Italy
20 Apr
The case had been noted as an extreme example of European governments' efforts to thwart NGOs helping migrants in the Mediterranean.
28 Mar
Following Moscow concert hall attack, Italian official said "surveliance and checks will be increased" ahead of the religious Easter holiday.
12 Mar
In the spotlight this week in our whistle-stop debate series featuring each of the EU’s 27 member states ahead of June’s European elections: Italy.
10 Mar
Our Focus report today takes us to Italy's Po Valley, one of the most polluted regions in Europe. This vast area of northern Italy concentrates 40% of the country's inhabitants who breathe toxic air containing levels of fine particles approximately four times higher than the World Health Organization guidelines.
1 Jan
Venice officials are imposing new rules on groups of visitors coming to the popular lagoon city, aiming to curb negative effects of mass tourism.
11 Nov
France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, has been awarded to "Veiller sur elle" by Jean-Baptiste Andrea, published by Iconoclaste. The American Library in Paris's Programs Manager Emilie Biggs joins Eve Jackson to talk about the book, whose title translates as "Watch Over Her" and the significance of the prize.
7 Nov
Italy plans to construct two migrant centers in Albania to temporarily accommodate migrants rescued at sea. It's the first agreement of its kind between an EU member country and a non-EU state.
4 Oct 2023
The vehicle, which was carrying tourists plunged from an overpass in northern Italy. At least 21 people had been killed with more injured or unaccounted for.
1 Oct 2023
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote that she learned with "astonishment" of a German government plan to finance two migrant charity groups, one operating rescue boats in the Mediterranean.
25 Sep 2023
A year ago, Giorgia Meloni's radical right-wing Brothers of Italy party was the biggest winner in Italian parliamentary elections. What has she achieved in her first year in office?
24 Sep 2023
Germany's president is in Italy amid tensions between Rome and Berlin over migration. He and his Italian counterpart appealed for a peace deal in flood-hit and wartorn Libya, one of the key launching points in Africa.
16 Sep 2023
Italy was attempting to transfer some 3,000 migrants from the island of Lampedusa to other parts of the country. The UN's refugee agency urged it to make haste.