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How the Mob Turned Southern Italy into a Toxic Wasteland
Campania Felix has become the "Land of Fires," as it is popularly known. When people travel here, they see continual columns of smoke and flames, signs of the garbage that is torched in the countryside.
In Photos: Albanian Migrants Make their Way Back Home
The European debt crisis has led many Albanians who had in the last couple of decades settled in Greece and Italy, leave those countries and return home.
Europe or Die – Part Four: Italy's Mediterranean Mass Grave
VICE News correspondent Milène Larsson arrives in Italy as the only extensive search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean is replaced with border surveillance, effectively leaving thousands of migrants adrift in the deadly sea.
Why Were Two Prominent Italian Jews Detained at Auschwitz This Week?
The incident began at the site of the notorious concentration camp and lasted about six hours, feeding concern about resurgent anti-Semitism in Europe.
Crowdsourcing a Better Understanding of European Youth Migration
The European Union may not be equipped to properly track the movements of young migrants, but a plucky group of data journalists called Generation E wants to pick up the slack.
Romanian Expats All Over Europe Say They're Not Being Given the Chance to Vote
In this month's presidential elections, only 161,000 of the 4 million people who make Romania's diaspora have been able to cast their ballots.
There's Nothing Quite Like an Italian Summer
Here are some photos to make you feel worse about the Scandinavian autumn.
Fortress Italia - Part 3
Social tensions are running high in the EU member state, with the migrants still living in third world conditions.
Fortress Italia – Part 1
Meeting the migrants who risk their lives to travel from North Africa to Italy via Lampedusa.
Living with Fear
Crime writer Roberto Saviano spent 8 years under police protection because of his book, Gomorrah.
This Italian Priest Has Spent 20 Years Getting on the Mafia's Tits
Plenty of priests have already been assassinated for doing the same thing as Don Luigi Ciotti.