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 ↑

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

Italy: news

Prodi wins key cities in election

Tuesday, May 30th 2006, 12:15

Italy's municipal elections give a boost to Romano Prodi's centre-left bloc after tight national polls.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Canada envoy found dead in Italy

Monday, May 29th 2006, 19:39
related countries: Canada

A body found in a manhole in southern Italy has been identified as that of a missing Canadian diplomat.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Polls close in Italy local ballot

Monday, May 29th 2006, 16:04

Polls close in local elections being held across Italy for the first time since Romano Prodi came to power.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

European police foil traffickers

Monday, May 29th 2006, 11:34

A Europe-wide child trafficking gang is broken up following an investigation led by the Italian carabinieri.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Football: Shevchenko to leave

Friday, May 26th 2006, 15:51

AC Milan will hold talks with Chelsea after Andriy Shevchenko confirms he is to leave the Italian club.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy approves Prodi government

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 19:24

Italian PM Romano Prodi's centre-left government seals its mandate after winning a second confidence vote.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italian public debt 'a disaster'

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 15:25

A member of Italy's new government describes the country's large public deficit as a "disaster".
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy mulls immigrant amnesty

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 16:19

Italy's new immigration minister plans to ease the rules for becoming a legal immigrant.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Tennis: Hingis ends title drought

Sunday, May 21st 2006, 15:39

Martina Hingis wins her first title in over four years as she beats Dinara Safina at the Italian Open.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Tennis: Venus into Rome semis

Friday, May 19th 2006, 18:51
related places: Rome

Venus Williams shows her fighting spirit to set up a semi-final against Martina Hingis at the Italian Open.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Prodi team gets Senate approval

Friday, May 19th 2006, 12:42

Italy's new PM Romano Prodi wins a key confidence vote in the Senate after announcing his government team.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Prodi calls for Iraq withdrawal

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 20:06
related countries: Iraq

Romano Prodi says the war in Iraq was a "grave error", in his first speech to Italy's Senate as prime minister.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy swears in Prodi government

Wednesday, May 17th 2006, 15:14

The new centre-left coalition government led by Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi is sworn into office.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Prodi gets mandate for government

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 19:36

Italy's Romano Prodi gets the nod to form a new government, five weeks after tight elections.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italian FA under emergency rule

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 10:26

As the match-fixing crisis surrounding Italian football grows, the governing body is placed under emergency administration.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy's new president is sworn in

Monday, May 15th 2006, 15:57

Ex-communist Giorgio Napolitano is sworn in as Italian president, paving the way for a new government.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Tennis: Nadal equals record run

Sunday, May 14th 2006, 17:53
related places: Rome

Rafael Nadal is twice a point from defeat before beating Roger Federer in the Rome final and reaching 53 straight wins on clay.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Scandal-hit Juve win league title

Sunday, May 14th 2006, 15:18

Scandal-hit Juventus have won the Italian Serie A title for the second year in a row.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Rome memorial for Pope shooting

Saturday, May 13th 2006, 22:38

Thousands at the Vatican mark the 25th anniversary of the attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Tennis: Federer faces Nadal

Saturday, May 13th 2006, 15:51
related places: Rome

Roger Federer beats David Nalbandian to reach the final of the Rome Masters, where he will face Rafael Nadal.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Match-fixing probe rocks Serie A

Friday, May 12th 2006, 17:29

Rome police raid the Italian football federation offices as the investigation into Juventus escalates.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Juve in crisis as board resigns

Thursday, May 11th 2006, 17:08

The entire Juventus board resigns over a refereeing scandal engulfing Italian football.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy rejects cleric kidnap role

Thursday, May 11th 2006, 14:34

Italy's government reiterates that it had no knowledge of an alleged CIA operation to kidnap a Muslim cleric.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Jail term for Italy TV saleswoman

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 23:26

A woman famed for selling "miraculous" cosmetics and trinkets on Italian TV is jailed for 10 years for fraud.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Napolitano elected Italy's leader

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 14:31

Ex-communist Giorgio Napolitano is elected president, clearing the way for the creation of a new government.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Tennis: Hingis progresses

Tuesday, May 9th 2006, 18:25
related countries: Germany
related places: Berlin

Martina Hingis beats Flavia Pennetta of Italy 7-5 6-3 to reach the second round of the German Open in Berlin.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Deadlock over Italy's president

Monday, May 8th 2006, 18:11

Italian MPs fail in a first attempt to pick a successor to President Ciampi, rejecting cross-party options.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Afghan bomb kills Italian troops

Friday, May 5th 2006, 16:23
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

Two Italian soldiers in the Nato peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan are killed by a bomb south of Kabul.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italian troops' bodies flown home

Saturday, April 29th 2006, 21:40
related countries: Iraq
related places: Rome

State leaders and relatives gather in Rome to receive the bodies of three Italian soldiers killed in Iraq.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy's Berlusconi set to resign

Saturday, April 29th 2006, 19:30

Silvio Berlusconi is to resign as Italy's prime minister on Tuesday, three weeks after his election defeat.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Prodi candidates elected speakers

Saturday, April 29th 2006, 14:52

Romano Prodi's candidates are elected speakers of Italy's parliament, after several rounds of tense voting.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Italy Senate battle in disarray

Friday, April 28th 2006, 23:25

The Italian Senate fails to elect a new speaker after three separate votes prove inconclusive.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Iraq blast kills coalition troops

Thursday, April 27th 2006, 16:52
related countries: Iraq

Three Italian troops and a Romanian soldier die in a roadside bomb attack in southern Iraq.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

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