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Italy to allow international travel from June 3
In a bid to contain the contagion, Italy was the first European country to impose nationwide restrictions in March
Flood-ravaged Venice lands up in dramatic situation
Italy declares state of emergency in Venice after high tides.
Free metro ride for environment-friendly Romans
Rome offers free metro travel for plastic recyclers.
Summer tourists in Rome greeted by pungent garbage smell
Eternally stinky city? Rome garbage crisis sparks health fears.
Discovery of bones near Vatican embassy revives 1983 mystery
The Vatican said merely that the bones were found during work near its Rome embassy in the upscale residential neighbourhood of Parioli.
Video: Russian football fans among 20 injured in Rome after escalator collapse
Most of those hurt, one seriously, suffered leg injuries after getting entangled in the escalator's mangled mechanics.
Cycling can help improve mental health
The findings were published in the journal Environmental Health.
Mesolithic ancestors were fish, plant eaters: Study
The team were unable to identify the fish scales, although they are thought to be very similar to tuna, mackeral, and gilthead sea bream.
Italian man cleared of aubergine theft after nine years
He pleaded with the police that he had tried to steal the nightshade because he was unemployed and desperate to feed his child.
Jupiter's mystery jet-streams run deeper than thought: study
Its north pole is dominated by a central cyclone surrounded by eight circumpolar cyclones.