Sources: Herald Sun
The United States Armed Forces announces the transfer of two major NATO command and control centres over to European military forces in Naples, Italy, and Norfolk, Virginia, as part of a gradual shift to European countries taking a leading role in the military alliance. 2026-02-9
Three people are killed and 12 others are injured when a balcony collapses in Naples, Italy. 2024-07-23
Italy reports 19,143 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new record for the third consecutive day since the pandemic began, taking the nationwide total to 484,869. 2020-10-23
Six people are killed and dozens more injured in a human stampede as frantic concertgoers try to exit a packed Lanterna Azzurra club in Corinaldo in Ancona Province, Marche, Italy, after pepper spray is reportedly fired inside the club. 2018-12-8
Thirty-five people, including Giorgio Orsoni, the Mayor of Venice, are arrested in Italy on corruption charges in connection with the MOSE Project. 2014-06-4
A police officer is wounded after a grenade attack in Benghazi, as Italy announces the temporary withdrawal of the country's consulate in the city after an unsuccessful attack against the consul two days earlier. 2013-01-14
The Standard & Poor's credit rating agency lowers its long-term credit ratings on the eurozone countries of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain by two notches each and Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch each. 2012-01-13
Italy's government attempts to bring in its own austerity measures to calm turbulent markets and reassure investors. 2011-06-30
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking alongside Silvio Berlusconi in Italy where he is rallying opposition to the possible recognition of a Palestinian state, expresses a wish for improved relations with Turkey after last year's killing of Turks by Israeli commandos during the Gaza flotilla raid in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea. 2011-06-13