Italy’s top news stories of 2013

The Local takes a month-by-month look back at 2013 in Italy, covering everything from the political and economic crisis to natural disasters.



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In pictures: Italians mock Isis on Twitter
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Mister Gay World 2014 hits Rome
‘Rare’ twin penguins born in Genoa Aquarium
Top 10: hottest Italian men
Photo blog pokes fun at Italy’s cycling PM
Italy’s most popular city mayors
Italian police bust ‘enormous’ cannabis farm
Tens of thousands of business owners protest in Rome
Top 10 moments of a tumultuous year in Italian politics
The hottest Italian athletes at the Sochi Winter Olympics
Ten things Google wants to tell you about Italy
In pictures: Floods hit northern Italy
Sicilians strip naked for animal rights calendar
Thousands rally at Rome anti-austerity protest
Italy reacts to death of Mandela
Seven of Italy’s historical sites for sale
The trials of Berlusconi
Thousands rally against austerity in Rome
Controversial ‘gay kiss’ gallery vandalized
Berlusconi’s community service options
Take the test: OECD Survey of Adult Skills
The Italians who don’t want to die from toxic waste
Italy’s most famous politicians
In pictures: Men and women run in high heels against femicide
The discovery of the 2,700-year-old Etruscan tomb
‘So gay people don’t eat?’
Italy’s most overrated and respected politicians
In pictures: Recent births at the Zoom zoo in Turin
How they turned the Costa Concordia upright
The women who adored, and lambasted, Berlusconi
Bookmaker reveals 10 best actors to play Berlusconi
Pope Francis: 10 things you did not know
Top 10: Scandals that have rocked the Vatican
The best quotes from the Berlusconi-Ruby trial
In pictures: Rome Gay Pride 2013
Italy’s best beaches 2013
Girlfriend in a coma: Bill Emmott on Italy