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Italy's antitrust agency has launched a probe into a Dublin-based company that manages the Italian website of online clothing retailer Shein

Italy opens probe into Shein over environmental claims

Italy's antitrust agency has launched an investigation into a Dublin-based company that manages the Italian website of online clothing retailer Shein over possible misleading environmental claims on the site.

Business • 25 Sep 24

UniCredit said it had filed a request to the European banking supervisor for permission to build up a holding of up to 29.9% in Germany's Commerzbank

UniCredit uses derivatives to get 21% Commerzbank stake

Italy's UniCredit has defied Germany's defence of Commerzbank by using derivative contracts today to raise its potential stake in the German lender to near 21%, while waiting for regulatory approval to go above 9.9%.

Business • 23 Sep 24

UniCredit is now the single largest private investor in Commerzbank after spending €1.5 billion to buy 9% of the German rival

Italy in favour of UniCredit-Commerzbank deal if HQ stays

Italy's government views favourably UniCredit's efforts to build a large European banking group through a merger with Germany's Commerzbank as long as the Milanese bank keeps its central functions in Italy, sources close to the matter said.

Business • 19 Sep 24

A road sign almost submerged in floodwater in Krippen, eastern Germany

Italy on alert after 22 die in central Europe floods

Italy is the next country to face adverse weather that has affected much of central and eastern Europe, claiming at least 22 lives.

World • 17 Sep 24

Rachele Mussolin said she was moving to the group of the more centrist Forza Italia

Mussolini's granddaughter quits Meloni's party

The granddaughter of Italy's wartime dictator Benito Mussolini said she was leaving Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party because it was too right wing, after recently taking issue with its stance on minority rights.

World • 12 Sep 24

A body was removed from the water near the village of Portu Maga

Irish woman drowns off Italian coast

An Irish woman has drowned off the coast of Sardinia in Italy.

Ireland • 12 Sep 24

The arch, built in 315, was struck during a sudden storm in Rome

Rome's ancient Arch of Constantine damaged by lightning

Rome's ancient Arch of Constantine was hit by lightning during a heavy storm, causing some fragments to fall off, an official said.

World • 04 Sep 24

Recovery operations were carried out in the aftermath of the sinking

Captain, two crew under investigation over yacht sinking

The investigation into the deadly sinking of a UK tech tycoon's superyacht off Sicily has widened to include two more crew members in addition to the captain, Italian media has reported.

World • 28 Aug 24

Rescue teams at the site of the shipwreck last week

Sicily yacht captain facing investigation - source

Italian prosecutors will investigate the captain of the superyacht belonging to British tech magnate Mike Lynch that sank off Sicily last week during an intense storm, Italian media reports said today.

Europe • 26 Aug 24

Divers recovered all of the missing bodies from the wreck of the yacht in a major operation this week

Manslaughter probe launched over sinking of Sicily yacht

Italian prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation over the sinking of the superyacht Bayesian, which killed seven people, a senior investigator has said.

World • 24 Aug 24

Four bodies were retrieved from the wreck by divers yesterday

Divers search for final victim of Sicily shipwreck

The body of UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch has been recovered from his sunken yacht off Sicily, as the search continued for the last of the six people missing.

World • 22 Aug 24

Divers on a vessel at the scene of the search operation

Five bodies found on sunken yacht off Italian coast

Five bodies have been found inside the wreck of a luxury yacht that sank in a storm off the Italian island of Sicily, but one person remains missing, according to officials.

World • 22 Aug 24

The survivors managed to climb into a life raft after the yacht capsized

What is fate of 22 people aboard capsized yacht?

The British-flagged luxury yacht The Bayesian capsized early yesterday morning off the coast of southern Sicily with 22 people aboard.

World • 20 Aug 24

Italian emergency services head towards the area where the luxury yacht sank

Divers search Sicily yacht wreck, tech boss among missing

Divers and an underwater drone have spent a second day searching for six people, including a British tech tycoon and international banker, believed trapped after a luxury yacht sank off the Italian island of Sicily.

World • 20 Aug 24

Who is Mike Lynch, the tech tycoon missing off Italy?

Technology tycoon Mike Lynch - reportedly one of six tourists missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Italy - founded software giant Autonomy in 1996, and made his name as one of Britain's most influential entrepreneurs through the company.

Business • 19 Aug 24

Emergency and rescue services work near the scene where a sailboat sank off the coast of Porticello

British tech tycoon missing after yacht sinks off Sicily

Divers are searching off the Italian island of Sicily for six people missing after a superyacht sank during a sudden storm, killing at least one person, officials said.

World • 19 Aug 24

Italy's Generali has posted a rise in first-half operating profit thanks to its life and wealth management businesses

Generali's H1 operating profit up, natural disasters hit

Generali has posted a rise in first-half operating profit thanks to its life and wealth management businesses, while its non-life segment suffered a rising impact from natural disasters, Italy's top insurer said today.

Business • 09 Aug 24

A new scientific finding has given hope to some of the victims' families

DNA raises new questions in 'Monster of Florence' case

Newly discovered DNA could shed light on one of Italy's most famous cold cases, finally revealing the so-called "Monster of Florence" serial killer who murdered young couples in the 1970s and 80s.

World • 02 Aug 24

The restrictions cover the city centre and also the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello

Venice to limit size of tourist groups from tomorrow

Venice will limit the size of tourist groups to 25 people from tomorrow in the latest attempt to reduce the impact of crowds on the lagoon city.

World • 31 Jul 24

Italy's antitrust agency has stated an investigation into Google and its parent company Alphabet over alleged unfair commercial practices

Italy probes Google over unfair commercial practices

Italy's antitrust agency has launched an investigation into online search giant Google and its parent company Alphabet over alleged unfair commercial practices involving users' personal data.

Business • 18 Jul 24

The remains are believed to part of Emperor Constantine's Patriarchio basilica (Image: Italian Ministry of Culture)

Remains of possible ancient papal palace found in Rome

The remains of what appears to be a medieval palace where popes lived before they made the Vatican their home have been excavated in Rome.

News Lens • 17 Jul 24

Walkers watch the explosions and cascades of lava from Mount Etna

Watch: Mt Etna roars into action with 'cascades' of lava

Mount Etna's 'Voragine' crater is back in spectacular, explosive action.

World • 06 Jul 24

A family had to be rescued from a car stuck in a flooded river in the Piedmont region of Italy (Image: Italian Fire Service)

Seven dead after storms hit France, Switzerland and Italy

Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy at the weekend have left seven people dead, local authorities have said.

Weather • 01 Jul 24

Nine alleged members of the trafficking network were arrested

Chinese smuggled into Italy, treated like slaves - police

Italian police say they have broken up a Chinese trafficking network which used luxury cars to smuggle Chinese migrants into Italy, before confiscating their passports and treating them like slaves.

World • 26 Jun 24

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni cast her vote at a polling station in Rome

Italy votes in EU election, Meloni poised as powerbroker

Italy is the first heavyweight nation to cast votes for the EU's next parliament, in a test of far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's strength at home - and future influence in the bloc.

Europe • 08 Jun 24