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- Oct 30
Italy's 2027 budget bill cuts about 7,000 school posts as unions weigh joint action
The draft 2027 budget bill would remove 4,925 teaching posts and 2,049 Ata staff posts from the 2027/28 school year. Unions are considering joint action, and Flc Cgil has already scheduled a strike for 20 November.
- Oct 7
Italian parliament erupts in shouting matches as FdI and M5S clash over Scarpinato
Lawmakers in Rome traded accusations of misdirection and ties to past massacres after the ruling coalition demanded the removal of Roberto Scarpinato from anti-mafia bodies.
- Oct 1
Italian Chamber Rejects Objections to Electoral Reform in 229-151 Secret Ballot
Italy's Chamber of Deputies rejected five constitutional objections against the government's electoral reform bill by 229 votes to 151 in a secret ballot, setting the stage for confidence votes and a final decision on 8 October.
- Jul 9
Algerian migrant slashes woman's face on Milan metro, shouted 'I am a man and Muslim'
A 27-year-old Algerian irregular migrant attacked a young Moroccan woman on the platform of Milan's Duomo metro station, cutting her face and lip with a knife after allegedly yelling 'What are you looking at? I am a man and a Muslim'. The man was arrested at the scene.
- Jun 26
Italian MP expelled from chamber after calling electoral reform a 'coup d'état' and displaying mock ballot
A dramatic protest by +Europa secretary Riccardo Magi, who called the government's electoral reform a 'coup d'état' and tore up a giant mock ballot, led to his expulsion and a brief suspension of the Chamber of Deputies on Friday.
