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15:05, 18 February 2011 (CET) - Unification Holiday approved but not without disagreement. ref
17:02, 15 February 2011 (CET) - 70% of Mozzarella cheese infected by bacteria following on from unhealthy production techniques.
10:35, 5 February 2011 (CET) - Ricardo Muti collapses. ref
09:50, 1 February 2011 (CET) - Tax evasion reaches 50bn euro in 2010.
21:57, 27 January 2011 (CET) - The Atrium Vestae (home of the Vestal Virgins) is reopened following 20 years of restoration.
17:56, 25 January 2011 (CET) - Mike Bongiorno's body kidnapped from its grave in Milan.
10:21, 10 January 2011 (CET) - Four dead in shooting spree in Genoa. ref
14:47, 30 December 2010 (CET) - Nichi Vendola harassed by Berlusconi youths ref
12:40, 29 December 2010 (CET) - Miss Ghana Italy for 2010 is crowned.
12:04, 24 December 2010 (CET) - Federazione Anarchica Informale claims responsibility for bombs sent to the Chilean and Swiss embassies.
12:47, 21 December 2010 (CET) - Estimated rate of unemployment at 8.3%.
19:24, 19 December 2010 (CET) - Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, architect of the euro - dies aged 70.
00:43, 17 December 2010 (CET) - Defendent Rudy Hermann Guede has lost his appeal for a reduction in his sentence of 16 years for the murder of Meredith Kercher.
11:27, 14 December 2010 (CET) - Restoration work completed to clean the Leaning Tower of Pisa from tourist grafitti, air and salt pollution.
14:27, 11 December 2010 (CET) - Former Parmalat CEO Calisto Tanzi is given 18 years in the Parmalat Scandal case. He is set to appeal.
16:03, 9 December 2010 (CET) - Leading up the the 150th anniversary of unification, a hotel in Desio near Monza was taxed for showing the flag outside the building, the flag being regarded as "advertising". [1]
14:35, 6 December 2010 (CET) - Pentito claims Gianni Versace was killed by the 'Ndrangheta over debts.
18:58, 4 December 2010 (CET) - Italy bans plastic shopping bags [2]
20:27, 2 December 2010 (CET) - Diego Della Valle has offered to fund the multi-million euro cleanup of the Colosseum following reports that the project's consortium had collapsed.
11:55, 1 December 2010 (CET) - More collapses at Pompeii
18:32, 30 November 2010 (CET) - Mario Monicelli kills himself following a leap from a hospital window.
11:27, 30 November 2010 (CET) - Non-EU immigrants require Italian language skills to gain a residence permit.
18:48, 29 November 2010 (CET) - Police arrest suspected Sicilian serial killer. [3]
11:57, 27 November 2010 (CET) - Dolce and Gabbana accused of €1bn tax fraud.
20:12, 25 November 2010 (CET) - The square hosting the famed Trevi Fountain will receive a major facelift to include removing pavements to make access roads wider.
13:45, 23 November 2010 (CET) - In what some are calling a ground-breaking announcement, Pope Benedict XVI has given a cautiously limited approval to condom use -- most specifically to prevent the spread of AIDS.
19:14, 19 November 2010 (CET) - The Vatican has told Roman Catholic bishops that they will have to take more responsibility to prevent sexual abuse of children by priests after a series of abuse scandals around the world. [4]
17:50, 19 November 2010 (CET) - Two previously unknown sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi have been discovered.
17:24, 19 November 2010 (CET) - Police have arrested Camorra boss, Antonio Iovine, who had been on the run for 14 years.
17:15, 19 November 2010 (CET) - The EU has demanded that Italy repays the cost of Elton John appearing in Naples. [5]
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