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

Hamas condemns activist murder

Friday, April 15th 2011, 14:13

Hamas condemns the murder of Italian pro-Palestinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni, found hanged in Gaza City hours after his abduction.
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Italian activist murdered in Gaza

Friday, April 15th 2011, 13:54
related countries: Gaza Strip

An Italian pro-Palestinian activist is found dead in the Gaza Strip hours after being abducted, local security officials say.
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Berlusconi 'won't seek new term'

Thursday, April 14th 2011, 9:34

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hints he will not run for office again when his current term expires in 2013.
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VIDEO: Berlusconi wins key legal bill

Thursday, April 14th 2011, 8:18

Italy's lower house of parliament has approved a bill that would cut the length of some trials and could end a bribery case against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Italian deputies back trial bill

Thursday, April 14th 2011, 2:28

Italy's lower house of parliament passes a bill that would cut the length of trials and be likely to end a bribery case against Silvio Berlusconi.
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Opera composer Catan dies aged 62

Tuesday, April 12th 2011, 10:57
related countries: Mexico

Mexican composer Daniel Catan, best known for his operatic adaptation of Italian film Il Postino for the Los Angeles Opera, dies aged 62.
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Palme d'Or honour for Bertolucci

Monday, April 11th 2011, 15:43

An honorary Palme d'Or award is to be presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival, with Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci the first recipient.
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VIDEO: 'Human tsunami' on Italian island

Sunday, April 10th 2011, 4:00
related places: Lampedusa

The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has warned Europe of what he called a "human tsunami" arriving on the island of Lampedusa.
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Italy and France in migrant deal

Friday, April 8th 2011, 22:33
related countries: France

France and Italy agree to launch sea and air patrols to stop migrants fleeing North Africa from reaching Europe.
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Hopes fade for Italy boat victims

Thursday, April 7th 2011, 12:59
related places: Lampedusa

Hopes are fading for scores of migrants missing after a boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, officials say.
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VIDEO: Italian coastguard search for survivors

Wednesday, April 6th 2011, 23:48
related places: Lampedusa

The Italian coastguard are searching for migrants from North Africa whose boat capsized off the island of Lampedusa.
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Scores missing off Italian coast

Wednesday, April 6th 2011, 21:08
related places: Lampedusa

A desperate search is mounted for scores of African migrants missing after a boat capsizes off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Berlusconi's sex trial adjourned

Wednesday, April 6th 2011, 9:20
related places: Milan

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute opens in Milan and is immediately adjourned.
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Schalke thrash holders Inter Milan

Tuesday, April 5th 2011, 20:50

Schalke hit three second-half goals to deal Inter Milan's hopes of retaining their Champions League crown a huge blow in the first leg of their quarter-final at the San Siro.
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More RAF planes for Libya mission

Monday, April 4th 2011, 18:01
related countries: Libya, United Kingdom

Four more British warplanes are being deployed to join the assault on pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya, the prime minister announces in Italy.
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Italy moves migrants to mainland

Friday, April 1st 2011, 10:12
related places: Lampedusa

Italy moves 1,716 North African migrants to a mainland camp site, easing overcrowding on the isle of Lampedusa.
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VIDEO: Migrants moved from Lampedusa

Friday, April 1st 2011, 5:26
related countries: Libya, Tunisia
related places: Lampedusa

The unrest in North Africa has seen thousands of migrants from Libya and Tunisia flee to Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean.
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Berlusconi visits migrant island

Wednesday, March 30th 2011, 15:31
related places: Lampedusa

On a visit to Lampedusa, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promises that the island will be free of migrants in 48-60 hours.
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Clooney 'witness for Berlusconi'

Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 18:18

Hollywood star George Clooney is among 78 possible witnesses named for Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of sex with an under-age prostitute.
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VIDEO: Berlusconi corruption trial begins

Monday, March 28th 2011, 17:36

The Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has appeared in court to face corruption charges
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Italy PM attends corruption trial

Monday, March 28th 2011, 13:13

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appears at a Milan court to answer charges of corruption - his first such appearance in more than seven years.
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Italy migrant influx intensifies

Monday, March 28th 2011, 9:53
related countries: Libya
related places: Lampedusa

Nearly 2,000 African migrants, including many from Libya, arrive on Italy's tiny Lampedusa island in just 24 hours.
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Libyan migrants arrive in Italy

Sunday, March 27th 2011, 17:33
related countries: Libya, Tunisia

Boats from Libya are beginning to arrive in southern Italy, where resources have already been stretched by an earlier influx of Tunisian migrants.
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Italy navy moves Tunisia migrants

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 15:59
related countries: Tunisia
related places: Lampedusa

Italy's interior minister is to visit Tunisia for talks aimed at stopping the flow of migrants to the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.
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Italy island packed with migrants

Tuesday, March 22nd 2011, 10:49
related places: Lampedusa

More North African migrants arrive on the tiny Italian isle of Lampedusa, where the migrant influx this year has doubled the population.
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Live - Six Nations

Saturday, March 19th 2011, 13:50
related countries: France, Ireland, United Kingdom

Ireland demolish England's Grand Slam hopes with an emphatic victory, handing Wales the chance to win the Six Nations title if they beat France by 27 points in the final match of the tournament.
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Crucifixes in classrooms 'legal'

Friday, March 18th 2011, 17:09

Displaying crucifixes in schools in Italy does not breach the rights of non-Catholic families, the European Court of Human Rights rules.
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VIDEO: Italy's sober 150th birthday celebrations

Thursday, March 17th 2011, 9:26

Italy marks its 150th birthday but not everyone in the country is in the mood for celebrating
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Prosecco, anyone?

Thursday, March 17th 2011, 0:14

Why 150th anniversary party of Italian unification lacks fizz
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Italian conductor wins $1m prize

Wednesday, March 16th 2011, 16:32

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti is awarded the $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize - the biggest prize in classical music.
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Berlusconi 'paid for sex 13 times'

Wednesday, March 16th 2011, 11:03
related countries: Morocco

Prosecutors say Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex 13 times with a Moroccan dancer when she was still 17, reports say.
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Higher costs hit Benetton profits

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 16:24

Italian fashion retailer Benetton reports a fall in profits and warns that rising raw material costs could hit profitability this year.
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Mallett proud of 'huge' Italy win

Saturday, March 12th 2011, 18:39
related countries: France

Ecstatic Italy coach Nick Mallett describes his side's first ever Six Nations win over France as a "huge, huge achievement".
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Berlusconi justice bill unveiled

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 13:41
related places: Rome

A controversial bill to split up Italy's judiciary is unveiled in Rome by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.
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Former mayor denies mafia reports

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 12:24
related countries: Aruba

An ex-mayor of the west Australian city of Stirling denies Italian reports linking him to the feared 'Ndrangheta mafia.
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Venice Carnival

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 17:41

Your pictures from the final day of Italy's most famous carnival
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Italy jails Serb football rioters

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 17:17
related places: Genoa

An Italian court jails four Serbian football fans who started a riot at a Euro 2012 qualifying match in Genoa.
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Dozens held in anti-mafia raids

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 12:58
related countries: Australia, Canada, Germany

Police in Italy and Germany arrest 35 people in an anti-mafia operation, with warrants also issued in Canada and Australia.
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Berlusconi undergoes face surgery

Monday, March 7th 2011, 14:15

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has undergone face surgery to restore his jaw after an attack by a man in 2009, officials say.
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Migrant influx hits Italy island

Monday, March 7th 2011, 12:30
related places: Lampedusa

About 1,000 North African migrants on a dozen boats reach the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight amid turmoil in North Africa.
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LVMH to take over Italy's Bulgari

Monday, March 7th 2011, 9:33

LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company, announces a takeover deal for Italian jeweller Bulgari.
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Italy PM 'to attend all trials'

Saturday, March 5th 2011, 17:41

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi plans to set aside every Monday in order to attend all his forthcoming trials, his lawyer says.
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Vienna ball for Berlusconi belly-dancer Ruby

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 23:55
related countries: Austria

The teenager at the centre of a sex scandal involving Italy's prime minister makes a stir in Austria as guest of a magnate at Vienna's famous ball.
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VIDEO: Europe prepares for N Africa migrant influx

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 6:37
related countries: Tunisia
related places: Lampedusa

In the last two days hundreds of illegal migrants have arrived by sea on the Italian island of Lampedusa after setting sail from the Tunisian coast.
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New migrant boat lands in Italy

Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 10:51
related countries: Tunisia

A boat carrying 347 migrants from Tunisia reaches Italy, raising fears of a new wave of crossings after a week of bad weather.
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Model gives Iceman Oetzi new face

Monday, February 28th 2011, 15:13

Oetzi the Iceman goes on show as a model in the Italian Alps, where he died from an arrow wound some 5,300 years ago.
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Berlusconi back on trial in Italy

Monday, February 28th 2011, 11:43
related places: Milan

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi goes back on trial in Milan in a tax fraud case but, as expected, does not appear in court.
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Live Six Nations - England v France

Saturday, February 26th 2011, 13:31
related countries: France, United Kingdom
related places: Rome, Twickenham

England and France put their unbeaten Six Nations records on the line at Twickenham after Wales hold on to beat Italy in Rome.
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Fiat to make vehicles in Russia

Friday, February 25th 2011, 23:22
related countries: Russia

Italian car giant Fiat says it will make up to 300,000 vehicles a year in Russia, after a deal with local auto group Sollers falls through.
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Italy holds 'Pope hate' suspects

Friday, February 25th 2011, 11:04
related countries: Morocco

Six Moroccan men are arrested in northern Italy on suspicion of seeking to incite hatred of Pope Benedict among Muslims.
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