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The Italian Olympic Committee announces that bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events will not be held in Italy due to the high costs of rebuilding the Eugenio Monti Olympic Track in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
2023-10-16

France and Italy begin the evacuation of their citizens and other European nationals from Niger.
2023-08-1

The Italian government announces that the usage of a ""Green Pass"" will be mandatory for teachers and university students to enter educational institutions and will also be mandatory for use in long-haul air, rail, ferry, and intercity bus services beginning on September 1.
2021-08-5

Wildfires devastate the Italian provinces of Messina, Naples, Enna and Rome. The Vesuvius National Park is reportedly completely destroyed by flames and ash. Italian police claim the fires are the work of arsonists.
2017-07-12

In an act of solidarity with France following the Paris massacre, Germany's parliament (the Bundestag) approves measures to move past the military's primary defensive role, to send six of its 29 operational, yet aged, Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, and as many as 1,200 soldiers to support the coalition missions against Islamic State militants in Syria. The airplanes will be limited to support activities; they will not fly combat missions.
2015-12-4

Standard & Poor’s lowers Italy's credit rating from A+ to A, due to concerns about its high level of debt and the stability of its government.
2011-09-19

Italian communist militant Cesare Battisti is freed from jail in Brazil after the Brazilian Constitutional Court rules against extraditing him to face charges in Italy.
2011-06-9

Francesca Schiavone of Italy wins the 2010 French Open defeating Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4 7-6.
2010-06-5

Italy's first divorce fair, Ex? Punto e a capo, opens in Milan.
2010-05-8