Train crash averted as storms batter Italy
Rome, 10 September 2025 – A train crash was averted on Wednesday when firefighters halted a locomotive just metres from a sinkhole on the Milan–Lecco line.
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Italy condemns Russian and Israeli Incursions
Rome, 10 September 2025 – Italy has strongly condemned both Russia’s incursions of Polish airspace and Israel’s strikes on Qatar.
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Food prices in Italy 30% higher than 2019
Rome, 10 September 2025 – After two months of stability, food prices in Italy rose by 0.4% in August, ISTAT reported. That marks a 1.4% increase since January and a 4% rise year-on-year compared with August 2024, up from July’s 3.7%.
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Stefano Benni, Master of Satire and Imagination, Dies at 78
Stefano Benni, one of Italy’s most beloved satirical writers, playwrights, and journalists, has died at the age of 78 after a prolonged illness, the Feltrinelli publishing house confirmed on Tuesday.
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Tajani urges caution over Gaza Sumud Flotilla
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday he will call his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar in the coming days to discuss the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla is seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza.
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Opposition demands action after Gaza Flotilla drone Incident
Opposition politicians pressed Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government to condemn an alleged drone attack on a Gaza aid flotilla.
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Spate of workplace tragedies hits Italy again
Italy continues to grapple with a deadly wave of workplace tragedies. On Monday, four men lost their lives in separate incidents across Turin, Riposto (Catania), Monza, and Rome.
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Pope declares Carlo Acutis first Millennial Saint
Pope Leo XIV has declared Carlo Acutis, a London-born Italian who died in 2006 aged 15, the Catholic church’s first millennial saint.
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Italy hosting WTTC tourism summit
Italy will host the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 25th Global Summit in Rome from 28 to 30 September.
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Andrea Camilleri at 100 and the island of Sicily
Andrea Camilleri would have turned one hundred today, 6th September 1925, born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily. His name is synonymous with Inspector Salvo Montalbano, but to regard him merely as a crime writer is to diminish a vast, multifaceted literary legacy.
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