Sources: Rai News
At least 21 people are killed and 15 others are injured when a bus crashes and falls from an overpass in Mestre, Veneto, Italy. 2023-10-3
Italy restricts the access of public transport, coffee shops, gyms, and many other activities to people who have been vaccinated or has been recovered from COVID-19 amid the surge of the COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant. 2022-01-10
Two people are killed and nine others are injured after a powerful whirlwind hits Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy. 2021-09-10
Italy registers 7,332 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new record for a single day since the pandemic began and surpassing the previous record of 6,557 cases that reported in March, when the country was still in lockdown. 2020-10-14
Millionaire Italian yacht businessman Giulio Lolli is convicted of terrorism in Libya and sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripoli. Lolli is wanted for fraud in Italy, and his Italian lawyer says the Libyan legal case appears to be based on Lolli using a yacht to evacuate fighters from Tripoli. 2019-09-25
Three people are killed and many others are injured after heavy floods strike the Italian region of Calabria. A bridge collapses and landslides also occur. 2018-10-5
Bolivian president Evo Morales calls the Eurozone for a violation of international law and threatens to close down the U.S. embassy in Bolivia after the episode of having his official airplane being refused to land "en route" to Vienna, amid suspicions of having former NSA employee Edward Snowden on board. Ambassadors of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal are summoned to give full explanations.2013-07-5
Moody's Investor Services downgrades Italy's government rating from A3 to Baa2. 2012-07-13
Two apartment buildings collapse following a gas leak in the Italian town of Conversano, resulting in four people being missing. 2012-06-7
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, reaffirms that country's support for the euro in a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi. 2011-01-12