Sources: Herald Sun
Two skiers are killed and another is injured in an avalanche on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. 2026-02-15
Three people are found dead, including two children, on a dinghy crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy. German NGO RESQSHIP intercepts the boat and brings the remaining 59 survivors to Lampedusa. 2025-05-11
The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules. 2024-06-19
A court in Florence, Italy, convicts American journalist Amanda Knox and sentences her to a three-year imprisonment over her accusations related to the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007. The sentence will count as time already served. 2024-06-5
A dinghy carrying 27 Egyptians en route to Italy capsizes off the coast of Libya, killing at least two people and leaving nineteen others missing in the Mediterranean Sea. 2022-08-29
Italy registers 8,804 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry, a new record for the second consecutive day since the start of the outbreak in the country. 2020-10-15
Italy's economy falls into recession for the third time in a decade after declining GDP growth in late 2018. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte blames the recession on external factors, including trade tensions between the United States and China. 2019-01-31
Five other saints from other countries are also canonised: André Bessette of Canada, Stanisław Sołtys of Poland, Giulia Salzano and Camilla Battista da Varano of Italy, and Cándida María de Jesús of Spain. 2010-10-17
Odeon Cinemas in Ireland, Italy and the UK confirm their intention to boycott Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" in a dispute with Disney. 2010-02-22