List of Italy articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Italian Army is Growing Pot… to Drive Costs Down
Patients who’ve been prescribed medical marijuana in Italy have been running into a prohibitive problem: high prices. The Italian military has an unexpected solution.
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Mussolini_e_Petacci_a_Piazzale_Loreto,_1945 Did the Brutal Death of Mussolini Contribute to Hitler’s Suicide?
Seventy years ago on Tuesday, partisans in the backwoods of northern Italy summarily executed Benito Mussolini after they happened to foil the dictator’s attempted escape across the Swiss border.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The View From Libya, Ground Zero in the Migrant Crisis
An epidemic of human smuggling is adding to the woes of a country that already has more problems than it can handle.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is There a Military Solution to Europe’s Migrant Crisis? Spoiler Alert: Probably Not.
European leaders are looking to military measures to stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Slain Italian Hostage ‘Had No Time for Simplistic Western Policy Agendas’
“I do love the people, the culture and the food of this part of the world,” Lo Porto told a professor who taught him in London.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Europe Passes the Buck While Thousands Die
How EU cost-cutting, continental infighting, and bureaucratic indifference turned the Mediterranean into a graveyard.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Migrants Flee Progress, Not War
Nearly one-fifth of people crossing the Mediterranean are leaving a country touted for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Turns out, a better life requires more than a U.N. checklist.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Europe’s Migrant Tragedy Is a Political Crisis
Europe's political project lies at the heart of the current migrant crisis.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis, by the Numbers
Thousands of migrants have died making the dangerous crossing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Italy Opens the Door to Disaster
Italian officials are turning a blind eye to the Syrian refugees fleeing the country for Northern Europe. And even the refugees themselves are worried that anyone could be traveling in their midst -- even terrorists with the Islamic State.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 One night on the Genoa waterfront
Last night my wife and I were having dinner in the old port area of Genoa, Italy. At the table adjoining us were what I took to be a Russian merchant ship captain and (I think) an Italian stevedores’ union official.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Time It’s All Smiles as Pope Francis Accepts Boehner’s Invite
The last time House Speaker John Boehner invited a world leader to Washington it caused controversy. His latest invitation to Pope Francis has inspired the opposite.
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Activists from India's Karbi Students? A Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Demolition Man Hits a Wall
Has Matteo Renzi lost his mojo?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Greece’d Lightning and the Italian Stallion
All eyes are on Greece, but Italy is the country that could bring the euro to its knees.
