News Archive for December 2019

Here you can find articles published in December 2019. Return to full archive here

01 December
- Tens of thousands of Italians march in 'Sardine Movement' against far-right
- 'Venice is dying': Residents vote on whether to split city in half
- Unexploded WWII bomb in Turin prompts evacuation of 10,000 people
02 December
- Italian expression of the day: 'Che palle'
- Venice remains united after referendum to split from mainland fails
- Rome is 'biggest flood risk in Europe'
- VIDEO: Venetian news kiosk swept away by floods found 7 metres underwater
03 December
- Italian word of the day: 'Tavola'
- Ten things to expect when you move to Tuscany
- US warns Italy not to introduce tax on tech giants
- 'Educational crisis': Italy's schools compare badly with the rest of Europe, study finds
- A big, fat Italian Christmas: How Italy does it bigger and better
04 December
- Two ships carrying rescued migrants dock in Italy
- The ups and downs of buying a property for retirement in a hilltop village in Italy
- Rome and Milan ranked among 'worst cities in the world' for foreign residents
05 December
- Italy waters down plastic tax after complaints from business
- Italian newspaper defends 'Black Friday' headline on footballers Lukaku and Smalling
- Life in Italy: 'How Little Britain helped me deal with Italian bureaucracy'
06 December
- Five amazing Italian ski resorts that aren't in the Alps
- How to make real Neapolitan pasta with pumpkin
- Most Italians want to remain part of the European Union, poll finds
09 December
- Ten of the most magical Christmas markets in Italy
- Trains disrupted after earthquake shakes Tuscany
10 December
- Italy proposes new plan to rescue Taranto's ArcelorMittal steel plant
- Italy announces €17.5m National Resistance Museum for Milan
- Here's how much Italians are spending on Christmas
11 December
- Which Italian verb tenses are the most useful?
- Six shocking statistics about the climate crisis in Italy
- The illnesses that only seem to strike Italians
- Italian word of the day: 'Fatto'
12 December
- Why Italy thinks its coffee should get Unesco heritage status
- Freedom of movement: How Brexit is costing young Britons seasonal jobs in Europe
- The words and phrases you'll need to survive a Christmas in Italy
- Italy's Salvini faces investigation over 'misuse' of police aircraft
13 December
- 'Go Boris go': How Italian politicians reacted to UK election result
- Painting found in bin bag outside Italian museum could be missing Klimt
- Recipe of the week: Pistachio and mortadella lasagna with provolone
- OPINION: 'Nothing can stop Brexit now, we will all feel foreign on February 1st'
- 'Santa Lucia's storm' sweeps Italy with snow and gales
- 'Dismayed, disgusted, disenfranchised': UK election result leaves Brits in Italy in mourning
- Hundreds of flights cancelled in Italian airline strike
- Italian parliament votes to legalize 'cannabis light'
- EU sides with Americans in Europe in fight against US tax schemes
- Italian expression of the day: 'Fare le corna'
14 December
- Greta Thunberg tells Turin activists to make 2020 'year of action'
15 December
- Italy's 'Sardines' hold anti far-right rally in Rome
- Berlusconi wants Ibrahimovic for his third division team Monza
16 December
- More than 50,000 evacuated in southern Italy because of WWII bomb
- How will Brexit affect the rights of Brits in Italy? What we know so far
- Immigration to Italy is falling for the first time since 2014
- Italian expression of the day: 'Smettila'
17 December
- Six quirky Italian Christmas traditions you should know about
- The Italian towns with the best (and worst) quality of life
- EXPLAINED: How to become an Italian citizen
- Italy's Senate blocks the legalisation of 'cannabis light'
- Readers' picks: 19 of your favourite articles about Italy from 2019
18 December
- Italy's Serie A apologizes for putting monkeys in anti-racism campaign
- 'How I ended up in hospital in Italy – without health insurance'
- What you need to know about sales shopping in Italy
19 December
- Do you know the meaning of Italy's top 15 words of the year?
- Italian police chief and ex-MP among 334 people arrested in major mafia bust
- Wellbeing is up in Italy despite economic troubles, study finds
20 December
- Italian recipe of the week: Mozzarella-stuffed mini focaccia
- Roads closed in Liguria as Italy puts ten regions on weather alert
- How Christmas dinner changes depending where you are in Italy
21 December
- Tourism ebbs in flood-hit Venice as hotel bookings plummet
23 December
- Ten great Italian Christmas songs to get you in a festive mood
24 December
- Italian word of the day: 'Vigilia'
- 162 migrants rescued off Libya land in Italy
- Rome's 'Geppetto' on fixing broken toys for underprivileged children
25 December
- Italian expression of the day: 'Buon Natale'
26 December
- Italian word of the day: 'Avanzi'
27 December
- Modest Maradona museum pays tribute to patron saint of Naples
- Italy's fragile government dealt major blow as Education Minister quits
- Migrant arrivals in Italy have halved in 2019
- Cosy or coffin-like? Milan unveils Japanese-style capsule hotel to cope with tourism boom
- Italy launches Europe's first plastic-free ski resort
29 December
- Two German girls among three killed in Italy avalanche
- Italy's PM sets out fragile coalition's programme
30 December
- What are Italians most worried about?
- Could some Italian regions really become part of Switzerland?
- Red underwear and smashed plates: Six strange Italian New Year traditions
- Is smoking and growing cannabis at home now legal in Italy?
31 December
- How and where to find your dream renovation property in Italy
- Italian expression of the day: 'San Silvestro'