Lombardy

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met on Tuesday with the president of Italy's Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, to discuss stepping up and expanding cooperation in areas of mutual interest.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received the president of Italy's Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, on Tuesday to discuss topics that included opportunities for large new investments in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will receive the president of Italy's Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, in Belgrade on Tuesday.

The meeting at the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic is scheduled for 10 am, the presidential press office announced.

A violent storm, with extreme phenomena such as whirlwinds and "balls" of hail larger than tennis balls, up to 7-8 centimeters in diameter, affected the northern part of Lombardy - as well as Veneto - between Thursday night and Friday morning.

Spain sweltered under an unrelenting heat wave Wednesday as temperatures started to build toward what is forecast to be a torrid weekend across southern Europe.

Two Italian intelligence agents and a former member of the Israeli security forces died when a boat carrying tourists overturned in strong winds on Lake Maggiore in Italy, officials said Monday.

A Russian woman was also reportedly killed when the boat capsized Sunday evening near Lisanza at the southern end of the lake in northern Italy, after the weather suddenly turned stormy.

A tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy's Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, with at least three people confirmed dead, Italian media reported.

The mayor of Milan on June 25 announced the northern Italian city's fountains would be switched off as part of water restrictions imposed due to a drought.

Beppe Sala announced the measures the day after the wider Lombardy region declared a state of emergency to last until Sept. 30, directing mayors to curtail non-essential water use.

Bergamo – Slovenian star cyclist Tadej Pogačar wrapped up the season in style by winning the last big race, Il Lombardia, on Saturday.

Trumping an all-star line-up, Pogačar finished the race ahead of the Italian Fausto Masnada and the Brit Adam Yates. The Slovenian Primož Roglič was fourth.

Romanian billionaire Dan Petrescu, his wife, son and other five friends died on Sunday when their plane crashed near Milan, Italy, and burst into flames. The Pilatus PC-12 was being flown by Petrescu himself as the aircraft's owner.