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

Japan suspends mozzarella imports

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 10:49
related countries: Japan

Japan suspends imports of Italian buffalo mozzarella, after reports that high levels of dioxins have been found.
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'Slaves' saved from Italy circus

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 10:30
related countries: Bulgaria

Police in Italy rescue Bulgarian sisters from a circus where they were forced to endure piranhas and snakes.
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Scholar attacks Muslim baptism

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 0:42
related countries: Jordan

A Jordanian Muslim scholar denounces the Pope's baptism on Saturday of a prominent Italian Muslim convert.
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Alitalia union talks to resume

Tuesday, March 25th 2008, 0:33

Crucial talks are set to resume between unions at Italy's Alitalia and Air France-KLM over its takeover plans.
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Pope calls for Easter Day peace

Sunday, March 23rd 2008, 11:27
related places: Rome

Thousands hear Pope Benedict call for peaceful solutions to the world's problems on Easter Day.
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Italy approves Alitalia takeover

Monday, March 17th 2008, 22:57

Italy's government approves the takeover of national carrier Alitalia by rival Air France-KLM.
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Alitalia accepts Air France offer

Sunday, March 16th 2008, 9:31

Struggling Italian state carrier Alitalia agrees to a cut-price 138m euros Air France-KLM takeover deal.
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Rugby: France beat Italy

Sunday, March 9th 2008, 16:38

Wales are firm favourites to claim the Six Nations title after France fail to run riot against Italy in Paris.
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Knights bury their leader in Rome

Saturday, March 8th 2008, 2:05
related countries: Malta
related places: Rome

Fra' Andrew Bertie, the grand master of the powerful Catholic order the Knights of Malta, is buried in Rome.
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Police seize $220m of mafia goods

Wednesday, March 5th 2008, 1:35

Italian police seize more than $200m of property and goods from the Calabrian mafia, the 'Ndrangheta.
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Vatican-Muslim talks due in Italy

Tuesday, March 4th 2008, 13:01
related places: Rome

Vatican officials and senior Muslims are due to meet in Rome, hoping to set up an historic meeting.
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Italy exhumes body of revered monk

Monday, March 3rd 2008, 16:22

The body of Italian saint Padre Pio is exhumed before being displayed to mark the 40th anniversary of his death.
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Italian mayor burnt alive in car

Friday, February 29th 2008, 12:34
related places: Naples

The mayor of a small Italian town near Naples is found burnt alive in his car, in a Mafia-style killing.
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Sicily Mafia 'restoring US links'

Wednesday, February 27th 2008, 22:53
related countries: United States

The Sicilian Mafia is sending people to the US to rebuild links with families, says an Italian parliamentary report.
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Germany cleared over Parmesan

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 12:38
related countries: Germany

The European Court of Justice clears Germany of failing to protect the authenticity of Italian Parmesan cheese.
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Gems taken in Italy tunnel heist

Monday, February 25th 2008, 17:06
related places: Milan

Thieves who dug an underground tunnel to a Milan showroom have stolen several million pounds of jewellery.
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'Mafia boss' arrested in Italy

Tuesday, February 19th 2008, 11:24

Police in southern Italy hold the head of the powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia syndicate, Pasquale Condello.
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Canada sends ex-SS guard to Italy

Saturday, February 16th 2008, 14:20
related countries: Canada

A former Nazi prison guard, 83, arrives in Italy from Canada to serve a life sentence for murder.
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Italy nursery knife hold-up ends

Wednesday, February 13th 2008, 16:34

A man who barricaded himself into a day-care centre in southern Italy gives himself up to the police, say reports.
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Mafia threatens Sicilian bishop

Tuesday, February 12th 2008, 17:35

A Sicilian bishop receives death threats after refusing to celebrate the funeral of a notorious Mafia gangster.
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Berlusconi launches comeback bid

Saturday, February 9th 2008, 18:58

Media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi launches a campaign to become Italian prime minister for the third time.
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'Mafiosi' held in US and Sicily

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 20:35
related countries: United States
related places: Sicily

Dozens of people are held by US and Italian authorities targeting an alleged drug-trafficking racket.
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Salami and sausages the traditional way

Thursday, February 7th 2008, 14:02

Emma Wallis visits an Italian family keeping the old butchering traditions alive.
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Italy to hold snap April election

Wednesday, February 6th 2008, 13:48

Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves parliament, paving the way for early elections on 13-14 April.
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Italy leader 'to call snap polls'

Wednesday, February 6th 2008, 6:59

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is to dissolve parliament, reports say, paving the way for early elections.
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Berlusconi spurns coalition bid

Monday, February 4th 2008, 22:16

Italy's opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi demands elections, jeopardising efforts to form an interim government.
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As it happened - Six Nations

Saturday, February 2nd 2008, 12:39
related countries: United Kingdom

An inspired second-half peformance sees Wales beat England 26-19 at Twickenham.
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Italy heads for interim rule

Wednesday, January 30th 2008, 17:51

The president backs the formation of an interim government after the fall of Romano Prodi's administration.
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EU leaders call for transparency

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 21:23
related countries: France, Germany
related places: Eu

The leaders of Europe's biggest economies call on financial institutions to be more open.
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'Neighbour rage' case grips Italy

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 16:00
related places: Milan

Italians are gripped by the Milan trial of a middle-aged couple accused of killing four neighbours.
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Italy's ex-PM urges snap election

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 12:30

Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi calls for early elections to end the country's political crisis.
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Talks to end Italian crisis begin

Friday, January 25th 2008, 18:31

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano begins talks with political leaders after PM Romano Prodi's resignation.
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Prodi resigns after losing vote

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 22:17

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigns after losing a confidence vote in the Senate.
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Italy's Prodi risks Senate vote

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 17:35

Italian PM Romano Prodi calls for support as he faces a key Senate confidence vote that he is in danger of losing.
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Embattled Italy PM backed by MPs

Wednesday, January 23rd 2008, 18:17

Italian PM Romano Prodi wins a vote of confidence in parliament but his coalition looks set to fall in the Senate.
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Italy PM faces confidence votes

Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 13:55

Italian PM Romano Prodi will face votes of confidence in parliament after a key coalition ally resigned.
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Prodi to speak on cabinet crisis

Tuesday, January 22nd 2008, 1:30

Italy's Romano Prodi is to address MPs on Tuesday as the departure of an ally threatens his ruling coalition.
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Italy PM in cabinet crisis talks

Monday, January 21st 2008, 21:45

Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi holds crisis talks as the departure of an ally threatens his governing coalition.
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Italian ex-minister in poll call

Monday, January 21st 2008, 19:13

Italy's ex-justice minister confirms he will not rejoin the governing coalition and calls for early elections.
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Rebel priest publishes life story

Friday, January 18th 2008, 7:51
related countries: Zambia
related places: Rome

A Zambian archbishop thrown out of the Catholic Church for marrying returns to Rome to launch his autobiography.
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Italy's ruling coalition weakened

Thursday, January 17th 2008, 16:03

Italy's former justice minister, who resigned over a corruption probe, withdraws his party from the ruling coalition.
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Disease risk to mozzarella output

Thursday, January 17th 2008, 15:22

A contagious infection sweeping through herds of Italian water buffalo threatens mozzarella production.
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Pope publishes cancelled speech

Thursday, January 17th 2008, 1:48

The Vatican releases the text of a speech that the Pope was due to have at a visit to Rome University.
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Italian justice minister resigns

Wednesday, January 16th 2008, 18:33

Italy's justice minister says he is stepping down after prosecutors said they were planning to arrest his wife.
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Scholars scupper papal visit

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 18:42
related places: Rome

The Pope cancels a visit to a top Rome university after protests against his views on Galileo.
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Italy police smash Nigerian gang

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 15:10
related countries: Nigeria

Italy arrests dozens of alleged members of a gang trafficking Nigerians to work as prostitutes and drug couriers.
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Arrests in Sardinia waste clashes

Saturday, January 12th 2008, 15:14

Italian police arrest six Sardinian protesters after clashes over the delivery of 500 tonnes of rubbish there.
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The putrid problem of Italian politics

Saturday, January 12th 2008, 12:10
related places: Naples

The rubbish littering the streets of Naples is symptomatic of a deeper problem at the heart of Italian politics, says David Willey.
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'Trash tsar' to clear Naples dirt

Tuesday, January 8th 2008, 17:11
related places: Naples

Italy's PM names a former police chief to tackle a waste disposal crisis in Naples and promises incinerators.
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Plan to dig up Padre Pio attacked

Monday, January 7th 2008, 22:06

Plans to exhume Padre Pio - one of Italy's most popular saints - are attacked by his relatives and followers.
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