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

Italian left demands work reform

Saturday, October 20th 2007, 21:43
related places: Rome

Tens of thousands of people from across Italy march in Rome to demand work and pension reforms.
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Rome mayor to lead new party

Monday, October 15th 2007, 7:25
related places: Rome

Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni is set to lead Italy's new centre-left Democratic Party, exit polls show.
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New MEP seating plan irks Italy

Friday, October 12th 2007, 11:49

Italy dislikes a European Parliament plan to change the distribution of MEPs' seats.
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Rugby: Scotland knock out Italy

Saturday, September 29th 2007, 20:45
related countries: United Kingdom

Chris Paterson kicks all the points as Scotland edge into the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
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Global Pavarotti tributes planned

Wednesday, September 26th 2007, 10:08

Italy organises concerts and exhibitions to commemorate the memory of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti.
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Getty to hand back 'looted art'

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 23:28
related places: Rome

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles signs a deal in Rome to return 40 priceless artefacts allegedly stolen from Italy.
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Italy plans prostitution penalty

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 18:43

Italy is considering imposing on-the-spot fines on prostitutes' clients, the interior minister says.
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Two Italians freed in Afghan raid

Monday, September 24th 2007, 15:37
related countries: Afghanistan

Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan are freed during a military operation, Italy's defence ministry says.
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Italians 'seized in Afghanistan'

Sunday, September 23rd 2007, 22:47
related countries: Afghanistan

Italian authorities say they believe two of their soldiers serving in west Afghanistan have been kidnapped.
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Rugby: Unconvincing win for Italy

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 19:51
related countries: Portugal, United Kingdom

Italy warm up for their crunch group game with Scotland with another disjointed win over a determined and well-organised Portugal.
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Sudan leader starts Italy visit

Thursday, September 13th 2007, 23:47
related countries: Sudan
related places: Bashir

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir starts a three-day visit to Italy to meet government leaders and the Pope.
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Italy urged to go on pasta strike

Thursday, September 13th 2007, 4:20

Consumers' associations in Italy ask people to abstain from pasta for the day to protest against price rises.
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F1: Alonso win cuts Hamilton lead

Sunday, September 9th 2007, 13:22
related countries: Bermuda
related places: Hamilton

Fernando Alonso cuts McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton's world championship lead to just three points with victory in the Italian Grand Prix.
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Italian Grand Prix as it happened

Sunday, September 9th 2007, 10:49
related countries: Bermuda

Fernando Alonso wins the Italian Grand Prix, McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton second and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen third.
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Thousands bid Pavarotti farewell

Saturday, September 8th 2007, 16:14

Celebrities, politicians and fans give singer Luciano Pavarotti one last standing ovation at his funeral in Italy.
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Rugby: NZ beat Italy 76-14

Saturday, September 8th 2007, 13:30
related countries: New Zealand

Favourites New Zealand lay down a World Cup marker by destroying Italy in their opening game in Marseille.
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New Zealand v Italy as it happened

Saturday, September 8th 2007, 11:38
related countries: New Zealand

Tournament favourites New Zealand tear Italy to shreds in the first match of their World Cup campaign.
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Fans mourn at Pavarotti's coffin

Friday, September 7th 2007, 14:07
related places: Modena

Thousands of mourners file past the open coffin of tenor Luciano Pavarotti in his home town of Modena, Italy.
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Hometown mourns Pavarotti

Friday, September 7th 2007, 11:22
related places: Modena

Thousands of people file past the coffin of tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who is lying in state in Modena's cathedral.
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Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71

Thursday, September 6th 2007, 10:22

Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, dies at the age of 71.
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Opera legend Pavarotti dies at 71

Thursday, September 6th 2007, 5:29

Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti dies at the age of 71 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Opera legend Pavarotti 'worsens'

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 19:37
related places: Opera

Opera star Luciano Pavarotti's health worsens and he is in a "very serious" condition, Italian media say.
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Call to free Tunisian fishermen

Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 11:02
related countries: Tunisia

A campaign is launched for the release of seven Tunisian fishermen charged with human trafficking in Italy.
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Fashion legend Valentino retires

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 17:04

Italian designer Valentino says he will retire in 2008 after celebrating 45 years in fashion.
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Pope leads eco-friendly festival

Sunday, September 2nd 2007, 9:22
related places: Loreto

The Vatican names Sunday "Save Creation Day" as the Pope joins Roman Catholics for an eco-friendly festival.
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Mafia suspects arrested in Italy

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 15:24
related countries: Germany

Dozens of suspected Mafia members are held in Italy as police investigate the killings of six Italians in Germany.
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French star sued for hero comment

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 19:57
related countries: France

French actress Fanny Ardant is being sued in Italy after calling Red Brigades founder Renato Curcio a "hero".
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Security tight at Italy funerals

Friday, August 24th 2007, 3:37
related countries: Germany

The funerals of two of six Italians killed in Germany in an alleged Mafia attack are held amid tight security.
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Italian bishop's Mafia feud plea

Friday, August 17th 2007, 16:33
related countries: Germany

An Italian bishop urges women to help end a village's inter-clan feud, believed linked to six murders in Germany.
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Italian police fear gang vendetta

Thursday, August 16th 2007, 17:51
related countries: Germany

Italian police search a village linked to the six men shot dead in Germany in a possible crime gang vendetta.
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Bodies spotted near Italian coast

Tuesday, August 14th 2007, 22:46
related places: Lampedusa

The bodies of 14 suspected illegal immigrants are found floating off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Fire damages Italian film studios

Friday, August 10th 2007, 17:17
related places: Cinecitta, Rome

A fire destroys part of Rome's world-famous Cinecitta film studios, where many classic Italian films were made.
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Opera star Pavarotti in hospital

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 12:26
related places: Modena

Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti is admitted to hospital in his hometown of Modena.
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Rome police probe luggage chaos

Monday, August 6th 2007, 1:30
related places: Rome

Italian police investigate alleged sabotage of baggage handling procedures at Fiumicino Airport in Rome.
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Funeral held for Blow-Up director

Thursday, August 2nd 2007, 12:24

Mourners pay their last respects to film-maker Michelangelo Antonioni at his funeral in Italy.
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Getty to return Italian treasures

Thursday, August 2nd 2007, 1:59

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles agrees to hand back priceless antiquities which Italy says were looted.
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Golf: Italian tests positive

Wednesday, August 1st 2007, 18:25

Italy's Alessandro Pissilli tests positive for a banned substance shortly after Gary Player claims some players are taking drugs.
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Blow-Up director Antonioni dies

Tuesday, July 31st 2007, 16:56

Italian film-maker Michelangelo Antonioni, famed for his 1966 release Blow-Up, dies at the age of 94.
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Cycling: New Tour doping blow

Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 16:11
related countries: France

Italian rider Cristian Moreni becomes the second rider in a week to fail a Tour de France doping test.
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Parmalat's founder to face trial

Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 13:11

An Italian judge orders Calisto Tanzi, the founder of bankrupt dairy firm Parmalat, and other executives to face trial.
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Italy police raid 'terror school'

Saturday, July 21st 2007, 23:03

Italian police arrest three men suspected of running an Islamist bomb school in a mosque in the city of Perugia.
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Threat halts Rome-London flight

Saturday, July 21st 2007, 21:29
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London, Rome

Airport authorities in Rome evacuate 165 passengers from a London-bound plane after a bomb threat.
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Italy priest freed in Philippines

Friday, July 20th 2007, 6:38
related countries: Philippines

Giancarlo Bossi, the Italian priest abducted by rebels last month in the Philippines, has been released.
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China 'chooses new bishop'

Wednesday, July 18th 2007, 11:36
related countries: China
related places: Rome

China's state-approved Catholic Church reportedly nominates a new bishop, threatening ties with Rome.
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Amputee sprinter second in Rome

Saturday, July 14th 2007, 0:40
related places: Rome

Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee, finishes second in a 400m race against able-bodied runners.
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Italians facing pasta price rise

Tuesday, July 10th 2007, 11:52

The cost of pasta in Italy is set to rise because durum wheat is increasingly being used as a bio-fuel, manufacturers say.
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Cycling: Petacchi to miss Tour

Thursday, July 5th 2007, 13:53
related countries: France

Alessandro Petacchi will miss the Tour de France after the Italian Olympic Committee charges him with doping.
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Karzai to attend justice meeting

Monday, July 2nd 2007, 4:24
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Rome

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due attend a meeting in Rome aimed at strengthening the rule of law in his country.
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Pakistanis in Italy murder trial

Thursday, June 28th 2007, 16:48
related countries: Pakistan

A Pakistani man is accused of murdering his daughter, in what may be modern Italy's first case of "honour killing".
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London Exchange buys Borsa

Saturday, June 23rd 2007, 12:46
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Milan

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) confirms it is buying its Italian equivalent, Milan's Borsa Italiana, for more than 1.5bn euros.
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