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

Berlusconi firm in damages order

Saturday, July 9th 2011, 9:11

An Italian court orders Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest to pay 560m euros (£500m) in damages to a business rival, in a further setback for the PM.
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Euro debt market jitters worsen

Friday, July 8th 2011, 12:19

The cost of borrowing for debt-laden eurozone governments hits new highs as markets fret at rate rises and Italian politics.
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Berlusconi backs Alfano to be PM

Friday, July 8th 2011, 10:07
related places: Alfano

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi says he wants former justice minister Angelino Alfano to lead the centre-right into the 2013 election.
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Guardi work sets Venice benchmark

Thursday, July 7th 2011, 10:56
related places: Venice

A view of Venice by the 18th Century painter Francesco Guardi fetches more money at auction than any other painting depicting the Italian city.
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Italy convicts nine of war deaths

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 23:54
related countries: Germany

An Italian court sentences nine German men in absentia to life in prison for killing hundreds of civilians during World War II, reports say.
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VIDEO: Italy rail protest turns violent

Monday, July 4th 2011, 1:32
related countries: France

In Italy, five people have been arrested after a protest march against a high-speed rail link being built between Italy and France became violent.
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New clashes over Italy rail link

Sunday, July 3rd 2011, 16:08
related countries: France

Police and demonstrators engage in further clashes in the Italian Alps over the construction of a new high-speed rail link with France.
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VIDEO: Italy funeral for teen killed in 1993

Saturday, July 2nd 2011, 16:51

A funeral has been held in Italy for a 16-year-old girl whose death has been linked to convicted killer Danilo Restivo.
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Man guilty in 'hair in hand' case

Wednesday, June 29th 2011, 16:35

An Italian man is convicted of murdering a mother-of-two who was found with a clump of someone's hair in her hand at her Bournemouth home in 2002.
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VIDEO: Europe split in happiness survey

Wednesday, June 29th 2011, 5:38
related countries: United Kingdom

In one of the biggest surveys of happiness carried out in the aftermath of the economic crisis, the vast majority of people in Britain, France and Italy have little faith in their governments and think the free market economy is a flawed system.
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European banks 'can help Greece'

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 8:39
related countries: Greece

The boss of Italy's biggest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, says European banks can help Greece, as the Greek parliament debates austerity measures.
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VIDEO: Protest over Alps rail tunnel

Monday, June 27th 2011, 20:48
related countries: France

Police in the Italian northern Alps have clashed with protesters who were trying to prevent bulldozers from starting work on a new high-speed rail link to France.
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Knox killed roommate, appeal told

Monday, June 27th 2011, 17:35
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

US student Amanda Knox did kill her British roommate in Italy, one of Meredith Kercher's killers has told an Italian court.
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Clash over new Italy rail tunnel

Monday, June 27th 2011, 16:26
related countries: France

Police break down barricades erected by opponents of a new tunnel being bored through the Italian Alps for a high-speed rail link with France.
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Italy bank shares dive on warning

Friday, June 24th 2011, 16:25

Shares in leading Italian banks fall sharply after the credit ratings agency Moody's says it may downgrade their status.
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Draghi will follow Trichet at ECB

Friday, June 24th 2011, 11:04

EU leaders vote for Italy's Mario Draghi to follow Jean-Claude Trichet as the head of the European Central Bank.
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Italy urges Libya fighting halt

Wednesday, June 22nd 2011, 11:36
related countries: Libya

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini calls for a suspension of hostilities in Libya to allow humanitarian aid to be brought to the country.
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Hi-tech software teaches 'perfect pasta' skills

Wednesday, June 22nd 2011, 8:41

Italian scientists say they have invented new technology to help people learn complex manual tasks. The BBC's Dany Mitzman finds out how many megabytes it takes to handle pasta-making.
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Berlusconi wins vote on stimulus

Tuesday, June 21st 2011, 16:01

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wins a parliamentary vote on economic reform on the eve of a vote of confidence for his troubled coalition.
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UN urges EU refugee 'solidarity'

Sunday, June 19th 2011, 14:37
related places: Lampedusa

The UN refugee chief urges "solidarity" within the EU to deal with an influx of migrants to the bloc, as he visit's Italy's Lampedusa island.
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Italy's credit rating 'on review'

Friday, June 17th 2011, 20:28

Italy's credit rating of Aa2 is placed under review for possible downgrade by Moody's international ratings agency.
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Italy new gateway for EU migrants

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 14:07
related countries: Greece

Italy replaces Greece as the main point of entry for illegal migrants to the EU as numbers more than double in the first quarter of 2011.
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Berlusconi accepts nuclear blow

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 8:17

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi accepts the rejection of his nuclear power plans and other policies in a popular referendum.
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VIDEO: Rome hosts Europe gay pride march

Sunday, June 12th 2011, 4:26
related places: Rome

A massive crowd of revellers has marched through Rome for the annual European gay pride parade.
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VIDEO: Gypsies travel to Rome to meet Pope

Saturday, June 11th 2011, 20:29
related places: Rome

Groups of European gypsies have gathered at the Vatican for an audience with the Pope.
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Italy recalls Brazil ambassador

Friday, June 10th 2011, 14:40
related countries: Brazil

Italy recalls its ambassador to Brazil after the country refuses to extradite Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti.
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Italy takes extradition to Hague

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 13:31
related countries: Brazil

Italy says it will go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague in a bid to overturn Brazil's decision not to extradite fugitive Cesare Battisti.
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Brazil refuses Italy extradition

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 7:20
related countries: Brazil

Fugitive Italian rebel Cesare Battisti is released from jail in Brazil after the Supreme Court there rejects an Italian extradition appeal.
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Republic stun Italy in friendly

Tuesday, June 7th 2011, 20:56
related countries: Ireland

The Republic of Ireland pull off a surprise 2-0 win over Italy in Tuesday's friendly match in Liege.
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French Open final live - Schiavone v Li

Saturday, June 4th 2011, 12:33
related countries: China, France

Li Na beats defending champion Francesca Schiavone in the French Open final to become the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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In pictures

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 15:22

Colour and pageantry as Italy marks 150 years since unification
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Arrests in Italy match-fix probe

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 15:43

Former Italy footballer Giuseppe Signori is among 16 people arrested for allegedly organising the fixing of matches.
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Morricone to head Rome film jury

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 8:23
related places: Rome

Italian composer Ennio Morricone will be president of the jury at this year's International Rome Film Festival, organisers announce.
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VIDEO: Senior army officers abandon Gadaffi

Tuesday, May 31st 2011, 14:25
related countries: Libya

Eight senior Libyan army officers appear on Italian television to announce their defection from Colonel Gaddafi's forces.
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Berlusconi loses key city votes

Monday, May 30th 2011, 21:43
related places: Milan, Naples

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi loses the key cities of Milan and Naples in local elections seen as a major test of his popularity.
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Fiat to increase Chrysler stake

Friday, May 27th 2011, 20:39
related countries: United States
related places: Chrysler, Fiat

Fiat says it will buy the US government's 6% stake in Chrysler, paving the way for the Italian firm to take a majority share in the US firm.
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Sluggish Bolt wins on Rome return

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 21:51
related places: Rome

World 100m record holder Usain Bolt marks his return to the track after a near 10-month absence with victory at the Diamond League meeting in Rome.
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Live - Diamond League athletics

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 17:28
related places: Rome

Usain Bolt is the main draw as Rome hosts the third Diamond League meeting of the season.
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Pope 'closes nun-dancing monastery'

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 16:12
related places: Rome

Pope Benedict XVI shuts down a famous monastery in Rome because of rumours of a lack of financial and moral discipline, Italian media reports say.
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Italy captures 'super-fugitive'

Wednesday, May 25th 2011, 9:19
related places: Naples

Suspected mafia boss Giuseppe Dell'Aquila, said by police to be one of Italy's most dangerous fugitives, is captured near Naples.
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Berlusconi in 'Gypsytown' warning

Monday, May 23rd 2011, 15:59
related places: Milan

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi warns that Milan could become "Gypsytown" if his candidate for mayor is defeated by the "far left".
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VIDEO: Italian toddler left in car dies

Monday, May 23rd 2011, 2:06

An Italian toddler has died after being left in a hot car by her father who had forgotten to drop her off at nursery.
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Italian toddler left in car dies

Sunday, May 22nd 2011, 22:25

A toddler in Italy dies after she was left in a hot car for five hours by her father who had forgotten to drop her off at day care.
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Anger at Rome statue of Pope John Paul

Friday, May 20th 2011, 14:53
related places: Rome

The installation of a vast bronze statue of the late Pope John Paul II at Rome's main railway station provoked a storm of controversy.
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Alonso commits to five years at Ferrari

Thursday, May 19th 2011, 8:05
related countries: Spain
related places: Ferrari

Spanish driver Fernando Alonso signs a new deal with Ferrari that keeps him with the Italian team until the end of the 2016 season.
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VIDEO: Lampedusa's refugee boat 'cemetery'

Thursday, May 19th 2011, 5:33
related places: Lampedusa

Sonali Shah visited Lampedusa to take a look at the remains of boats that have brought tens of thousands of North Africans refugees to the tiny Italian island.
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Election setback for Berlusconi

Tuesday, May 17th 2011, 16:27
related places: Milan

Allies of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi suffer setbacks in his heartland Milan and other cities in local elections seen as a test of his popularity.
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VIDEO: Knox on trial again for slander

Tuesday, May 17th 2011, 14:46
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Amanda Knox, the US student convicted of murdering her British housemate in Italy, faces a fresh trial, charged with slandering police officers.
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US student on Italy trial over police slander

Tuesday, May 17th 2011, 9:11
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

American student Amanda Knox - convicted of murdering her British housemate Meredith Kercher in Italy - faces trial again, charged with slandering police investigators.
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Djokovic earns World Finals spot

Monday, May 16th 2011, 18:28

Novak Djokovic becomes the first player to qualify for the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals after his win in Sunday's Rome Masters final.
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