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Italy's culture minister resigns after admitting an affair with a ministry consultant
MILAN (AP) — Italy’s culture minister resigned Friday days after tearfully acknowledging an affair with a ministry consultant that embarrassed Premier Giorgia Meloni's government. After standing by him for nearly two weeks as the scandal brewed, Meloni accepted the resignation...
Italy approves new rules to put beach concessions up for bidding by 2027
ROME (AP) — Italy approved new rules late Wednesday to put lucrative concessions for beach clubs up for bidding by June 2027, responding to pressing demands from the EU to open up the sector to new players. Under the new legislation by the right-wing government led by Giorgia...
Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter
ROME (AP) — The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer. For almost two decades, the European Commission has been locked in a legal tug-of-war with Italy over its beach...
Italian beach establishments close umbrellas briefly to protest long-delayed liberalization plans
ROME (AP) — Italian beach establishments mounted a symbolic two-hour strike early Friday aimed at pressuring the government not to enact a decades-old EU directive to allow more competition in the sector, long a symbol of Italy’s failure to reform the economy. Italy’s 6,500...
Olympic fans cheer on Imane Khelif during win after she faced days of online abuse
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — A passionate crowd showered Algerian boxer Imane Khelif with cheers during her fight Saturday at the Paris Olympics, repeatedly chanting “Imane! Imane!” before the athlete who has faced a cascade of backlash over false claims about her gender broke out in sobs...
Who is Imane Khelif? Algerian boxer facing gender outcry had modest success before Olympics
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled out seconds into their bout at the Paris Olympics. Outcry has come from conservatives like former U.S. President...
Imane Khelif's Olympic participation decried in letter from her next opponent's boxing federation
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — The Hungarian Boxing Association says it is sending letters of protest to both the IOC and Hungary's Olympic committee over Anna Luca Hamori's quarterfinal matchup with Imane Khelif of Algeria in women's boxing at the Paris Olympics. Hamori still will...
Who is Italian boxer Angela Carini and why did she quit her fight against Imane Khelif?
PARIS (AP) — Italian boxer Angela Carini came to the Paris Olympics aiming for a medal to honor her late father and coach, who died shortly after she participated in the Tokyo Games three years ago. But Carini’s performance in Paris lasted just 46 seconds Thursday before she...
Algeria boxer Imane Khelif wins first Olympic fight when opponent Angela Carini quits
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Imane Khelif and Angela Carini exchanged a few brisk punches in their 46 seconds of competition in the Paris ring. They were enough to persuade Carini that her Olympic debut was finished. The Italy boxer abruptly walked away from her Algerian opponent and...
Italy confirms construction delays in Albania will push back opening of migrant processing centers
ROME (AP) — Italian officials confirmed that Italy’s controversial new migrant processing centers in Albania, o riginally scheduled to open Thursday, won’t be operational for several more weeks because of construction delays. Cabinet undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano cited the...
