On 23 April 1554, Venice lost one of the most remarkable literary voices the Italian Renaissance had produced. Gaspara Stampa, considered the greatest woman poet of the Italian Renaissance, died at just 31 years old. She left behind a body of work that would take centuries to receive the recognition it deserved.
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Italy has failed to bring its budget deficit below the EU’s 3% threshold. This leaves the country trapped in an excessive-deficit infringement procedure and prompting a furious response from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. She squarely blames the Superbonus home improvement scheme inherited from her predecessor.
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A tourist has been charged with defacing a historic monument after allegedly climbing the iconic Neptune Fountain in Florence’s Piazza della Signoria to touch the statue’s genitals. It was, she said, a pre-wedding prank dared by friends.
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Italy’s competition watchdog has launched a formal investigation into Booking.com. It alleges that the platform’s partner ranking programmes may be misleading consumers and pushing them towards pricier accommodation without their knowledge.
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Italy’s data protection authority has handed Poste Italiane and its payments subsidiary PostePay a combined fine of more than €12.5 million. The authority concluded that the companies unlawfully processed the personal data of millions of users through their mobile apps.
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Born on 22 April 1891, in a small Piedmontese town, Vittorio Jano went on to become one of the most consequential figures in the history of motor racing. He was a quiet, methodical genius whose engines powered world champions across four decades and three of Italy’s most famous automotive brands.
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Palermo has claimed its place in the record books with the creation of a giant arancina weighing 62.3 kilograms. Unveiled last Sunday on Palermo’s Mondello beach, it surpasses a previous record set in Messina in 2023.
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Russian state television presenter Vladimir Solovyov, the Kremlin’s most prominent propaganda voice, launched a foul-mouthed attack on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on live television on Tuesday, prompting Italy to summon the Russian ambassador in formal protest.
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The government is racing against a Liberation Day deadline to salvage its flagship security decree. President Sergio Mattarella signalled he cannot sign off on a controversial €615 incentive for lawyers who secure the voluntary repatriation of migrant clients.
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Elvira Amata, Sicily’s regional tourism councillor and a member of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, has been ordered to stand trial on corruption charges. She is the latest in a series of judicial difficulties to beset the right-wing coalition’s Sicilian operation.
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