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.

World news related to Italy – overview

• 1. by date ↓
• 2. by title ↑

• June 19th 2013 – May 11th 2013
• May 9th 2013 – March 29th 2013
• March 28th 2013 – March 11th 2013
• March 11th 2013 – February 24th 2013
• February 23rd 2013 – January 30th 2013
• January 30th 2013 – December 12th 2012
• December 11th 2012 – October 26th 2012
• October 26th 2012 – September 5th 2012
• September 4th 2012 – July 20th 2012
• July 19th 2012 – June 6th 2012
• June 5th 2012 – May 2nd 2012
• April 30th 2012 – March 25th 2012
• March 24th 2012 – February 20th 2012
• February 20th 2012 – January 23rd 2012
• January 21st 2012 – December 27th 2011
• December 27th 2011 – November 14th 2011
• November 14th 2011 – October 27th 2011
• October 26th 2011 – September 20th 2011
• September 17th 2011 – August 3rd 2011
• August 3rd 2011 – June 22nd 2011
• June 22nd 2011 – May 9th 2011
• May 9th 2011 – April 5th 2011
• April 4th 2011 – February 14th 2011
• February 13th 2011 – January 11th 2011
• January 10th 2011 – November 30th 2010
• November 30th 2010 – October 17th 2010
• October 15th 2010 – August 1st 2010
• August 1st 2010 – May 16th 2010
• May 15th 2010 – February 24th 2010
• February 24th 2010 – December 14th 2009
• December 14th 2009 – October 14th 2009
• October 13th 2009 – August 29th 2009
• August 28th 2009 – July 2nd 2009
• July 1st 2009 – May 4th 2009
• May 3rd 2009 – March 16th 2009
• March 14th 2009 – January 31st 2009
• January 30th 2009 – November 9th 2008
• November 8th 2008 – September 17th 2008
• September 15th 2008 – July 13th 2008
• July 10th 2008 – May 16th 2008
• May 15th 2008 – February 13th 2008
• February 12th 2008 – December 4th 2007
• December 2nd 2007 – September 6th 2007
• September 6th 2007 – May 31st 2007
• May 23rd 2007 – March 11th 2007
• March 10th 2007 – January 10th 2007
• January 10th 2007 – October 18th 2006
• October 18th 2006 – August 7th 2006
• August 7th 2006 – May 29th 2006
• May 29th 2006 – April 12th 2006
• April 12th 2006 – January 24th 2006
• January 19th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Italy: news

Bersani fails to form Italy cabinet

Thursday, March 28th 2013, 22:57

Italy's political limbo continues as centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani fails to form a cabinet after a week of talks with other parties.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Pope washes prisoners' feet in Rome

Thursday, March 28th 2013, 20:06
related places: Rome

Pope Francis washes inmates' feet in a youth detention centre in Rome as part of an annual pre-Easter service to commemorate Christ's Last Supper.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Pope's Maundy message of humility

Thursday, March 28th 2013, 14:47
related places: Rome

Thousands of pilgrims have been arriving in Rome to attend ceremonies during the holy week ahead of Easter.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy PM job 'only for mentally ill'

Wednesday, March 27th 2013, 20:18

Italy's leftist leader Pier Luigi Bersani says only someone "mentally ill" would want to govern Italy now.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Knox to fight 'wrongful' allegations

Wednesday, March 27th 2013, 6:15
related countries: United States

US student Amanda Knox has said she will fight to clear her name after an Italian court overturned her acquittal for killing Briton Meredith Kercher.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Firm sacks staff over Berlusconi ad

Wednesday, March 27th 2013, 6:02

JWT India sacks employees over controversial adverts, including one showing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in a car boot.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Italy reopens Kercher murder case

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 22:47

US student Amanda Knox has said she will fight to clear her name after an Italian court overturned her acquittal for killing Briton Meredith Kercher.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Murray through to Miami last eight

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 20:48

Second seed Andy Murray beats Italy's Andreas Seppi in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Sony Open in Miami.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy minister quits over India row

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 17:46
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi quits over Italy's decision to send two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen, to Delhi for trial.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Knox to fight 'wrongful' allegations

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 17:37
related countries: United States

US student Amanda Knox says she will fight to clear her name after an Italian court overturns her acquittal for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy reopens Kercher murder case

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 15:30
related countries: United Kingdom

Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have their acquittals for killing Briton Meredith Kercher in Italy overturned and face a re-run of their appeal.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy court to rule on Knox retrial

Tuesday, March 26th 2013, 1:10

Italy's highest court is due to rule on an appeal against the acquittal of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito over the murder of Meredith Kercher.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Ford sorry for Berlusconi advert

Monday, March 25th 2013, 10:46
related countries: India

The Indian unit of Ford apologises for an advert showing former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the boot of a car.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Pope leads Palm Sunday Mass

Sunday, March 24th 2013, 11:52
related places: Rome

Pope Francis has begun the most intensive week of the Catholic Church's year with a Palm Sunday Mass in Rome.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Bersani asked to form Italy cabinet

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 17:11

Italy's centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani is asked by the president to try to form a new government, following inconclusive elections.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy marines return for India trial

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 14:26
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

Two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen return to Delhi for their trial, Indian officials say, as diplomatic tensions ease.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: How to be a 'big cheese' in Italy

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 6:18

At times of European austerity, Italy's artisan cheese makers are resorting to some more unusual methods to make their products appealing to buyers.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy to return marines to India

Thursday, March 21st 2013, 20:12
related countries: India

Two Italian marines accused of murdering two Indian fishermen, in a case that has sparked a diplomatic row, are to be sent back for trial.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Grillo seeks mandate to govern Italy

Thursday, March 21st 2013, 16:49

Italy's Five Star Movement, headed by comedian Beppe Grillo, officially asks President Giorgio Napolitano for a mandate to form a new government.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Pope to wash Rome prisoners' feet

Thursday, March 21st 2013, 12:10
related places: Rome

Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on the Thursday before Easter next week by washing the feet of prisoners in a youth detention centre, the Vatican says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italian sprint legend Mennea dies

Thursday, March 21st 2013, 11:22

Italy's former 200m world record holder and Olympic champion Pietro Mennea dies, aged 60.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Robson reaches Miami second round

Wednesday, March 20th 2013, 22:47
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain's Laura Robson beats Camila Giorgi, of Italy, 6-2 4-6 6-3 to reach the second round of the Miami Masters.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

O'Driscoll hit with three-week ban

Wednesday, March 20th 2013, 15:09
related countries: Ireland

Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll is suspended for three weeks for stamping in the Six Nations match against Italy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italian president in coalition push

Wednesday, March 20th 2013, 14:47

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano holds talks with political leaders to try to form a new government after February's election stalemate
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Papacy begins with plea for poor

Tuesday, March 19th 2013, 11:51
related places: Rome

Pope Francis inaugurates his papacy at a Mass in Rome, calling on global leaders and all people of the world to defend the poor and the weak.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Key moments from Pope's inauguration

Tuesday, March 19th 2013, 11:12
related places: Rome

The inauguration Mass for Pope Francis has been held in St Peter's Square in Rome, marking the official start of his papacy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy condemns India 'violation'

Tuesday, March 19th 2013, 0:21
related countries: India

Italy accuses India of violating international law on diplomatic immunity by preventing its ambassador from leaving the country.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy envoy has 'no legal immunity'

Monday, March 18th 2013, 13:16
related countries: India
related places: Rome

India's Supreme Court rules that Italy's ambassador has no legal immunity, in a row over Rome's refusal to return two Italian marines charged with murder.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Crowds hear Pope's Angelus prayer

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 16:54
related places: Rome

Pope Francis has delivered the Angelus prayer and blessing before a crowd of many thousands gathered in St Peter's Square in Rome
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Crowds hear Pope's Angelus prayer

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 14:48
related places: Rome

Pope Francis delivers the traditional Angelus prayer and blessing before a crowd of many thousands gathered in St Peter's Square in Rome.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy 22-15 Ireland

Saturday, March 16th 2013, 16:22
related countries: Ireland
related places: Rome

Italy beat Ireland for the first time in Six Nations history in what could be Brian O'Driscoll's final game for the Irish.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

India airport alert on Italy envoy

Friday, March 15th 2013, 20:01
related countries: India

Airports across India are ordered to stop Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini if he tries to leave the country, a home ministry official tells the BBC.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Impasse as Italy's parliament meets

Friday, March 15th 2013, 14:59

The new Italian parliament meets for the first time since inconclusive elections, but cannot agree on a government or even who should be speaker.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: 'We are friends', Pope tells cardinals

Friday, March 15th 2013, 11:34
related places: Rome

Pope Francis has been addressing cardinals from around the world at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace in Rome.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Francis marks first day with Mass

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 16:57
related places: Rome

Pope Francis spends his first day as head of the Catholic Church meeting people in Rome before a Sistine Chapel Mass with cardinals.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Is India in breach of Vienna convention over Italian envoy?

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 13:08
related countries: Austria, India
related places: Vienna

Andrew North asks if India is in breach of Vienna convention
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Sexton back as Ireland face Italy

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 12:33
related countries: Ireland

Fly-half Jonathan Sexton and winger Craig Gilroy return as Ireland finish their Six Nations campaign against Italy.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

India orders Rome envoy not to leave

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 7:25
related countries: India
related places: Rome

India's Supreme Court orders Italy's ambassador not to leave the country after Rome refuses to return two marines charged with murdering two fishermen.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Argentina's Bergoglio elected Pope

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 2:07
related countries: United States
related places: Rome, Pope

Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as the Catholic Church's new Pope Francis, the first Latin American in the role.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

How a Tuscan wine said No to recession

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 0:18

How a top Italian wine defied the downturn
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Faithful wait for Pope vote in Rome

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 14:26
related places: Rome

Black smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel for a second day signalling no agreement among cardinals voting for the next Pope.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Papal conclave resumes at Vatican

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 10:11
related places: Rome

Cardinals begin their second day of deliberations over who should be the new Pope, after the first round of voting proved inconclusive.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Indian PM warns Italy over marines

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 8:13
related countries: India

India's prime minister warns "there will be consequences" unless Italy returns two marines charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen in Kerala.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Cardinals begin vote for new Pope

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 18:42
related places: Rome

Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, where they will vote to decide who will be the next leader of the world's 1.2bn Roman Catholics.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

India and Italy killings row deepens

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 17:06
related countries: India

India summons the Italian ambassador to express its anger that two Italian marines charged with murdering fishermen have not returned to face trial.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nibali beats Froome to Italy win

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 16:45
related countries: United Kingdom

Italy's Vincenzo Nibali holds off the challenge of Britain's Chris Froome to win the Tirreno-Adriatico race.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Vatican department above gay sauna

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 10:39
related places: Rome

A historic palazzo in Rome that houses a key Vatican department is also the home of what claims to be the "the number one gay sauna in Italy".
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Cardinals attend Mass before conclave

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 9:55
related places: Rome

Cardinals gathered in Rome to elect a new Pope have been attending a special Mass in St Peter's Basilica.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

VIDEO: Cardinals set to elect new pope

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 6:47
related places: Rome

Cardinals gathered in Rome to elect a new pope will begin voting later on Tuesday, with no clear frontrunner in sight.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy blocks Indian trial of marines

Monday, March 11th 2013, 18:04
related countries: India

Two Italian marines, charged in India with the murder of two fishermen, will not be returning to India to face trial, Italy's foreign ministry says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

June 19th 2013 – May 11th 2013May 9th 2013 – March 29th 2013March 28th 2013 – March 11th 2013March 11th 2013 – February 24th 2013February 23rd 2013 – January 30th 2013January 30th 2013 – December 12th 2012December 11th 2012 – October 26th 2012October 26th 2012 – September 5th 2012September 4th 2012 – July 20th 2012July 19th 2012 – June 6th 2012June 5th 2012 – May 2nd 2012April 30th 2012 – March 25th 2012March 24th 2012 – February 20th 2012February 20th 2012 – January 23rd 2012January 21st 2012 – December 27th 2011December 27th 2011 – November 14th 2011November 14th 2011 – October 27th 2011October 26th 2011 – September 20th 2011September 17th 2011 – August 3rd 2011August 3rd 2011 – June 22nd 2011June 22nd 2011 – May 9th 2011May 9th 2011 – April 5th 2011April 4th 2011 – February 14th 2011February 13th 2011 – January 11th 2011January 10th 2011 – November 30th 2010November 30th 2010 – October 17th 2010October 15th 2010 – August 1st 2010August 1st 2010 – May 16th 2010May 15th 2010 – February 24th 2010February 24th 2010 – December 14th 2009December 14th 2009 – October 14th 2009October 13th 2009 – August 29th 2009August 28th 2009 – July 2nd 2009July 1st 2009 – May 4th 2009May 3rd 2009 – March 16th 2009March 14th 2009 – January 31st 2009January 30th 2009 – November 9th 2008November 8th 2008 – September 17th 2008September 15th 2008 – July 13th 2008July 10th 2008 – May 16th 2008May 15th 2008 – February 13th 2008February 12th 2008 – December 4th 2007December 2nd 2007 – September 6th 2007September 6th 2007 – May 31st 2007May 23rd 2007 – March 11th 2007March 10th 2007 – January 10th 2007January 10th 2007 – October 18th 2006October 18th 2006 – August 7th 2006August 7th 2006 – May 29th 2006May 29th 2006 – April 12th 2006April 12th 2006 – January 24th 2006January 19th 2006 – November 11th 2005