Italy enacts stricter animal protection law
Italy’s new animal welfare law came into force on 1 July. The so-called Brambilla Law increases penalties for cruelty and grants animals new legal status.
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Fatal incident halts flights at Milan Bergamo airport
All flights at Milan Bergamo Airport were suspended for nearly two hours on Tuesday morning after a man was killed by an aircraft engine. According to Italy’s national news agency ANSA, the man was sucked into the engine of a Volotea plane preparing for take-off.
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Sommelier killed in roof collapse at Michelin restaurant
A 31-year-old woman has died after the roof collapse at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the coastal town of Terracina, south of Rome, on Monday night.
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Roman busts restore interest to Vasari Corridor
Florence’s Vasari Corridor has regained its artistic spirit with the addition of several Roman busts from the Uffizi Gallery. This brings new life to the historic walkway which has been empty since it reopened last year.
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Cobolli into Wimbledon Quarter-Finals
Flavio Cobolli is quietly making noise at Wimbledon. The 23-year-old from Florence advanced to his first Grand Slam quarter-final on Monday, beating 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic in four sets: 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(3).
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Chinese man arrested in Milan on US espionage warrant
A 33-year-old Chinese man was arrested at Milan Malpensa airport on July 3 on a US espionage warrant. The arrest occurred shortly after he arrived in Italy, according to sources.
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Italian belly dancer arrested in Egypt for ‘offending public morals’
An Egyptian-born, naturalised Italian belly dancer has been arrested in Cairo amid a renewed crackdown on the traditional art form, la Repubblica reported on Monday.
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Worker dies as Italy suffers with ongoing heatwave
A 58-year-old construction worker collapsed and died in the ongoing heatwave on a building site in the town of Atina, near Frosinone, on Friday morning. It was the second heat-related death on a construction site in the province in just three days.
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Andrea Bajani wins 2025 Strega Prize
Andrea Bajani has won the 2025 Premio Strega, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, with his novel L’anniversario (The Anniversary). The Rome-born author secured 194 votes, comfortably ahead of runner-up Elisabetta Rasy’s Perduto è questo mare, which received 133.
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Explosion at petrol station in Rome injures 45
A massive gas explosion at a petrol station in northeast Rome on Friday injured 45 people, including police, firefighters, and emergency workers. The second of two explosions, triggered after a truck hit a gas pipe, was heard across the capital and sent a thick plume of smoke into the sky.
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