Europe Italy Salvini, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, posted a video of magistrate Apostolico demonstrating as private citizen in 2018 to discredit a recent sentence of hers, raising further debate on the autonomy of the three powers
Europe Italy The Eroica, a 'vintage cycling' non-professional event that has been held in the Tuscan province of Siena since 1997, scheduled for Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October, sees 40% foreign participants this year
Europe Italy Almost 1,2 million people in the Naples metropolitan area are actually living inside the two 'red zones' identified by the latest plans for the volcanoes Vesuvius and the Campi Flegrei caldera; evacuation tests have not been carried out since 2006
Europe Italy The arrivals of thousand migrants on Lampedusa, southernmost island off Italy with a population of only 5.000, are continuing; the reception system is collapsing due to its inadequacy to receive large numbers and slow transfers to other destinations
Europe Italy The number of specialized artisans continues to decline, falling by nearly 325.000 (-17,4%) since 2012, impacting on the production of industries and brands that are a symbol of Italy and a significant percentage of its GDP
Europe Italy Clients of specialised operators held over one billion euros in cryptocurrencies in Italy according to data transmitted to the OAM, the body of broker agents, at the end of the first quarter of 2023
Europe Italy Michela Murgia, popular writer and activist, died yesterday at the age of 51; the country mourns a free and independent-thinking intellectual at her funeral today in Rome
Europe Italy The International Monetary Fund revised upwards its growth estimates for the Italian economy - at 1,1% from April’s 0,7%, thus beating the other two major EU economies as well as the eurozone’s average
Europe Italy The National Association of Partisans celebrates 80 years since the end of the fascist regime with the 'anti-fascist pastasciutta' at 220 events across the country in memory of the historic moment when the Cervi family offered pasta on 25 July 1943
Europe Italy The country plans to reopen mines that were closed 30 years ago in an attempt to address the EU's shortage of critical raw materials, owning 16 of the 34 materials the EU is seeking to mine, process and recycle
Europe Italy The country needs to invest more and step up efforts to reach the EU's 2030 carbon emissions reduction target, a government document says; PM Meloni said 'you cannot dismantle the economy and companies for the ecological transition'
Europe Italy 30% of newly published books don't even sell a single copy, despite continuous growth in book production since 2016, reveals a Nomisma study; publishing houses have fallen from 5.491 in 2012 to 4.623 in 2021
Europe Italy In 2023, more than 33% of Italians will forego treatment, due to unavailability of healthcare facilities and waiting lists, according to the Report on the Italian Healthcare System 'The Health Thermometer', compiled by Eurispes and Enpam