Michelangelo sketch for St Peter's dome found
December 7: A sketch by Michelangelo for the dome of St Peter's Basilica, possibly his last design, has been found in the basilica's offices, the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said
Eleonora Rossi Drago
December 7, obituary: Italian actor who overcame her 'sex goddess' label to enjoy a classy career
Germans extradite Kercher murder suspect
December 6: Man from the Ivory Coast wanted in connection with the killing of British student has been returned to Italy
Kercher murder not lone act, say Italian judges
December 6: Kercherwas the victim of the 'convergent actions of more than one person', according to judges in Perugia
01.12.07 Suspects in Kercher killing told they must stay in prison
30.11.07: Meredith suspects battle to avoid detention
26.11.07: Kercher murder suspect says he will lead police to real killer
25.11.07: Knox 'has no contact with reality'
23.11.07: Suspect's DNA found in Meredith murder inquiry
21.11.07: Germans hold new Perugia killing suspect
20.11.07: German police arrest fourth Meredith suspect
20.11.07 Italian police name man over killing of student
16.11.07: 'DNA find' on knife in case of Kercher killing
15.11.07 DNA of Meredith and suspect found on knife
13.11.07: Car park film casts doubt on story of Kercher suspect
13.11.07: Meredith suspect changes story again
12.11.07: Lawyers stop Meredith coffin return
10.11.07: Three held in Meredith Kercher murder investigation must stay in jail, says judge
Jitters in Gucci clan as Ridley Scott plans film on dynasty
December 6: Story of colourful fashion house attracts UK director
ˇ Movie will focus on dark side, fears family member
Italian city rings alarm bells over 1994 art theft
November 27: Among the paintings that disappeared from a municipal art gallery in Catania, on Sicily, were a Rembrandt and a painting by the great Italian Baroque artist Guido Reni. But what is unusual about this particular alleged theft is that it took place 13 years ago - and has only just been discovered
21.11.07: Rome uncovers its founding moment
24.10.07: Greeks aim to bring Callas collection home
Raids net 38 as Sicily police aim to stamp out the mafia
December 5: Arrest of dozens of reputed mafiosi in the Sicilian city of Catania includes the son of the city's jailed 'godfather'
'Boss of bosses' successor arrested at mafia summit
November 6: Crowds gather to celebrate capture of godfather.
24.10.07: Organised crime does pay in Italy - to the tune of ?90bn
24.10.07, audio: John Hooper
Italian firm offers saintly mobiles
December 5: An enterprising Milanese firm has launched downloadable sacred "wallpaper" for your mobile
Pope agrees to talks with Muslim leaders
December 1: Pope Benedict has invited leading Islamic authorities to discuss a letter they sent to Christian leaders last month urging a search for common moral ground
15.11.07: Nuns fired for refusing to be maids
30.10.07: Vatican under fire as 4,000 face eviction
15.10.07 Sex, lies and videotape: turmoil at the Vatican
Woman with Alzheimer's shot dead in hospital by husband
December 3: Retired local policeman shoots wife who had suffered from Alzheimer's disease for 12 years
Meredith: the missing cash
December 2: Row over money could have been a motive for the murder of British student in Perugia
Truffle of the century sets record price at auction
December 2: First sniffed out by a mongrel dog in Tuscany, the biggest white truffle unearthed in half a century has fetched a record $330,000 (Ł160,000) at a charity auction
Italian mongrel leads owner to record-breaking truffle
November 26: Crowds gather for sniff of biggest find in 50 years
ˇ Delicacy flown to Macau for charity auction
05.11.07: Halt! Your truffles or your life!
Berlusconi plans broader party
November 19: Silvio Berlusconi last night surprised political friends and foes alike by announcing he was dissolving Forza Italia!, the party he has led for the past 14 years, to replace it with a new - hopefully broader -movement that he intends calling the Italian People of Freedoms party
Xenophobia destroys EU's ultra-rightwing MEP group
November 15: Europe's first international grouping of neo-fascists, extreme nationalists and ultra-rightwingers collapses
Four dead as US Black Hawk crashes in Italy
November 8: A US army helicopter crashed in northern Italy today, killing at least four people on board.
Italian police track down 20 terror suspects
November 6: Italy launches Europe-wide anti-terrorism operation against 20 people, including two in the UK, suspected of planning suicide attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Italian right calls for repatriation of Roma
November 5: All camps should be torn down, says leader.
04.11.07: Violence as Italy expels migrants
Prodi accused of interfering with fraud inquiry
October 23: Italy's prime minister faces allegations that attempts had been made to derail a fraud investigation in which he and his justice minister, Clemente Mastella, are both suspects.
24.10.07, letter: Prodi: I am innocent
Vandalism
Police name Trevi fountain red dye 'vandal'
October 23: Italian police said yesterday they were investigating a rightwing extremist they suspect of pouring red dye into Rome's Trevi fountain last week.
Italy lightens the load for schoolchildren
October 12: More than four centuries after Shakespeare wrote of "the whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school", Italy's MPs have finally come to his aid.
US foiled as hijack 'leader' vanishes
October 14 1985: Italy releases Palestinian Mohammed Abbas, alleged mastermind behind the Achille Lauro hijack.
24.07.82: Banker hanged himself, inquest decides
03.04.45: Mussolini shot
09.09.43: Italy surrenders unconditionally
10.07.36: Mussolini's conquest of Abyssinia
03.10.35: Fascist troops march into Ethiopia
