News: Italy

We have started to collect the most important news related to Italy in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Italy – overview

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• November 10th 2009 – October 3rd 2009
• October 3rd 2009 – August 30th 2009
• August 30th 2009 – July 24th 2009
• July 24th 2009 – June 11th 2009
• June 10th 2009 – May 6th 2009
• May 6th 2009 – April 15th 2009
• April 15th 2009 – March 5th 2009
• March 5th 2009 – February 6th 2009
• February 6th 2009 – December 23rd 2008
• December 22nd 2008 – November 4th 2008
• November 4th 2008 – September 25th 2008
• September 25th 2008 – August 22nd 2008
• August 21st 2008 – July 13th 2008
• July 10th 2008 – June 9th 2008
• June 9th 2008 – May 1st 2008
• May 1st 2008 – February 26th 2008
• February 25th 2008 – January 12th 2008
• January 12th 2008 – November 14th 2007
• November 13th 2007 – September 13th 2007
• September 9th 2007 – July 18th 2007
• July 14th 2007 – May 20th 2007
• May 19th 2007 – March 21st 2007
• March 20th 2007 – February 21st 2007
• February 21st 2007 – January 6th 2007
• January 6th 2007 – November 17th 2006
• November 16th 2006 – October 4th 2006
• October 3rd 2006 – August 11th 2006
• August 8th 2006 – July 4th 2006
• July 3rd 2006 – May 16th 2006
• May 16th 2006 – April 15th 2006
• April 15th 2006 – February 18th 2006
• February 18th 2006 – December 30th 2005
• December 29th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Italy: news

Anglicans welcome offer from Rome

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 10:16
related places: Rome

The Vatican publishes details of its plan to ease conversion for Anglican clergy unhappy about the ordination of women bishops.
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Camorra boss arrested in Naples

Saturday, November 7th 2009, 22:10
related places: Naples

Italian police arrest influential mafia boss Luigi Esposito - the latest in a string of Camorra bosses held recently.
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CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 19:31
related countries: Egypt

An Italian judge convicts 23 Americans and two Italian secret agents over the CIA kidnap of an Egyptian cleric in 2003.
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Italy school crucifixes 'barred'

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 22:47

Europe's human rights court rules against hanging crucifixes in Italy's classrooms, saying it violates parents' rights.
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Iraq signs new overseas oil deal

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 13:22
related countries: Iraq

Iraq's oil ministry signs an agreement with a consortium led by the Italian firm, ENI, to develop the Zubair oilfield.
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Red Brigades woman kills herself

Sunday, November 1st 2009, 22:14
related places: Rome

A convicted member of the radical left-wing Red Brigades group commits suicide in a Rome jail, officials say.
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Italy raid nets two mafia bosses

Sunday, November 1st 2009, 15:14
related places: Naples

Italian police arrest two more suspected mafia bosses, a day after seizing their brother near Naples.
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Mafia boss seized in farm raid

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 16:16
related places: Naples

A boss of Italy's Naples-based mafia, the Camorra, is arrested on a chicken farm after nearly 15 years on the run.
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Sick Berlusconi to miss EU summit

Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 18:11
related countries: Belgium
related places: Brussels

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has scarlet fever and will miss this week's EU summit in Brussels, his foreign minister says.
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Berlusconi faces early tax trial

Monday, October 26th 2009, 19:22

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is to go back on trial for tax fraud now that his immunity from prosecution has been lifted.
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Beckham deal agreed, claim Milan

Monday, October 26th 2009, 14:01
related places: Milan

David Beckham will definitely rejoin AC Milan on loan in January, according to the Italian club's chief executive Adriano Galliani.
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Probe into 'Kill Berlusconi' call

Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 13:07

Italian prosecutors launch an investigation, accusing a Facebook group, "Let's kill Berlusconi", of inciting hatred.
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Uproar at Berlusconi 'sexist' jibe

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 19:40

Nearly 100,000 Italian women sign a petition over a remark by Silvio Berlusconi to a female politician on live television.
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Rome rules on admitting Anglicans

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 15:44

Anglicans can join the Roman Catholic Church while maintaining a distinct religious identity, under changes announced by the Pope.
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Learning again

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 23:46

Quake-hit pupils in Italy rebuild their education
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Italy fury at 'Taliban pay' claim

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 16:13
related countries: Afghanistan, United Kingdom

Italy angrily denies a UK newspaper report that it paid Taliban fighters in Afghanistan to keep the peace.
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Berlusconi backs Blair for top EU job

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 14:34

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi endorses Tony Blair for the job of President of the European Council.
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Family ties?

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 16:48
related countries: United Kingdom

Two British orphans fight it out for Italian royal legacy
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More arrests over Milan bombing

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 10:19
related places: Milan

Italian police arrest two North Africans suspected of assisting a bomb attack on an army barracks in Milan.
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Beckham deal probable, say Milan

Monday, October 12th 2009, 13:00
related places: Milan

AC Milan claim it is 'very probable' that David Beckham will rejoin the Italian Serie A side on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy in the January transfer window.
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Bomb attack on Italian barracks

Monday, October 12th 2009, 9:20
related places: Milan

Two people are injured in a bomb explosion at an army barracks in Milan in northern Italy - including the alleged attacker.
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Italy seal World Cup finals berth

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 21:05
related countries: Germany, Russia, South Africa

World champions Italy, Germany, Denmark and Serbia all book their places at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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I am the world's most persecuted man, says Silvio Berlusconi

Friday, October 9th 2009, 19:16

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi describes himself as the most persecuted person "in the entire history of the world".
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Cannavaro in failed doping test

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 19:06

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro fails a doping test after taking a medicine containing banned substance cortisone.
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Defiant Berlusconi vows to fight

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 9:43

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he feels "invigorated" after Italy's top court overturned a law granting him immunity.
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Berlusconi immunity law overruled

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 6:29

Italy's highest court overturns a law granting PM Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office.
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Italy acquits migrant rescue crew

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 18:00
related countries: Germany

An Italian court acquits three German aid workers of aiding illegal migration after they rescued a boatload of stranded African migrants.
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Court weighs Berlusconi immunity

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 16:24

Italy's top court is deciding whether Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has immunity from prosecution whilst in office.
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Home guard?

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 8:40

Controversial citizen patrols on Italy's streets
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Scientist reproduces Turin shroud

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 4:49
related places: Turin

The Shroud of Turin is reproduced by an Italian scientist in another attempt to prove that the cloth image of Christ's face is a fake.
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Pope warns of 'new colonialism'

Sunday, October 4th 2009, 12:46
related places: Rome

Africa is blighted by materialism or 'toxic spiritual rubbish' exported by the West, the Pope tells the continent's bishops.
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Italians rally for press freedom

Saturday, October 3rd 2009, 23:55
related places: Rome

Tens of thousands of Italians march in Rome against what they say are threats to press freedom by PM Silvio Berlusconi.
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