- Jul 25
Palermo city council votes to phase out horse-drawn carriages for electric vehicles
Sicilian capital votes to gradually replace horse-drawn tourist carriages with electric vehicles and adopts a new animal welfare regulation, sparking calls for other Italian cities to follow suit.
- Jul 19
Italy marks 34th anniversary of Via D'Amelio bombing as Mattarella says mafia's subversive design was defeated
President Mattarella, Mayor Lagalla, and other officials gathered in Palermo to honor judge Paolo Borsellino and his five police escorts killed by the mafia on 19 July 1992, while calls for full truth persist.
