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Italy's Berlusconi loses final appeal in landmark case
Italy's ex-leader Silvio Berlusconi has lost his final appeal against a tax fraud sentence in a ruling that jolted the political establishment on Friday but left the government in place for now.
02 August 2013
Kazakhstan Ambassador tells Italians about Ablyazov's crimes
Kazakhstan Ambassador to Italy Andrian Yelemessov calls Mukhtar Ablyazov “a convicted criminal” in his article in Foreign Policy Journal.
01 August 2013
Kazakhstan director's movie featured in Vienna
Bauyr (Little Brother) movie by Kazakhstan director Serik Aprymov has been entered into the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival.
31 July 2013
Italy starts investigating Shalabayeva's deportation
Italian prosecutors have initiated an investigation into the deportation from Italy of Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of the exile banker from Kazakhstan Mukhtar Ablyazov.
31 July 2013
Berlusconi's fate in the balance in key trial hearings
Italy's top court begins crucial hearings for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday that will decide whether to confirm a one-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from politics.
30 July 2013
Thirty-six killed in Italy coach crash: rescue services
At least 36 people were killed and several more injured after a coach carrying pilgrims plunged off a motorway flyover in southern Italy.
29 July 2013
Time to train for world's first fleet of marine drones
An odd underwater ballet has been unfolding in the Mediterranean port of Toulon these past few days.
27 July 2013
Kazakhstan may allow Shalabayeva return to Italy
Kazakhstan may allow the wife of former BTA Bank’s chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov go back to Italy.
24 July 2013
Shalabayeva's deportation will not shaken relations between Kazakhstan and Italy: Ministry
The recent deportation of the wife of former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov to Kazakhstan will not spoil the relations between Kazakhstan and Italy.
24 July 2013
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry comments Italy's decision to reverse Ablyazov wife's deportation
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry has commended Italy reversing of the deportation of the wife of an ex-head of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.
16 July 2013
Italians reverse Ablyazov's wife deportation. A story of puppets and puppeteers
After 1.5 months Italian Interior Ministry has suddenly reversed its decision to deport Ablyazov's wife Alma Shalabayeva to Kazakhstan.
15 July 2013
Italian Al Bano and Son Pascal sing Kazakh song Ainalain
Italian singer Son Pascal has released new music video with famous Al Bano on his YouTube account.
09 July 2013
Pope visits Italy refugee island
Pope Francis arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, a key destination of tens of thousands of would-be immigrants from Africa, in a visit the Vatican hopes will raise awareness of their plight.
09 July 2013
Coward or scapegoat? Italy cruise captain on trial
The captain of the Costa Concordia has been portrayed as a villain who crashed and then abandoned his cruise ship in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives.
05 July 2013
Italy promises UNESCO it will not abandon Pompeii
Italy's culture minister assured UNESCO on Sunday that efforts were being made to restore the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii, after the United Nations organisation urged the country to speed up repairs.
01 July 2013
US intelligence targeted Italy and France embassies: report
France, Italy and Greece were among 38 "targets" of spying operations conducted by US intelligence services, according to documents leaked to the Guardian newspaper by fugitive former CIA operative Edward Snowden.
01 July 2013
'Dear Italy, I have left, but would return if...'
As thousands of Italians leave the country to look for work elsewhere, one young journalist's blog claims to offer "a megaphone for this generation," a voice to all those who profess to be ready to return "if...".
25 June 2013
Verdict expected in Berlusconi sex trial
An Italian court is expected to deliver its verdict Monday on whether former premier Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage prostitute and abused his official powers.
24 June 2013
Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail for tax dodge
An Italian court on Wednesday sentenced celebrated fashion house duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana to one year and eight months in prison for avoiding taxes totalling 200 million euros ($268 million).
20 June 2013
Tod's shoes turns from Italy to beat crisis
Custom-made shoe moulds hanging in a sun-filled workshop are the secret behind the success of luxury Italian shoemaker Tod's, which is flourishing despite a recession-hit economy.
11 June 2013