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Canada sweep Spain 3-0 in Billie Jean King Cup opener. Rookie Stakusic wins first top 100 match. Italy beat France 2-1, Trevisan and Paolini victorious in singles. Garcia and Mladenovic win doubles for France. Italy have now won five of last seven meetings.

Some in the Western Balkans country saw it as reciprocation when the leaders of Albania and Italy announced a contentious agreement earlier this week to jointly process some asylum applications of migrants arriving by sea

India beat Britain 4-2 in the first round of the IC Rod Laver Junior Challenge Finals. Manas and Rushil won their singles and doubles matches, while Sohini won her singles match. Asmi lost her singles, but Asmi and Sohini lost their doubles match. South Africa and Italy also won their…

While Europe is battered by the climate crisis, governments must reassure voters that green costs will be fairly shared, says Francesco Grillo of the thinktank Vision

In the Mediterranean's olive-growing countries, the extreme weather caused by climate change is taking a toll

Move comes hours after Italy unveils plan to build asylum reception centres in Albania for those arriving by sea

French author Jean-Baptiste Andrea has won this year's Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, for his novel "Veiller sur elle" ("Watch Over Her"), a love story set in fascist-era Italy. He spoke to FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali about the political dimension of his work. We also take a look back…

Migration experts and activists are planning an agreement between Italy and Albania that would direct thousands of migrants to the Balkan nation while their asylum applications are under review

Award is usually seen as elitist but former screenwriter’s Veiller sur elle has strong sales and is a ‘popular’ read