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Pompeii guard dog mosaic back on show

Monday, July 27th 2015, 14:06

Tourists can see a vivid Roman dog mosaic at Pompeii again, despite Italy's conservation problems there.
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VIDEO: Fireworks factory blasts kill seven

Friday, July 24th 2015, 23:58

A series of explosions at a fireworks factory in southern Italy leave at least seven people dead.
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Italy fireworks blast 'kills seven'

Friday, July 24th 2015, 15:57
related places: Bari

At least seven people are killed and several are injured in a huge explosion at a fireworks factory near Italy's southern city of Bari, local media say.
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Ferrari files for US share listing

Thursday, July 23rd 2015, 11:55
related countries: United States United States
related places: Ferrari

Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari has applied to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Lavazza buys Carte Noire 'for €800m'

Wednesday, July 22nd 2015, 15:29
related countries: France France

Italian coffee firm Lavazza has offered to buy French brand Carte Noire for around €800m, sources say.
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Italian police in €2bn mafia raid

Wednesday, July 22nd 2015, 14:48

Italian police seize €2bn (£1.4bn) of assets that belonged to a powerful mafia gang in a series of raids.
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Italy 'fails on gay marriage'

Tuesday, July 21st 2015, 16:52

Italy violates human rights by failing to offer enough legal protection and recognition for same-sex couples, a European court has ruled.
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EU falls short of migrant target

Monday, July 20th 2015, 22:20
related countries: Greece Greece

EU ministers fall short of a target to agree the redistribution of 40,000 migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece.
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Italian designer Elio Fiorucci dies

Monday, July 20th 2015, 19:10
related places: Milan

Italian fashion designer Elio Fiorucci has died at his home in Milan at the age of 80.
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Four Italians kidnapped in Libya

Monday, July 20th 2015, 9:55
related countries: Libya Libya

Four Italian construction workers have been kidnapped in Libya, the Italian foreign ministry says.
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My SS family: German meets survivors of Italy WW2 massacre

Wednesday, July 15th 2015, 23:56
related countries: Germany Germany

German meets survivors of Nazi massacre
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Pirelli bosses convicted over deaths

Wednesday, July 15th 2015, 15:19

Eleven former managers for the Italian tyre firm Pirelli are convicted over the deaths of some 20 workers exposed to asbestos.
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Full circle: Syria to Sicily

Monday, July 13th 2015, 23:24
related countries: Syria Syria

How an Italian ancestor gave a Syrian family a ticket to safety
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Italian marine granted further leave

Monday, July 13th 2015, 11:05
related countries: India India

India's Supreme Court allows an Italian marine accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012 to further extend his stay in Italy on health grounds.
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VIDEO: Egypt 'at war' after attack says PM

Sunday, July 12th 2015, 7:30
related countries: Egypt Egypt
related places: Cairo

The Egyptian Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mahlab, has described his country as being "at war", after a bomb attack in Cairo on the Italian consulate.
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IS claims Italian consulate attack

Saturday, July 11th 2015, 16:42
related countries: Egypt Egypt
related places: Cairo

Islamic State militants say they were behind a deadly explosion that severely damaged the Italian consulate in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
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Tour rider in positive cocaine test

Saturday, July 11th 2015, 8:17
related countries: France France

Italian cyclist Luca Paolini tests positive for cocaine and is expelled from the Tour de France.
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VIDEO: Tornado drama captured in Venice, Italy

Thursday, July 9th 2015, 0:14
related places: Venice

A tornado has swept through the outskirts of the Italian city of Venice - destroying large numbers of homes and other buildings.
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Berlusconi convicted of bribery

Wednesday, July 8th 2015, 18:56

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is found guilty of bribing a senator in 2006 in an attempt to bring down the then centre-left government.
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Piazza turned into huge Risk board

Wednesday, July 8th 2015, 11:53

Small Italian town will transform its main square into a board game.
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Italy raids 'mafia crime family'

Wednesday, July 8th 2015, 10:01

Italian police say they have seized more than €1.6 bn ($1.76 bn) in assets from five Sicilian siblings thought to have links to the mafia.
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'Final deadline' for Greece debt plan

Wednesday, July 8th 2015, 8:29
related countries: Greece Greece

The eurozone gives Greece until Thursday to present final proposals to secure a deal with creditors, and calls a full EU summit for Sunday.
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Conte could face 'match-fixing' trial

Tuesday, July 7th 2015, 18:53

Italy coach Antonio Conte could face a criminal trial for his alleged involvement in match fixing in 2011.
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Murray through after injury scare

Saturday, July 4th 2015, 19:27
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Wimbledon

Britain's Andy Murray overcomes a shoulder problem to beat Italy's Andreas Seppi in the third round of Wimbledon.
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Saints terminate Osvaldo contract

Wednesday, July 1st 2015, 14:12
related countries: Argentina Argentina

Southampton terminate the contract of £15m record signing Dani Osvaldo, who played only 14 Premier League games.
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'£71k paid to fix Catania matches'

Monday, June 29th 2015, 18:50
related places: Catania

Prosecutors allege Catania president Antonino Pulvirenti paid £71,000 to fix matches and keep his club in Italy's Serie B.
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EU agrees to relocate migrants

Friday, June 26th 2015, 12:20
related countries: Greece Greece

EU leaders holding late-night talks on the Mediterranean migrant crisis agree to relocate 40,000 of those who have arrived in Greece and Italy.
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England U21 1-3 Italy U21

Wednesday, June 24th 2015, 20:44

England Under-21s' European Championship comes to an end in the group stages as they lose 3-1 against Italy.
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Italy's Pirlo in New York City talks

Tuesday, June 23rd 2015, 16:48

Italy World Cup winner Andrea Pirlo tells Juventus he wants to be released so he can join New York City.
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Plane diverted 'following nuts row'

Monday, June 22nd 2015, 13:19
related places: Rome

A plane en route from Rome to Chicago was forced to divert to Belfast after a man got angry over nuts and crackers, a court has heard.
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Ferrero to buy Thorntons for £112m

Monday, June 22nd 2015, 9:10

Thorntons shares have leapt 42% after an offer to buy the company from Italian chocolate maker Ferrero Rocher.
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Federer wins eighth Halle title

Sunday, June 21st 2015, 15:31

World number two Roger Federer continues Wimbledon preparation by beating Italy's Andreas Seppi to win the Gerry Weber Open.
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Italy seeks 300 over China 'fraud'

Sunday, June 21st 2015, 2:44
related countries: China China
related places: Milan

Italian prosecutors want to indict the Bank of China's Milan branch and almost 300 people over a money-laundering scheme.
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VIDEO: Stranded on the Italy-Austria border

Saturday, June 20th 2015, 8:57
related countries: Syria Syria

Refugees from Syria, and many other people who have migrated to Europe in search of a better life, have been left stuck at national borders across the continent.
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Migrants flood trains in bid to leave Italy

Friday, June 19th 2015, 23:20

The Italian station where migrant travel hopes are dashed
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Arrests ordered in mafia drugs raid

Wednesday, June 17th 2015, 15:02
related countries: Spain Spain

Police in Italy and Spain order the arrests of 34 people following an international investigation into an 'Ndrangheta drug-smuggling ring.
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VIDEO: Migrants forcibly removed from border

Tuesday, June 16th 2015, 22:47
related countries: France France

Italian police forcibly removed many people, who had migrated from Africa, who were attempting to cross the border into France.
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EU ministers split on migrant quotas

Tuesday, June 16th 2015, 17:51

EU ministers fail to agree on a plan to relocate migrants, as Italian police scuffle with a group on the French border.
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VIDEO: Italian police remove border migrants

Tuesday, June 16th 2015, 15:54
related countries: France France

Italian police forcibly remove people from a migrant camp on the French border where many have gathered in the hope of crossing into France.
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I feared hand amputation - Pearson

Monday, June 15th 2015, 6:58
related places: Rome

Sally Pearson will miss the World Championships and feared she might have had her left hand amputated after falling in Rome.
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Croatia apologise for pitch swastika

Friday, June 12th 2015, 23:01
related countries: Croatia Croatia

The Croatia FA apologises after a swastika is marked on the pitch ahead of the Euro 2016 tie against Italy.
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Froome struggles as Nibali leads

Friday, June 12th 2015, 17:40
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Britain's Chris Froome drops to seventh after stage six as Italian Vincenzo Nibali takes the Criterium du Dauphine lead.
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VIDEO: On board a ship saving migrants

Thursday, June 11th 2015, 17:44

Clive Myrie reports from on board an Italian coastguard ship which has rescued migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
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Rome arrests put pressure on mayor

Wednesday, June 10th 2015, 9:24
related places: Rome

Six people are arrested in a corruption inquiry over Rome city hall contracts, prompting a protest against centre-left Mayor Ignazio Marino.
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VIDEO: The Calais 'shantytown' home to 3,000

Tuesday, June 9th 2015, 23:38
related countries: France France, Greece Greece, United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Calais

In Calais migrants seeking to reach the UK have reached the French port from camps in Italy and Greece.
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Wanted Fifa suspect hands himself in

Tuesday, June 9th 2015, 15:32
related countries: Argentina Argentina

Argentine sports marketing executive Alejandro Burzaco, sought by police in connection with the Fifa bribery scandal, hands himself in to police in Italy.
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Nuns survive three days in lift

Tuesday, June 9th 2015, 7:02
related countries: Ireland Ireland, New Zealand New Zealand
related places: Rome

Nuns from Ireland and New Zealand are rescued from a lift in Rome by a cleaner after being trapped for three days without food and water.
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HMS Bulwark takes migrants to Italy

Monday, June 8th 2015, 21:27
related places: Catania

Royal Navy warship HMS Bulwark docks in the Italian port of Catania, carrying 1,200 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea.
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VIDEO: Inside Sicily's 'Hotel Sudan' for Med migrants

Monday, June 8th 2015, 19:21

Clive Myrie has been finding out what happens to migrants once they they have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea and taken to Italy.
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Italy leaders feud over migrants

Monday, June 8th 2015, 17:41

Italy's government criticises leaders in the north of the country for their refusal to host any more migrants rescued from the Mediterranean.
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Injuries in Italy subway collision

Friday, June 5th 2015, 10:31
related places: Rome

Two subway trains collide in the Italian capital Rome, injuring at least 12 people, although none are reported to be serious, reports say.
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Italy arrests over migrant contracts

Thursday, June 4th 2015, 12:51

Police in Italy arrest 44 people over the rigging of public contracts to run migrant reception centres in a new chapter of a mafia investigation.
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Italy vote threatens Renzi reforms

Monday, June 1st 2015, 9:14

Results from Italy's local elections show right-wing gains and some erosion of support for Matteo Renzi's ruling centre-left.
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Berlusconi backs wrong candidate

Saturday, May 30th 2015, 16:26

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi accidentally lends his support to one of his opponents after turning up at the wrong rally.
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Italy rescues 3,300 boat migrants

Friday, May 29th 2015, 21:16

Italy rescued a total of more than 3,300 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean on Friday, the country's coastguard says.
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Lamborghini confirms SUV launch

Wednesday, May 27th 2015, 21:47

Sports car maker Lamborghini confirms the launch of an SUV and signs a deal to build the car in Italy.
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Balotelli 'staying at Liverpool'

Wednesday, May 27th 2015, 17:50

Liverpool's Italy striker Mario Balotelli will not be leaving the Anfield club this summer, according to his agent.
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EU states 'must take 40,000 migrants'

Wednesday, May 27th 2015, 14:13
related countries: Eritrea Eritrea, Greece Greece, Syria Syria

The European Commission urges EU states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea who land in Italy and Greece in the next two years.
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UK 'will not accept migrant quotas'

Tuesday, May 26th 2015, 19:06
related countries: Greece Greece, United Kingdom United Kingdom

The UK will not be part of any EU plan to relocate thousands of African migrants currently in Italy and Greece, the international development secretary says.
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Runaway mafia boss held in Brazil

Tuesday, May 26th 2015, 17:54
related countries: Brazil Brazil

An Italian organised crime boss convicted for more than 20 murders has been caught in Brazil after 31 years on the run.
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VIDEO: Stolen art returns home to Rome

Tuesday, May 26th 2015, 14:15
related countries: United States United States
related places: Rome

The United States returns Italian antiquities, stolen in past decades and recovered in the US, to Italy.
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Real Madrid close on Benitez as boss

Tuesday, May 26th 2015, 8:41
related countries: Spain Spain
related places: Napoli

Napoli boss Rafael Benitez is expected to be appointed Real Madrid manager after the Italian season finishes on Sunday.
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VIDEO: Italy chefs attempt biggest tiramisu

Tuesday, May 26th 2015, 6:01

The largest ever tiramisu is under construction in the northern Italian town of Gemona.
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Lazio 1-2 Roma

Monday, May 25th 2015, 18:16
related places: Roma

Roma seal a spot in next season's Champions League thanks to Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa's late winner in the Rome derby.
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Sweden scoops Eurovision 2015 crown

Sunday, May 24th 2015, 0:51
related countries: Austria Austria, Sweden Sweden
related places: Vienna

Swedish singer Mans Zelmerlow triumphs at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, beating Russia's Polina Gagarina.
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Kenyans flock to nun's beatification

Saturday, May 23rd 2015, 14:09
related countries: Kenya Kenya
related places: Nyeri

Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims attend the beatification in Kenya of Italian-born nun Irene Stefani, taking her a step closer to sainthood.
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