Italy

Two and a half years after the decree-law that banned cruise ships from passing through St. Mark's Basin and the Giudecca Canal, discussions are underway in Venice to bring medium-sized ships back to the Maritime Station

According to report by Autostrade published by economic newspaper Sole24Ore, 2023 marked an all-time record for heavy goods vehicles: lorry traffic increased by 6% compared to 2007, when there had been another record for heavy goods vehicle traffic

An accident on a building site in Florence killed 5 workers and reignited debate on work-related deaths, which are tragically high in Italy notwithstanding one of the most restrictive safety-at-work regulations

The World Meteorological Organisation confirmed the recording of 48,8 degrees in the Sicilian city of Syracuse on 11 August 2021: it is the highest temperature ever registered in continental Europe

22-year-old Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner won the final of the Australian Open, one of the four most important tournaments on the circuit, becoming the first Italian tennis player in history to do so

There are 10.000 more prisoners than the official capacity, which leads the democratic country to face a very serious overcrowding, a high number of suicides, a lack of basic services and repeated situations of poor protection of rights

The northern province of Bolzano intends to track down dog owners who do not clean up after their animals, using DNA testing on waste: a database will be created to record the DNA of dogs for street cleaners and health officers

In an exceptionally strong year for the Milan bourse, its main index achieved its peak for 2023 earlier this month at 30,427 points - the highest level in absolute terms since 2008 - the leading stock exchange in Europe in terms of growth

The European Commission approved Italy's €1,7 billion state aid mechanism to support photovoltaic installations, part of the Instrument for Recovery and Resilience and part of the strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions increasing renewable energy

The Italian national tennis team won the Davis Cup, in Malaga, Spain, 47 years after the historic victory in Chile in 1976; the winners of the two matches in the final are two promising youngsters born in 2001

The possible agreement to transfer migrants rescued at sea by Italian ships to Albania poses ethical questions as the country is not a member of the EU and is therefore not bound to its human rights respect criteria

39,5 million Italians, 79%, are passionate and interested in sustainable issues, +6% since 2022, the highest figure ever recorded since 2015 by LifeGate, a movement and organization which aims to promote a sustainable world with circularity at its core