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Dramatic sea rescue in Italy

2013-06-16 18:59

Italy's coast guard rescued 95 migrants found clinging to a large tuna fishing cage off the shores of Sicily.

Berlusconi wanted Gaddafi dead: Sources

2013-06-13 15:03

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi wanted to resolve the Libyan civil war in 2011 with a covert operation to kill his friend Muammar Gaddafi, says a high-ranking diplomatic source.

Italy: Turkey still has European future

2013-06-04 17:21

Italy firmly believes in Turkey's European prospects despite the "disproportionate use of force" by police against demonstrators in mass anti-government protests, says an official.

Italy prof finds oldest complete Torah

2013-05-29 17:26

An Italian professor has identified what he believes is the world's oldest complete scroll of the Torah, containing the full text of the first five books of Hebrew scripture.

Crisis-hit Italians swap cars for bikes

2013-05-28 07:47

Bikes are outselling cars in cash-strapped Italy and although Milan cyclists are happy, they battle in Rome's busy traffic.

Berlusconi's prosecutor receives threats

2013-05-23 19:13

The prosecutor in former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial has received a series of anonymous letters of threats, including one with two bullets.

Italian politics: Bunga bunga to pianists

2013-05-17 08:57

An encyclopaedia of Italian political slang has shone a light on a colourful world where lawmakers and journalists speak a language you won't find in any ordinary dictionary.

Concordia captain's plea bargain denied

2013-05-14 19:50

Lawyers for the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that ran aground off Italy's Tuscan coast in 2012, killing 32 people, say prosecutors have rejected their bid for a plea bargain.

State wants 6 years' for Berlusconi

2013-05-13 21:55

Italian prosecutors have called for a six-year jail sentence and a lifetime ban on holding public office for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Milan: Man kills 1 in pickaxe rampage

2013-05-11 16:27

An immigrant from Ghana has gone on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan, killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random attack, police say.

Racial attack on Italy's black minister

2013-05-09 18:34

An Italian far-right group has reportedly unfurled a racist banner against Congolese-born Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge, who is Italy's first black minister.

Italian ship engines fail, runs aground

2013-05-08 21:01

Nine people are feared dead after a container ship ran aground in Italy's busiest port of Genoa.

Italian minister moved after slur

2013-05-04 18:07

A junior member of Italy's new grand coalition government has been given a new portfolio just two days after her appointment, after gay rights associations criticised statements she had made as homophobic.

Letta to push anti-austerity in Germany

2013-04-30 13:33

Italy's new prime minister will face an early test of his mission to reverse Europe's austerity course as he meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Italy: Gunman wanted to shoot politicians

2013-04-28 19:33

The gunman who shot two police officers and a passerby outside the Italian prime minister's office in Rome, has reportedly said he was acting out of anger with politicians.

Shots fired outside premier's office

2013-04-28 12:56

Two Italian paramilitary police officers have been shot and wounded in a crowded square outside the premier's office in Rome as Italy's new leader was being sworn in a kilometre away.

Italy poised to final get new govt

2013-04-27 18:31

Italy appears poised to finally get a new government, a broad coalition which brings media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's forces back to power.

Italy president calls centre-left official

2013-04-24 15:03

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has called Enrico Letta, deputy head of the centre-left Democratic Party, indicating he is likely to be asked to form a new coalition government.

Investors cheer as Italy elects president

2013-04-22 13:23

Financial markets have edged higher after the re-election of Giorgio Napolitano which suggests that parties may be nearing a deal to stabilise the government.

Cruise disaster pre-trial hearing in court

2013-04-15 11:04

The deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster is set to return to court in Italy with the start of a series of indictment hearings against six suspects including captain Francesco Schettino.

Journos taken hostage in Syria freed

2013-04-13 17:00

Four Italian journalists who were being held hostage in Syria have been freed, Prime Minister Mario Monti says.

Italy to pay €40bn owed to business

2013-04-07 11:32

The Italian government gave its go-ahead for a bill to repay €40bn in debts owed to the private sector over the next 12 months in a bid to stimulate growth.

Pope seeks decisive action against abuse

2013-04-05 17:57

Pope Francis has indicated that he will seek to have the church act "with determination" against clergy sex abuse cases.

Pope washes feet of 12 young inmates

2013-03-28 21:06

Pope Francis has washed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention centre in a Holy Thursday ritual, which he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope.

Knox expresses "pain" over retrial

2013-03-26 13:14

American Amanda Knox has expressed pain over the decision by Italy's highest court to order a retrial for her and her former boyfriend for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

 

Call to rape black Italian minister

2013-06-13 22:31

A councillor belonging to Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party has called for the country's first black minister to be raped, sparking an outcry and her expulsion from the party.

Italian diplomats in Libya escape blast

2013-06-11 22:33

Italian diplomats in Tripoli have escaped from their booby-trapped car before it exploded during a shopping trip in the Libyan capital.

Spain police arrest Italian mafia suspects

2013-06-04 15:02

Spanish police have arrested about 20 suspected members of a mafia group thought to be involved in an international drug-running empire worth around €1bn, a judicial source says.

Italy tries to stop violence against women

2013-05-29 12:00

Italy's lower chamber of parliament has ratified a European anti-domestic violence treaty as the country buried its latest female murder victim; a 15-year-old girl.

Right and left parties fight for Rome

2013-05-24 12:11

Local elections in hundreds of towns across Italy will this weekend test the popularity of the main right and left forces in the new grand coalition led by Prime Minister Enrico Letta.

Berlusconi underage 'call-girl' testifies

2013-05-17 14:54

The woman alleged to have had sex for money with Silvio Berlusconi when she was just 17 and he was the prime minister has testified in court for the first time.

Postman charged for hoarding mail

2013-05-15 14:00

A postman on the Italian island of Sardinia has been charged with the theft of over 400kg of undelivered mail found at his home.

Third victim of Italy pickaxe killer dies

2013-05-14 10:02

A third victim of a Ghanaian man who allegedly went on the rampage with a pickaxe in Milan this week has died of his wounds in a case that has inflamed the debate over undocumented migrants.

PM warns ministers after Berlusconi rally

2013-05-13 12:01

A rally by Silvio Berlusconi in Italy has heightened tensions in the new coalition government, with Prime Minister Enrico Letta demanding that his ministers stay away from such gatherings.

Fake pope held in Rome

2013-05-11 09:15

A Slovak street performer dressed in white papal vestments has been detained and fined by the police in Rome for bearing too close a resemblance to the late John Paul II, the police say.

Berlusconi sentence won't shake Italy

2013-05-09 15:03

Italy's governing coalition will not fall because of a decision by an appeals court to uphold a four-year jail term against Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud, a minister says.

Cargo ship slams into Genoa port, kills 3

2013-05-08 10:09

A cargo ship slammed into a control tower in the port in Genoa, toppling it into the harbour and killing at least three people, say rescue officials.

Mixed welcome to Italy's black minister

2013-05-03 18:52

Italy's first black cabinet minister, who has been the target of racist slurs following her appointment last week, says Italians aren't racist, but that some are merely ignorant of other cultures.

Italy PM to unveil programme for change

2013-04-29 11:28

Italy's new PM Enrico Letta is set to unveil his coalition government's programme under the watchful gaze of international markets and European partners.

Shooting as new Italy cabinet sworn in

2013-04-28 15:51

An man has opened fire on police outside the Italian government headquarters in Rome just as the country's new coalition cabinet was being sworn in.

Italy's Letta names new govt

2013-04-27 19:00

Italy’s Enrico Letta says he has won support of other parties to form a coalition government that will include one of former PM Silvio Berlusconi's closest allies as deputy prime minister.

New Italian premier named

2013-04-24 20:19

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has asked centre-left politician Enrico Letta to form a new government, signalling the end of a damaging two-month stalemate since elections.

Italian president back in office

2013-04-22 17:47

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has been sworn in for an unprecedented second term with the task of trying to end a two-month deadlock on forming a new government.

Italian left in disarray after resignations

2013-04-20 12:01

Voting in Italy's parliament to pick a president has entered a chaotic third day, with the left in total disarray after its leaders resigned over failure to get their candidates elected.

Boats silenced on Venice's Grand Canal

2013-04-14 16:48

Venice is enjoying the sounds of silence after authorities imposed a five-hour ban on motorboats plying the Renaissance city's main waterway.

Berlusconi could form coalition with left

2013-04-12 13:00

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi has said he would consider supporting a candidate for president from his leftist rivals but only on condition that they form a coalition government with him.

Couple suicide blamed on economic woes

2013-04-05 20:35

An Italian couple in their 60s, overwhelmed by crushing financial difficulties and unable to pay their rent, have committed suicide by hanging.

Italy seizes €1bn in Mafia-linked assets

2013-04-03 09:50

Italian police say they have seized assets worth €1.3bn from a Sicilian renewable energy developer in the biggest ever seizure of Mafia-linked assets.

Kerchers welcome Knox retrial

2013-03-26 15:10

The family of British student Meredith Kercher says it welcomes the decision of an Italian court to overturn the acquittal of Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend for the 21-year-old's murder.

Italy high court overturns Knox acquittal

2013-03-26 11:19

Italy's highest criminal court has overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial.

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