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Something about Italy inspires romance and the producers of First Dates, the Channel 4 show, are hoping to stir up some passion with the new series of First Dates Hotel, a spin-off of the original programme.

ROME — The Italian government learned the hard way, early this year, that no good deed goes unpunished.

Acting under a 2015 European Union directive addressing the global disaster caused by plastic bags, which take hundreds of years to degrade, Italian lawmakers enacted a measure banning the use of plastic bags for fruit, vegetables and baked goods in favor of eco-friendly biodegradable and compostable alternatives.

Italy's answer to the Palace of Versailles is at the centre of a cultural heritage row after part of it was hired out for a private wedding for 30,000 euros.
 

OVER 10,000 tourists near Italian ski resorts have been left stranded and at risk from avalanches after heavy snow fell across the northern region leaving two dead.