Articles by ITALY
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:20
Monday's earthquake in the central region of Abruzzo was in part due to the fact that Italy is getting wider, a French expert said on Tuesday.''Italy…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 09:15
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni on Tuesday said that a total of 130 million euros has been earmarked for his ministry's role over the next six months…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 06:54
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi flew back to the disaster-struck region of Abruzzo on Tuesday for a first-hand look at rescue efforts together with…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 06:44
Aftershocks on Tuesday continued to cause panic in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila and neighbouring towns more than 32 hours after an earthquake that has…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 06:24
Italian soccer will mourn the victims of the L'Aquila earthquake with all players in Serie A and B and other levels turning out in black arm-bands for…
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 05:13
The earthquake that hit the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila Monday killed at least 179 people, injured 1,500 and left 17,000 homeless, rescue services said T…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 11:58
The head of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday asked for a minute's silence ahead of the day's session in memory of the dozens of victims o…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 11:40
Thirty-one sniffer dogs have been brought in to help rescue workers digging through the rubble in quake-hit L'Aquila, civil protection officials said…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 11:25
The powerful earthquake that hit the central Italian Abruzzo region early Monday left a ''horrible scene of death and destruction,'' Italian Police Ch…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:56
Aftershocks from the strong earthquake which rocked the central region of Abruzzo early Monday morning continue to take place at intervals of between…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:33
Monday's earthquake in central Italy left 92 dead, 1,500 injured and some 70,000 homeless, officials said twelve hours after the disaster, Italy's big…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:23
Premier Silvio Berlusconi told Italians on Monday the country needed to focus on helping L'Aquila and worry about the possibility of forecasting quake…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:15
Italy will formally ask to benefit from a special European Union fund earmarked for the consequences of natural disasters, Italy's permanent represent…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 10:06
There was no possibility of forecasting the quake which hit L'Aquila on Monday, killing at least 92 people, Civil Protection chief Guido Bertolaso tol…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:37
The quake that rocked central Italy Monday was magnitude 6.2 on today's generally used MMS scale, compared to 5.8 on the Richter scale that is no long…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:31
Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday that around 1,500 people were injured in the L'Aquila earthquake that killed at least 92.''At the moment 4,000 r…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:23
Children will need special help to psychologically overcome the trauma from the destructive earthquake which rocked the central region of Abruzzo in t…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 09:10
Condolences and offers of help arrived in Italy Monday from around the world following the L'Aquila earthquake that killed at least 92 people.The Euro…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 06:57
At least 50 people including five children were killed in a large earthquake that hit the city of L'Aquila and neighbouring towns east of Rome early M…
Mon, 04/06/2009 - 06:44
At least 40 people including five children were killed in a large earthquake that hit the city of L'Aquila and neighbouring towns east of Rome early M…