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

Senate moves to expel Berlusconi

Friday, October 4th 2013, 15:07

A cross-party panel of the Italian Senate recommends the expulsion from the chamber of Silvio Berlusconi over his conviction for tax fraud.
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VIDEO: Dozens die as migrant boat sinks

Thursday, October 3rd 2013, 21:48
related places: Lampedusa

At least 130 people have been killed after a boat carrying as many as 500 migrants from Africa sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Hundreds feared dead from Italy boat

Thursday, October 3rd 2013, 18:32

At least 130 African migrants die and many more are missing as a boat carrying them to Europe sinks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Costa Concordia divers find remains

Thursday, October 3rd 2013, 8:28

Divers scouring the site of the Costa Concordia wreck off the coast of Italy have recovered what could be more human remains, officials say.
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Letta wins after Berlusconi U-turn

Wednesday, October 2nd 2013, 18:47

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta wins a Senate confidence vote after a last-minute U-turn in his favour by former PM Silvio Berlusconi.
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Italy PM Letta faces confidence vote

Wednesday, October 2nd 2013, 11:15

Italy's PM Enrico Letta addresses parliament ahead of a crucial vote of confidence, saying defeat could be fatal for the country.
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VIDEO: Italian PM faces confidence vote

Wednesday, October 2nd 2013, 6:40

Italy's parliament is due to hold a vote of confidence in the governing coalition, with an attempt to topple PM Enrico Letta appearing to falter.
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Allies defy Berlusconi on key vote

Tuesday, October 1st 2013, 17:08

Leading figures in Silvio Berlusconi's own party defy him by calling on MPs to back the Italian coalition government in a confidence vote.
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US shares hit by shutdown threat

Tuesday, October 1st 2013, 1:27

Markets are slightly rattled by the threat of a US government shutdown, closing down for the day.
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Kercher judge orders new DNA test

Monday, September 30th 2013, 20:07

The Italian judge hearing the retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher has ordered a new DNA test on a knife allegedly used in the killing.
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VIDEO: Italian PM calls confidence vote

Monday, September 30th 2013, 15:39

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta says he will call a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday, in an attempt to avoid fresh elections, following the collapse of his governing coalition.
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Italy PM Letta struggles for support

Monday, September 30th 2013, 14:06

Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta is battling to rescue his coalition after ministers loyal to ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi pulled out.
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Kercher murder retrial open in Italy

Monday, September 30th 2013, 11:47
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

The retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito over the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher opens in Italy, with the suspects not expected to attend.
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Italian president in PM crisis talks

Sunday, September 29th 2013, 18:42

Italy's president begins crisis talks with Prime Minister Enrico Letta after ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi pulls his ministers out of the government.
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VIDEO: Italy's awkward coalition crumbles

Sunday, September 29th 2013, 7:48

Italy's president is considering ways out of an acute political crisis after former-PM Silvio Berlusconi's ministers left the coalition government.
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Berlusconi resignations spark crisis

Saturday, September 28th 2013, 20:38

Ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi pulls his party's ministers from Italy's government, prompting a political crisis and accusations of lying from the prime minister.
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Italy PM Letta threatens to resign

Saturday, September 28th 2013, 4:34

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta says he will quit unless his shaky coalition cabinet is backed in a parliamentary vote expected next week.
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Titian identified as Christ painter

Friday, September 27th 2013, 14:35

A previously unknown work by the Italian master Titian is identified in a private collection in Europe.
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Italy pasta brand in gay advert row

Thursday, September 26th 2013, 17:32

Gay activists in Italy urge a boycott of leading pasta brand Barilla after its chairman says he would not use gay people to advertise pasta.
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President rebukes Berlusconi allies

Thursday, September 26th 2013, 14:53

Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano chides allies of Silvio Berlusconi, who are threatening to scupper the government over his legal woes.
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Remains found at Costa Concordia

Thursday, September 26th 2013, 14:37
related places: Rome

Italian officials overseeing the search for bodies around the wreck of the Costa Concordia say unidentified remains have been found.
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Costa Concordia captain blames crew

Monday, September 23rd 2013, 14:32
related countries: Indonesia

The captain of the Costa Concordia blames his Indonesian helmsman for the accident which caused the ship to sink off the coast of Italy last year.
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Patten restates cuts for BBC bosses

Monday, September 23rd 2013, 9:18

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten restates the corporation's plans to "cut management to 1%" in a speech in Italy, confirming his commitment to the 2011 strategy on senior manager pay.
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UN presses Italy on people smuggling

Friday, September 20th 2013, 21:23

The UN's Special Rapporteur on human trafficking, Joy Ezeilo, says Italy must do more to tackle the problem.
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Knox: I won't attend Italy appeal

Friday, September 20th 2013, 17:55
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

American Amanda Knox says she will not travel to Italy for an appeals trial over the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
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Senate vote goes against Berlusconi

Thursday, September 19th 2013, 7:23

Supporters of Silvio Berlusconi lose an Italian Senate committee vote, bringing his expulsion from parliament a step closer.
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Costa Concordia ship set upright

Tuesday, September 17th 2013, 16:36

Engineers in Italy succeed in setting the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia upright, 20 months after it ran aground off the island of Giglio.
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Costa Concordia freed from rocks

Monday, September 16th 2013, 21:56

Engineers in Italy free the cruise ship Costa Concordia from rocks on the sea bed, in one of the largest salvage operations ever attempted.
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VIDEO: Costa Concordia salvage to go ahead

Sunday, September 15th 2013, 21:37

Salvage experts in Italy are making final preparations to raise the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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Costa Concordia salvage to go ahead

Sunday, September 15th 2013, 19:50

A daring attempt to pull the shipwrecked Costa Concordia upright will go ahead on Monday, Italian officials have confirmed.
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Coach is caught spying in bushes

Saturday, September 14th 2013, 13:00
related places: Genoa

Italian side Genoa suspend a youth-team coach after he was caught in bushes spying on rivals Sampdoria ahead of a derby meeting.
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Economic crisis hits Italian diet

Saturday, September 14th 2013, 0:09

Economic crisis takes bite out of healthy Italian diet
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Ex-CIA chief seeks pardon from Italy

Thursday, September 12th 2013, 21:07
related countries: Egypt

A former CIA Milan station chief asks the Italian president for a pardon after being convicted in absentia of kidnapping an Egyptian Muslim cleric.
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Ferrari confirm Raikkonen for 2014

Wednesday, September 11th 2013, 15:41

Ferrari confirm Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen will partner Fernando Alonso at the Italian team from next season.
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Pope Francis gifted 20-year-old car

Tuesday, September 10th 2013, 20:45
related countries: Holy See (Vatican City)

An Italian priest gives Pope Francis a 20-year-old white Renault 4 to drive himself around Vatican city.
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Syria hostage 'treated like animal'

Tuesday, September 10th 2013, 16:44
related countries: Syria

Italian journalist Domenico Quirico speaks of his five-month ordeal as a hostage of armed groups in Syria, saying he was treated "like an animal".
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VIDEO: Investigating Rome's forgotten tunnels

Tuesday, September 10th 2013, 5:17
related places: Rome

A network of tunnels which appear to be an underground city is being investigated deep beneath the villa of Emperor Hadrian near Rome.
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Senators debate Berlusconi expulsion

Monday, September 9th 2013, 12:14

An Italian senate committee debates whether former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be stripped of his senate seat following his conviction for tax fraud.
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Italian and Belgian freed in Syria

Sunday, September 8th 2013, 23:52
related countries: Syria

Italian journalist Domenico Quirico and Belgian teacher Pierre Piccinin da Prata are released after being kidnapped in Syria in April.
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British national 'drowns in Sicily'

Sunday, September 8th 2013, 20:46
related countries: United Kingdom

A British man has died in Italy, the Foreign Office says, with reports suggesting he drowned - along with his girlfriend - while swimming in the sea.
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Vettel beats Alonso to Monza win

Sunday, September 8th 2013, 13:31
related places: Ferrari, Monza

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel beats title rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari with a convincing performance in the Italian GP.
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Italian documentary wins Golden Lion

Sunday, September 8th 2013, 11:18

Italian film Sacro GRA becomes the first documentary to win the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
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Alonso downplays 'idiots' jibe

Saturday, September 7th 2013, 17:41
related places: Ferrari

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso downplays a radio message in which he appeared to criticise his team during Italian Grand Prix qualifying.
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Migrants rescued from Italian waters

Saturday, September 7th 2013, 16:23

More than 700 people have been rescued in the last two days from boats carrying migrants and refugees off the coast of Italy, coastguards say.
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Vettel heads Webber for Monza pole

Saturday, September 7th 2013, 13:15
related places: Monza

Sebastian Vettel takes pole at the Italian GP as Lewis Hamilton only manages 12th and Fernando Alonso criticises Ferrari.
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Vettel leads Alonso in practice

Saturday, September 7th 2013, 10:07
related places: Ferrari

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel heads Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in final practice at the Italian Grand Prix.
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The magic of Monza

Friday, September 6th 2013, 23:01
related places: Monza

Royal park plays host to Italy's 'cathedral of speed'
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Williams to meet Azarenka in final

Friday, September 6th 2013, 22:22
related countries: Seychelles, United States

Serena Williams will face Victoria Azarenka in a rematch of 2012's US Open final after both had convincing semi-final wins.
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Dominant Vettel heads Monza practice

Friday, September 6th 2013, 13:50
related places: Monza

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is in daunting form as he heads team-mate Mark Webber in second practice at the Italian GP.
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Hamilton heads Alonso in practice

Friday, September 6th 2013, 9:43
related countries: Bermuda
related places: Ferrari

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton heads Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in a tight first practice session at the Italian GP.
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Azarenka eases into US Open semis

Thursday, September 5th 2013, 1:07
related countries: United States

Second seed Victoria Azarenka remains on course for a return to the US Open final after beating Daniela Hantuchova.
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VIDEO: Knox's ex-boyfriend on 'nightmare'

Wednesday, September 4th 2013, 17:36

The Italian man convicted and then cleared of killing Meredith Kercher has told the BBC's Hardtalk programme that he does not know if the "nightmare" will end.
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VIDEO: Pope portrait ploughed in Italy

Tuesday, September 3rd 2013, 12:56
related places: Castagnaro, Verona

Italian artist Dario Gambarin creates a crop-portrait of Pope Francis in his parents' field in the town of Castagnaro, close to Verona.
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Kercher accused says 'life on hold'

Tuesday, September 3rd 2013, 12:19
related countries: United Kingdom

The Italian man convicted and then cleared of killing British student Meredith Kercher has said his life is "on hold" while he awaits a retrial over her murder.
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Judges defend Berlusconi conviction

Thursday, August 29th 2013, 16:19

Italy's Supreme Court judges issue a statement on why they upheld former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's sentence for tax fraud.
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Italian recalls ISS spacewalk scare

Wednesday, August 21st 2013, 9:22

An Italian astronaut describes how he nearly drowned as water leaked into his helmet during a spacewalk.
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Osvaldo joins Southampton for £15m

Sunday, August 18th 2013, 19:58
related places: Roma

Southampton sign Italy international striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo from Roma for a club-record fee of £15m.
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Gondola tourist killed in Venice

Saturday, August 17th 2013, 14:50
related countries: Germany
related places: Venice

A 50-year-old German tourist is crushed to death during a gondola ride on the famous Grand Canal in the Italian city of Venice.
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Eni agrees to pay Mozambique tax

Friday, August 16th 2013, 11:33
related countries: Mozambique

Italian energy company Eni agrees to pay $400m (£256m) in capital gains tax to authorities in Mozambique.
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Pope greets Argentine football team

Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 16:04
related countries: Argentina

Argentine footballers, including superstar Lionel Messi, meet fellow countryman Pope Francis along with the Italian national team.
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India helicopter deal is criticised

Tuesday, August 13th 2013, 11:44
related countries: India

A helicopter deal at the centre of bribery allegations in India and Italy comes under fire in an official parliamentary report.
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VIDEO: Bikes versus cars at Rome's Colosseum

Monday, August 12th 2013, 5:08
related places: Rome

Traffic has been banned from parts of central Rome under a new plan to help protect key monuments.
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VIDEO: 'Rancadore is a top Mafia boss'

Sunday, August 11th 2013, 21:51
related countries: United Kingdom

An Italian judge has told the BBC that a man arrested in Britain is one of the Mafia's "top bosses".
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VIDEO: Tomb opened in hunt for 'Mona Lisa'

Saturday, August 10th 2013, 13:14
related places: Florence, Vinci

Scientists in the Italian city of Florence have opened a tomb to extract DNA they hope will identify the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
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Migrants die in Italy shipwreck

Saturday, August 10th 2013, 11:07

Italian authorities recover the bodies of six migrants killed in an apparent shipwreck, as officials warn of an upsurge in illegal migration.
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Tomb opened in Mona Lisa quest

Saturday, August 10th 2013, 9:28
related places: Florence, Vinci

Scientists in the Italian city of Florence open a tomb to extract DNA they hope will identify the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
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