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

'Top Mafia boss' caught in Italy

Tuesday, April 11th 2006, 21:24

Bernardo Provenzano, thought to be the head of the Mafia, is arrested in Sicily after four decades on the run.
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Prodi hails Italy poll 'victory'

Tuesday, April 11th 2006, 12:10

Italy's centre-left leader Romano Prodi claims a slim poll victory but Silvio Berlusconi's bloc disputes the results.
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Election cliffhanger grips Italy

Tuesday, April 11th 2006, 0:47

Italy's election is now a very tight race, with signs that Silvio Berlusconi might retain control of parliament.
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Italy parties in final poll push

Friday, April 7th 2006, 20:48

Italian political parties hold their final rallies as a tumultuous election campaign draws to a close.
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Poll gives Italian expats a voice

Friday, April 7th 2006, 10:36

Expatriate Italians vote for their own candidates for the first time in general elections.
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Italy foils election terror plot

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 11:50

Italian authorities thwarted a terror attack ahead of the general elections, the interior minister reveals.
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Insults fly in Italy poll debate

Monday, April 3rd 2006, 22:42

Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi and challenger Romano Prodi trade insults in a televised debate ahead of Sunday's election.
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Italian contenders face TV debate

Monday, April 3rd 2006, 13:28

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is due to go face-to-face with rival Romano Prodi in a final pre-election TV debate.
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Italians shocked by toddler death

Sunday, April 2nd 2006, 21:55
related places: Parma

The death of a Italian toddler kidnapped from his home prompts widespread shock and revulsion.
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Bono blasts Berlusconi

Sunday, April 2nd 2006, 17:56
related places: Bono

Rock star Bono accuses Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi of "exploiting" his image in the run-up to the country's elections.
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Italy mulls Afghan convert asylum

Tuesday, March 28th 2006, 21:48
related countries: Afghanistan

Italy considers giving asylum to the Afghan who faced execution for converting to Christianity.
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BNP moves closer to Italian deal

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 10:13
related countries: France

France's BNP Paribas moves closer to buying Italy's BNP lender after its bid is approved by the Italian central bank.
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Italy bid for PM corruption trial

Friday, March 10th 2006, 18:52

Italian prosecutors ask a judge to indict PM Silvio Berlusconi and a UK lawyer on corruption charges.
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Pope asks kidnappers to free boy

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 17:04

Pope Benedict XVI pleads for the release of a 17-month-old epileptic boy kidnapped from his home in Italy.
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Tessa Jowell splits from husband

Saturday, March 4th 2006, 21:09
related countries: United Kingdom

A UK minister splits from her husband amid claims he accepted a bribe from the Italian prime minister.
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Skiers hit by Italian avalanche

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 15:46
related places: Cuneo

Dozens of people are rescued after an avalanche hits a skiing competition in northern Italy.
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Soviets 'ordered Pope shooting'

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 17:02

An Italian parliamentary commission blames former Soviet leaders for the 1981 shooting of Pope John Paul II.
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Football: Roma set wins record

Sunday, February 26th 2006, 22:12
related places: Roma

Roma make Serie A history with their 11th successive win in Italy's top flight.
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French energy deal irks Italians

Sunday, February 26th 2006, 16:17
related countries: France

Rome criticises a planned merger between two French energy firms, one of them an Italian takeover target.
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Austria fears Olympic suspension

Thursday, February 23rd 2006, 11:02
related countries: Austria

A top Austrian official claims his country could be banned from the Olympics as a result of the Turin doping saga.
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Police raid Austrian biathletes

Saturday, February 18th 2006, 23:06
related countries: Austria

Italian police find no evidence of doping after a drugs raid on the Austrian biathlon team's hotel.
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Winter Olympics day eight review

Saturday, February 18th 2006, 22:21

Britain's women curlers lose to Norway 8-4, while Kjetil Andre Aamodt wins his third super-G title.
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Italy cartoon row minister quits

Saturday, February 18th 2006, 15:23
related countries: Libya

The Italian minister who sparked rioting in Libya after wearing a T-shirt of the Muhammad cartoons resigns.
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Ten die in Libya cartoon clash

Saturday, February 18th 2006, 7:28
related countries: Libya

At least 10 people are killed in Libya during an anti-Italian protest over the Muhammad cartoons, police say.
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Ten die in Libya cartoon clash

Saturday, February 18th 2006, 7:28
related countries: Libya

At least 10 people are killed in Libya during an anti-Italian protest over the Muhammad cartoons, police say.
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Italy rape ruling draws criticism

Friday, February 17th 2006, 22:02

Italy's Supreme Court rules the rape of a child was less serious because she was sexually active.
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Nazi deportees speak to Di Canio

Thursday, February 16th 2006, 14:55

Lazio star Paulo di Canio - punished previously for giving a Nazi-style salute - meets Italian Holocaust survivors.
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Italy minister stirs cartoon row

Wednesday, February 15th 2006, 0:59

An Italian minister says he is distributing T-shirts displaying controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Winter Olympics day three

Monday, February 13th 2006, 22:00
related countries: United Kingdom

Britain's curlers enjoy a winning start and Russia claims a 12th straight pairs title in figure skating.
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Berlusconi says 'I am like Jesus'

Monday, February 13th 2006, 1:13

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi causes a political storm by comparing himself to Jesus Christ.
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Italy fights to contain bird flu

Sunday, February 12th 2006, 15:27
related countries: Greece

Italy and Greece step up measures to contain bird flu as Slovenia discovers a potential case.
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Rugby: England top Italy

Saturday, February 11th 2006, 17:53
related places: Rome

England come from behind to secure a hard-earned 31-16 Six Nations win over Italy in Rome.
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Bird flu hits new areas in Europe

Saturday, February 11th 2006, 15:31

Italy, Greece and Bulgaria confirm their first outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, in wild swans.
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