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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 30, 1996 file photo, Brazil's Oscar Schmidt (14) drives past Scottie Pipen (8) of the United States during the quarterfinals of basketball competition at the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. For little Kobe Bryant growing up in Italy the player that amazed him as a child was skinny and half-bald Brazilian guard Oscar Schmidt. (AP Photo/Hans Deryk, File)

Kobe’s boyhood hero Oscar Schmidt celebrates ‘annoying kid’

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Students walk beside a giant mural of former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna at a basketball court in Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Artists in this tenement building gathered and painted this image after learning of Bryant's death. Bryant, his daughter and 7 others died in a helicopter crash. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

‘Citizen of the world’: Bryant promoted basketball globally

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2011, file photo, U.S. basketball star Kobe Bryant plays with a ball during a sponsor's appearance in Milan, Italy. In Europe where Bryant grew up, the retired NBA star is being remembered for his &quot;Italian qualities.&quot; Italian basketball federation president Giovanni Petrucci tells The Associated Press that Bryant is &quot;particularly important to us because he knew Italy so well, having lived in several cities here. He had a lot of Italian qualities.&quot; (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns — again

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

In Europe, Kobe Bryant recalled for his ‘Italian qualities’

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 12, 1996 file photo Kobe Bryant, 17, jokes with the media as he holds his Los Angeles Lakers jersey during a news conference at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. He was 41. (AP Photo/Susan Sterner, file)

Kobe Bryant left deep legacy in LA sports, basketball world

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Matteo Salvini of the League speaks to supporters during a campaign event in Bibbiano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Stefano Cavicchi/LaPresse via AP)

Salvini’s power bid through regional vote looks to founder

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell answers a question during a news conference in Brussels, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Borrell met Tuesday with the Foreign Affairs Minister's of Britain, Italy, Germany and France where they were expected to hold talks about the current situation in Libya and Iran. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU seeks Libya ceasefire, end to Turkish ‘interference’

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Italy's premier Giuseppe Conte speaks during his year-end press conference at Villa Madama, in Rome, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. Conte insists his squabbling coalition will last three more years, even after a minister recently quit in protest. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP)

Italy’s premier: Squabbling coalition will last 3 more years

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italy’s education minister quits after no funding increase

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Italy: More than 300 mob arrests in four countries

Associated Press

Under Benito Mussolini (left), Italy was a pioneer of the fascist ideology in Europe and an early ally of Germany's Nazi government. Police raided 19 extremists' homes who they found to be openly "pro-Nazi, xenophobic, and anti-Semitic." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Police raids of neo-Nazis sparks fears of fascist revival in Italy

By Eric J. Lyman SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Italy cartoon depicting EU as Nazi camp sparks outcry

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A view of the newly restored Royal Gardens in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Venice’s Royal Gardens were first envisioned by Napolean, flourished under Austrian Empress Sisi and were finally opened to the public by the Court of Savoy, until falling into disrepair in recent years. After an extensive restoration, the gardens reopened Tuesday as a symbol both of the lagoon city’s endurance and the necessity of public-private partnerships to care for Italy’s extensive cultural heritage. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Venice’s endurance symbolized in Royal Gardens re-opening

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Strike over troubled Alitalia grounds flights in Italy

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Italy’s Salvini drops Nutella due to Turkish ingredients

Associated Press

Turin, Italy at sunrise with the Mole Antonelliana towering over the city.

The treats of Turin, an elegant baroque city

By Corinna Lothar

Italian bank UniCredit to cut 8,000 jobs by 2023

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Italian police arrest man, seize arms in anti-Nazi crackdown

Associated Press

Several thousand demonstrators of the Sardine movement gather in central Rimini to protest against the League's Matteo Salvini, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. A grassroots group calling themselves “Sardines” is attracting mass public support with a social media campaign and flash-mob events, putting the squeeze on Salvini, in Italy’s polarized political landscape. (Pasquale Bove/ANSA via AP)

Italy’s ‘Sardines’ movement threatens Salvini’s dominance

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Italy’s Uffizi to partner with Hong Kong on art exhibitions

By FRANCES D’EMILIO - Associated Press