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Italy reviews of use of air bases on case by case basis. Image shows entrance to Sigonella base.

Italy clarifies position over US use of air bases

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy denied the United States permission for bombers to land at the Naval Air Station Sigonella, according to informed sources. The decision followed the government’s stated policy on the use of US air bases during the Iran conflict.

Elena Chiorino resigns from all Piedmont posts following Rome steakhouse affair.

Mafia steakhouse affair claims another political scalp

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Elena Chiorino’s full resignation from regional politics deepens the fallout from a steakhouse partnership that has already cost a government undersecretary his post. And the scandal is not over yet.

Sinner wins Sunshine Double

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s world number two, Jannik Sinner, matches a Federer landmark of winning the Sunshine Double, whilst shattering a Djokovic record in a dominant March on the tennis circuit.

Meloni with Coalition partners. Meloni Salvini Tajani . They reject the idea of an early election. Créditos: @Andrew Medichini

Tajani and Salvini dismiss idea of early election

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s coalition partners insist the government will serve its full term and not seek an early election despite the first major setback of Meloni’s premiership, three ministerial departures, and mounting questions about the road to 2027.

Teen arrested in Perugia accused of planning school massacre. mage shows generic image of Carabinieri arresting someone and putting them in the car.

Teen arrested for planning school massacre

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s counter-terrorism unit has arrested a 17-year-old planning a neo-Nazi inspired school massacre. It is the latest in a series of alarming incidents raising urgent questions about youth violence and online radicalisation.

Fragment of portrait of Joachim Murat, Prince d’Empire, Grand Duke of Clèves and of Berg, King of Naples under the name of Napoleon in 1808 (1767-1815), Marshal of France in 1804 By François Gérard - [1] See full portrait:[2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=264241

On this day: Gioacchino Murat issues Rimini Proclamation

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

On 30 March 1815, a declaration was made in the Adriatic city of Rimini that would echo through Italian history for generations. “Italians! The hour has come to engage in your highest destiny… From the Alps to the straits of Sicily, there is but one cry — Italian independence.” The words were stirring, visionary, and […]

Take a … KitKat – 400,000 F1 branded KitKats stolen in Italy

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

There are bolder crimes. There are more lucrative crimes. There are crimes that will be remembered long after the perpetrators are gone. But few crimes in recent memory have had quite the same combination of audacity, absurdity, and chocolate as the theft of an entire lorry carrying 413,793 Formula 1-branded KitKat bars.

Italian authorities raid LVMH offices over marketing of Sephora and Benefit brands to young children. Image shows young girls using beauty products.

Italy investigates Sephora and Benefit over “cosmeticorexia”

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

In a European first, Italian regulators have raided LVMH offices over accusations that its beauty brands – Sephora and Benefit – used child micro-influencers to push anti-ageing creams and serums on children as young as ten.

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Art theft: Masterpieces vanish from Italian museum in 3 minutes

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A midnight art theft at the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma has shocked the art world, with thieves making off with three Impressionist masterpieces worth an estimated €9 million.

The main square in the Ghetto By Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26020929

On this day: Venice creates its ghetto

March 29, 2026March 29, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

On 29 March 1516, the Doge of Venice signed a decree that changed a word forever. The small island in the Cannaregio quarter to which Venice’s Jewish population was confined would give its name — ghetto — to every enforced urban segregation in history.