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EU finance ministers urge Italy to respect debt pledges

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Amanda Knox is approached by a journalist upon her arrival in Linate airport, Milan, Italy, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Knox has returned to Italy for the first time since she was convicted and imprisoned, but ultimately acquitted, for the murder and sexual assault of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in the university town of Perugia in 2007. Knox is in Italy to attend a conference in Modena organized by the Italy Innocence Project, which seeks to help people who have been convicted for crimes they did not commit. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Amanda Knox returns to Italy for first time since murder trial

By Rachel Greenland - The Washington Times

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. The European Commission on Wednesday took stock of the progress made to deepen Europe's Economic and Monetary Union and calls on Member States to take further concrete steps. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU asks Italy to better explain debt or face legal action

By LORNE COOK and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Italy to fine migrant rescue boats without OK to enter ports

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Italy's Lorenzo Insigne celebrates after scoring during the Euro 2020 group J qualifying soccer match between Italy and Bosnia- Herzegovina at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP)

Italy scores late to beat Bosnia 2-1 and keep perfect record

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Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey fails to save an own goal scored by Wales defender James Lawrence during the Euro 2020 group E qualifying soccer match between Croatia and Wales at the Gradski Vrt stadium in Osijek, Croatia, Saturday, June 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Italy, Belgium, Germany win Euro qualifiers; France loses

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Italy's players celebrate after scoring against Greece, during the Euro 2020 group J qualifying soccer match between Greece and Italy at Olympic stadium in Athens, Saturday, June 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Italy beats Greece 3-0 to move 3 points clear in group

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Italian national soccer team coach, Roberto Mancini, leads a training session ahead of Saturday's European Championship, Group J qualifying match against Greece, at Coverciano Sport Center, near Florence, Italy, Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (Claudio Giovannini/ANSA via AP)

Euro 2020 qualifying resumes with France, Spain in action

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Italian Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini addresses a rally in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The European Commission recommended Wednesday that legal action be launched against Italy because it failed to respect EU debt rules last year and is likely to do so again in 2019 and 2020, setting up a new confrontation with the populist government in Rome. The Italian government only won commission approval for its 2019 budget plan late last year. After some early defiance from Salvini, Rome agreed to reduce the deficit to acceptable levels. (Sandro Perozzi/ANSA via AP)

EU commission urges legal action against Italy over debt

By LORNE COOK and GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte talks to reporters during a press conference he held at Chigi Palace government's office, in Rome, Monday, June 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy’s Salvini warns of crisis after PM threat to quit

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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon poses prior to an interview with The Associated Press, in Paris, Monday, May 27, 2019. Steve Bannon says European integration is &quot;dead in its tracks&quot; after European election wins by nationalist and populist parties in Italy, France and Britain. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Italy blocks Steve Bannon right-wing political academy

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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon poses prior to an interview with The Associated Press, in Paris, Monday, May 27, 2019. Steve Bannon says European integration is &quot;dead in its tracks&quot; after European election wins by nationalist and populist parties in Italy, France and Britain. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Italy blocks Bannon’s plans for right-wing political academy

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FILE - In this Friday, April 12, 2019, file photo, Cheryl Juaire of Marlborough, Mass., center, leads protesters near the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Juaire, whose son was addicted to opioids and died of a heroin overdose in 2011, led the demonstration by parents who’ve lost children in the addiction epidemic. They want the Sackler family name removed from the building at Harvard. In New York, there’s a Sackler Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Sackler Center for Arts Education at The Guggenheim. There’s a Sackler Room at the National Gallery in London, a Sackler Wing of Oriental Antiquities at the Louvre. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

AP: Purdue foreign arm caught up in opioid probe in Europe

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

European flags blow in front of the European Central Bank as the sun rises in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

European Central Bank sends Italy a warning over debt

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

This Thursday, May 16, 2019, photo shows the exterior of a Mundipharma building in Singapore. As the United States fights to undo the damage of an opioid epidemic, Mundipharma and other companies are expanding around the world. The Mundipharma network of companies now operates in more than 120 countries; an emerging markets branch has expanded into Asia, Africa and Latin America, selling an assortment of drugs that include opioids for chronic pain. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Top Takeaways from AP’s report on Italy’s ‘Pain League’

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the League party press office, Italian Interior Minister, Deputy-Premier and leader of the League party, Matteo Salvini, shows a banner reading in Italian &quot;First party in Italy, Thanks&quot;, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, May 26, 2019. Italian exit polls indicate Matteo Salvini's right-wing populist League is leading Italian party in European election. (Lega via AP)

European victory gives Salvini more leverage in Italy

By Karl Ritter and Colleen Barry - Associated Press

A woman exits a voting cabin with curtains depicting the European Union in Baleni, Romania, Sunday, May 26, 2019. The ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) suffered a major blow in the European Parliament elections according to the country's only exit poll. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

The Latest: Merkel wants quick deal on head of EU Commission

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Ballots are being prepared ahead of Sunday's European Elections, in Rozzano, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Some 400 million Europeans from 28 countries head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to choose their representatives at the European Parliament for the next five years. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

The Latest: Salvini says populists will control 150 EU seats

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Ballots are being prepared ahead of Sunday's European Elections, in Rozzano, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Some 400 million Europeans from 28 countries head to the polls from Thursday to Sunday to choose their representatives at the European Parliament for the next five years. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Key countries to watch after high-stakes Europe-wide vote

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Italian hostage freed after 3 years in Syria returns home

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