Category: Italy

Italian Premier Draghi’s Resignation Rebuffed by President

ROME—Italian Premier Mario Draghi offered to step down Thursday after a populist coalition ally refused to support a key government bill, but the nation’s president rejected the resignation, telling Draghi to see if he can still find a majority in Parliament willing to support him. Draghi’s broad unity coalition government—which includes parties from the right,…


Italian Premier Mario Draghi Says He Will Resign

ROME—Italian Premier Mario Draghi has told his Cabinet he will offer his resignation on Thursday evening to the nation’s president, following the refusal of a populist coalition ally to support a key government bill. “The majority of national unity that has sustained this government from its creation doesn’t exist any more,” Draghi said in a…


Croatia Ambient Drone Film | Simple Happiness Episode 4

Relax for two hours and let your worries be replaced by stunning aerial views from some of Croatia’s most beautiful and iconic locations captured in ultra-high definition, paired with a brand new ambient musical masterpiece. Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe on the Adriatic…


Genoa Bridge Trial Opens 4 Years After Disaster, Set to Last Months

GENOA, Italy—The trial of 59 people facing an array of charges over the deadly collapse of a motorway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa opened on Thursday in front of relatives of the victims, but then adjourned for the summer. The judge said proceedings would resume on Sept. 12 and scheduled hearings up…


Drones Spot 2 More Bodies From Italy Avalanche, Toll at 9

CANAZEI, Italy—Authorities said conditions downslope from a glacier in the Italian Alps were too unstable for searchers and dogs to work on the mountain where a chunk of ice the size of an apartment building broke loose at the weekend, killing several hikers. But with the aid of drones, two more bodies were spotted at…


Extradited Drug Lord Returns to Italy to Serve 30-year Sentence

ROME—Rocco Morabito, the second most-wanted fugitive in Italy and a bigwig in the powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia, was flown to Rome on Wednesday after being extradited from Brazil ending some 28 years on the run. Morabito, who was arrested in Brazil in May 2021, will now serve a 30-year prison sentence for various drug offenses. Italian…


State of Emergency Declared in Northern Italy Over Worst Drought in 70 Years

The Italian government has declared a state of emergency in five of its northern regions that are facing their worst drought in seven decades. The state of emergency is applicable in Piedmont, Friuli-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, and Veneto until Dec. 31. The government has announced 36.5 million euros ($39.5 million) in funds to help tackle…


Official: 17 Unaccounted for in Italian Glacier Avalanche

ROME—Some 17 people remain unaccounted for a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier broke off and slammed into hikers in northern Italy, officials said Monday. At least six people died and 9 were injured by the avalanche of ice, snow, and large rocks thundering down the slope of the mountain topped by…


Alpine Glacier Chunk Detaches, Killing at Least 6 Hikers

ROME—A large chunk of an Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and roared down a mountainside in Italy, sending ice, snow, and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the peak and killing at least six and injuring eight, authorities said. There could be about 10 people missing, Civil Protection official Gianpaolo Bottacin…


Graceful Villa Melzi on Lake Como, Italy

Villa Melzi d’Eril is elegantly placed on the waterfront of Lake Como amid a rare garden,  just 31 miles from Milan in Lombardy, Northern Italy. In the early 19th century, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, vice president of the Italian Republic founded by Napoleon, envisaged the villa as a summer retreat. It is accompanied by a family…