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Italian Mafia blamed for wine spillage

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Dec 2012

One of Tuscany's finest red wines is now a lot harder to find after vandals broke into the producer's cellar and emptied 80 000 litres on the floor.

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Asylum seekers abandoned to hardships and racism in Italy

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 21 Sep 2012

Political refugees who risk their lives to sail from Africa to Italy are being abandoned to a life of poverty and isolation, according to a report.

Knives at dawn: Naples chefs take sides in ‘ultra pizza’ wars

Article bogdan TagDiv - 19 May 2012

Naples gave birth to the margherita, but now passions are running high over the addition of stilton, port or even liquorice.

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The Da Vinci coda: Evidence of lost masterpiece uncovered

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Mar 2012

Researchers say they have found evidence that a lost fresco by Leonardo da Vinci is painted on a hidden wall in a cavity in the town hall in Florence.

Silvio Berlusconi: Should he go or should he go?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Nov 2011

Berlusconi's resignation has become a question of when, not if, after he was deserted by allies who say crippling debt isn't Italy's problem: he is.

Italy wants Unesco protection for Neapolitan pizza

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Apr 2011

Headlines in Italy have focused on pizza after it was this year voted by Italians as one of the dishes that best sums up their nation.

Catholic church raids deplorable, says pope

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Jul 2010

Groups representing victims of clerical abuse expressed outrage this week after the pope criticised raids on the Catholic church by Belgian police.

Top-level Catholic sex probe in Ireland

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Jun 2010

Pope Benedict has appointed controversial retired archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor in sex abuse scandal case.

Police impound town

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Feb 2007

Italian police have impounded an entire neighbourhood built illegally on the outskirts of Naples, part of an operation magistrates hope will uproot the mafia wealth hidden behind the day-to-day mob shootings that plague the city. In three raids this month, police sealed off with crime-scene tape 50 new buildings containing more than 300 flats.

Malaria returns to Italy

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Jan 2007

Sandwiched between temperate Europe and African heat, Italy is on the front line of climate change and is witnessing a rise in tropical diseases such as malaria and tick-borne encephalitis, a new report says. Italy was declared free of malaria in 1970, but it is making a comeback, said the Italian environmental organisation Legambiente.

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