Groups of refugees from war-torn regions gather in Milan’s Central Station.
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As student protests against high rents unfurl across Italy, one academic points out one of the groups most likely to end up on the streets under a far-right government: young black men.
The Italian data protection authority used an emergency procedure to impose the temporary ban.
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The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy raises some important questions, including how to balance access to services with the need to protect children
Moro’s bullet-riddled body lays in the boot of a car in Via Caetani, in central Rome, on 9 May 1978.
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Marco Bellochio’s series is the latest interpretation of a murder that continues to haunt Italy.
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English is spoken by over a billion people around the world, often at the expense of local languages.
Villa Aurora in Rome, which houses works by Caravaggio and Guercino, is up for sale.
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What will happen to this villa and its unique collection of 16th- and 17th-century ceiling paintings?
The Nazis made the yellow badge infamous around the world, but its roots are much older.
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Badges and other wearable markings had a long history of being used to target Jewish people in Europe.
Elly Schlein’s surprise election as head of the Democratic Party means for the first time, Italy’s governing and opposition parties are both led by women.
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Giorgia Meloni famously became the first woman prime minister last year. Now she has a female opponent as leader of the Democratic party.
Photos of Matteo Messina Denaro over the years.
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Organised crime gangs appear to have realised that committing fewer murders enables them to fly under the radar more easily.
Dante in Verona, by Antonio Cotti (1879).
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For many readers of Dante, there is in fact no connection between his writing and rightwing thinking.
Italian emigrants at Modane train station, West of the Italian border.
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Italy’s administration has adopted increasingly hostile policies towards migrants of late. Yet, history reminds us the latter may not be that different from past generations of Italians.
Matteo Messina Denaro is pictured in the back of a police car following his arrest.
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The mafia boss is the last known face of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate. But his capture represents the end of an era, not the end of the mafia in Sicily.
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Many Italians would disagree but there are ways of cooking pasta and saving energy.
Genoa’s historic centre is an outstanding example of an integrated urban ensemble.
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Designed to act as a call for ideas and projects by all of Genoa’s stakeholders, Rolli Lab seeks to enhance the World Heritage site’s impact on city’s cultural, social and economic activity.
Far-right political parties, often Eurosceptic, have long been at work building their influence in Brussels. On June 12, 2019, Italy’s Lega and France’s Rassemblement National announced that they would form the Identity and Democracy (ID) group within the European Parliament. At a press conference the next day, Marco Zanni of Lega (L) shakes hands with the RN’s Marine Le Pen.
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How political parties such as Fidesz, Brothers of Italy, and the National Rally form part of the European Parliament.
Giorgia Meloni gestures during the handover ceremony with outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi at Chigi Palace in Rome in October 2022. Meloni, whose political party with neo-fascist roots secured the most votes in Italy’s national election in September, took office as the country’s first far-right leader since the end of the Second World War.
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The so-called New Right is aiming for an ideological renewal of right-wing politics by focusing on cultural identity and the politics of belonging. Here’s why that’s so ominous.
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A century since the dictator staged a coup, a party with fascist roots is once again in power.
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For the first time, two populist radical-right partners are teaming up to form a government. So who is the outsider now?
People in Luhansk watch Vladimir Putin tell them they have become part of the Russian Federation.
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History tells us that non-recognition works and that simply accepting illegal invasions sets a dangerous precedent.
In the face of soaring prices, households are benefiting from government measures to reduce their energy bills.
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France’s nuclear energy supply and public support schemes for households have in particular helped to limit the rise in prices.
Although pregnancy was celebrated in Renaissance paintings, like the ‘Primavera’ by Botticelli, the reality was quite different. Will Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government reverse abortion rights in Italy?
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The baby drop box is a revival of centuries-old cultural practices from the Italian Renaissance when reproductive rights were zero.