Maurizio Costanzo, Who Transformed Italian Talk Shows, Dies at 84
Praised by critics as the inventor of contemporary Italian television, he also used his position to take on the Sicilian Mafia, which tried to kill him.
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Relatives of shipwreck dead travel to Italy as coffins lie in state
Coffins of those who died are laid out in sports hall in Crotone, Calabria, as body of another child is foundGrief-stricken relatives of the people who died in a shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy have travelled to the Calabrian town of Crotone,…
How Italy’s Far-Right Government is Pushing Back Against Migrants
The deaths of 64 refugees in a recent shipwreck comes as Italy continues to clamp down on migrant rescue efforts.
Who’s Afraid of Mussolini’s Ghost?
Much is rightly made in discussions of Italian attitudes to fascism of its post-war failures to ‘de-fascistise’ in the way that Germany was ‘de-nazified’.
Italy shipwreck death toll rises to 62 as more bodies pulled from sea
Remains of wooden boat strewn along Calabrian coast alongside passengers’ belongingsRescuers have recovered two more bodies from the sea after a wooden sailing boat believed to be carrying refugees crashed into rocks off the coast of Italy’s Calabria r…
Elly Schlein voted leader of Italy’s most important leftwing party in surprise win
First female leader of Democratic party promises it will become ‘a problem’ for Gigoria Meloni’s far-right governmentItaly’s most prominent leftwing party has elected its first female leader.Elly Schlein, 37, defied poll projections and beat Stefano Bo…
Dozens Killed and Dozens More Missing After Migrant Boat Crashes Off Italy’s Coast
A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart before dawn Sunday off the Italian coast, authorities said.
Dozens Drown as Migrant Boat Breaks Up Near Italian Beach
High waves and strong winds dashed a wooden boat against rocks on the coast of Calabria, in southern Italy, killing at least 59 migrants.
Dozens Killed as Migrant Boat Breaks Apart Off Italian Coast
Children were among those who drowned when a wooden boat carrying more than 130 migrants collided with rocks in southern Italy.
At least 43 killed as migrant boat breaks apart off Italy
Some of the wreckage ended up on a stretch of beach along Calabria’s Ionian Sea coast, where splinted pieces of bright blue wood littered the sand like matchsticks.