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5 Oct 2008, 10:55 am
[JURIST] Italy's Constitutional Court [official website, in Italian] was asked Saturday to rule on a new law granting top Italian lawmakers immunity from prosecution [JURIST report] while in office as a judge in Milan formally suspended a long-running corruption case against Italian Prime Minister and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
6 Jul 2007, 6:45 am
[JURIST] Italy's Superior Council of the Magistracy (CSM) [official website, in Italian], the country's top self-governing judiciary body, has accused the Italian Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI) under the government of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] of spying on approximately 200 judges and magistrates that were deemed "politically unreliable" [read post]
31 Aug 2008, 11:50 am
In Italy, controversy has broken out over the decision by a museum guard to deny admission to a Muslim woman who was wearing a niqab that left only her eyes visible. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 9:19 am
The slaughter, which took place south of Bologna, is considered the worst killing of civilians in Italy during World War II. [read post]
8 Oct 2004, 4:45 am
Citigroup, the world's largest financial company, filed suit Friday against Italy (government site in Italian) for the government's handling of the Parmalat bankruptcy. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 5:52 am
[JURIST] Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation [official website, in Italian] on Thursday overturned the bribery conviction of David Mills [JURIST news archive], a British barrister and former lawyer to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [official profile, in Italian; BBC profile]. [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 6:25 am
[JURIST] Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive] said in an interview [Der Spiegel report] published Monday that he will be unable to identify the alleged CIA kidnappers who he says abducted him from Italy in 2003 [JURIST news archive; WP time line] because they wore face masks. [read post]
22 Jul 2005, 3:44 pm
[JURIST] Italy and France announced new security measures Friday designed to combat terrorism following the recent London bombings [JURIST report]. [read post]
2 Jan 2007, 7:20 am
Italy, which assumed a two-year non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council [official website] Monday, was [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 2:21 am
[JURIST] Italy's National Association of Magistrates [organization website, in Italian] voted Saturday to proclaim [text, in Italian] a "state of agitation," preparing for a possible strike over anticipated judicial budget cuts by the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
10 Nov 2006, 7:42 am
[JURIST] Italian prosecutors have reportedly added an 11-page handwritten note to their compilation of evidence in the case of the alleged 2003 CIA kidnapping [JURIST news archive; WP timeline] of Egyptian cleric Moustafa Hassan Nasr [Wikipedia profile] in Italy. [read post]
3 May 2005, 2:57 am
[JURIST] In an attempt to break a ten-year deadlock over reforming the United Nations Security Council [official website], Italy suggested Monday that a new system be instituted by which the council would award 10 new seats to regional groups rather than individual countries. [read post]
7 Nov 2006, 9:33 am
[JURIST] Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro [JURIST news archive] said Tuesday that his office is once again pressing for the extradition of 26 Americans for their role in the alleged 2003 CIA kidnapping [JURIST news archive; WP timeline] of Egyptian cleric Moustafa Hassan Nasr [Wikipedia profile] from Italy. [read post]
5 Apr 2004, 2:32 pm
In international law news Monday, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has called for changes to the EU Stability and Growth Pact in order to emphasize nurturing economic growth instead of curbing deficits. [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 3:42 am
Last week the UK failed in its attempts to reopen and change the approach of the European Court of Human Rights to the deportation of terror suspects: in the case of Saadi v Italy, in which the UK intervened, the Grand Chamber strongly and unanimously endorsed the Court's approach in Chahal v UK, reaffirming that deportation is in breach of article 3 of the ECHR, which prohibits torture and [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 5:52 am
Mario Lozano [defense website; Wikipedia profile] for the murder of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and attempted murders of agent Andrea Carpani and Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena [Wikipedia profile] began in Italy Tuesday. [read post]
5 Jul 2006, 2:08 am
Judicial sources said that Marco Mancini, a division director of Italy's Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISMI) [ [read post]
14 Mar 2010, 11:48 am
[JURIST] Italy’s highest administrative court, the State Council [official website, in Italian], announced Saturday that it would not restore a candidate list from the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
14 Jun 2005, 3:30 am
[JURIST] After a referendum to liberalize Italy's fertility laws failed [JURIST report] on Monday, church leaders and Italian politicians are sending some conflicting signals about the legal future of abortion in the country, which legalized abortion in 1978 and strongly supported choice in a 1981 referendum. [read post]
22 Dec 2006, 2:46 pm
Welby's quest to die became a nation-wide debate after Italy's Radical Party [party website] took up Welby's cause. [read post]
