Tag: Italy

Rare brown bear dies in capture operation

A national park in central Italy is investigating the death of a rare brown bear during an operation to capture it, BBC News reported. Biologists...

Italy’s 5-Star lawmakers call for government deal with League

ROME: Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, the largest party in parliament after this month’s election, should try to form a government with its far-right rivals...

Italian footballer Davide Astori found dead in hotel room

Italy international defender Davide Astori died in his hotel room during the night of Saturday to Sunday, his club Fiorentina said on Sunday. "Fiorentina are...

Italian doctor visits patients on horseback

Through vineyards stretching as far as the eye can see and shrouded in fog, the thud of hooves pounding the loose earth grows louder....

Italy ex-PM Berlusconi claims as architect behind ending Cold War

ROME: Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has made many claims in the course of Italy’s rough-and-tumble election campaign, and on Thursday he added another:...

Cabinet decides to get detailed briefing on CPEC

Meeting in Islamabad ratifies cabinet body’s decisions on China-backed projects ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday decided to get a detailed briefing on the China-Pakistan...

Igloos built by African migrants in Italian Alps attract tourists

San Simone, a tiny village in the Italian Alps, once had a thriving ski trade. But financial issues kept the lifts closed this winter....

Rome bans protests ahead of Erdogan talks with pope

VATICAN CITY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Pope Francis on Monday, with a protest ban imposed in central Rome as feelings run...

Uncertainty rules over Italy elections, month to go

ROME: Italy heads to the polls next month to vote in a crowded general election – against a backdrop of populist gains in Europe...

Italian senators ask EU to withdraw GSP benefits to ‘terror-supporting Pakistan’

ROME: The Italian Senate has placed a demand before the European Union (EU) and its Parliament to immediately suspend and or withdraw business opportunities...

GCU remembers its alumnus nobel laureate Prof Abdus Salam

LAHORE: Professor Abdus Salam, the Nobel laureate and an old Ravian, breathed his last 21 years ago on Thursday, November 21, 1996, after a...

Italy’s stars fall back to earth in Serie A

Italy's stunned internationals return to the mundane setting of Serie A this weekend days after their star status in world football imploded with a...

England to face Netherlands, Italy in World Cup warm-up fixtures

  LONDON: The English Football Association announced on Tuesday that England will play friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy next year ahead of the World Cup...

Shock and grief in Italy as World Cup dream implodes

‘This is disgusting, the World Cup can't exist without Italy. It just can't exist’   ROME: Italians, who consider a spot in the World Cup finals...

Italian goalkeeper Buffon breaks down in tears after World Cup elimination

‘I’m not sorry for myself but for all of Italian football’   MILAN: Italy were consigned to failure as they could not find a way past...

Italy to discuss coach Ventura’s future after humiliating WC play-off defeat

FIGC president Tavecchio says shared solution necessary after Italy's first failure to qualify since 1958   ROME: Italy's football federation (FIGC) will meet on Wednesday to...

Italian priest tells raped girl she ‘asked for it’

ROME: An Italian priest prompted outrage Thursday by going on Facebook to tell a girl who said she had been raped that it was...