Italy

Twelve months ago, Italy’s conscience was rocked by the sight of the bodies of hundreds of migrants shipwrecked at Lampedusa – one year later and the mood is very different.

More than 2,000 people, desperate to reach Europe, have died in Mediterranean waters in just the last three months. Channel 4 News meets some of the survivors as they land in Sicily.

Italy’s Northern League party announced it was sending delegates to Edinburgh for the referendum. Unfortunately, it confused Scotland’s capital with a couple of cities in Germany and France.

The Italian navy says it has rescued almost 4,000 migrants in the last 48 hours. At least 25 migrants died during the weekend Mediterranean crossings.

It sank on Friday the 13th in 2012 off the coast of Italy, killing 32 people. A ship of bad omens, the Costa Concordia’s recovery was a mammoth task.

Meriam Ibrahi, who was sentenced to death in Sudan for renouncing Islam, has met Pope Francis at the Vatican. Meriam’s conviction was quashed after Sudan came under intense international pressure.

The wrecked Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, begins the journey to its final destination – Genoa – where it will be scrapped. It is the end of the world’s biggest maritime salvage operation.

The Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground near the Italian Island of Giglio more than two and a half years ago, is to be re-floated, in the final phase of a salvage operation.

Ghostly video of the Costa Concordia released by Italian police divers shows how well preserved parts of the vessel still are.

Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Uruguay striker Luis Suarez after Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini accused him of biting. Here is how the world reacted to his latest “bite.”

Italy were already suffering after their exit from the World Cup – but a fan has also been dishing out racist abuse to Mario Balotelli, claiming: ‘you’re not even an Italian’.

Costa Rica’s 1-0 win over Italy ends England’s World Cup 2014 campaign after less than a week – their quickest-ever exit from the competition. What can the FA do to change English football’s course?

As England’s footballers lick their wounds following their 2-1 defeat to Italy in their first World Cup match, football commentator John Anderson gives us five reasons not to be too downbeat.

England manager Roy Hodgson finds it hard to take losing to Italy in their opening World Cup game on Saturday after what he describes as the best performance of his two years in charge of the team.

England are seeking revenge against Italy in Brazil on Saturday – but the game will have a very different meaning if the two nations meet again at the Homeless World Cup later this year.