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Italian veteran Carolina Kostner outshone newly-crowned Olympic champion Alina Zagitova to grab a slender lead after the women's short programme at the world figure skating championships in Milan on Wednesday.

Italy's parliament is convening for a vote on Friday that could pave the way for negotiations between rival parties to form a coalition government.
The vote is aimed at electing speakers to both the upper and lower houses of parliament
Key policy and personality differences remain between the main parties.

Italian organized crime generated a turnover of €21.8 billion from agriculture in 2017, a 30 percent increase on the previous year, major agriculture industry body Coldiretti announced on Wednesday.

"The production, transport, distribution and sale" of food products has become big business for what Coldiretti has called "agromafia" groups, the organization said on Wednesday, Italy's national day of remembrance for mafia victims.

 

SHANGHAI — Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli’s Fondazione Prada launched an exhibition Thursday of post-war contemporary art from Italy in the foundation’s Shanghai space, a renovated mansion known as Rong Zhai.

In the prelude to the Italian elections this month, the far-right League party did not distinguish itself for rhetorical subtlety. In the prelude to the Italian elections this month, the far-right League party did not distinguish itself for rhetorical subtlety. 

Italy’s borrowing costs continue to slide even though many big investors are singling it out as the euro zone member most vulnerable to a withdrawal of European Central Bank stimulus.

Imagine growing up the child of Pablo Picasso or Paul Gauguin. That alone might persuade you to read Tom Rachman’s third novel, The Italian Teacher(Viking, 352 pp., ★★★★ out of four), a poignant, touching tale about living in the shadow of brazen artistic genius.

As a teenager, Luciano Giubbilei worked after school as a delivery boy for a florist in his native city of Siena, Italy.

Vessel refused to hand refugees to Libyan coastguard and docked in Italy, where officials opened probe against crew.

President Sergio Mattarella is ready to allow time for passions to cool after Italy’s acrimonious election campaign and will give political leaders until July to break their deadlock, according to a senior state official.

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