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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• December 31st 2009 – December 4th 2009
• December 4th 2009 – October 22nd 2009
• October 20th 2009 – September 19th 2009
• September 18th 2009 – August 10th 2009
• August 9th 2009 – July 9th 2009
• July 8th 2009 – May 25th 2009
• May 25th 2009 – April 28th 2009
• April 27th 2009 – March 28th 2009
• March 27th 2009 – February 17th 2009
• February 16th 2009 – January 16th 2009
• January 15th 2009 – November 12th 2008
• November 12th 2008 – October 15th 2008
• October 12th 2008 – September 3rd 2008
• September 2nd 2008 – July 22nd 2008
• July 21st 2008 – June 16th 2008
• June 16th 2008 – May 7th 2008
• May 6th 2008 – March 5th 2008
• March 4th 2008 – January 17th 2008
• January 16th 2008 – November 17th 2007
• November 15th 2007 – September 19th 2007
• September 13th 2007 – July 20th 2007
• July 18th 2007 – May 20th 2007
• May 19th 2007 – March 20th 2007
• March 20th 2007 – February 20th 2007
• February 17th 2007 – January 2nd 2007
• December 31st 2006 – November 8th 2006
• November 7th 2006 – September 22nd 2006
• September 21st 2006 – August 2nd 2006
• July 29th 2006 – June 22nd 2006
• June 22nd 2006 – May 11th 2006
• May 11th 2006 – April 11th 2006
• April 11th 2006 – February 10th 2006
• February 10th 2006 – December 15th 2005
• December 14th 2005 – November 11th 2005

Italy: news

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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UN sets out food crisis measures

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008, 12:24
related places: Rome

The UN secretary general calls for revitalising agriculture as a way of tackling the world's worsening food crisis.
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Mugabe food talks trip 'obscene'

Monday, June 2nd 2008, 22:39
related countries: Zimbabwe
related places: Rome

The presence of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe at a UN food summit is condemned by the UK and Australia.
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Football: Italy rocked by Cannavaro injury

Monday, June 2nd 2008, 20:04

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro will miss Euro 2008 after tearing ligaments in his left ankle during training.
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Food crisis talks set to begin

Friday, May 30th 2008, 4:27
related countries: United States
related places: Rome

Latin American and Caribbean delegates are to meet for food crisis talks ahead of a UN summit in Rome.
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Italy condemned for 'racism wave'

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 10:14

Amnesty International warns against a "wave of racism" in Italy after tough security measures are introduced.
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Alitalia calls for urgent support

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 9:10

Debt-laden Italian airline Alitalia says it made a loss in 2007 and needs an urgent injection of funds to survive.
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Dozens held in Naples mafia raids

Monday, May 26th 2008, 15:20
related places: Naples

About 50 alleged members of the Naples mafia, the Camorra, are arrested in Italian police raids.
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Italy 'to revive nuclear power'

Thursday, May 22nd 2008, 17:02

Italy says it is to restart its nuclear energy programme, 20 years after it was scrapped following Chernobyl.
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Calabrian mafia's revenues soar

Wednesday, May 21st 2008, 21:17

Calabrian mafia has an annual income equal to nearly 3% of Italy's gross national product, according to a new report.
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Naples faces 'disaster measures'

Wednesday, May 21st 2008, 17:20
related places: Naples

Italy's prime minister announces the southern city's rubbish crisis will be handled like a natural disaster.
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Aid workers snatched in Somalia

Wednesday, May 21st 2008, 10:42
related countries: Somalia
related places: Mogadishu

Armed gunmen kidnap two Italian aid workers and a Somali during a raid south of Mogadishu.
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Neapolitans torch rubbish piles

Monday, May 19th 2008, 17:20
related places: Naples

Naples fire crews battle blazes overnight as Italy's prime minister prepares to address the city's rubbish crisis.
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Italy pledges to bolster security

Friday, May 16th 2008, 22:51

Italy's interior minister says firm measures are needed to meet the country's 'security emergency'.
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Italian police swoop on migrants

Thursday, May 15th 2008, 13:36

Italian police arrest hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in raids across the country.
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Naples court delays rubbish trial

Wednesday, May 14th 2008, 12:26
related places: Naples

The trial of the Naples regional president, blamed for the Italian city's rubbish crisis, is delayed.
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Italy police to protect Gypsies

Wednesday, May 14th 2008, 11:57
related places: Naples

Italian police protect Roma Gypsies under attack from people in Naples after an alleged kidnap attempt.
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Italy PM called in rendition case

Wednesday, May 14th 2008, 10:19

An Italian judge rules that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called as a witness in a trial over CIA rendition.
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Tennis: Rome hit by injuries

Saturday, May 10th 2008, 14:44

Novak Djokovic faces Stanislas Wawrinka in the Rome Masters final after their respective opponents withdraw injured from their semi-finals.
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Tennis: Federer suffers early exit

Friday, May 9th 2008, 20:23

World number one Roger Federer falls to a surprise quarter-final defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek at the Rome Masters.
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Berlusconi is sworn into office

Thursday, May 8th 2008, 16:04

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his 21-member cabinet are officially sworn into office.
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Berlusconi names cabinet line-up

Wednesday, May 7th 2008, 21:02

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi forms a new government following his centre-right alliance's victory in April's election.
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