Matteo Salvini

Rome, Italy - Liliana Segre, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor and senator-for-life, has been put under police protection due to anti-Semitic threats on her life, the Italian police revealed last week. Earlier this month, Segre found herself at the epicentre…

(Bloomberg) -- Europes Mediterranean bonds are cooling off after a summer of records. In Italy, benchmark government debt has suffered a fourth straight week of declines, ending a rally that took yields to an all-time low in September. Spanish yields almost …

VENICE, Italy (AP) Exceptionally high tidal waters surged through Venice again, prompting the mayor to close St. Marks Square and call for more donations for repairs just three days after the Italian lagoon city suffered its worst flooding in 50 years. The h…

Exceptionally high tidal waters returned to Venice on Friday, prompting the mayor to close iconic St. Mark's Square and call for donations to repair the Italian lagoon city just three days after it experienced its worst flooding in 50 years. The high tide pe…

Flood-hit Venice was bracing for another exceptional high tide Friday, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. Churches, shops and homes in the city of canals have been …

VENICE, Italy (AP) Waters are on the rise again Friday in Venice, where the tide is reaching exceptional levels just three days after the Italian lagoon city experienced its worst flooding in more than 50 years. The high tide Friday is projected to peak at 1…

Flood-hit Venice is bracing for another exceptional high tide on Friday, as Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city where perilous deluges have caused millions of euros worth of damage. Churches, shops and homes in the city of canals have bee…

(Bloomberg) -- Emergency, all hands on deck! That was the thrust of a remarkable letter Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte sent to his ministers earlier this week, calling on them to put aside squabbles and come up with proposals, projects, solutions or s…

Venice (AFP) - Italy on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Venice after an exceptional tide surged through churches, shops and homes, causing millions of euros worth of damage to the UNESCO city. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the cabinet had app…

Venice is reeling from some of the worst flooding in 50 years, driven in part by sea level rise. The high water has put the city under a state of emergency and, in theory, should be a huge wakeup call that its all hands on deck to combat climate change.…