Picked up by a boat in the Mediterranean while fleeing Eritrea, ‘Kibrom’ describes the reality of Libyan detention camp.
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Amalfi lemon growers fear for future of prized fruit
Sfusato lemons are protected under EU law, but years of poor returns are pushing growers and their ageing workforce to brink.
Italian politics: The gloves are off
Mario Monti’s two gaffes may have been deliberate.
Rome airport staff find unexpected item in bagging area: a sleeping man
Security staff were shocked to see human outline appear on monitors as suitcases trundled along conveyor belt.
Rome: Drivers of horse-drawn carriages clash with animal rights activists
President of a European animal rights group and two drivers of botticelle, horse-drawn carriages were taken to a police station.
Italy outlaws ‘you don’t have the balls’
Highest appeals court rules it a crime to use phrase after case in which JP who had questioned existence of lawyer’s testicles.
Phwooaaaargh!
Italian coverage of the Olympics so far can largely be summed up in a word, writes our man John Hooper. And that word is: “Phwooaaaargh!”
Rome Colosseum to get €25m facelift
Work expected to obscure landmark for up to three years but will open whole new sections to public, say city official.
Eurozone crisis live: how the markets reacted to proposed ECB intervention
Here’s some unsettling news from Sicily, which the government in Rome
fears could be danger of default. John Hooper writes.
Another weak link in the euro zone
The beleaguered governments in Madrid and Rome are battling with their highly indebted regions.