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For your 2020 travels, avoid the tourist-trampled spots in Europe and head to these lesser-visited cities instead.

The city's mayor Luigi Brugnaro has blamed recent severe flooding in the historic city on climate change.

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro announced on Tuesday evening that he would declare the city in a state of emergency due to the flooding.

Police dismantled the smuggling operation in Tuscany this year after placing a wiretap on members of the gang, which consisted of three Albanians and an Italian, local media reported.

"The situation is dramatic. We ask the government to help us. The cost will be high," Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said.

Father Michele Mottola, 59, was arrested this week in Trentola Ducenta, near Naples, after audio recordings said to be of him molesting an 11-year-old girl were given to local press.

While we might know a lot about the archaeology and history of the city, relatively little is known about the genetics of Ancient Rome. A new study suggest it was "a cosmopolitan centre" long before the Roman Empire.

The child, who is German, fell ill and died on the MSC Divina as it made its way from Palermo, Italy, to Calgliari, the capital of Sardinia, Italy.

Mayor Giuseppe Sala of Milan said he would ask the U.S. consul to formally apologize for a World War II bombing in his city that killed almost 200 schoolchildren.

Trump said that the U.S. and Italy "are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years to Ancient Rome."

The bootcamp has ties to former White House strategist Bannon through its Dignitatis Humanae Institute (DHI), which he funds.

The Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese Consortium in Italy tells Newsweek that its industry will be hit hard by U.S. tariffs and American consumers will suffer.

Photos of the effigy showed it had two braids like Thunberg and it reportedly had a sign stating, "Greta is your God." 

Pompeo was shaking hands with the Italian Prime Minister when a protester approached with a block of Parmigiano Reggiano.

Father and son were reportedly hunting boat near Salerno, in an area where hunting wild boar is banned.

The victims, all of Indian nationality, have been identified by authorities as the two owners of the Arena Po farm and two employees. The investigation remains ongoing.

It's not clear what the relationship between the two individuals was, but researchers speculate they could have been soldiers, relatives or even lovers.

"Artificially sweetened beverages are often considered by the consumers as safe alternatives to sugary drinks since they provide very few calories but their effects on long term health remain very uncertain," an expert told Newsweek.

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This summer the historic Palazzo Mediceo is hosting a contemporary exhibition of New York multi-media provocateur Rachel Lee Hovnanian - and it's spectacular.

"The differences are very deep. And they don't like our system just like we don't like theirs."

Italian authorities are holding two American teens on charges of aggravated murder and attempted extortion in the killing of police officer Mario Cerciello Rega.

"With this law you will not be able to cause offense to any religion, we have to respect the faithful," Saonara Mayor Walter Stefan said.

"Venice must be treated with respect and impolite people who come here and think they can do what they want must understand that, thanks to the local police, they can be stopped, fined and sent away," Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro said in a statement.

Some 500,000 people live in Campi Flegrei's "red zone." Researchers say the government's emergency plan should acknowledge the possibility of tsunamis if an eruption occurs.

Local authorities believe the bear is a danger to public safety, but animal lovers raced to defend the creature on Twitter.

Police in the north of the country arrested three men suspected of trying to sell the French-made missile.

Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League party and Italy's deputy prime minister, is embroiled in a scandal over an illicit oil money deal with Russia.

A recording of a meeting between Russians and Italians, including a close aide to Matteo Salvini, reportedly shows plans to channel illicit campaign funds to the far-right League party.