Giuseppe Sala
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- Oct 26
Mantovano links youth unrest to drugs as Milan and Turin protests divide Italy
Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano said many young people involved in the 17 and 18 October disorders had taken drugs, while Milan's mayor asked for a meeting with Giorgia Meloni over the economic hardship behind the protests.
- Oct 22
Pierfrancesco Majorino announces run for Milan mayor, calls for centre-left renewal
Pierfrancesco Majorino, the Pd group leader in the Lombardy regional council, launched his bid for Milan mayor on the evening of 22 October from the Corvetto district. He promised a sharper left turn on housing and living costs while the centre-left primaries remain undecided.
- Oct 21
Youth protests spread across Europe as cost of living and school cuts fuel unrest
Protests over living costs, housing and school budgets have spread from France to Italy, Spain, Belgium, Albania and Portugal, with riots and mass arrests in several cities.
- Oct 15
Cost-of-living protests turn violent in Milan, Bologna and Turin; 36 officers hurt
Groups of young protesters clashed with police in Milan, Bologna and Turin on Saturday, 17 October, leaving 36 officers hurt in Bologna and about 50 people detained in Milan.
- Oct 2
Milan university student suffers skull fracture in assault by far-right activists
A 20-year-old university student underwent surgery for a skull fracture after twelve militants from Blocco Studentesco attacked him outside Milan's Albert Einstein high school for tearing down their posters.
- Sep 30
Mattarella and Landini attend CGIL 120th anniversary ceremony at Milan's La Scala
Italian President Sergio Mattarella and union leader Maurizio Landini marked 120 years of the CGIL at Teatro alla Scala, where Landini condemned rising European military spending.
- Sep 25
Milan Malpensa Airport officially renamed after Silvio Berlusconi despite legal disputes
Officials unveiled a plaque at Terminal 1 on Friday to rename Italy's second-largest airport after the late former prime minister, as Milan's mayor boycotted the ceremony following two years of municipal court challenges.
- Sep 24
Giorgia Meloni attends Milan Fashion Week gala dinner, pledging 100 million euros in sector support
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined fashion executives at Palazzo Reale in Milan on 23 September 2026, marking the first prime ministerial visit to Milan Fashion Week in ten years.
- Jul 23
Vannacci poaches Forza Italia's Milan chief, vows to name mayoral candidate before August break
Luca Bernardo, Forza Italia's former group leader in Milan's city council, has left the party to join Roberto Vannacci's Futuro Nazionale. Vannacci used the occasion to promise a mayoral candidate for the city before the August break.
- Jun 27
Milan Pride delays start to 5 p.m. as heatwave grips Italy; Paris cancels its parade entirely
Organisers pushed the Milan Pride parade back by 90 minutes to 5 p.m. on Saturday and deployed medical checkpoints along the route, while Paris cancelled its own Pride event over extreme heat.
