The 33-year-old Italian teacher who sustained life-threatening injuries on Monday after dousing himself with gasoline and setting himself ablaze has passed away, local media reports. The teacher, who worked in Lombardy, had been suspended without pay following the new mandatory vaccination laws implemented on January 10th, which eliminated the option of showing a negative test to gain access to work... 

Australian Olympic double gold medalist Madison Wilson has admitted she is ‘scared’ after being hospitalized in Italy with Covid-19. In a message to fans, Wilson confirmed she was double-vaccinated and promised to bounce back. Wilson was part of the Australian 4x100m women’s freestyle relay team which won gold at the Tokyo Olympics during the summer. The 27-year-old star is currently in... 

A vast crack in the Earth has opened near the Ponticelli Hospital in Naples following a loud noise that was initially thought to have been an explosion. The facility’s Covid patient center was evacuated immediately. There are as yet no reports of injuries or deaths relating to the incident, though firefighters have swarmed the scene and investigations into the cause are already underway. Canine... 

A nurse was allegedly raped by an African migrant at a bus stop in Naples, Italy, after a shift treating coronavirus patients, according to reports. The brutal attack reportedly lasted for nearly 45 minutes as the woman cried for help to no avail. The victim, 48, says she was waiting at the deserted Corso Arnaldo Lucci Metropark bus stop at approximately 3pm when the suspect, an illegal migrant from... 

Police in Italy arrested an armed illegal migrant suspected of attacking a mother and her child at a bus stop, according to reports. The incident unfolded on Tuesday in Naples. Police on patrol were approached by people who alerted them that a crazed man was on a rampage on a nearby street, Il Mattino reports. Officers encountered the violent suspect, who was wielding a hammer. After a struggle, they... 

A huge blaze has broken out on the slopes of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius and near the city of Naples, prompting an evacuation of tourists and local residents for the second time in a week. The huge pillars of smoke from fires raging through the forests on the slopes of Vesuvius rose to more than 2 kilometers up in the air and were also 2 kilometers wide at the top, AP reports. Clearly visible from... 

Italian police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of anti-austerity protesters in Naples, where the European Central Bank (ECB) was holding a monthly policy meeting. An estimated 4,000 anti-austerity demonstrators took to the streets of Naples on Thursday, carrying placards with caricatures of German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid tight security in the whereabouts of the ECB... 

The Italian mafia is ramping up investment in wind farms to launder money and benefit from EU subsidies. Europol reports winds farms, and renewable energy in general, are the most popular target for laundering money, after analysing the financial activities of Italy’s four mafia groups. “The Italian mafia is investing more and more in renewable energy, especially in wind farms, to profit... 

A man looking for job opportunities on newspapers in a shop in Naples, Italy. Newly-released figures show that Italy’s economy will shrink further in 2012 and 2013 as the country’s recession continues to take its toll. Italy’s National Institute for Statistics (Istat) said on Monday that gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to fall by 2.3 percent due to a decrease in domestic demand. According... 

The SV Estelle welcomes on board Greek pro-Palestinian activist Vassilis Pissias and a Greek left coalition Syriza party deputy on October 16. A Gaza-bound Swedish ship carrying aid to Palestinians has “come under attack” by Israeli naval forces, a spokeswoman for the group says. The Israeli forces attacked Estelle, a Swedish-owned ship under the Finnish flag, on Saturday in the international... 

Two policemen have been injured as hundreds of protesters hurled red paint and eggs at officers guarding Equitalia, Italy’s tax collection office, in Naples following the suicide of yet another debt-ridden Italian citizen. Demonstrators lobbed rocks and bottles at policemen clad in riot gear as the building was quickly closed to the public. The protesters claimed to have attacked the tax office... 

The Archbishop of Naples has ruled out church funerals for Camorra bosses and members. A new pamphlet signed by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, to be distributed to parishes in Naples, denies Camorra members the right to be godfathers at baptisms and confirmations or witnesses at church weddings. As he was inaugurating a building, the cardinal declared” “We are also giving a few blows to the... 

The Campi Flegrei caldera is a supervolcano. While a new eruption here would be more likely to result in the creation of another Vesuvius-like cone, the worst-case scenario could see it obliterating much of life in Europe. Two thousand years ago Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii. Today, a larger, far more deadly supervolcano lurks on the other side of Naples. If it erupts, Campi Flegrei could wipe out...