Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Powerful quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy

  May 20, 2012 in Nation/World One of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, killing at least four people, collapsing factories and sending residents … 1

• Prosecutors seek to reinstate Knox conviction

  February 14, 2012 Italian prosecutors appealed today to Italy’s highest criminal court to reinstate the murder convictions of American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend in the brutal slaying of a British student. 14

• Expanding cruise liner traffic has Venice concerned

  February 12, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 VENICE, Italy – It’s a matter of perspective. From aboard a 12-deck cruise liner, the sight of St. Mark’s Square, the Doge’s Palace and Bridge of Sighs gliding past from …

• Crude olive oil

  January 25, 2012 in Food on Page C1 Another alarming new food book has sent me scrambling to the pantry to check the labels of my ingredients. This time, it was author Tom Mueller’s, “Extra Virginity: The Sublime …

• 2 more bodies found in cruise ship wreck

  January 23, 2012 in Nation/World GIGLIO, Italy — Italian officials say two more bodies have been pulled from the wreckage of a cruise liner capsized off the Tuscan coast, bringing the number of confirmed dead …

• Berlusconi to resign after parliament OKs reforms

  November 8, 2011 in Nation/World Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised today to resign after parliament passes economic reforms demanded by the European Union, capping a two-decade political career that has ended with Italy on the brink …

• Italy’s Berlusconi wins vote; majority shrinks

  November 8, 2011 in Nation/World Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has won a much-watched vote in Parliament but it shows he can no longer count on an overall majority in the Chamber of Deputies.

• Knox leaves Italy to head home to U.S.

  October 4, 2011 in Nation/World, Region Amanda Knox flew home today after four years in an Italian prison, as the dramatic reversal of her murder conviction stunned the victim’s family, angered the prosecution and left questions …

• Knox supporters gather in Seattle, await verdict

  October 3, 2011 in Nation/World, Region With some unable to hold their tears, Amanda Knox supporters watched on television intently as the Seattle native pleaded her innocence today in an Italian courtroom in the 2007 murder … 1

• Knox trial: Italian prosecutors sum up their case

  September 23, 2011 in Nation/World Italian prosecutors urged an appeals court today to uphold the murder conviction of Amanda Knox despite what they called a media campaign in support of the American student from Seattle, …

• Attack on prime minister deepens Italy’s divisions

  December 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ROME – The weekend assault on Silvio Berlusconi has highlighted how deeply a polarizing figure the Italian prime minister is, as friends and foes dug in even more firmly Monday …

• U.S. student Knox sentenced to 26 years in Italy

  December 4, 2009 in Nation/World, Region A jury in Italy convicted American college student Amanda Knox of murdering her British roommate and sentenced her to 26 years in prison shortly after midnight Saturday. 3

• Knox’s defense begins closing arguments in Italy

  December 1, 2009 in Region A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox, accused in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate in Italy, argued Tuesday that evidence in the case isn’t sufficient to convict the American …

• Knox takes stand in Italian trial

  June 12, 2009 in Nation/World PERUGIA, Italy— A University of Washington student accused of murdering her British roommate took the witness stand for the first time Friday and said the last time she saw the …

• Italy quake toll rises amid hunt for victims

  April 7, 2009 in Nation/World Relatives of the missing watched in agony Tuesday as rescuers dug desperately by hand for earthquake survivors, jarred by a strong aftershock that drove home the continuing danger in this …

• More than 150 dead, 1,500 injured in Italy quake

  April 6, 2009 in Nation/World A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early Monday as residents slept, killing more than 150 people in the country’s deadliest quake in nearly …

• Trial opens for Seattle suspect in Italy slaying

  January 16, 2009 in Nation/World, Region PERUGIA, Italy — A judge ruled Friday that the trial of an American student accused of killing her British roommate would remain open to the media despite concerns about the …

• Mussolini’s Granddaughter Resigns From Party

  November 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 Alessandra Mussolini resigned Thursday from the party that descended from the Fascist regime of her grandfather, Benito Mussolini. Alessandra Mussolini, a 33-year-old Parliament deputy for the right-wing National Alliance, said …

• Dredging Leaves Venice’s Gondoliers Impatient

  May 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 It has been almost 50 years since Venice last cleaned its canals, and the dirt and the smell were beginning to get out of hand, as when any housecleaning is …

• Power Play Upends Italian Politics

  March 4, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A14 The political forces behind expremier Silvio Berlusconi sharply raised the stakes Friday in their battle to return to power. They declared opposition to the government’s deficit-cutting package, saying it relied …

• Italian Adversaries Join Forces To Try To Stop Lira’s Nose Dive

  February 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A7 Seeking to halt the lira’s nose dive, political adversaries put aside differences Sunday to offer support for a deficit-cutting proposal by Premier Lamberto Dini. The lira crashed through a series …