Tag: Italy

Friday, December 20th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Museum dedicated to Diego Maradona and his golden age in Napoli

For some Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer of the 20th century, for others - mainly English - he is the cheating possessor of the hand of God. In Italy, however, he is and always will be the patron saint of Naples.
Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:28 UTC
Begins the recovery of Venice's Saint Mark's Basilica exposed to destructive salt water from the flooding

Venice's historic Saint Mark's Basilica will need millions of Euros of restoration work after it was flooded this week for just the sixth time in 1,200 years, leaving its delicate marble mosaics exposed to destructive salt water, its curator said.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
Third tidal “tsunami” keeps Venice under water; incessant rain also threatens Pisa and Florence

Venice's St Mark's Square was closed on Sunday as the historic city suffered its third major flooding in less than a week, while rain lashing the rest of Italy prompted warnings in Florence and Pisa.
Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
State of emergency for Venice, while tourists still enjoy the “acqua alta”

Italy on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Venice after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city.
Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Exceptional high tide and sewage causing untold damage in Venice

Dirty water swirls around marble tombs inside the 12th-century crypt of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, which suffered untold damage when an unprecedented high tide swept through the city. Pumps work overtime to clear the seawater from around the altar and under the pink and white stone arches, as the historic monument's custodians look on in sadness and anger.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:11 UTC
The Euro wins a battle in Italy and the idea of an “Italtexit” ceases as a slogan

Italy's League leader Matteo Salvini said on Monday the euro was here to stay and he hoped that nobody in his far-right, euro-sceptic party would ever again raise doubts over Italy's membership of the single currency.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:19 UTC
Fears that Salvini might pull Italy out of the European Union

Matteo Salvini, who has plunged Italy into turmoil by pulling out of a coalition government, could eventually take the country out of the EU, a former prime minister warned on Sunday.
Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:03 UTC
Large cruise vessels banned from Venice's historic centre

Large cruise ships are to be banned from entering Venice's historic centre, the Italian government says. Ships weighing more than 1,000 tons will be rerouted away from certain waterways from September. The move follows an accident in June in which a ship collided with a dock, injuring five people.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Uruguayan actor George Hilton dies in Rome, aged 85

George Hilton, the Uruguayan stage actor who starred in Argentine movies in the 1950s and 1960s and in European productions later on in his career, passed away in Rome on Sunday, his family posted on Facebook. No cause of death was given. He was 85.
Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 08:59 UTC
Another serious cruise incident rattles Venice and questions large vessels' traffic in canals too close to the city

A giant cruise ship very narrowly missed a yacht while being towed out of Venice late Sunday, just a month after a collision there renewed the controversy over the giant vessels. The 12-deck Costa Deliziosa, which is nearly 300 meters long and carries more than 3,800 passengers and crew, was being towed out in stormy conditions when the near-miss happened.