Europe Italy The value of "unobserved" economy has grown by €15,1 billion, marking a 7,5% increase on 2022 data, reaching €217 billion; the net value of illegal activities stands at just under €198 billion, up €14,9 billion on previous year, 9,2% of GPD in 2023
Europe Italy Apple farmers in Val di Non, Dolomites will transport their harvest from hills into caves storage with a dedicated cable car; covering 1,3 km in length and a 90-metre drop, it can carry 460 300-kg containers an hour, eliminating 5.000 lorry trips annually
Europe Italy The funeral chamber of Giorgio Armani, who died at 91, is open for public viewing this weekend at Armani/Teatro in Milan; the fashion designer is credited for inventing the job of stilsita, for a new, sober aesthetic, for taking red carpets to new heights
Europe Italy Sexist site Phica.eu is shutting down after controversy amid complaints from several women politicians, actresses, influencers that their photos had been posted and manipulated; the forum's administrators notified users that all content had been removed
Europe Italy Approval has been given to a controversial €13,5bn project to build the world's longest suspension bridge spanning 3,3km between the island of Sicily and the tip of Italy's boot, a highly seismic area: designers claim it will be able to endure earthquakes
Europe Italy Dockworkers in Genoa, long opposed to arms exports, protested and joined European port workers calling on EU to halt arms shipments to Israel, as international treaties state that weapons shouldn't be exported to war zones where human rights are violated
Europe Italy TIME magazine cover is portraying Giorgia Meloni, the first female leader of Italy, citing she 'has emerged as one of Europe’s most interesting figures' as she opposes what she calls “homogenizing" globalism, yet champions European integration
Europe Italy Tennis player Jannik Sinner, number 1 in the world ranking - defeated Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to win his first Wimbledon title, an historic victory for Italy as he his the first Italian man to win a singles title in the tournament
Europe Italy Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez 3-days VIPs-clad wedding in Venice, 'private glamour event of the year' said press, ended with a party in Arsenale; about 1.000 people, mostly groups of activists, demonstrated against Amazon founder on taxation grounds
Europe Italy Italy's contracts with Israeli spyware company Paragon have been terminated; revelations that the surveillance technology was used against critics of the government, journalists and migrant rescue workers, prompted uproar and calls for full investigation
Europe Italy Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, erupted with a spectacular pyroclastic flow - an avalanche of hot lava blocks, ash, gas and volcanic material; the activity may have started following a collapse of material in South-East crater
Europe Italy A bar in Treviso, Veneto, has decided to put a 1 euro fee on every blasphemy to fund charitable projects; blasphemy - annoying for most Italian even if not religious and formally banned by law - is on a growing trend among youn generations
Europe Italy A huge snowfall whitened the Alps, by far the biggest of the 24-25 season, with the avalanche danger at a rare maximum 5 out 5 in area of the Western Alps; the snowfall is a good news for glaciers and snowpack before the arrival of summer