Deborah Cater

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.

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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.

Poste Italiane makes bid for telecom provider TIM

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

In the biggest Italian corporate move of 2026, state-controlled Poste Italiane has launched a surprise takeover offer for TIM. This would effectively reverse its privatisation nearly three decades after it left public hands. The market is sceptical. TIM’s board has yet to even appoint advisers, and some say the Meloni government’s fingerprints are all over […]

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Thousands march in Rome in global ‘No Kings’ protest

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

Part anti-Trump, part anti-Meloni, part anti-war – tens of thousands took to the streets of Rome on Saturday in the Italian chapter of the ‘No Kings’ movement. It drew, what organisers say could be the largest day of domestic political protest in US history, with more than nine million participants worldwide.