The great march was on. All over Italy, but mostly on the brown, exhausted earth of Calabria and Sicily, thousands of peasants were taking by force what they wanted most in life—land.

At dusk, throughout the Roman countryside, loudspeakers suddenly blared an incitement to landless farm workers: "Landless poor, collectively occupy the land of those who have too much.

Italy's Emilia-Romagna region, devastated by floods, questions land use The northeastern region has experienced historic floods and numerous landslides which have claimed 14 lives in recent days.

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released its first game which aims to show people the "creativity and the taste of Italy”.