Price houses fell by 5.1 percent in 2013. Wealth photo: Shutterstock
Wealth falls for families in Italy
Italian families' wealth fell by 1.4 percent in 2013, although they are relatively better off than those in the US and Germany, the Bank of Italy has said. READ
Parma owner and president Tommaso Ghirardi has confirmed the sale of the Serie A club. Photo: Paolo Cocco/AFP
Debt-ridden Parma in new hands
Parma owner and president Tommaso Ghirardi has confirmed the sale of the Serie A club after reported new owner Pietro Doca played down reports he would soon take charge. READ
Italian police arrested 18 people suspected of making illicit cash transfers totalling more than a billion euros. Police photo: Shutterstock
Italy arrests 18 over illicit China bank transfers
Italy's financial police on Wednesday arrested 18 people suspected of making illicit cash transfers totalling more than a billion euros, most of them to China through a British company. READ
Rudi Garcia was sanctioned for "aggressive and intimidating behaviour" at the Genoa match. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP
Roma coach to 'fight' charge of hitting steward
Roma coach Rudi Garcia said he will fight "with every means possible" to clear his name after being accused of trying to slap a stadium steward during his side's win at Genoa. READ
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Hundreds of couples performed a tango on St Peter's square on Tuesday in a birthday treat for Pope Francis. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP
Tango treat for birthday boy Pope Francis
Hundreds of couples performed a tango on St Peter's square on Tuesday in a birthday treat for Pope Francis, who hails from Argentina, the birthplace of the celebrated sultry dance. READ
The government hopes to raise some €10 billion with the sales, Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP
Italy eyeing partial privatizations in 2015
Italy hopes to sell off major parts of the postal service, air traffic control company and national railway in 2015 after the "unfavourable" market of 2014, the economy minister has said. READ
Italy remains way behind similar countries in terms of its success in controlling corruption. Corruption photo: Shutterstock
Bosses put Italy's corruption bill at €300bn
Italy would be €300 billion better off if it had acted decisively against corruption in the wake of the "tangentopoli" scandal of the early 1990s, according to an eye-opening new report from the country's bosses.READ
President Giorgio Napolitano reluctantly agreed to a second term in 2013. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP
Italy president to step down within weeks
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has announced he will leave office within weeks, well before the expiry of his term in 2020, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state. READ
The burglars were scared off by grunting pigs. Pigs photo: Shutterstock
Grunting pigs avert cattle raid in Campania
An attempted cattle raid at a farm in the Campania region was sabotaged…by grunting pigs. READ
The boy was not allowed to have blood tests because his mother could not afford to pay the bill.Blood test photo: Shutterstock
Boy denied blood tests over €38 unpaid bill
A nine-year-old boy was denied blood tests at a state health centre in Tuscany, because his mother could not afford to pay the €38 bill. READ
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David Geisser has also authored a cookbook filled with popes' favourite recipes. Photo: David Geisser
Life as an elite Vatican Swiss Guard
Despite being better known today for their colourful uniforms than their reputation as fearless warriors, the Swiss Guards have been a powerful symbol of the Vatican for centuries. The Local speaks to David Geisser, one of the latest recruits, about a career protecting popes. READ
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Test your Italian history with The Local's quiz
Italy is home to some of the world’s most iconic monuments and is the birthplace of a long list of artists, inventors and composers...but how well do you know its history? READ
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Top ten: Travel warnings for Italy
Many of us tend to leave our brains at home when heading abroad on holiday, and with that in mind governments issue travel warnings. From volcanoes to thieves distracting tourists with pizza, here are some of the most striking — and bizarre — warnings about Italy. READ
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German novelist Thomas Mann was struck by the "flattering and suspect beauty" of the city of Venice. Venice photo: Shutterstock
Top ten: Famous quotes about Italy
Italy has been a source of inspiration for many a traveller over the centuries. From Lord Byron to George Clooney, here are ten quotes about the country from some of the peninsula’s most famous visitors.READ
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Italy came ninth in a survey ranking the most desirable places in the world to work. Italy worker:Shutterstock
Is Italy a desirable place for foreigners to work?
Italy was ranked the ninth most desirable place in the world to work in a survey this week, but some foreigners who live and work here beg to differ. READ
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Massimiliano Latorre (R) and Salvatore Girone are accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012. Photo: Paolo Giandotti/HO/AFPPhoto: Paolo Giandotti/AFP
Rome ups the stakes in row over marines
UPDATED: Rome threatened to withdraw its ambassador from India Wednesday on as a diplomatic row over two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen during an anti-piracy mission escalated. READ
The speed camera was stolen while the police officers slept. Photo: Speed camera photo: Shutterstock
Speed camera stolen as Italian traffic cops slept
Two Rome traffic police officers, who dozed off while on duty and woke up to find their pricey speed camera had been stolen, are facing suspension. READ 2 comments
Castello di Tavolese, which belonged to the family of Farinata degli Uberti, is being sold for between €10 and €20 million. Photo: Lionard Luxury Real Estate
Russians line up to buy Italy's fairytale castles
The owners of dozens of castles across Italy have been forced to put their properties up for sale as they struggle under the weight of mounting maintenance costs and high taxes, with the majority of interest so far coming from Russian buyers. READ
Aloniab Nahom was born at around 2.00am this morning on board the Etna vessel. Photo: Marina Militare
Eritrean migrant gives birth on Italian Navy ship
A baby boy was born on board an Italian Navy ship on Tuesday to an Eritrean mother, one of 430 boat migrants saved this morning off the coast of Sicily. READ
Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has been handed a three-month ban and fined €45,000 for racist slurs. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP
Sampdoria football chief sanctioned for racist slur
Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has been handed a three-month ban and given fines totalling €45,000 for racist slurs aimed at Inter president Erick Thohir, the Italian football federation (FIGC) announced.READ
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Police discovered peepholes drilled into walls and wardrobes. Screenshot: AgenParl Redazione/YouTube
Turin hotel boss secretly filmed guests
The owner of a B&B in Turin has been arrested for building secret rooms from which to spy on his clients, Italian police have said. READ
Andrea Pirlo missed the first six weeks of the season due to injury. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP
Italy's Pirlo wins player of the year treble
Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo claimed Serie A's player of the year award for the third consecutive year during a gala event on Monday organized by the Association of Italian Footballers. READ
India's Supreme Court had given Massimiliano Latorre leave to spend four months at home after he suffered a cerebral ischaemia. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto
Indian court refuses to extend marine's leave
India's top court ruled Tuesday that an Italian marine detained for the 2012 killing of two fishermen must return in January after he was allowed to go home for medical treatment. READ
The Vatican could host Olympic archery at the Pope's summer residence, Castelgandolfo. Photo: Heribert Pohl
Italy Olympic bid: Vatican could host archery
A top cardinal has suggested the Vatican could host Olympic archery if Italy wins its newly-unveiled bid to host the 2024 Games. READ
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Semi-nude Salvini pics auctioned on eBay
Photos showing far-right Northern League leader Matteo Salvini posing half-naked for a gossip magazine have been put up for auction on the online auction website eBay, with the proceeds going to an anti-abortion organization and a cancer charity. READ
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Sabina (L) and Samra (R). Photo: APA/Interpol
Austrian jihad teen girl 'likely killed'
According to David Scharia, a senior Israeli expert of the United Nations Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTED), one of the two teenage girls who fled to Syria in spring to join the jihad has been killed in fighting. READ
More than 200 rioters are believed to have taken part in the violence. Photo: Jan Müller/Aurka.com
Zurich riot police tackle vandals wreaking havoc
UPDATED: An estimated 200 masked men went on the rampage in a normally quiet part of Zurich on Friday night, with police forced to fire tear gas and water cannons to gain control of the situation. READ
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India court blocks Bayer generic drug appeal
An Indian court has rejected German drug giant Bayer's bid to block a generic version of its blockbuster cancer treatment Nexavar by a local drugmaker, a move hailed by activists on Saturday. READ
The reported near-miss occurred in Swedish airspace. Photo: Jeppe Michael Jensen/Scanpix
Copenhagen flight nearly hit by Russian military jet
A Russian military jet nearly collided with a commercial passenger plane that had just taken off from Copenhagen Airport, Danish and Swedish military said on Saturday. READ
Protesters wearing gags gather outside Madrid's congress to protest against Spain's new 'gag law'. GERARD JULIEN / AFP
Spain passes tough new 'anti-protest' law
Spain on Thursday finally passed its new controversial Citizen Security Law which opponents say will severely limit civil liberties in the country.READ
Frenchwoman has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two plumbers. Photo: Plumber photohttp://shutr.bz/1vGRu4V
Frenchwoman guilty of sex attacks on plumbers
A court in France this week handed out a 12-month suspended prison sentence to a woman who sexually assaulted two plumbers, who came to repair the central heating in her house. READ
Leader of the Christian Democrats, Knut Arild Hareide, talks on his mobile on his way to Norway's parliament last month. Photo: Vidar Ruud / NTB scanpix
Revealed: spy equipment in central Oslo
Spy equipment that can be used to eavesdrop on the mobile phones of politicians and ordinary Norwegians has been discovered in several places in the Oslo area, including close to the country’s parliament, newspaper Aftenposten has revealed. READ
Mikhail Vanin, Russia's ambassador in Copenhagen. Photo: TT
SAS plane 'near miss' fears blamed on weed
Russia's ambassador to Denmark has made light of Swedish concerns over a Russian military jet's alleged near-miss with a passenger plane, suggesting Swedish authorities may have smoked too much cannabis.
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