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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• December 29th 2006 – November 8th 2006
• November 7th 2006 – September 22nd 2006
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Italy: news

Rome police tackle child sex ring

Tuesday, November 7th 2006, 10:05

Italian police arrest at least 28 people suspected of preying on Roma (Gypsy) children for sex.
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Madrid train bombs suspect jailed

Monday, November 6th 2006, 14:51
related countries: Egypt, Spain
related places: Madrid

An Egyptian man held in connection with the Madrid blasts is sentenced to 10 years in prison in Italy.
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Bid to overhaul Europe power grid

Sunday, November 5th 2006, 16:07

Italy's prime minister calls for a central power authority to prevent the cuts which blacked out West Europe.
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Italian released in Afghanistan

Friday, November 3rd 2006, 16:35
related countries: Afghanistan

An Italian photographer kidnapped in Afghanistan last month has been set free, Italian officials say.
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Italy considers Mafia crackdown

Wednesday, November 1st 2006, 11:32
related places: Naples

Italy's prime minister says troops could be sent to Naples to deal with a rash of Mafia-linked crimes.
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Berlusconi and lawyer face trial

Monday, October 30th 2006, 19:34
related countries: United Kingdom

The British lawyer David Mills is to face trial in Italy on corruption charges along with ex-Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi.
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Crime-hit Naples may get troops

Monday, October 30th 2006, 18:14
related places: Naples

The Italian justice minister says he is considering sending the army into Naples to deal with violent crime.
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Prodi tax records 'were spied on'

Thursday, October 26th 2006, 15:36

The tax records of Italy's PM Romano Prodi and his wife were spied on for two years, investigators believe.
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Protection for Italy veil row MP

Monday, October 23rd 2006, 18:14

Italian police protect an MP branded an infidel by an imam after she made comments about the Islamic veil.
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Italy holds fishing boat migrants

Sunday, October 22nd 2006, 13:05
related places: Lampedusa

More than 400 suspected illegal immigrants are held off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Italy rejects fresh kidnap demand

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 13:24
related countries: Afghanistan

Italy's defence minister rejects a demand from kidnappers of an Italian journalist to pull out of Afghanistan.
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Dozens seized in Italy mafia raid

Wednesday, October 18th 2006, 16:37

Italian police arrest dozens of suspected members of Italy's Ndrangheta mafia, wanted for scores of murders.
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Italy opens metro crash inquiry

Wednesday, October 18th 2006, 13:00
related places: Rome

Rome magistrates launch an investigation to find out the cause of a deadly metro crash in the Italian capital.
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Afghan kidnappers seek deal

Wednesday, October 18th 2006, 12:17
related countries: Afghanistan

Men who seized an Italian reporter in Afghanistan offer to swap him for a convert who fled to Italy, aid workers say.
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Two metro trains collide in Rome

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 17:22
related places: Rome

One person dies and about 110 are injured as two underground trains collide in the centre of Rome.
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Pope Benedict names four saints

Sunday, October 15th 2006, 14:56
related places: Rome

Pope Benedict XVI canonises four new saints on the steps of St Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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Italy rescues 300 migrants at sea

Sunday, October 15th 2006, 0:13
related countries: Spain

Italy rescues 300 suspected illegal immigrants off Sicily while Spain says it has cracked a ring of traffickers.
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Reporter abducted in Afghanistan

Sunday, October 15th 2006, 0:03
related countries: Afghanistan, United Kingdom

A UK-based Italian journalist is abducted from a bus in one of the most dangerous regions of Afghanistan.
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Kidnapped tourists freed in Niger

Saturday, October 14th 2006, 16:12
related countries: Libya, Niger

Two Italian tourists kidnapped in Niger two months ago are freed after mediation by Libya.
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Italy police shield Mafia author

Friday, October 13th 2006, 14:56
related places: Naples

An Italian author gets police protection after death threats over his probe into organised crime in Naples.
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Kidman opens Rome Film Festival

Friday, October 13th 2006, 14:22

Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman opens the first Rome Film Festival with the premiere of her movie Fur.
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Police move in over Lazio shares

Friday, October 13th 2006, 12:12

Italian police investigate suspected extortion and attempts to influence share prices at Lazio football club.
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Connery honoured at Rome festival

Friday, October 13th 2006, 9:04
related places: Rome

Sir Sean Connery receives a lifetime achievement award on the eve of the first Rome Film Festival.
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Euro exchanges eye merger

Friday, October 13th 2006, 7:27
related countries: Germany

Italy and Germany's stock exchanges outline plans for a merger which would include pan-European rival Euronext.
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Battle of Algiers director dies

Friday, October 13th 2006, 5:14
related countries: Algeria
related places: Algiers

Gillo Pontecorvo, the Italian director of the groundbreaking film The Battle Of Algiers, died at the age of 86.
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Italy drops Sicily bridge plans

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 11:14

Italy scraps plans to build the world's longest suspension bridge linking the island of Sicily to the mainland.
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Italy MPs 'caught in drugs sting'

Monday, October 9th 2006, 23:26

A satirical television show exposes what appears to be widespread drug use among Italy's parliamentarians.
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Hijacker faced arrest in Turkey

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 10:29
related countries: Turkey

A hijacker who diverted a flight to Italy was a Christian convert facing arrest in Turkey for fleeing the army.
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Turkish jet hijacker surrenders

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 21:22
related countries: Albania, Turkey
related places: Brindisi, Istanbul, Tirana

A Turkish army deserter who hijacked a passenger jet gives himself up after it lands in southern Italy.
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Italy police 'break terror cell'

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 15:34
related countries: Algeria

Italian police say they have broken up a fundamentalist Islamic group providing support for militants in Algeria.
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Pope tribute to slain Italian nun

Sunday, September 24th 2006, 14:21
related countries: Somalia

The Pope praises an Italian nun who forgave her killers as she lay dying after an attack in Somalia.
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Italy blocks phone tapping leaks

Friday, September 22nd 2006, 21:57

Italy bans he use of illegally tapped phone conversations after a vast phone tapping network is uncovered.
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