Topic - Italia

Italy ( and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world. - Source: Wikipedia

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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Italian World Cup hero Salvatore Toto' Schillaci, during his funeral ceremony at the Palermo cathedral, Italy, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Alberto Lo Bianco/LaPresse via AP)

Thousands turn up for funeral of Italian World Cup hero Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillaci

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Italy's Salvatore "Totò Schillaci, right, celebrates with teammate Roberto Baggio after scoring a goal during the World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay, in Rome, on June 25, 1990. (LaPresse via AP)

Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at 1990 World Cup, dies at 59

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

Tour de France winner Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates as he crosses the finish line of the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 33.7 kilometers (20.9 miles) with start in Monaco and finish in Nice, France, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Tadej Pogacar celebrates 3rd Tour de France victory with another audacious stage win

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Italy's Davide Rebellin of the Serramenti team celebrates as he wins the 73rd Walloon Arrow cycling race in Huy, Belgium on April. 22, 2009. German prosecutors say a truck driver wanted by Italy in connection with a crash last year that killed professional cyclist Davide Rebellin has been released from jail pending a decision on his extradition. Wolfgang Rieke is accused of road homicide and leaving the scene of a crash. German authorities said he surrendered last Thursday, June 15, 2023, in the western town of Rheine. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Germany frees driver sought by Italy in death of cyclist Rebellin pending extradition ruling

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Italy's Davide Rebellin of the Serramenti team celebrates as he wins the 73rd Walloon Arrow cycling race in Huy, Belgium on April. 22, 2009. Police in Germany have arrested a truck driver accused in the crash in Italy last year that killed professional cyclist Davide Rebellin, Italian prosecutors said Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

German police arrest truck driver accused in crash that killed Italian cyclist Rebellin

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Fratelli d' Italia (Brothers of Italy) party leader Giorgia Meloni speaks during a center-right opposition rally in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo, Saturday, July 4, 2020. The far-right candidate, who aspires to be Italy’s first female premier, came under fire Monday Aug. 22, 2022 from opponents for posting a pixelized video that purports to show a woman being raped by an asylum seeker. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Italy’s Meloni shocks opponents with alleged rape video

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

A Cuirassier Regiment presidential guard stands behind a window of the Quirinale presidential palace, in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte resigned after a key coalition ally pulled his party's support over Conte's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, setting the stage for consultations this week to determine if he can form a third government.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italian president opens talks to resolve political crisis

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during his final address at the Senate prior to a confidence vote, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Roberto Monaldo/ Lapresse via AP)

Italian PM Conte works to cement majority after narrow vote

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Premier Giuseppe Conte arrives at the Senate do deliver his speech, in Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italian PM wins crucial vote in Senate with very thin margin

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

In this Jan 13, 2021, file photo, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is mobbed by reporters as he walks near Palazzo Chigi government headquarters, in Rome, Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021. Former premier Matteo Renzi is testing his already low popularity by provoking a political crisis that could bring down the government at yet another critical juncture in the fight against the pandemic. The outcome Renzi’s powerplay — orchestrating the resignations of two ministers from his tiny but key Italia Viva party — will play out this week, when Premier Giuseppe Conte addresses both houses of Parliament in a bid to win support and form what would be his third coalition government since elections in 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italian PM Conte seeks to save his government from falling

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Premier Giuseppe Conte waits for the outcome of the confidence vote at the lower chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Conte fights for his political life with an address aimed at shoring up support for his government, which has come under fire from former Premier Matteo Renzi's tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party over plans to relaunch the pandemic-ravaged economy. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool photo via AP)

Giuseppe Conte, Italian prime minister, job threatened by coronavirus record

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Italian Senator, former premier and head of the political party 'Italia Viva' (IV), Matteo Renzi holds a press conference at the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The Italian cabinet was in crisis on January 13, 2021 following the resignations of ministers Teresa Bellanova and Elena Bonetti, members of former premier Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva party. (Alberto Pizzoli/pool via AP)

EXPLAINER: Italy faces a political crisis amid a pandemic

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Britain's Tao Geoghegan Hart rides past the gothic cathedral after completing the final stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, a 15.7 kilometers (9.756 miles) individual time trial from Cernusco sul Naviglio to Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Geoghegan Hart beats Hindley to Giro title by 39 seconds

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

A fan wearing face mask to protect against coronavirus waits for the start of the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Portugal and Sweden at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

The Latest: UEFA cancels men’s soccer under-19 Euros

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