Sources: BBC
Italy withdraws from China's Belt and Road Initiative. Both countries have indicated a desire to maintain open channels of political dialogue. 2023-12-6
Italy and the United States announce that they will require travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 rapid antigen test in order to enter their countries. 2022-12-28
Italy opens vaccinations for anyone over the age of 12 after the European Medicines Agency approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people between the ages of 12 and 15. 2021-06-3
Italy's economy falls into recession for the third time in a decade after declining GDP growth in late 2018. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte blames the recession on external factors, including trade tensions between the United States and China. 2019-01-31
An alleged arson attack kills 18 in a karaoke lounge in Qingyuan, China. A suspect is arrested. 2018-04-24
Italy recalls its ambassador to Egypt for consultations in protest over the lack of progress in a probe into the fate of murdered Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni. "We want only one thing, the truth about what happened to Giulio," Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday. 2016-04-8
Japan reports that two Chinese ships have entered territorial waters off the coast of the disputed Senkaku Islands. 2013-09-19
President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano forms two groups of people, both politicians and entrepreneurs, who will propose ideas to solve the Italian economic and political crisis. The government led by Mario Monti will be in charge until a new government can be formed. 2013-03-30
The 68th Venice International Film Festival gets underway in Venice, Italy. 2011-08-31
One body is recovered after 107 people were buried by a landslide triggered by flooding in the southwestern province of Guizhou. 2010-06-29