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Author: Deborah Cater

Deborah Cater holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and is a skilled editor, copywriter, and journalist. As the founder of Italy News Online, she combines her expertise in content creation with an understanding of Italian culture to deliver accurate and engaging news for an English-speaking audience. Deborah splits her time between Italy and Spain.
San Stino di Livenza in Venice, where a 17-year-old stabbed his aunt to death and threw her body in the river.

Teenager stabs aunt to death and throws body into Livenza river

June 14, 2026June 14, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Teenager stabs aunt to death and throws body into Livenza river

A 17-year-old boy has confessed to stabbing his 53-year-old aunt Chiara Guerra and disposing of her body in the Livenza river near their home in San Stino di Livenza, in the Metropolitan City of Venice.

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Roberto Vannacci speaking with press after the launch of his Futuro Nazionale, far-right party.

Vannacci launches Futuro Nazionale

June 14, 2026June 14, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Vannacci launches Futuro Nazionale

Far-right ex-general and MEP Roberto Vannacci has officially founded his new political party, Futuro Nazionale, at a packed Rome ceremony. He positioned the party as a sovereigntist force independent of the centre-right coalition.

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Italy-albania migrant centres from which 49 asylum seekers were returned last night

EU Court Adviser: Italy-Albania migrant centres permissible

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on EU Court Adviser: Italy-Albania migrant centres permissible

The Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice has ruled that offshore migrant processing centres are compatible with EU law in principle. However, they added that the Italy-Albania facilities as currently structured may not fully meet the bloc’s asylum guarantees.

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meloni address lower house

Meloni sets out Italy’s position before EU Summit

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Meloni sets out Italy’s position before EU Summit

Giorgia Meloni used a Lower House session on Thursday to range across NATO spending targets, European unity on Ukraine and sanctions on Israel. She also made a pointed defence of her own record.

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Frescoes in the house of Giacomo Leopardi

Fresco cycle discovered in Giacomo Leopardi’s library

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Fresco cycle discovered in Giacomo Leopardi’s library

A major fresco cycle concealed for centuries has been uncovered during restoration work at Casa Leopardi in Recanati.

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depiction of the Battle of Campaldino

On This Day: The Battle of Campaldino

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on On This Day: The Battle of Campaldino

On 11 June 1289, two armies met on a Tuscan plain and fought a battle whose consequences would shape the Italian Renaissance. The horrors of the Battle of Campaldino would find their way into one of the greatest poems ever written.

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police and AI

Decree regulating police use of AI approved

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Decree regulating police use of AI approved

Italy has passed legislation governing how the police can deploy AI tools, setting human oversight requirements and placing explicit limits on surveillance. It is in compliance with European regulations.

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meloni pledges tax cuts at conf com

Meloni pledges further middle-class tax cuts,

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Meloni pledges further middle-class tax cuts,

The premier used her address to Italy’s retailers association to set out her government’s economic priorities. She promised more tax cuts for middle earners, a crackdown on phantom businesses, and a defence of the high street against the online giants.

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Beatrice Venezi backed by minister for La Fenice

Venezi formally contests La Fenice dismissal

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Venezi formally contests La Fenice dismissal

The conductor Beatrice Venezi has declared her sacking null and discriminatory, launching a legal challenge against the opera house that fired her before she ever raised a baton as its musical director.

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Arrigo Boito, composer and librettist

On this day: death of composer Arrigo Boito

June 10, 2026June 10, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on On this day: death of composer Arrigo Boito

On 10 June 1918, Milan lost one of the most singular figures in Italian cultural life — Arrigo Boito. He was a composer who nearly destroyed his relationship with the country’s greatest opera composer, then went on to make him immortal.

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sex and relationship education in schools now needs parental consent

Italy passes parental consent law for sex and relationship education

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026Deborah Cater
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Il Sole 24 Ore’s 2026 generational quality of life index

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026Deborah Cater
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Italy’s local elections put immigration front and centre

May 25, 2026May 25, 2026Deborah Cater
80th anniversary of the Republic

Quirinale launches 80th anniversary website

May 25, 2026May 25, 2026Deborah Cater
Major transport strikes at end of Feb Train disruption. Transport strikes in November Grass roots unions walkout on 11 June 2026

Rail strike: Grass-roots unions confirm Thursday walkout

June 10, 2026June 10, 2026Deborah Cater
24-hour transport strike back on after TAR ruling General strike

General strike to disrupt transport on 29 May

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026Deborah Cater
Final stage of the Cammino '44 route Memorial to Monte Sole massacre. Image credit: www.cammino44.it

Cammino ’44: new walking route links Nazi-Fascist massacre sites

April 25, 2026April 25, 2026Deborah Cater
northern Italy sea trains start their 2026 services this weekend. By Kabelleger / David Gubler (http://www.bahnbilder.ch) - http://www.bahnbilder.ch/picture/8276, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17185297

Northern Italy’s sea trains return

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026Deborah Cater

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