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Italians dogged by anxiety, many want a strongman- CENSIS report

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The dominant feeling for 65% of the Italian population is uncertainty, according to research institute CENSIS's latest report on the country's social situation.

Fresh clashes within govt over 2020 Budget

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Renzi says plastic tax is crazy, executive could collapse.

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Homeless man may have frozen to death near Alessandria

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Body found near station after below-zero night.

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Salvini under fire over Nutella snub

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League leader said he'd quit the spread over use of Turkish nuts.

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Italian foreign min calls for Libyan ceasefire and dialogue

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Di Maio chairs ministerial-level meeting of neighbouring States.

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LifeStyle

Florence Baptistery doors together once again

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The story of the three sets of Florence Baptistery doors

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First gene therapy against haemophilia in Milan

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ANSA Photo-book presented

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Italy to have one of world's most powerful supercomputers

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Sport

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Collina says Armenia illegal-adoption report is false

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Never considered adopting a child, refereeing great tells ANSA.

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Soccer: Ronaldo proud to win Serie A best player award

TopNews. Juventus and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday expressed pride at being named Serie A's player of the year for the 2018-19 season.

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Soccer: Cagliari continue stunning form with comeback win

TopNews. Surprise package Cagliari continued their stunning form on Monday, coming back from 2-0 and 3-1 down to beat Sampdoria 4-3.

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Soccer: FIGC probing De Siervo racism comment

TopNews. The Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC)'s prosecutor on Tuesday opened a probe into Lega Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo's assertion that racist chants should not be broadcast live on TV.

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F1: 'Too soon' to talk abt Hamilton joining Ferrari -Binotto

TopNews. Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto said Sunday it was "too soon" to start talking about Lewis Hamilton's suggestion he might end his career with the Italian glamour team.

Latest News

17:39Collina says Armenia illegal-adoption report is false
15:57Salvini under fire over Nutella snub
15:14Fresh clashes within govt over 2020 Budget
14:27Month-on-month retail sales down in Oct - ISTAT
14:08Most Italians look at smartphones 1st, last thing every day
13:40Most Italians see racism, anti-Semitism on the rise

Other News

Most Italians against leaving EU - CENSIS report

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62% don't want Italexit, 61% against reverting to Lira

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Rome bus goes up in flames during the night

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Driver tried to put out fire

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Man trapped and raped woman for month in chicken coop

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Brother's ex-wife tied up and beaten, credit cards used

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Month-on-month retail sales down in Oct - ISTAT

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But statistics agency reports 1% rise in year-on-year terms

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Most Italians see racism, anti-Semitism on the rise

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Almost 70% say intolerance has increased says CENSIS report

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Teacher suspended for 'slapping, insulting nursery kids'

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Woman allegedly gave one child nightmares

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Most Italians look at smartphones 1st, last thing every day

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More cell phones than TVs for first time in 2018

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Italy 'claims FCA undervalued Chrysler by 5.6 bn'

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'Strongly disagree' with prelim report says FCA spokesman

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No to govt at all costs says Delrio on statute row

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PD, M5S split on reform to trial time-out rules

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Greater coop over Regeni case Di Maio tells Shoukry

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Find those responsible for barbaric murder says FM

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Household income up but inequality widens - ISTAT

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Best-off families earn over 6 times poorest ones

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Lombardy restricted freedom of religion - top court

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In impeding construction of mosques

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Bomb sent to interior ministry defused

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Stopped at sorting office at end October

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Tramp dies of cold in Milan

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Disabled Romanian man, 64, was in a wheelchair

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Sicily mayor arrested for graft

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Along with deputy, near Palermo

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10 arrested for graft in Rome

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For corruption, defrauding State, bid rigging

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Villa caretaker shoots intruder dead

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Near Bologna

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Ex justice min head inspector probed for graft in Naples

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Suspected corruption with ex-FI Senator, ship owner

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10-mt tax take up 1.5%

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Rise of 5.432 bn euros

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Fitch also ups Italian banks outlook to stable

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Performance stabilised, assets improved

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In brief

Rome's 'mangy' Christmas tree back, 'star' after 'rows'

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First Italian-Lakota dictionary set to come out

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Vatican

Targets are far from what is needed Francis tells conference

Pope blasts weak climate-crisis response in COP 25 message

Targets are far from what is needed Francis tells UN conference

Francis's message for Day of People with Disabilities released

Pope says disabled face too much prejudice, too many barriers

Pope Francis said disabled people are too often isolated by prejudice in his message for World Day of People with Disabilities. The Argentine pontiff said that many disabled people feel "they exist without belonging and without participating".

It weakens efforts to ease pain, pontiff

'Right to die' has no legal grounds, pope says

Pope Francis on Friday said sentences recognizing a disabled or elderly person's "right to die" or not to seek treatment have no legal grounds.

'Sincere and open in promoting bilateral ties' says FM spokesman

China 'appreciates' Pope's cordiality

China appreciates the "cordiality" of Pope Francis in voicing a desire to visit Beijing and is "open to exchanges with the Vatican", Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said Thursday. Geng said communication between the two sides remains "good".

Carmelo Barbagallo comes in amid London property scandal

Pope Francis names new head of Vatican financial authority

Pope Francis on Wednesday named a new head of Vatican financial information authority AIF after the previous one's tenure was not renewed following a scandal involving a London property deal allegedly funded with Peter's Pence.

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Science

Molecule that blocks Alzheimer's discovered

Antibody rejuvenates brain, boosts birth of new neurons - EBRI

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Culture

Pinocchio's appeal shows no signs of dwindling

Garrone movie, new shows and books devoted to puppet-boy

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Dubai 2020

Dubai 2020: Construction of Italian Expo pavilion starts

Minister Buffagni wants it to become permanent design museum

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Science

Italian network of alien-life hunters born

Astrobiological Institute links 14 labs of ET seekers

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Climate Crisis

Govt working on sustainable plastic plan - Gualtieri

Recycled plastic to be exempt from new tax

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Culture

Paul McCartney set to play Naples in June

Asked specifically for Piazza del Plebiscito

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Business

Trenitalia picked to run Spanish high-speed services

First private operator to gain access to Spanish market

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Art

Banksy and Scarpa exhibitions in Italy

Homage in Siena to Tex, Italian comics hero

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Gender, sexual violence

23.9% of Italians say rape victims provoke with dress

'Serious' women don't get raped say 6.2%, 10% say rape claims 'usually false'

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Society

Caritas launches 'Hikikomori' project

Consciousness-raising initiative on social dropouts in Rome

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Society

Marriages up 2.3% but ever older - ISTAT

2,800 civil unions in 2018 says stats agency

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Climate Crisis

Italy had 148 extreme weather events in 2018

Legambiente says these events caused 32 deaths

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