- Oct 7
Italian President Sergio Mattarella grants partial pardon to Sicilian jeweler Guido Gianni
Italian President Sergio Mattarella reduced the prison sentence of 66-year-old jeweler Guido Gianni by three years and two months, making him eligible to seek probation after serving over five years for a fatal 2008 robbery shooting.
- Oct 5
Italy's lower house passes Meloni's electoral reform 227 to 164, opposition calls it unconstitutional
The reform introduces a proportional system with a seat bonus for alliances above 42% of the vote. Centre-left parties say it is meant to keep Meloni in power, and legal challenges are being prepared for when the law takes effect.
- Oct 4
Italy marks 800 years since Saint Francis's death with Assisi addresses by Mattarella and Zuppi
Italian President Sergio Mattarella and CEI President Matteo Zuppi led commemorations in Assisi on 4 October 2026, delivering addresses on peace while regional officials confirmed a new pediatric hospice.
- Oct 2
Sergio Mattarella conducts first state visit by an Italian president to Monaco
President Sergio Mattarella arrived at the Prince's Palace on Friday for a two-day state visit, marking the first time an Italian head of state has officially visited the Principality of Monaco.
- Oct 1
Italy bans school face veils and sets 30% language quotas for foreign students
President Sergio Mattarella signed an emergency decree prohibiting face coverings in Italian schools and introducing classroom quotas for non-fluent foreign pupils.
- 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 22
Sergio Mattarella opens school year in Amatrice and calls for classroom integration
Italian President Sergio Mattarella opened the national school year at Amatrice's rebuilt Sergio Marchionne institute, rejecting student segregation and condemning violence against teachers.
- Sep 13
Italy holds State funeral for Emma Bonino with Mattarella and Meloni attending
Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Premier Giorgia Meloni joined cross-party leaders at Rome City Hall for the secular State funeral of civil-rights activist and former foreign minister Emma Bonino.
- Sep 12
Italian Senate quadruples ballot signature rules to 6,000 per district for new parties
The Italian Senate approved an amendment raising the signature threshold from 1,500 to 6,000 per constituency for parties outside parliament, drawing protests from opposition leaders.
- 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 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 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
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.