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A symbolic re-trial for medieval Italian writer Dante Alighieri, who was sentenced to exile "in absentia" in 1302, is held virtually in Florence.
2021-05-21

Italian police seize 5,361 ancient artifacts worth $64 million from a Swiss-Italian trafficking ring. The discoveries come after various raids on warehouses against Italian art dealer Gianfranco Becchina, who owns an art gallery in Switzerland.
2015-01-21

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

Francesco Schettino, former captain of the "Costa Concordia" cruise ship, goes on trial in Italy for manslaughter and abandoning ship during the disaster on 13 January 2012.
2013-07-9

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

The Syrian opposition agrees to attend an international summit in Rome, Italy, after foreign aid pledge.
2013-02-25

"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

Three trapped survivors are rescued from the capsized cruise ship "Costa Concordia", over 24 hours after it ran aground off the coast of Italy. Two corpses are also found, bringing the known death toll of the incident to five.
2012-01-15