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Three young Chinese people are killed in a suspected arson attack on a shop in Milan, Italy.
2024-09-13

One person is killed and fifteen others are rescued when the United Kingdom-flagged superyacht "Bayesian" sinks near Palermo, Italy, due to a waterspout. Six others remain missing, including British entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
2024-08-19

Twenty-seven ancient artifacts housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States, are seized by federal investigators under the suspicion that they were looted. The artifacts will be repatriated to Italy and Egypt next week.
2022-09-3

Two cases of novel coronavirus are confirmed in Italy after two Chinese tourists are recovered in Rome.
2020-01-30

Several European Union states, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Spain, officially recognize Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro rejects the European ultimatum to call a new snap election. Other European Union countries, such as Greece and Ireland, stop short of recognizing Guaidó, while Italy's leading coalition party, the 5 Star Movement, declares that it is not "for the EU to tell another nation what to do".
2019-02-4

An eruption at Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily injures at least ten people, including several in a BBC News crew.
2017-03-16

Voters in the Italian capital of Rome go to the polls for a runoff election to select a new Mayor of Rome with exit polls showing Virginia Raggi of the Five Star Movement will become the first female Mayor.
2016-06-19

A vial containing drops of late Pope John Paul II's blood is stolen from the Church of San Pietro della Ienca in Abruzzo, Italy.
2014-01-25

Robert G. Edwards, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner for in vitro fertilisation, dies at the age of 87.
2013-04-10

Archbishop of Naples Crescenzio Sepe and former Italy transport minister Pietro Lunardi face allegations of corruption over a property deal.
2010-06-20