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FRENCH BAGUETTES SHOULD BE UNESCO-LISTED TREASURES
Unesco's Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage is different from its register of places, known as World Heritage Sites... READ MORE›
NAPLES PIZZA TWIRLING SEEKS NOD AS UNESCO 'INTANGIBLE' HERITAGE
Naples' art of pizza twirling is a candidate to join UNESCO's list of intangible heritage this week along with a wealth of other cultural treasures such... READ MORE›
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VAN GOGH PAINTINGS STOLEN FROM AMSTERDAM FOUND IN ITALY
The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam said the works were found during a massive, continuing investigation by Italian prosecutors and organised crime officials... READ MORE›
MOUNT ETNA EUROPES MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO PUTS ON A SHOW
Mount Etna, Europes Most Active Volcano, Puts On a Show... READ MORE›
AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY FELL INTO AN ITALIAN VOLCANIC CRATER. HIS PARENTS ALSO DIED TRYING TO SAVE HIM.
The Post's Sarah Kaplan wrote Its caldera, the collapsed top of an ancient volcano that formed when the magma within erupted, is almost 8 miles wide... READ MORE›
POMPEII JOURNAL SCIENTISTS HOPE TO LEARN HOW POMPEIANS LIVED BEFORE THE BIG DAY
In all, 16 victims and two animals have been examined in the CT scanner, but Dr. Babino hopes to carry out more... READ MORE›
BBC CREW AND TOURISTS INJURED IN LAVA EXPLOSION
It was a reminder of how dangerous and unpredictable volcanoes can be - everyone had a very lucky escape, she wrote... READ MORE›
ITALY COVERS NAKED STATUES DURING IRAN PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI'S VISIT
Italy has covered up ancient nude statues ahead of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani's official visit to Rome... READ MORE›
VATICAN TO TAKE IN TWO REFUGEE FAMILIES AS POPE CALLS FOR 'EVERY RELIGION' TO HELP
Pope Francis has called on every religious community across Europe to do their part to stem the refugee crisis and offer sanctuary to migrant families... READ MORE›
ANGER IN ITALY AFTER AUTHORITIES COVER UP NUDE ROMAN STATUES OF GODDESSES SO AS NOT TO OFFEND IRANIAN PRESIDENT
Italy bowing down to the Iranians like this is embarrassing, said Daniele Capezzone, a centre-Right MP and a former spokesman for Silvio Berlusconi's party, Forza Italia... READ MORE›
DOZENS DIE IN HOLD OF LIBYA BOAT
At least 40 migrants are found to have died in the hold of a crowded fishing boat intercepted off the Libyan coast, the Italian navy says... READ MORE›
UN TO DEPLOY PEACEKEEPERS TO PROTECT WORLD HERITAGE SITES
UN peacekeepers will protect world heritage sites from attacks by Islamist militants Unesco has said... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS TAKES REFUGEES BACK TO ROME FOLLOWING PROVOCATIVE AND EMOTIONAL LESBOS VISIT
But that was before Saturday, when Pope Francis whisked in and pioneered a third a ride with him on a jet bound for Rome... READ MORE›
POPE RETURNS FROM GREECE WITH 12 MIGRANTS
Pope Francis has taken 12 Syrian migrants back with him to the Vatican after visiting a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos... READ MORE›
NOT ALL GAY CATHOLICS ARE PLEASED ABOUT HOW VATICAN PRIEST CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET
The Congregation, Charamsa said, insisted the bishop clarify true church teachings... READ MORE›
ITALY BID FOR 2024 OLYMPICS GREETED WITH DERISION
Critics pointed to the example of Greece, where the 2004 Olympics left crippling debts which contributed to the country's economic meltdown... READ MORE›
IN ADDITION TO DAVIS, POPE MET WITH GAY COUPLE IN WASHINGTON
Grassi, who has been in a same-sex relationship for 19 years, brought his partner and several friends to the Vatican Embassy in Washington for a brief visit... READ MORE›
POPE SACKS THE HEAD OF HIS SWISS GUARD FOR BEING 'TOO STRICT'
Pope sacks the head of his swiss guard for being too strict... READ MORE›
ARE WE READY FOR THE NEXT VOLCANIC CATASTROPHE?
In April 1815, the biggest known eruption of the historical period blew apart the Tambora volcano, on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, 12,000km from the UK... READ MORE›
'AUSTERITY TREE': ROMANS INCENSED AT SPARTAN CHRISTMAS FIR
One person wrote on Rome's Facebook page It would have been better to not put anything up rather than that horror... READ MORE›
ITALY WARNS EU OVER QUOTA PLAN
France has accused Italy of failing to respect EU asylum rules, but the Rome government has argued the migrants see Italy only as a transit country... READ MORE›
ISIL TERRORISTS COULD INFILTRATE EUROPE BY HIDING AMONG REFUGEES, WARNS POPE FRANCIS
Isil terrorists could infiltrate Europe by hiding among refugees, warns Pope Francis... READ MORE›
INSIDE A VACATION HOME FOR THE RICHEST FAMILY IN THE WORLD
When William Waldorf Astor bought a villa on the cliffs of Sorrento in 1905, he was one of the wealthiest people on the planet... READ MORE›
SOUTHERN EUROPE SWELTERS AS HEATWAVE SPARKS WILDFIRES AND CLOSES TOURIST SITES
About 23 wildfires raged in southern Italy on Wednesday, including on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius near Naples... READ MORE›
SPECIAL REPORT: WHY ITALY'S STAY-HOME SHOPPERS TERRIFY THE EURO ZONE
Marcello Messori, economics professor at Rome's LUISS university, estimates that without economic growth, prices in Italy would have to rise at least 3... READ MORE›
ITALIAN WIFE FACES JAIL FOR 'NOT DOING HOUSEWORK'
The Palermo court's sentence is worthy of Saudi Arabia, Massimo Gramellini, a well-known social commentator, wrote in a front-page opinion piece in La Stampa newspaper... READ MORE›
UNDER ENGLISH GARDEN UNPARALLELED REMAINS OF ROMAN VILLA
Chedworth was built as a dwelling around three sides of a courtyard, with a fine mosaic floor, as well as two separate bathing suites... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS EMBRACES THE MYSTICAL SIDE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Vesuvius Pope Francis entered the local cathedral to pray to Januarius the patron saint of Naples... READ MORE›
FEARS FOR SOUTHERN ITALY AS UNEMPLOYMENT, ORGANISED CRIME AND ECONOMIC RECESSION SEES YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVE THE COUNTRY
Why southern Italy is running out of young people... READ MORE›
ITALY'S 'LADY JIHAD' JOINED ISIS THEN PERSUADED HER FAMILY TO FOLLOW
Fatima Az Zahra Italy's 'Lady Jihad' who joined Isis in Syria and then persuaded her family to follow on Skype... READ MORE›
ITALY PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Italy is struggling to cope with the huge number of refugees and economic migrants arriving on its shores by boat from North Africa... READ MORE›
REDUCED EU SEA MISSION SET TO GO
Italy has rescued about 150,000 in its Mare Nostrum operation... READ MORE›