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Railway workers launch an eight-hour strike in Italy after a train manager was stabbed and critically injured on a train near Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa, yesterday. Several trains are canceled, with only 30% of services guaranteed.
2024-11-5

The Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli volcanoes on the Italian island of Sicily erupt, forcing a temporary closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport.
2024-07-5

The "MSC Grandiosa" disembarks from Genoa, Italy, on a seven-day cruise in the Mediterranean Sea, the first major cruise ship to sail in the Sea in almost five months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-08-15

India surpasses Italy in COVID-19 deaths, becoming the fifth-highest.
2020-07-31

Demolition experts implode the "Ponte Morandi" viaduct in Genoa, Italy, ten months after a partial collapse that killed 43 people.
2019-06-28

The Ponte Morandi viaduct collapses on the A10 motorway in Genoa, Italy. 38 people are confirmed dead, 16 others are seriously injured, 5 are missing and 632 displaced. 35 cars and three heavy vehicles are involved in the accident. Several homes are also damaged and people inside them also injured.
2018-08-14

The Italian cargo ship "Jolly Nero" crashes into the port of Genoa, destroying the traffic control tower. Seven people die, four are injured and at least two are missing.
2013-05-7

Giorgio Napolitano is re-elected President of Italy with 738 votes in the sixth ballot amid widespread protests by MPs eager to elect Stefano Rodotà.
2013-04-20

One German and one Italian man are killed and at least 6 are injured near Marseille in a collision between a 26-foot wave and the Greek-Cypriot cruise ship "Louise Majesty" which was travelling with 2,000 passengers from Barcelona to Genoa.
2010-03-3