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Topic: Italy

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February 28, 2013
10:14 pm

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his final greetings to the assembly of cardinals at the Vatican, Thursday, February 28, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Vatican TV)

Benedict XVI resigns papacy with emotional Vatican send-off

In a final farewell to cardinals, the Catholic leader pledges his ‘unconditional reverence and obedience’ to his successor

February 25, 2013
10:57 pm

A torn electoral poster shows center-right coalition leader Silvio Berlusconi in Rome, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Italy's crucial elections appear to be heading toward gridlock, initial results show, with the center-left forces of Pier Luigi Bersani headed toward victory in the lower house of Parliament and the camp of former premier Silvio Berlusconi gaining the upper hand in the equally powerful Senate. (photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy faces political gridlock after crucial elections

Protest campaign wins surprising success and center-right and center-left split remaining vote; revote possible

February 25, 2013
5:59 pm

Pier Luigi Bersani, right, leader of the Democratic Party, casts his ballot with his wife Daniela, Sunday. (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)

In Italy, exit polls show center-left leading vote

Bersani’s coalition leads with 35.5 percent of the vote; former premier Berlusconi lags behind with 29 percent

February 24, 2013
9:41 am

Supporters wave flags in front of a giant monitor broadcasting a message by Silvio Berlusconi during a center-right coalition rally in Naples, Italy, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Salvatore Laporta)

Italians go to the polls in parliamentary elections

EU countries and investors the world over focus on vote that promises to have a profound impact on the continent’s faltering economy

By Colleen Barry and Victor L. Simpson

February 22, 2013
6:51 pm

Former pope's butler Paolo Gabriele is received in a private audience by Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican, in December 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Italy gripped by conspiracy theories over pope’s resignation

Speculation over secret dossier submitted to Catholic leader on the day before he announced his decision to step down

By Times of Israel staff and AP

February 17, 2013
7:54 pm

Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras (photo credit: AP/Kent Gilbert)

Contender for papacy accused of anti-Semitism

Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras has compared ‘Jewish controlled media’ to Hitler

February 13, 2013
6:48 am

Italian Jews fight over Jewish candidate for parliament

Sharon Nizza, an Italian Israeli, is at the heart of a community dispute due to her support for Berlusconi

February 12, 2013
12:54 pm

Italian pop singer to skip festival for Shabbat

Raiz, a recent convert to Judaism, will sit out influential San Remo fest

February 4, 2013
2:30 pm

2 Russians, Italian abducted in Syria set free

Russian Embassy mum on the number of captured militants slated to be released in exchange for the hostages

January 25, 2013
4:08 pm

Germany, Italy, US best at Nazi investigations

Simon Wiesenthal Center also ranks countries worst at hunting and prosecuting war criminals

January 23, 2013
4:11 am

Villa Torlonia, in Rome, Italy (photo credit: CC-By-SA, Lalupa, Wikimedia Commons)

Italy still years away from first Holocaust museum

Facility to be built on site of Mussolini mansion, where ancient Jewish catacombs were discovered

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

January 18, 2013
1:31 am

Fiamma Nirenstein attends a meeting between Israeli MKs and European delegates to discuss the relations between the European Union and the Israeli parliament in 2009 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Italian politician planning to make aliyah

Fiamma Nirenstein says she will not run for re-election next month and will resume work as a journalist covering Israel

January 16, 2013
10:33 pm

Italian soccer players honor coach killed in Holocaust

Mayors of Milan and Bologna attend tribute to Arpad Weisz, who led squads from both cities

January 14, 2013
11:25 pm

Pizza (illustrative photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Italians dine on pizza for Israeli soldiers

Jews and Christians in several cities raise $1,300 to send slices to IDF troops

January 12, 2013
10:45 pm

Libyan National Army soldiers in Benghazi prepare to enter Rafallah al-Sahati Islamic Militia Brigades compound, seen behind the wall. (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Italian consul in Libya shot at in car but unhurt

From the web Reuters: Benghazi-based diplomat comes under fire months after attack on US embassy

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