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

Anger over day release for Nazi

Wednesday, June 13th 2007, 13:10

Jewish groups and politicians in Italy criticise a decision to grant day release to a convicted Nazi war criminal.
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Venice Biennale opens to public

Sunday, June 10th 2007, 8:05

The 52nd Venice Biennale, the world's oldest art exhibition, opens to the public in northern Italy.
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Priest kidnapped in Philippines

Sunday, June 10th 2007, 7:09
related countries: Philippines

An Italian priest is abducted by armed men near a coastal village in the southern Philippines.
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Priest kidnapped in Philippines

Sunday, June 10th 2007, 5:48
related countries: Philippines

An Italian priest is abducted by armed men near a coastal village in the southern Philippines.
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Bush calls for action over Kosovo

Saturday, June 9th 2007, 21:38

President Bush says the time has come to bring the issue of Kosovo's independence "to its head", during talks in Italy.
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Pope urges Mid-East peace talks

Saturday, June 9th 2007, 12:18
related countries: United States
related places: Pope

Pope Benedict calls for a "regional and negotiated" solution in the Middle East, in talks with George Bush.
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First CIA rendition trial opens

Friday, June 8th 2007, 21:53

The first criminal trial over the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" of terror suspects opens in Italy, with 32 people accused.
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Italy police hold 10 'Islamists'

Thursday, June 7th 2007, 9:22
related countries: Algeria

Italian police arrest at least 10 suspected Islamists allegedly linked to blasts in Algeria in April that killed 30.
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Five acquitted over Calvi death

Wednesday, June 6th 2007, 16:00
related places: Rome

A court in Rome finds five defendants not guilty of murder over the death of "God's Banker" Roberto Calvi.
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MotoGP: Rossi claims win

Sunday, June 3rd 2007, 13:00

Valentino Rossi wins the Italian MotoGP in Mugello for the sixth year in a row.
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Football: Ranieri leaves Parma

Thursday, May 31st 2007, 20:39
related places: Parma

Claudio Ranieri resigns as manager of Italian Serie A side Parma and is expected to take over at Man City.
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Italy inmates seek death penalty

Thursday, May 31st 2007, 12:37

Hundreds of prisoners serving life sentences in Italy call on the president to reinstate the death penalty.
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Italian city faces rubbish crisis

Wednesday, May 23rd 2007, 15:05
related places: Naples

Residents of the Italian city of Naples torch piles of rotting rubbish amid a worsening refuse crisis.
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Call to cancel Streisand Rome gig

Wednesday, May 23rd 2007, 7:59
related places: Rome

Barbra Streisand's concert in Rome should be cancelled because of high ticket prices, Italian consumer groups say.
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Italy strike hits air travellers

Tuesday, May 22nd 2007, 15:45

Thousands of passengers across Europe are stranded because of a strike by air traffic controllers in Italy.
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Italy row over Church abuse film

Monday, May 21st 2007, 22:45

An Italian politician urges state TV Rai not to air a BBC documentary on child sex abuse and the Church.
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Italian deal creates bank giant

Sunday, May 20th 2007, 18:09

A merger between Italian bank Unicredit and Capitalia creates Europe's second-largest bank by stock market value.
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Italian banks 'agree on merger'

Sunday, May 20th 2007, 15:56

A merger between Italian bank UniCredit and Capitalia is approved by the boards of both companies, reports say.
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Football: Juventus back in Serie A

Saturday, May 19th 2007, 16:52

Juventus clinch Italy's Serie B title with three games to spare to bounce back into Serie A after their demotion last season.
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University shut in Holocaust row

Friday, May 18th 2007, 17:33
related countries: France

An Italian university closes a campus to prevent a planned lecture by a French professor who denies the Holocaust.
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'Pro-family' groups rally in Rome

Saturday, May 12th 2007, 21:12
related places: Rome

Hundreds of thousands of conservative activists protest in Rome against a law giving more rights to gay couples.
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Tennis: Nadal powers into semi

Friday, May 11th 2007, 21:19

Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to reach the last four of the Rome Masters.
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Tennis: Sharapova injury fears

Wednesday, May 9th 2007, 12:21
related countries: France

Maria Sharapova pulls out of next week's Italian Open through injury and could miss the French Open.
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Italy row over high office bill

Monday, May 7th 2007, 10:39

A row brews in Italy over a parliamentary bill to stop rich business men standing for high office.
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Arrests in Rome umbrella death

Sunday, April 29th 2007, 22:42
related places: Rome

Two suspects are held over the death of a woman stabbed in the eye with an umbrella at a station in Rome.
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Italian court backs murder guilt

Saturday, April 28th 2007, 3:46

An Italian court upholds the conviction of a mother on charges of bludgeoning her toddler son to death in 2002.
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India commercial rocket takes off

Monday, April 23rd 2007, 10:33
related countries: India

India's first commercial space operation begins with a rocket blasting off to put an Italian satellite into orbit.
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Sri Lanka's president meets Pope

Friday, April 20th 2007, 8:23
related countries: Sri Lanka
related places: Rome

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse is to meet Pope Benedict in the Italian capital, Rome.
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Poland, Ukraine to host Euro 2012

Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 9:41
related countries: Poland, Ukraine

Poland and Ukraine are chosen as joint hosts of the 2012 European Championships, as Italy surprisingly misses out.
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US soldier's murder trial begins

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 16:37
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad, Rome

A US soldier is tried in a Rome court over the killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Baghdad in 2005.
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New Italy match-fixing charges

Friday, April 13th 2007, 15:36

Investigators probing a football match-fixing scandal in Italy say they have evidence to charge 48 people.
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Milan police in Chinatown clash

Friday, April 13th 2007, 1:00
related countries: China
related places: Milan

A riot breaks out in the northern Italian city of Milan as Chinese residents claim discrimination.
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Endesa receives new takeover bid

Wednesday, April 11th 2007, 15:26
related countries: Spain

Italian energy firm Enel is teaming up with Spain's Acciona to mount a bid for Spanish power firm Endesa.
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Genoa bishop under police guard

Tuesday, April 10th 2007, 21:02

A bishop is given a police guard as threats follow his criticism of Italy's plans for new rights for unmarried couples.
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Prodi attacked on Afghan 'deals'

Tuesday, April 10th 2007, 12:55
related countries: Afghanistan

The Italian prime minister is accused of endangering the lives of journalists in Afghanistan.
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Taleban kill Afghan reporter

Sunday, April 8th 2007, 22:59
related countries: Afghanistan

The Taleban say they have killed an Afghan journalist abducted last month with an Italian reporter.
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Pope celebrates Easter Vigil Mass

Sunday, April 8th 2007, 0:02
related places: Rome

Pope Benedict celebrates the first mass of Easter inside St Peter's Basilica before over 10,000 pilgrims.
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Reid voices football police worry

Friday, April 6th 2007, 15:43
related places: Rome

The home secretary questions Italian and Spanish police actions in clashes with Man Utd and Spurs fans.
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Rome police chief defends action

Friday, April 6th 2007, 7:03
related places: Roma

Rome's prefect of police hits back at criticism of their treatment of Man Utd fans in clashes against Roma.
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Man Utd condemn Rome police

Thursday, April 5th 2007, 12:10
related places: Rome

Man Utd strongly condemn Italian police as Uefa launches an investigation into violence at the Stadio Olimpico.
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Fans in hospital after violence

Thursday, April 5th 2007, 11:47
related places: Rome

Manchester Utd fans are involved in violent clashes in Rome before and during their Champions League match.
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Italian firms win Yukos auction

Wednesday, April 4th 2007, 10:15
related countries: Russia

Italy's energy giants Eni and Enel win the latest auction of assets from bankrupt Russian oil firm Yukos.
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Europeans plan new oil pipeline

Tuesday, April 3rd 2007, 17:15

Five southern European countries agree to build an oil pipeline from the Black Sea to Italy.
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Russians join race for Alitalia

Tuesday, April 3rd 2007, 9:31
related countries: Russia

Russian airline Aeroflot emerges as a surprise contender to take control of struggling Italian carrier Alitalia.
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Italy bishops face gay rights row

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 21:25

An Italian minister criticises Catholic bishops for opposing new rights for unmarried and gay couples.
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Football: Italy 2-0 Scotland

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 20:39
related countries: United Kingdom

A double from Italy striker Luca Toni sinks Scotland in the Euro 2008 qualifying match.
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Prodi backed in key Afghan vote

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 20:55
related countries: Afghanistan

Romano Prodi's Italian government wins a vote in the Senate to keep Italy's troops in Afghanistan.
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Italian PM faces new Afghan vote

Monday, March 26th 2007, 22:42
related countries: Afghanistan

Romano Prodi's government faces another crucial vote on the nation's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.
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Afghan hostage deal condemned

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 12:46
related countries: Afghanistan, United Kingdom, United States

The US and UK criticise Italy and Afghanistan over a deal made with the Taleban to release a kidnapped journalist.
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Fears for kidnapped Afghan fixer

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 19:16
related countries: Afghanistan

Journalists' groups call for the release of an Afghan translator seized with a recently freed Italian reporter.
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