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Former skipper Francesco Schettino was found guilty by a Grosseto court on Wednesday February 11, 2015 of charges related to the January 2012 Costa Concordia disaster off the Tuscan island of Giglio and sentenced to 16 years and one month in prison.
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Heavy snowfall forced road closures, shuttered schools in north-central Italy in these days of winter.
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Sergio Mattarella was elected Italy’s new president.
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Light snow are covering lowland areas throughout the province of Florence with the exception of the Era and Elsa Valley today January 29, 2015.
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More than 1,300 cultural events in Italy will be publicized on a new website developed by the Cultural Ministry to encourage tourism.
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Prosecutors requested a sentence of 26 years in prison for the former Costa Concordia’s captain Francesco Schettino.
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At the foot of the world-famous Michelangelo’s David in the Accademia Gallery, an unusual press room in Florence, Italy, hosted the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi play the card of beauty of his native Florence to agree with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on important economic issues referred to European situation.
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Security services and controls strengthened around the Tower of Pisa after the terrorist attacks in Paris. A recent video message accompanied by images recorded by ISIS made showed the Pisan monument, without a specific threat.
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