
A female vituline seal [harbour seal] pup weighing 11,6 kilos was born at the Genoa Aquarium in the early hours of Sunday 11th July. The birth was natural and took place on land. Mother and pup are said to be doing well...
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Minister of Culture Sandro Bondi announced that March 17th 2011 will be a national holiday. The celebrations are controversial because Northern League leader Umberto Bossi has called them “rhetorical and useless”...
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Many may be surprised to know that one of Italy's most famous sons, Cristoforo Colombo, is not really celebrated in Italy itself. However, if Italy's Economic Development minister gets his way, that may soon change.
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Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a Genoa court for a prison sentence for Italy's former police chief for allegedly pressuring a witness to commit perjury in a trial over police brutality at the Group of Eight summit in 2001.
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Following the UN General Assembly resolution, World Oceans Day will now take place on June 8 each year, in a bid to raise public awareness about the crucial role of oceans in human society and planetary conservation.
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Conservative priest Father Gianni Baget Bozzo, known for political activism, died in his sleep here during the night at age 84, it was announced Friday morning.
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The port city of Genoa is to celebrate the treasures of the Mediterranean sea, with a Slow Food event devoted to fish.
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Passengers on a Genoa bus were sent flying on Monday after the bus driver's seat collapsed from under him as he drove through morning traffic.
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Twenty wild boars who had made their home in a Genoa city park were shot dead Tuesday to the dismay of animal rights activists and some local residents.
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An advertising campaign by Italian atheists appears to have succeeded in getting Muslims and Jews here to agree, with both communities dismissing the initiative as ''gratuitous''.
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