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US Open 2025 - Sinner and Musetti meet in quarter-final Sinner and Musetti to contest two grass courts finals 23rd June 2024

Sinner and Musetti set for US Open clash

September 2, 2025September 3, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti will meet in an all-Italian quarter-final at the US Open after crushing their opponents on Monday.

Blue Crab in Adriatic Sea. By WitherSweat - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=167753329

Blue crab crisis devastates Italy’s clam farms

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s blue crab emergency is worsening, hitting clam farms in central regions as well as the northern epicentre of the invasion.

First woman mayor of Florence, Sara Funaro, Image courtesy of PRESS OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF FLORENCE Funaro is one of the victims of the lewd website, since shut down

Florence police identify man behind lewd website

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The man accused of running a lewd website that published sexualised photos of dozens of Italian women, including Premier Giorgia Meloni, has been identified in Florence.

French PM accuses Italy of fiscal dumping. Image credit: Abdul Saboor/Reuters

Rome rejects French PM Bayrou’s ‘fiscal dumping’ claim

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Italian government expressed astonishment on Sunday after French Prime Minister François Bayrou accused Rome of practising “fiscal dumping”.

Siena Express vintage rail service to run from Rome

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Treinitalia launches the Siena Express, a vintage rail service between Rome and Siena this autumn, offering what organisers describe as a slow-paced journey “into the soul of Tuscany”.

The black cube in Florence which is causing a stir

Florence ‘black cube’ sparks outcry

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s Ministry of Culture has launched an inquiry into Florence’s so-called “black cube,” a controversial ultramodern building in the city’s historic centre.

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

Train strike to disrupt Italy rail services

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy faces major rail disruption due to a 21-hour nationwide train strike starting 21.00 on Thursday 4th September. Services will be affected until 18.00 on Friday 5th September.

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On this day in history: birth of artist Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

August 30, 2025August 30, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, one of Venice’s most original painters and printmakers, was born on 30th August, 1727. The eldest of Giambattista Tiepolo’s painter-sons carved out his own artistic identity, moving from grand Baroque fresco cycles to intimate, wry portraits of everyday Venetian life. He also had an enduring obsession with the comic figure of Pulcinella.

sexist platforms such as Mia Moglie need to be shut down

Class action launched against sexist platforms

August 30, 2025August 30, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A formal class action has been launched against two now-infamous sexist platforms, Mia Moglie (My Wife) and Phica.eu, which shared manipulated or intimate images of women without consent, civil and criminal lawyer Annamaria Bernardini de Pace told ANSA on Friday.

Milan council propose new home for leoncavallo

Milan Council considers new home for Leoncavallo

August 30, 2025August 30, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Milan city council on Thursday approved guidelines for a possible new home for the Leoncavallo social centre, a week after its eviction. The proposed site is in a building in the city’s southeastern suburbs, with a potential 90-year lease, sources said. Police enforced the eviction order last Thursday against the long-standing leftist and countercultural squat. […]