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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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Italy: news

'World peace' hitcher is murdered

Saturday, April 12th 2008, 14:42
related countries: Turkey Turkey

A female Italian artist hitch-hiking to the Middle East to promote world peace is murdered in Turkey.
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Voting ends in Italian election

Monday, April 14th 2008, 13:06

A final day of voting ends Italy's election pitting centre-right Silvio Berlusconi against centre-left Walter Veltroni.
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Berlusconi 'wins' Italy election

Monday, April 14th 2008, 20:12

Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi heads for victory in Italy's elections, as his main rival concedes.
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Italy returns Berlusconi to power

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 7:13

Silvio Berlusconi secures a decisive victory in Italy's general elections, but warns of "difficult months ahead".
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Alitalia loan stirs rescue hopes

Wednesday, April 23rd 2008, 10:03
related places: Rome

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's next Prime Minister, says an emergency loan to Alitlia may save the problem-hit airline.
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EU presses Italy on Alitalia loan

Thursday, April 24th 2008, 14:00

The European Commission will raise concerns about Italy's loan to Alitalia to decide whether it is illegal state aid.
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Italy's Padre Pio goes on display

Thursday, April 24th 2008, 15:05

The body of Italian saint Padre Pio goes on display on the 40th anniversary of his death.
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Football: Fiorentina hold Rangers

Thursday, April 24th 2008, 20:35

Rangers hold Italian side Fiorentina to a goalless draw in the first leg of their Uefa Cup semi-final.
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Stuntman stable after Bond crash

Friday, April 25th 2008, 11:25

A stuntman is in a stable condition after crashing a car while making the new James Bond film in Italy.
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Rome votes for right-wing mayor

Monday, April 28th 2008, 21:51
related places: Rome

Right-winger Gianni Alemanno wins Rome's mayoral poll, in another blow to Italy's centre-left.
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Blast near Yemen Italian embassy

Wednesday, April 30th 2008, 6:46
related countries: Yemen Yemen
related places: Sanaa

A strong explosion is heard near the Italian embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, reports say.
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Five French die in Alps avalanche

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 9:32
related countries: France France

The bodies of five French mountaineers hit by an avalanche are found in Italy's northwestern Alps.
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Italy posts income details on web

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 14:44

Italians are outraged after the government publishes every citizen's declared taxable income on the internet.
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Lost Vivaldi opera revived

Saturday, May 3rd 2008, 21:17
related countries: Czech Republic Czech Republic
related places: Prague

A long-lost opera by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi is performed in Prague for the first time since 1730.
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EU to seek Naples rubbish action

Tuesday, May 6th 2008, 6:42
related places: Naples

The European Commission is expected to sue Italy over a rubbish crisis which has plagued Naples for months.
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Five held for Italy gang killing

Tuesday, May 6th 2008, 10:15

Italian police arrest the last of five suspects accused of beating a man to death for refusing them a cigarette.
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EU sues Italy over rubbish crisis

Tuesday, May 6th 2008, 11:57
related places: Naples

Italy is to be taken to court because of a rubbish crisis which has plagued Naples for months.
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Tennis: Federer sees off Canas

Tuesday, May 6th 2008, 17:26

Roger Federer has few problems seeing off old foe Guillermo Canas at the Rome Masters.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Aid workers snatched in Somalia

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

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