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A court in the city of Grosseto convicts the former captain of the "Costa Concordia", Francesco Schettino, of manslaughter for his part in the ship's January 2012 sinking, and sentences him to 16 years in jail.
2015-02-11

Efforts to refloat the Italian cruise ship "Costa Concordia" begin off the coast of Italy two and a half years after it sank.
2014-07-14

The "Costa Concordia" is pulled completely upright from the place where it sunk in early 2012 off the coast of Tuscany in Italy.
2013-09-17

Costa Cruises is fined US$1.3 million in lieu of criminal charges relating to the "Costa Concordia" cruise ship disaster last year.
2013-04-10

More bodies are dug out of the wreck of the "Costa Concordia".
2012-03-22

The death toll of the "Costa Concordia" disaster rises to 15 as divers find two more bodies in the capsized ship.
2012-01-23

"Costa Concordia" disaster: The body of a woman is discovered by search teams aboard the stricken cruise ship "Costa Concordia", bringing the confirmed death toll of the ship's capsizing to 12. Rescue efforts continue apace, as it is feared the ship may soon slip into deeper waters off the Italian coast.
2012-01-21

Italian cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino admits having made navigational errors that led to the capsizing of the "Costa Concordia" in Italian waters on January 13, killing at least 11 people.
2012-01-18

Costa Concordia disaster: The cruise ship "Costa Concordia" runs aground at Isola del Giglio in the Mediterranean Sea, with 32 passengers dead, 2 missing and presumed dead, and 64 injured.
2012-01-13

Hamas finds the dead body of kidnapped Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza City.
2011-04-15