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2006 In Italy
Events during the year 2006 in Italy. Incumbents *List of presidents of Italy, President: :*Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (until 15 May) :*Giorgio Napolitano (from 15 May) *Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister: :*Silvio Berlusconi (until 17 May) :*Romano Prodi (from 17 May) Events *10–26 February – The 2006 Winter Olympics, Olympic Winter Games are held in Turin. *10–19 March – The 2006 Winter Paralympics, Paralympic Winter Games are held in Turin. *2 May – Murder of Tommaso Onofri *9 July – Italy national football team, Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup by defeating France national football team, France, 5–3, following a penalty shootout in the final game at the Olympiastadion (Berlin), Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. *13 August – Air Algérie Flight 2208 accident *17 October – 2006 Rome Metro crash *27 October – Murder of Riccardo Rasman *11 December – Erba Massacre Full date unknown *''Drug Target Insights'' academic journal is fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |