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An inmate died in late April and another at the beginning of May in the prison of Augusta, Sicily, Italy, after both started a hunger strike.
2023-05-12

Two people die and over 100 more are rescued as a boat carrying migrants runs aground in southern Italy.
2022-05-6

It is announced that Russia will participate in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy despite invading Ukraine.
2022-02-24

A Catalan official says the 13 exchange students killed in Sunday's accident were 19-to-25-year-old women, seven from Italy, two Germans, an Austrian, a woman from France, a Romanian and an Uzbek. Twenty-four people are being treated in hospital with one student in critical condition, and six people, including the driver, in serious condition. Reports from officials indicate the driver lost control of the coach and crashed to the other side before running into an oncoming car. The bus driver, who passed alcohol and drug tests, is being investigated for possible negligent homicide as police seek to determine the cause of the crash.
2016-03-21

European Union members agree to provide 291 border guards to Greece and Italy to help identify and register migrants.
2015-10-20

Italy reports nearly 4,100 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast with more rescues expected as people smugglers take advantage of the safe conditions.
2015-05-3

Vittorio Grilli, Italy's Economy Minister, contends before a committee of parliament that the central bank's handling of the supervision of Monte dei Paschi has been "attentive and appropriate".
2013-01-29

Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps, two days following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers.
2012-07-14

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

An Italian court grants Amanda Knox a review of the forensic evidence used to convict her of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
2010-12-18