Archive for the ‘Italy’ Category

Italy’s Iceman mummy courtbattle settled

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

A 14 year legal battle over the reward for finding Italy’s famous Iceman mummy is to be settled with an out of court £70000 payment it has emerged.

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Silvio Berlusconi to release love song album

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Not content with running a country and a media empire Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has decided to take on another challenge recording love songs.

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Rape attack on Dutch tourists in Rome triggers immigration debate

Monday, August 25th, 2008

A brutal rape attack on a Dutch couple in Rome has unleashed a fresh debate on immigration and security in the Italian capital.

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Olive oil consumption leading to ’serious environmental problem’

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Growing demand for olive oil is leading to concerns over drought in parts of Europe a report warns.

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Giorgio Armani faces legal action over ‘Alhambra’ fragrance

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Giorgio Armani is facing legal action from authorities in the Spanish city of Granada after launching a fragrance named after its famous Alhambra monument.

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MOD in talks to offload Eurofighters because of cash crisis

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The Ministry of Defence is planning to sell large numbers of its new Eurofighters to countries including Japan because it can no longer afford the orders it has been claimed.

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Silvio Berlusconi bans Mafia from singing in prison

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Silvio Berlusconi has banned Mafia bosses from singing in jails in Italy after they used songs to pass criminal messages to each other.

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Pensioner killed by Alpine blizzard

Monday, August 18th, 2008

A British pensioner has frozen to death after being caught in a severe blizzard in the Italian Alps.

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Italy’s mayors crack down on public kissing

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Italy’s mayors are enforcing a zero tolerance summer with a string of bizarre bylaws after being given sweeping new powers to protect public safety.

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Italians welcome army on streets as anti-gipsy sentiment sweeps country

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

When soldiers arrived with submachine guns to fight crime last week outside
Rome’s Saxa Rubra metro station, residents of the quiet commuter suburb
applauded and shouted “bravo”.

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