1997 In Italy
Events in the year 1997 in Years in Italy, Italy. Incumbents *President of Italy, President – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro *Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister – Romano Prodi Events January *3 January - The new Public Funding for Political Parties Act comes into force. *16 January - A large farmers' protest rally in Lombardy against the Milk quota paralyzes the whole of Northern Italy. February *5 February - Massimo D'Alema, leader of the majority Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), is appointed president of the Third Parliamentary Commission for the revision of the Constitution of Italy, Constitution. April *9 April - The Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), which, externally, supports the government, votes against the resolution that authorizes Operation Alba: a multinational peacekeeping force led by Italy and intended to help the Albanian government restore law and order in their troubled country after the 1997 rebellion in Albania. The measure is approved thanks to the fav ...
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Years In Italy
This is a list of years in Italy. 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century See also * Timeline of Italian history {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Italy, List of Italy history-related lists Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

Sicilian Mafia
The Sicilian Mafia, also simply known as the Mafia and frequently referred to as Cosa nostra (, ; "our thing") by its members, is an Italian Mafia-terrorist-type organized crime syndicate and criminal society originating in the region of Sicily and dating to at least the 19th century. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organisational structure and code of conduct and honor and present themselves to the public under a common brand. The basic group is known as a "family", "clan", or ''cosca''. Each family claims sovereignty over a territory, usually a town or village or a neighbourhood (''borgata'') of a larger city, in which it operates its rackets. Its members call themselves " men of honour", although the public often refers to them as ''mafiosi''. By the 20th century, following wide-scale emigration from Sicily, mafiosi established gangs in North and South America which replicate the traditions and methods of their Sicilian ancestors. The Mafia's co ...
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