Tag Archives: Italy

Wednesday, 8 March 2017   Italy’s birthrate is continuing the downward trend which has alarmed the country’s Health Ministry over the past few years, with just 474,000 babies born in 2016, a historic low. Birth numbers in 2016 surpassed the previous year’s record of 486,000, national statistics agency Istat revealed on Monday …

Friday, 3 March 2017   ROME – 3 skiers were killed and 5 injured when an avalanche swept through a mountain pass on Thursday near the resort of Courmayeur in northern Italy, rescuers said. The victims were from Italy, Germany and Belgium, police officer Daniele Ollier said. 3 injured people …

  Monday, 27 February 2017 :  Italy had led 10-5 at half-time, a combination of an extraordinary tactic at the breakdown and the hosts’ ineptitude threatening a huge upset at Twickenham. But two quick tries after the break from Danny Care and Elliot Daly calmed nerves, and although Michele Campagnaro’s …

Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017 :  Italy have suffered heavy defeats by Wales and Ireland in this Six Nations. Mallett, 60, fears more of the same against England on Sunday, but hopes they can at least “lose with dignity”. “It’s a very, very tough coaching assignment,” he told BBC Radio 5 …

Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017 :  It took 82 minutes for Ireland to secure a try scoring bonus point against Italy, but the 27-3 win means they sit top of the 6 Nations table after two rounds.  Sara Barattin continued to be Italy’s best player from scrum-half as she so often …

Tuesday, 7 February 2017 Pisa is a popular destination for tourists and students, but not usually for aquatic mammals. One intrepid dolphin is bucking that trend however, and has been exploring the city’s river over the past month. The bottlenose dolphin has been swimming up and down the Tuscan River …

Thursday, 26 January 2017 PENNE, Italy – Rescuers have pulled the last two dead bodies from the wreckage of a hotel in central Italy that was razed by an avalanche last week, raising the final death toll to 29, the national fire brigade said. With the discovery on Wednesday night …

Wednesday, 25 January 2017 6 people died on Tuesday in a helicopter crash in the mountains of central Italy, police said. Police said the chopper came down near the Campo Felice resort during a mission to evacuate an injured skier. The helicopter issued a crash signal and the police had …

Monday, 23 January 2017 PENNE, Italy – Italian rescue workers have found the dead body of a man in the wreckage of the hotel in central Italy that was buried in an avalanche last week, the Italian fire service said on Sunday, with 23 people were still missing as the …

Saturday, 21 January 2017 PENNE, Italy – 4 people were pulled alive from the wreckage of a luxury hotel that was demolished on Wednesday by a deadly avalanche, bringing the number of survivors to nine, the national fire service said on Saturday. The two men and two women were extracted …