All the fancy endeavour from Ireland has been smashed on the rocks of Italy’s solid performance, so Byrne decides it’s time to take some points.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2023/feb/25/italy-v-ireland-six-nations-2023-live

As reported by Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport, the two parties have entered negotiations to adjust the terms of Kvaratskhelia’s contract by doubling the size of his paycheck, adding larger performance-based bonuses and prolonging the expiry date until 2028.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieleproch/2023/06/03/whats-next-for-serie-as-most-valuable-player-khvicha-kvaratskhelia/

But now that Vox has arrived on the scene, the party is promising to shake up Spanish politics in much the same way that Italy’s Lega, France’s National Rally, and Britain’s UK Independence Party.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/29/spain-elections-vox-pedro-sanchez-far-right/

Danilo Iervolino started one of Italy’s first online universities at age 28 and sold it for more than $1 billion fifteen years later.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/683e85f0fe30f866?ref=ff

“Fiat can and must develop a solution that puts the Chinese in difficulty,” a translated extract of Francois’ comments to Italy’s about the Panda in October read.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/motoring/new-fiat-panda-arriving-in-2024-as-a-chinese-rivalling-ev/

For about a decade, Italy’s olive trees have been under vicious attack from the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/italy-olive-harvest-threatened-deadly-bacteria-millions-olive-trees-puglia-3467576?cid=cna_flip_070214

For example, footage of the Black Shirts marching to Italy’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Mussolini meeting the fascist marchers there were intended to show the Black Shirts were patriots symbolically anointed by God.

Source: https://beyondchron.org/reviews-from-sffilm-66/

He also claimed it was “surely” a violation of Italy’s sovereignty for German-operated ships to take rescued migrants to Italian territory.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23825108.german-government-elon-musk-clash-maritime-rescue-ships/?ref=rss

Her Brothers of Italy party, named after the first words of Italy’s national anthem, has roots in a party founded by nostalgists for fascism following the demise of dictator Benito Mussolini’s regime.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/07/27/biden-thanks-far-right-italian-premier-meloni-for-her-strong-support-of-ukraine/

Her male foil was Vittorio Gassman, one of Italy’s leading men on the screen.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/report-film-legend-gina-lollobrigida-dies-age-95-96458037

Hitler used the to build support for Nazi Germany, while Mussolini saw Italy’s 1938 World Cup win as a way to galvanize support for his fascist regime.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-06-08/liv-golf-pga-tour-merger-brings-sportswashing-accusations

Images on Sky TG24 show a plume of dark smoke rising from a narrow street near Porta Romana in the heart of Italy’s finance and fashion capital.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/van-explodes-central-milan-injuring-1-8604131/

In 2016, Italy’s highest court supported the transcription of a foreign birth certificate that named two mothers.

Source: https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/12/lesbian-couple-fleeing-italy-over-parental-rights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lesbian-couple-fleeing-italy-over-parental-rights

In the summer of 1938, the Fascist government had announced its new racial policy, identifying Italy’s overwhelming Catholic majority as Aryan and the country’s tiny Jewish minority as members of a separate race.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/guido-calabresi-vatican-archives-judaism/675824/?utm_source=feed

Italy’s ban is temporary and will be lifted when regulators determine whether or not ChatGPT has complied with the EU’s laws.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/italy-vpn-chatgpt-chatbot-openai-ai-1850302301

Italy’s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said 10 million euros ($10.6 million) had been allocated to begin construction of the museum, a long-delayed project first proposed in the 1990s.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/italys-far-right-government-approves-new-holocaust-museum-in-rome/

Italy’s customs police said in a statement that crossing organizers charged 8,000 euros (around $8,500) each for the “voyage of death.”

Source: https://www.mymcmurray.com/2023/02/28/italy-migrants-paid-8000-euros-each-for-voyage-of-death/

Italy’s deadly fugitive, Vincenzo La Porta, has been caught in Greece after a photo of him jubilating with his football team revealed his whereabouts.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/italian-fugitive-arrested-in-greece-after-football-team-celebration/

Italy’s former ambassador to NATO wrote in an article in La Stampa that the “international balancing act is over” and “there are no safety nets.”

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/no-safety-nets-china-israel-and-palestine-in-the-new-global-cold-war/

Italy’s lead was restored when world No.16 Matteo Berrettini posted a tough 6-4 3-6 6-3 win over world No.10 Hubert Hurkacz.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/2023/01/04/frances-tiafoe-us-united-cup/