Italy wants eight important artworksplundered by the Nazis back from Belgrade, where they have been held for years by the national museum of Serbia despite long Italian entreaties to return them.
The paintings, which Italy says are owned by the Italian State, include works by Tintoretto, Paolo Veneziano and SpinelloAretino.
The works are from the fifteenth, sixteenth and 17th centuries, Italy says.
Rome now says there may be as many as 17 Nazi-looted works held by Belgrade.
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