Sources: BBC
British investigators say the cause of the sinking of the "Bayesian" superyacht that killed seven people, including billionaire tech magnate Mike Lynch in Italy in 2024, is from being knocked over by extreme wind and could not recover. 2025-05-15
Three people are killed and dozens are evacuated during a fire at a hospital in Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. 2023-12-8
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes the Phlegraean Fields supervolcano near Naples, Italy, the strongest earthquake to strike Campi Flegrei in 40 years. Experts say that an eruption of the supervolcano is not imminent, but called for an inspection of buildings in the immediate area. 2023-09-27
Two people are killed, one is missing and several are displaced during heavy floods in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy. 2023-05-3
Italy reports a record 78,313 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-12-28
Italy reports 731 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day total since April 3, bringing the nationwide death toll to 46,464. 2020-11-17
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio resigns as leader of the ruling Five Star Movement, as polls show the party losing support ahead of a regional election in Emilia-Romagna next Sunday. 2020-01-22
Italian authorities close roads in the Val Ferret valleys on Mont Blanc de Courmayeur and order evacuation of the population in the risk area beneath the Planpincieux Glacier following warnings by experts that the glacier, whose movement has accelerated to 50-60cm (16-23in) a day, could collapse. 2019-09-24
An Italian prosecutor says there are "telephone calls" between people smugglers in Libya and some non-governmental organizations. Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, says the practices amount to a "taxi service". One NGO says "more would die" if they were not there. 2017-04-23
Italy's government attempts to bring in its own austerity measures to calm turbulent markets and reassure investors. 2011-06-30