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Corleonesi Mafia hitman Giovanni Brusca is released from prison after serving his 25-year sentence. He was convicted for his role in the Capaci bombing, which killed anti-Mafia magistrate Giovanni Falcone alongside four other people. His release is condemned by the leaders of the ruling Italian Democratic Party and the right-wing Lega Nord.
2021-05-31

Giuseppe Conte is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy at the head of a populist coalition, formed by the Five Star Movement and the Northern League. Conte had previously given up on trying to form a government after President Sergio Mattarella had vetoed Conte's original choice for Minister of Finance, but a different candidate was agreed to yesterday.
2018-06-1

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

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowns while undertaking a spacewalk on the International Space Station.
2013-07-16

Roberto Maroni announces that an electoral pact signed between his Lega Nord party and Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom party explicitly rules out Berlusconi assuming the Prime Minister of Italy position again.
2013-01-8

The Italian film "Caesar Must Die" wins the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
2012-02-18

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

Italian Mario Draghi is appointed as the next President of the European Central Bank, replacing Jean-Claude Trichet on November 1.
2011-06-24

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