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A painting, "Judith Beheading Holofernes", believed to be from Italian painter Caravaggio, is discovered in an attic in the French city of Toulouse.
2016-04-12

Italian refugee documentary "Fire at Sea", directed by Gianfranco Rosi, wins the 66th Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear award for best film.
2016-02-20

Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen have been released.
2014-06-1

Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon.
2014-04-5

Italian sisters Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo accuse celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and businessman Charles Saatchi of treating them as "worse than Filipino slaves".
2013-11-28

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's "Caesar Must Die" wins the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
2012-02-19

Italian divers end their search for victims in the Costa Concordia disaster in the underwater section of the wreck.
2012-01-31

The Italian news agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata reports that 25 refugees have been found dead in a boat off the coast of Lampedusa.
2011-08-1

Barack Obama, the President of the United States, announces the sale of the US government's stake in Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat at a visit to a plant at Toledo, Ohio.
2011-06-3

Voters in Italian cities including Milan and Naples go to the polls for the second round of local government elections with candidates supported by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi losing in both cities.
2011-05-30