- Italian word of the day: 'Fico'
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05 March
- Orlandi murder: Is a missing teenager buried inside a Vatican tomb?
- Hopes fade for Italian and British climbers missing in Himalayas
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- 'Nude Mona Lisa': Art experts think they might have discovered a new Da Vinci
- Billion-euro 'innovation fund' to boost startups in Italy
- 'A slap in the face for human rights': Should La Scala take Saudi money?
- Italy to decide this week on Turin-Lyon train line: PM
- Italian word of the day: 'Giallo'
- Italian word of the day: 'Giallo'
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06 March
- How Valentino Rossi turned a tiny Italian town into MotoGP Mecca
- Meet three of Rome's wildest women
- Stop trekking in flip flops, Italy’s Cinque Terre begs tourists
- Italy bulldozes migrant camp after deadly fires
- League Womens' Day leaflet: womens' 'natural role is supporting the family'
- Italian word of the day: 'Riso'
- 07 March
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08 March
- World's first graffiti-busting laser helps Florence's 'Angels'
- 'Securing rights of Britons in Europe is legally possible, they just need to try'
- Turin-Lyon trainline dispute causes fresh schism in Italy’s government
- No-deal Brexit: Which EU member state is being the most generous to Britons?
- Weekend Wanderlust: March in Pontone, Amalfi and Ravello
- Italian word of the day: 'Figuraccia'
- Sardinian dairy farmers reach accord with Italy’s government
- 09 March
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12 March
- Brits in Europe hold breath with MPs set to vote on Theresa May's 'improved' deal
- Anger in Italy as men cleared of rape because victim was 'too masculine'
- Italian word of the day: 'Lacrime'
- Italian government split over 'Silk Road' accord with China
- No vaccine, no school: unvaccinated Italian children will be sent home
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13 March
- Italy closes its airspace to Boeing 737 Max planes after Ethiopian Airlines crash
- Brexit vote: 'It's now time to take the rights of Britons off the negotiating table'
- Major Rome exhibition opens celebrating Leonardo Da Vinci
- Italian cargo ship sinks off French coast after going up in flames
- Italian unemployment down but short-term contracts on the rise
- Italy should 'take back' the Mona Lisa from France: Salvini
- OPINION: In defence of spaghetti bolognese
- Brexit could make Prosecco pricier for British buyers, Italian winemakers warn
- Italian word of the day: 'Casino'
- UK moves towards Brexit delay as MPs vote to rule out a no-deal exit
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14 March
- Italy foils art thieves by swapping Brueghel painting for a fake
- 'Mussolini did some positive things': Italian head of European parliament
- Italian word of the day: 'Attaccabottoni'
- No, Italy is not about to help bring about a no-deal Brexit
- 'Time to think about the 5 million in limbo': UK parliament votes to delay Brexit
- 15 March
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19 March
- Italian ship rescues migrants as Rome vows crackdown
- Italy considers harsher sentences for attacks on women
- Friends and family pay tribute to Italian killed fighting IS in Syria
- In Italy, arrests aplenty but top people smugglers remain elusive
- Pope rejects resignation of French cardinal in sex abuse cover-up
- Rescue ship blocked off Italy in fresh migrant row
- No-deal Brexit: UK vows to cover health costs of retired Britons for one year
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20 March
- League candidate shouts 'I’m a fascist' at Italian rally
- M5S leader Di Maio distances party from ‘medieval’ anti-LGBT conference
- The Local's Membership shortlisted for European media award
- Italian word of the day: 'Piega'
- All aboard Italy's 'Trans-Siberian' railway
- Driver sets Italian school bus on fire with 51 children inside
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21 March
- Britons in Europe express anger over UK government's Brexit healthcare offer
- Italian senate votes to save Salvini from prosecution over rescued migrants
- 'Someone has to pay': Italy reeling after school bus hijack
- Italian expression of the day: 'In gamba'
- Cancel Brexit petition passes ONE MILLION signatures
- 'Mum, the driver wants to kill us': Survivors of Italy's school bus hijack describe terror
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22 March
- Venice had its own 'Airbnb problem' during the Renaissance – here's how it coped
- Chinese president in Italy to sign controversial 'Silk Road' deal
- EU piles pressure on Theresa May by granting UK short Brexit delay
- 'Three weeks to find a miracle': Europe reacts to yet more Brexit chaos
- Italy promises tighter checks on driving licences after school bus hijacking
- What can Italy teach the rest of the world about health?
- 23 March
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25 March
- Italian football federation signs deal with Chinese government
- More local election success for Italy's right wing in Basilicata
- Italian word of the day: 'Primavera'
- Six unmistakable signs that spring has arrived in Italy
- Scores of flights cancelled as Italian airline workers strike
- Italian ex-militant Battisti admits to 1970s murders
- 'We're ready': Border checks to return as EU completes no-deal preparations
- Kiwigate: Police uncover massive Italian fruit fraud
- 26 March
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27 March
- Endless summer? Italy could be changing its clocks for the last time after EU vote
- Cancel Brexit petition heads towards SIX MILLION signatures
- Italy and Austria smash mafia arms trafficking ring
- Italy named world's 'most desirable' holiday destination
- Italy's Salvini calls for chemical castration for alleged rapists of American au pair
- EU suspends migrant rescue patrols in Med after opposition from Italy
- Immigrant children on hijacked school bus to get Italian citizenship
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28 March
- Italy releases seized migrant rescue ship
- QUIZ: Which European leaders gave these damning quotes about Brexit?
- Developers want to build a giant Ferris wheel next to Pompeii
- 'Let's not get distracted': EU deals blow to chances of ring-fencing rights of Britons in Europe
- What would no-deal Brexit mean for Brits in Italy? Here's what we know so far
- Italian word of the day: 'Scialla'
- Italy just made it easier to claim self-defence if you hurt or kill an intruder
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29 March
- PHOTOS: Double takes in Rome as John Malkovich plays pope
- UK and Italy in talks on reciprocal healthcare in case of no-deal Brexit
- International anti-LGBT, anti-abortion congress opens in Verona
- How to bake your own rosemary focaccia
- 'No-deal now a likely scenario': Brits in EU fearful after Brexit deal rejected again
- Italian expression of the day: 'A quattr'occhi'
- 30 March
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