Sources: Herald Sun
Three people are killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Ercolano, Italy. 2024-11-18
One person is killed and fifteen others are rescued when the United Kingdom-flagged superyacht "Bayesian" sinks near Palermo, Italy, due to a waterspout. Six others remain missing, including British entrepreneur Mike Lynch. 2024-08-19
Forty-one people are killed when a boat carrying 45 migrants from Sfax, Tunisia, capsizes and sinks in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy. 2023-08-9
One person is killed and five others, including Spanish footballer Pablo Marí, are injured during a mass stabbing at a Carrefour supermarket in Assago, Lombardy, Italy. The perpetrator, a man with mental health problems, who used a knife from a shelf, is arrested at the scene. 2022-10-27
The number of population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Italy reaches 27.1 million, or 50% of its total population. 2021-07-19
Two cases of novel coronavirus are confirmed in Italy after two Chinese tourists are recovered in Rome. 2020-01-30
A bus travelling from Germany to Italy crashes in southern Switzerland, leaving one dead and 14 injured. 2018-10-14
Politicians from Germany, Spain, and Portugal visit MV "Lifeline" amid negotiations for the ship to dock in Malta or Italy, both of which have refused permission. 2018-06-24
A Ghanaian national goes on a spree attack with a pickaxe in Milan, Italy killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random attack. 2013-05-11
Voters in Italy go to the polls to select a centre-left candidate for Prime Minister with Pier Luigi Bersani winning. 2012-12-2