Italy probes alleged “sniper tourism” in 1990s Bosnia
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On February 5, 2026, Italian prosecutors in Milan confirmed they are investigating allegations that some individuals paid to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo during the ...
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On July 9, 2025, the United States government announced sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...
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Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 in Los Angeles, California, from acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication administere...
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Margherita Sarfatti, an Italian Jewish art critic and writer, played a documented role in the early political and cultural development of Benito Mussolini during the r...
Explore event →The Battles of the Isonzo were a series of twelve military engagements between the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary during World War I. They took place along the I...
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Expulsion of Jews from the Kingdom of Naples In 1540, Jewish communities in the Kingdom of Naples were expelled as the region came under the control of the Spanish cr...
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The imperial court transferred its seat to Milan, marking a significant shift in political power within the region. This relocation allowed closer control over norther...
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1942–1944 — Communist-led partisans, Balli Kombëtar and other nationalist forces resist Italian and later German occupation. Rival resistance movements also fight one ...
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7 April 1939 — Italian forces invade Albania after King Zog rejects Mussolini's demands for greater Italian control. Zog flees the country and Albania is incorporated ...
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June–September 1920 — Albanian fighters challenge Italian forces occupying the Vlorë region. The conflict contributes to an agreement under which Italy withdraws from ...
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1914–1918 — Austro-Hungarian, Italian, French, Serbian and other forces occupy different parts of Albania. The country largely loses unified central government during ...
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26 April 1937 — German Condor Legion aircraft and Italian forces attack the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The raid kills civilians and destroys...
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28 May 1940 — During the military crisis in France, Britain's War Cabinet continues debating whether Italian mediation might open negotiations with Germany. Winston Ch...
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18 November 1935 — League of Nations sanctions against Italy enter into force after Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia. The measures exclude crucial materials such as oi...
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1 October 1936 — Franco is proclaimed head of the Nationalist state during the Spanish Civil War. German and Italian military aid becomes important to his coalition, w...
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8 September 1943 — Italy publicly announces an armistice with the Allies. German forces quickly occupy much of Italy, disarm many Italian units and rescue Mussolini, w...
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28 October 1940 — Greece rejects an Italian ultimatum, commemorated today as Ohi Day.
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23 May 1915 — Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary after joining the Allied side through the secret Treaty of London. Italian leaders expect territorial gains along t...
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3 October 1935 — Fascist Italy invades Ethiopia from Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. Mussolini seeks imperial expansion, prestige and revenge for Italy's earlier defea...
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3 January 1925 — After the crisis surrounding the murder of socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti, Mussolini publicly assumes political responsibility and moves decis...
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25 July 1943 — King Victor Emmanuel III dismisses Benito Mussolini after the Fascist Grand Council turns against him. Marshal Pietro Badoglio forms a new government th...
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8 November 1942 — American and British forces land in French North Africa. The operation brings large American ground forces into combat against the European Axis and ...
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27 September 1940 — Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact. The agreement recognizes German and Italian leadership in a European order and Japanese leadersh...
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