- 2d ago
Tornado damages Cremona Cathedral spire and 13th-century civic tower
A violent storm with hail and gale-force winds hit Cremona on Friday afternoon, flooding underpasses, damaging hundreds of vehicles, and causing structural collapses at the Duomo and the municipal civic tower without causing injuries.
- Aug 23
Italy marks ten years since Amatrice earthquake as residents protest rebuilding delays
Ten years after the 2016 Central Italy earthquake killed 299 people, Italian leaders visited Amatrice while residents held an alternative mass in a container chapel to protest prolonged reconstruction delays.
- Aug 19
Italy prepares September talks for Ex Ilva steel sale as Italian consortium bids for cold operations
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will convene talks at Palazzo Chigi in September 2026 to review acquisition offers for Taranto's Ex Ilva steel plant following bids from an Italian consortium, Jindal, and Flacks.
- Aug 10
Rai weighs removing Report host Sigfrido Ranucci after bombing suspect ties emerge
Italian public broadcaster Rai is considering reassigning investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci following the arrest of Valter Lavitola, who admitted to arranging an October bombing at Ranucci's residence.
- Aug 9
Meloni condemns Belgian union protest at Marcinelle mining disaster commemoration
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned Belgian union members who silently turned their backs to Italian Senate president Ignazio La Russa during the 70th anniversary commemoration of the Bois du Cazier mining disaster in Marcinelle on 8 August 2026.
- Aug 8
Marcinelle 70th anniversary ceremony descends into political confrontation
The 70th anniversary of the 1956 Marcinelle mining disaster at the Bois du Cazier mine in Charleroi, Belgium, was overshadowed by protests from the Belgian trade union Fgtb against Italian Senate President Ignazio La Russa, triggering a political feud between Fratelli d'Italia and CGIL.
- Aug 6
Francesco Guccini dies at 86: private funeral in Pavana, public tribute planned for September in Bologna
Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini died on 6 August 2026 at 86 in Pavana. A private funeral was held on 8 August, with a public commemoration planned for September in Bologna.
- Aug 2
Bologna marks 46th anniversary of 1980 station bombing as Fakir relatives join march alongside mayor under police protection
Thousands marched from Palazzo d'Accursio to the station on 2 August 2026 for the 46th anniversary of the bombing that killed 85 people, with relatives of Abderrahim Fakir walking at the front alongside mayor Matteo Lepore, who attended under escort after social-media threats linked to the Fakir case.
- Jul 26
Jeweler Mario Roggero, serving 14-year sentence for killing robbers, appeals to Mattarella for pardon from Bollate prison
Mario Roggero, the jeweler from Grinzane Cavour sentenced to 14 years and 9 months for killing two robbers and wounding a third during a 2021 shop raid, has made a new appeal from Bollate prison for President Sergio Mattarella to examine his pardon request with attention and humanity.
- Jul 22
Turin court rejects jeweller Roggero's bid to suspend prison term as pardon debate intensifies
The Turin Surveillance Office denied Mario Roggero's request to suspend his 14-year-9-month sentence for killing two robbers, citing no urgency. The case now moves to higher courts amid a political clash over a presidential pardon.
- Jul 19
Italy's Meloni asks justice minister to launch pardon for jeweler who killed two robbers
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed she has asked Justice Minister Carlo Nordio to initiate the pardon process for Mario Roggero, the 72-year-old jeweler definitively sentenced to 14 years and 9 months for killing two robbers in 2021.
- 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.
- Jul 15
Mario Roggero's wife appeals to Mattarella for pardon as Salvini visits the jeweller in prison and the League pushes for broader self-defence law
Mariangela Sandrone made her appeal through La Stampa while the League's Matteo Salvini visited her 72-year-old husband at Bollate prison for the second day, suggesting he write a book.
- Jul 14
Italy passes security bill extending preventive detention to minors, targeting nightlife violence and youth gangs
A 20-minute Cabinet meeting on 14 July 2026 approved a package of measures giving police broader authority to detain minors deemed dangerous in crowded areas and to ban gatherings of five or more people linked to intimidation or violence, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi announced.
- Jul 14
Italian Lower House passes electoral reform bill, sending Stabilicum to Senate with 217 votes
The bill introduces a proportional system with a majority bonus for coalitions reaching 42% of the vote, replacing the current mixed system. Opposition parties protested, calling the move a power grab ahead of next year's general election.
- Jul 12
Mattarella joins Andria ceremony marking 10 years since Puglia train crash that killed 23
President Sergio Mattarella laid a wreath and greeted victims' families in Andria on the 10th anniversary of the head-on collision that killed 23 and injured 51 on the single-track Andria-Corato line.
- Jul 4
Mattarella to Trump: US and Italy must work together for peace on 250th Independence Day
Italian President Sergio Mattarella sent a message to US President Donald Trump on the 250th anniversary of American independence, stressing the essential need for the two nations to continue working together for peace, security, and prosperity.
- Jul 2
Italian insurers collect €182bn in premiums in 2025, but catastrophe coverage remains at 7% for homes
Total premiums in Italy's insurance sector reached 182 billion euros in 2025, up 7.8%, but only 7% of homes and 15% of businesses have natural catastrophe cover, the ANIA annual assembly in Rome heard.
- Jul 2
Opposition resigns en bloc from Italian RAI oversight commission, leaving public broadcaster without parliamentary supervision
The president of Italy's parliamentary commission overseeing public broadcaster RAI and all opposition members resigned on 2 July, accusing the right-wing majority of paralysing the body for nearly two years to force through a loyalist candidate for RAI's top job.
- Jun 27
46 years after Ustica massacre, Mattarella calls truth an irrenounceable duty as investigation risks closure
On the 46th anniversary of the Ustica air disaster, President Mattarella insisted that reconstructing the downing of Itavia flight 870 remains an irrenounceable duty, while families of the 81 victims condemned a prosecutor's request to close the investigation as a defeat for justice.
