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Pines in Rome are under attack from a sap-eating parasite.
Rome neighbourhood associations are recruiting ladybirds in a bid to save the city's umbrella pine trees from a deadly parasite called the pine tortoise scale....
Calls grow for urgent action to save Rome's pines from killer parasite.
Rome's umbrella pine trees are at risk of dying - or being cut down before they die - due to a sap-eating parasite called the pine tortoise scale o...
Two dead and nine injured as tornado hits cars full force.
At least two people have been killed after a tornado hit the remote Italian island of Pantelleria on Friday evening.
There were also nine people injured, wit...
Dead fish left to rot in Rome but whose job is it to remove them?
Thousands of dead fish lie floating among the weeds and rubbish in various stretches of Rome's river Tiber, including along the banks of the Lungotevere...
No reports of casualties or damage in earthquake near Palermo.
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of Sicily, near the capital Palermo, at 06.14 on the morning of Tuesday 31 August.
There are current...
Another mass death of fish in the Tevere river.
Rome cyclists and joggers were shocked to see hundreds of dead fish bobbing on the surface of the river Tiber on Thursday 26 August.
The gruesome sight was seen at Valc...
Mayor hails success of Rome's plastic recycling project.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has announced that commuters have recycled more than five million plastic bottles since the city introduced 'plastic-eating' machines in...
Nature reserve near Rome destroyed by flames.
Wildfires continue to rage in Italy this summer, particularly in the southern regions of Sicily and Calabria, as the country endures a heatwave with record high temperatures...
Italy swelters in days leading to Ferragosto holiday on Sunday.
The Italian health ministry has issued its highest Level 3 heat warning for 15 cities on Friday 13 August as temperatures soar amid an intense heatwave in...
Italy faces its 'hottest week of the summer'.
Italy recorded temperatures of 48.8 degrees Celsius in Sicily on Wednesday afternoon in what Italian media say is the hottest ever registered in Europe.
The sweltering te...
Fires break out in Sicily and Calabria during intense heatwave.
Three people have died as a result of wildfires in southern Italy, burning thousands of hectares of land, as the Calabria region calls on the government to...
Italy braced for 'Lucifer' heatwave amid increased risk of wildfires in the week leading up to the Ferragosto summer holiday.
Italy is set to experience soaring temperatures in the coming days with the arrival of the 'L...
Europe's tallest active volcano wakes up local residents with a bang.
Mount Etna erupted with strong explosions at dawn this morning, 9 August, shaking the walls and floors of nearby buildings in the Catania province of...
EU sends help as wildfires cause "unprecedented disaster" on Italian island.
Wildfires in Sardinia have prompted the evacuation of around 1,500 people and destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of land in the centre-west o...
Farmers in Italy blame wild boar for wrecking crops and causing traffic accidents.
Hundreds of farmers took to the streets of Rome and 19 other regional Italian capitals on Thursday to protest what they say is an "invas...
Tourists have begun returning to the island of Stromboli in recent days.
The Italian volcanoes of Stromboli and Etna both erupted today, 19 May, according to Italy's volcanology institute INGV.
Etna, located in the n...
Rome seeks ways of stopping a deadly parasite from killing the city's pine trees, including natural methods.
Rome's umbrella pine trees are at serious risk due to a killer parasite - the pine tortoise scale - with effor...
Pair of Northern Bald Ibises make a nest on the roof of the Wind Tre building in Rome.
Two Northern Bald Ibises - one of the world's most endangered species of bird - are nesting on the roof of a telecommunications com...
Grey whale believed to be en route to France.
A grey whale, which appeared off the coast of Italy in mid-April in a first for its species, was spotted on Wednesday by the coast guard off Imperia, in the northern Liguria...
Rome's pine tree situation "is now an emergency and requires immediate reaction," says Lazio governor.
The Lazio region has allocated half a million euro to fund efforts to save Rome's pines from being decimated by a de...
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