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A plan for Italy to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Albania for processing has been temporarily blocked by the Albanian supreme court.

The predator roamed the streets of a small town near Rome for almost six hours

An Italian judge has ordered the seizure of €779.5m ($835.5m; £676.8m) from short-term rental giant Airbnb, over alleged tax evasion.

They are splitting up following a 10-year relationship after lewd comments were aired on prime time television to the entire nation.

At least 21 people including several children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near Venice and burst into flames, officials say.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Tuesday that France would not be taking in any of the migrants who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa last week. FRANCE 24 looks back at six years of French U-turns on immigration policies.

Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media tycoon and four-time prime minister who brushed off a litany of legal battles and sex scandals to dominate Italian public life for more than two decades, has died in Milan aged 86.

Fears are growing for a former PM as he was rushed to hospital just weeks after leaving intensive care.

Rome's embassy in Kiev has warned that Russia is launching “increasingly heavy missile attacks” on the city

The country's data protection authority has demanded that the chatbot’s creator OpenAI take action or face hefty fines

Boat believed to be bringing refugees from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan struck rocks off coast of Calabria

The romantic waterways in Venice have been reduced to nothing but mud as the beloved Italian city experiences freak low tides.

 

Some still fear an authoritarian turn, but Giorgia Meloni has surprised many by showing a pragmatic streak since coming to power. Now Europe is not sure what to do.

The results of Italy's general election could alter the balance of power within the EU, with far-right, eurosceptic parties set to helm the next government in Rome. Italy is making something of a U-turn from Mario Draghi’s premiership, which put Italy back in the driving seat of Europe and bolstered the influence of a country accustomed to punching below its weight.

Exit polls suggest Giorgia Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy has come top in Italy's snap general election, which, if confirmed, would likely see her become the country's first female prime minister.

Giorgia Meloni has distanced herself from nostalgia for Mussolini and campaigned as a conservative whom Italy’s allies needn’t fear

The Prime Minister has resigned, kicking off a snap election campaign which could bring the hard right to power.

Mario Draghi won a confidence vote, but lost his coalition partners

Italy has expanded its list of ordinary activities which will now require proof of vaccination or negative Covid status, as anger over the implementation of the new health pass spills onto city streets across the country.