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

Seven cyclists die in Italy crash

Sunday, December 5th 2010, 23:07

Italian police say they have arrested a man after his car ploughed into a group of cyclists, killing seven of them.
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Venice and Rome suffer from floods

Friday, December 3rd 2010, 18:57
related places: Rome, Venice

Venice has been hit by unusually high levels of water causing flooding around the city.
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Italy set for Eurovision return after 13-year break

Friday, December 3rd 2010, 11:23

Italy is poised to make a comeback to the Eurovision Song Contest after a break of 13 years, event officials say.
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Wind-win situation

Friday, December 3rd 2010, 0:30

How one Italian town fell in love with renewable energy
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Pompeii damage inspected by UN

Thursday, December 2nd 2010, 12:17

After a series of wall collapses at Italy's ancient city of Pompeii, experts from Unesco arrive to examine the site.
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More walls collapse at Pompeii

Wednesday, December 1st 2010, 15:00

Two walls collapse at Italy's ancient city of Pompeii, the second collapse this week and the third in a month, officials say.
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Euro bonds come under new attack

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 23:04
related countries: Germany, Spain

The cost of borrowing for the governments of Spain, Italy and Belgium reached a new record compared with Germany.
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Wind power boost for Italian town

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 20:02

Wind turbines have proved so successful in one Italian town that the local authorities are able to sell off the excess electricity they create and pump it back into the local economy.
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Italian film great Monicelli dead

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 18:15

One of the greats of post-war Italian cinema, Mario Monicelli, kills himself at the age of 95, by jumping from a hospital window.
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In pictures

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 16:58

Student protesters cause disruption across Italy
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Students cause chaos around Italy

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 12:56
related places: Rome

Student protesters cause major disruption in Rome and other Italian cities as ministers debate cuts to education funding and time limits on research.
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Italian windfall

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 8:17

EU cash for wind farms and other projects falls into Mafia hands
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Suspected Sicily killer seized

Monday, November 29th 2010, 16:22

Italian police arrest a 69-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out a series of murders in a town in Sicily.
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Italy faces EU fines over rubbish

Friday, November 26th 2010, 23:17
related places: Naples

The EU says Italy faces big fines if it fails to clean up thousands of tonnes of rubbish still lying around Naples and the surrounding region.
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Students occupy Leaning Tower of Pisa

Thursday, November 25th 2010, 23:16
related places: Pisa

Italian students protesting at education reforms have targeted two top tourist attractions, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Colosseum.
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Students take over Tower of Pisa

Thursday, November 25th 2010, 17:28
related places: Pisa

Italian students protesting at education cuts target two top tourist attractions, the Tower of Pisa and the Colosseum.
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Brody wins DVD 'likeness' battle

Thursday, November 25th 2010, 9:29

Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody wins a legal battle against the makers of an Italian-set thriller movie for which he claims he was not fully paid.
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Amanda Knox begins murder appeal

Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 10:16
related countries: United States

American Amanda Knox made a brief appearance in an Italian court as she began a bid to overturn her conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher.
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Knox seeks second chance of freedom

Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 7:26
related countries: United Kingdom

Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend are starting an appeal in Italy against their convictions for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
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ENI in $17bn Venezuela oil deal

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010, 6:39
related countries: Venezuela

Italian energy company ENI signs a $17bn deal with Venezuela to develop crude oil fields and build a refinery.
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Berlusconi ally 'was Mafia link'

Saturday, November 20th 2010, 15:02

An ally of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi before he took office acted as his "liaison" with the Mafia , a court ruling says.
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Stolen statues returned to Italy

Friday, November 19th 2010, 17:51

Two ancient statues stolen from Italy in the 1980s have been returned, partly thanks to an Italian policeman who spotted one in a New York gallery while on holiday.
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Italy gets bill for Elton gig

Friday, November 19th 2010, 15:35
related places: Naples

Italian officials are told to pay back EU money meant for regional development which was spent on an Elton John concert in Naples.
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Top mafia boss arrested in Italy

Friday, November 19th 2010, 6:11

Police in Italy capture one of Italy's most-wanted fugitive mobsters, Antonio "The Baby" Iovine, considered the financial brains behind the bloodiest of the Camorra gangs.
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Seeing red

Friday, November 19th 2010, 1:21
related places: Rome

Pope Benedict gathers top advisers for talks in Rome
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Berlusconi adds missing body parts to statues

Thursday, November 18th 2010, 22:01
related places: Rome

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi angers art lovers by ordering "plastic surgery" on two ancient Roman statues housed in his official Rome residence.
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Italy racists target striker Balotelli

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 23:06
related countries: Romania

Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is subjected to racist abuse during Italy's 1-1 draw with Romania.
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Italy police arrest Camorra boss

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 19:18
related places: Naples

Italian police seize a top mafia boss of the Camorra organised crime syndicate as he attempts to escape by jumping off a balcony north of Naples.
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Berlusconi faces confidence vote

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 14:30

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is optimistic about winning a vote of confidence in December but says if he loses, it would mean early elections.
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Italy lights up for space station

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 13:53

Astronauts take a spectacular nighttime picture of Italy from the Cupola observation deck of the International Space Station.
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Ministers quit Italian government

Monday, November 15th 2010, 17:56

Four members of Silvio Berlusconi's coalition government have resigned, deepening the political crisis surrounding the Italian PM.
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Italy drug haul found in tractors

Monday, November 15th 2010, 15:54
related countries: Brazil

Italian police say they have seized one tonne of pure cocaine, hidden in packages inside four tractors shipped from Brazil.
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Only four courses?

Saturday, November 13th 2010, 13:48
related countries: China

A Chinese gourmet's tour of Italy's food - and its football
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EU probes Elton John gig funding

Friday, November 12th 2010, 16:51

The European Commission investigates why Italian officials spent 720,000 euros (£613,000) of EU cash on a gig by Sir Elton John.
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Italian museums strike over cuts

Friday, November 12th 2010, 9:30

Most of Italy's major cultural attractions are closed because of a strike over government plans to cut their funding.
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Strike closes tourist sites in Italy

Friday, November 12th 2010, 8:18

A one-day strike by workers will close hundreds of museums, art galleries and archaeological sites in Italy.
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Film producer De Laurentiis dies

Thursday, November 11th 2010, 14:51

Dino De Laurentiis, the Italian-born producer of movies including Flash Gordon and Dune, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 91, his family has said.
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Pompeii row hits Berlusconi ally

Wednesday, November 10th 2010, 17:01

A close ally of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi faces pressure to resign after a building collapses at the Pompeii site.
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Ex-ally tells Berlusconi to quit

Monday, November 8th 2010, 12:44

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is told to step down, by a former ally who led a revolt against him.
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Euthanasia comedy lauded in Rome

Sunday, November 7th 2010, 14:46
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Rome

A comedy about euthanasia, originally named after the Swiss assisted suicide organisation Dignitas, wins top prize at the Rome film festival.
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Molinari pips Westwood to title

Sunday, November 7th 2010, 8:59

Italian Francesco Molinari holds his nerve to win the HSBC Champions in Shanghai after a thrilling battle with world number one Lee Westwood.
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Pompeii's House of Gladiators collapses

Sunday, November 7th 2010, 6:34

A house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii has collapsed, raising concerns about Italy's state support for its archaeological heritage.
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Nazi war criminal dies in Italy

Saturday, November 6th 2010, 19:00
related places: Bolzano

Michael Seifert, a former Nazi SS prison guard known as 'the beast of Bolzano' for his cruelty, dies in an Italian hospital aged 86.
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Mudslides kill three in Tuscany

Monday, November 1st 2010, 19:18

Mudslides triggered by heavy rainfall, have killed three people in central Italy.
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Berlusconi girl case investigated

Monday, November 1st 2010, 18:08
related places: Milan

A former Milan police chief is questioned by prosecutors amid allegations of abuse of power by Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi.
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Abuse victims march on Rome

Sunday, October 31st 2010, 4:37
related places: Rome

Victims of abuse by Roman Catholic priests have marched in Rome and called for the Vatican to take more effective action against sex crimes.
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Prison term for Italian surgeons

Friday, October 29th 2010, 15:17

Italian authorities sentence a group of doctors to prison for carrying out dozens of unnecessary operations for financial gain.
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Uefa hands Italy default victory

Friday, October 29th 2010, 14:03
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro
related places: Genoa

Uefa has awarded Italy a 3-0 win over Serbia after their Euro 2012 qualifier in Genoa on 12 October was abandoned.
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Protests delay Rome festival gala

Friday, October 29th 2010, 7:58
related places: Rome

Actresses Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes avoid the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival opening after protesters picket the event.
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Film workers protest on red carpet

Friday, October 29th 2010, 2:12

Hundreds of demonstrators with banners invaded the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival to protest government cuts to the film and TV industry.
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Night protest over Italian waste dump

Wednesday, October 27th 2010, 5:13
related places: Terzigno

Thousands of people took part in an all-night march between Pompeii and Terzigno on Tuesday in protest at the government's plans to open a second waste dump in Terzigno.
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Anger at Fiat anti-Italy remarks

Monday, October 25th 2010, 22:06

Unions and politicians respond angrily as the boss of Italian carmaker Fiat says his company would be better off without Italy.
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Not too short - Italian resort plans miniskirt ban

Monday, October 25th 2010, 2:43

A seaside city in Italy is planning to ban miniskirts and other revealing clothing to improve what the mayor calls standards of public decency.
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Naples mayors reject dump offer

Sunday, October 24th 2010, 22:33
related places: Naples

Naples mayors reject a government offer to indefinitely freeze the opening of a new rubbish dump, saying they want it permanently scrapped.
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Italy arrests alleged mafia boss

Sunday, October 24th 2010, 18:04
related places: Favara

Italian police have arrested a top mafia boss who has been on the run for more than ten years. Gerlandino Messina was arrested in the Sicilian town of Favara.
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Italian clashes over waste dumps

Thursday, October 21st 2010, 17:45
related places: Naples

Police and protesters clash near the Italian city of Naples over waste dumps aimed at easing the region's rubbish crisis.
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Fiat profits on industrial sales

Thursday, October 21st 2010, 11:42

Italian industrial group Fiat reports a jump in profits, after surging industrial equipment orders offset sluggish car sales.
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Injuries after Italy rubbish protests

Wednesday, October 20th 2010, 5:41
related places: Naples, Terzigno

Italian police said three officers were injured breaching a protest blockade to deliver rubbish from Naples to a dump in the nearby town of Terzigno.
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Etna mapped by radar satellites

Tuesday, October 19th 2010, 23:43
related countries: Germany

Two German radar satellites flying in tight formation above the Earth have returned their first combined images, including a 3D view of Italy's Mt Etna.
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Rome pair ask for 'most expensive ring' and steal it

Tuesday, October 19th 2010, 21:20
related places: Rome

Well-dressed men steal $700,000 diamond ring from the Cartier shop in Rome, police say.
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Jailed Knox 'created confusion'

Sunday, October 17th 2010, 15:31
related countries: United Kingdom, United States
related places: Knox

Amanda Knox, the American convicted of murdering a UK student in Italy, is quoted as saying in a new book her "stubborn naivety created confusion".
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Serbia set to ask Uefa for replay

Friday, October 15th 2010, 15:20
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro
related places: Genoa

Serbia are to ask Uefa for a replay of their Euro 2012 qualifier against Italy which was abandoned after crowd trouble in Genoa on Tuesday.
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World's longest tunnel complete

Friday, October 15th 2010, 14:23
related countries: Switzerland

Engineers drill through the last remaining rock to complete the world's longest transport tunnel under the Alps in Switzerland.
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Serbia holds 19 football suspects

Thursday, October 14th 2010, 12:40
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia arrests 19 football fans suspected of causing trouble at this week's abandoned Euro 2012 qualifier with Italy.
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Uefa probes Serbia fan violence

Wednesday, October 13th 2010, 11:48
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

Uefa launches an investigation into the violent scenes involving Serbia fans which caused their Euro 2012 qualifier in Italy to be abandoned.
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Afghan rebels kill Italian troops

Saturday, October 9th 2010, 9:53
related countries: Afghanistan

Insurgents have killed four Italian soldiers in an attack in western Afghanistan, raising the number of Italian troops killed in the country to 34
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