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.

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• August 25th 2009 – July 18th 2009
• July 17th 2009 – June 5th 2009
• June 4th 2009 – May 4th 2009
• May 4th 2009 – April 9th 2009
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• February 26th 2009 – February 3rd 2009
• February 2nd 2009 – December 18th 2008
• December 17th 2008 – October 30th 2008
• October 30th 2008 – September 22nd 2008
• September 22nd 2008 – August 14th 2008
• August 13th 2008 – July 9th 2008
• July 8th 2008 – June 4th 2008
• June 3rd 2008 – April 24th 2008
• April 24th 2008 – February 12th 2008
• February 9th 2008 – January 4th 2008
• January 2nd 2008 – November 11th 2007
• November 10th 2007 – September 8th 2007
• September 7th 2007 – June 28th 2007
• June 23rd 2007 – May 9th 2007
• May 7th 2007 – March 19th 2007
• March 18th 2007 – February 16th 2007
• February 12th 2007 – December 29th 2006
• December 25th 2006 – November 7th 2006
• November 6th 2006 – September 22nd 2006
• September 21st 2006 – August 3rd 2006
• August 2nd 2006 – June 23rd 2006
• June 23rd 2006 – May 13th 2006
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• February 13th 2006 – December 20th 2005
• December 20th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Italy: news

Red faces in the White House as US insults Berlusconi

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 14:08
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The White House apologises to the Italian leader after describing him as a political "amateur" heading a "corrupt" government.
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Milan mosque 'to be closed down'

Monday, July 7th 2008, 16:18
related places: Milan

A controversial mosque in the Italian city of Milan is to be shut down, Italy's right-wing government says.
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Pope Benedict agrees to join six-day TV Bible reading

Friday, July 4th 2008, 18:35

Pope Benedict agrees to take part in a Bible-reading marathon on Italian TV in October.
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Italy declares Pompeii emergency

Friday, July 4th 2008, 18:26

Italian ministers declare a "state of emergency" at the ancient ruined city of Pompeii as it sinks deeper into disrepair.
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Italy cabinet offers PM immunity

Friday, June 27th 2008, 16:08

The Italian cabinet moves to reinstate a law granting immunity to top officials - including PM Silvio Berlusconi.
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Italy fingerprint plan criticised

Thursday, June 26th 2008, 21:25
related places: Roma

Italy's interior minister sparks criticism with a proposal that would see all Roma community members fingerprinted.
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Berlusconi in new judge outburst

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 19:53

PM Silvio Berlusconi labels Italy's judiciary a "cancerous growth" in his latest attack on the legal system.
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The Berlusconi file

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 16:04

Italy's PM is a veteran of court battles with judges
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'Berlusconi bill' passed in Italy

Wednesday, June 25th 2008, 0:30

Italy's Senate passes legislation which opponents of PM Silvio Berlusconi say will help him in his legal battles.
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Developer 'used Vatican in scam'

Tuesday, June 24th 2008, 20:54

An Italian-born businessman invented Vatican connections as part of a property fraud, New York authorities allege.
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Pope denies Berlusconi request for communion for divorcees

Monday, June 23rd 2008, 10:36

The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's hopes of seeing communion extended to divorcees are quashed by the Pope.
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Euro 2008: Spain v Italy

Sunday, June 22nd 2008, 21:57
related countries: Russia, Spain

Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties to set up a Euro 2008 semi-final with Russia as Spanish keeper Iker Casillas saves two spot-kicks.
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Euro 2008: Spain v Italy

Sunday, June 22nd 2008, 21:28
related countries: Austria, Russia
related places: Vienna

Cesc Fabregas scores the winning spot-kick as Spain beat Italy on penalties to book a semi-final with Russia at Euro 2008.
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Naples mafia sentences upheld

Thursday, June 19th 2008, 14:50
related places: Naples

An Italian court upholds life sentences for 16 members of one of the Naples mafia's most violent clans.
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Florence makes moves to revoke 700-year-exile of poet Dante

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 14:26
related places: Florence

The Italian city of Florence is set to revoke the exile imposed on the Renaissance poet Dante Aleghieri.
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Italy holds 'Tamil Tiger' members

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 10:26
related countries: Sri Lanka

Police in Italy arrest more than 30 suspected members of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group in a series of raids across the country.
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France 0-2 Italy

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 20:40

Italy will meet Spain in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals after beating 10-man France 2-0 in their final Group C game.
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Italian PM defends trials freeze

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 14:33

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi defends a move to suspend some trials for a year amid accusations of conflict of interest.
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Rome diocese bars filming of Da Vinci Code prequel

Monday, June 16th 2008, 21:56
related places: Rome

Rome's diocese bans filming in its two churches of the prequel to the controversial Da Vinci Code film.
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'Many dead' as migrant boat sinks

Monday, June 16th 2008, 17:22
related countries: Libya

There is believed to be just one survivor from a boat that sank while carrying 150 migrants from Libya to Italy.
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Italian corruption fighter killed

Monday, June 16th 2008, 4:32

An Italian politician for an anti-corruption party is stabbed to death outside his home in the Puglia region.
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Italian condom man warned off after 20,000 TV pranks

Monday, June 16th 2008, 1:25

Prolific Italian TV prankster and condom advocate Gabriele Paolini faces a prison sentence unless he behaves.
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Italian condom man warned off after 20,000 TV pranks

Monday, June 16th 2008, 1:25

Prolific Italian TV prankster and condom advocate Gabriele Paolini faces a prison sentence unless he behaves.
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Row in Italy over army deployment

Sunday, June 15th 2008, 14:03

A big row erupts in Italy over the government's decision to deploy the army on major city streets to fight crime.
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Six workers die in Italian tank

Thursday, June 12th 2008, 10:33

An investigation is launched after six people are killed while working inside a water purification tank in Sicily.
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Football: Dutch goal 'correct'

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 13:01
related countries: Netherlands

Premier League referees chief Keith Hackett says Ruud van Nistelrooy's controversial opening goal for the Netherlands against Italy was legitimate.
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Football: Classy Dutch beat Italy

Monday, June 9th 2008, 20:37
related countries: Netherlands

The Netherlands thrash World Cup winners Italy in their opening Group C game of Euro 2008.
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Medics held in Italy murder probe

Monday, June 9th 2008, 15:27

Italian police say doctors carried out needless operations to make more money - sometimes with fatal results.
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German city bans waste from Italy

Friday, June 6th 2008, 23:27
related countries: Germany
related places: Hamburg

Workers in Hamburg are told to stop processing Italian hospital waste after finding high levels of radioactivity.
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Food summit sees clash of empires

Thursday, June 5th 2008, 17:15
related places: Rome

Conflict over genetically modified foods and biofuels causes major divisions at the UN summit in Rome, says the BBC's David Loyn.
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Papal Ball

Thursday, June 5th 2008, 13:16

Can footballing priests save Italian game's soul?
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Ethiopia starts restoring obelisk

Wednesday, June 4th 2008, 10:56
related countries: Ethiopia

Work begins to restore a historic obelisk in Ethiopia's ancient city of Axum, after it was returned from Italy.
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