EU Pact on Migration and Asylum agreed
Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi celebrated the recent agreement on the EU’s new Pact on Migration and Asylum, hailing it as a triumph for Italy.
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Italy’s Top Archaeological Finds of 2023
At Italy News Online, we’ve reported on a number of discoveries from ancient times. From incomparable mosaics in Rome to Pompeii’s pizza fresco, we take a look back at some of Italy’s top archaeological finds of 2023.
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Nationalist government opts for Italian heads of top museums
Italy’s Ministry of Culture revealed new leadership appointments for several prominent museums last week. They included the Uffizi in Florence previously headed by German-born Eike Schmidt.
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Cyberattack on Italian government organisations
On 8th December the Italian cloud service provider Westpole experienced an alleged ransomware attack, with the Lockbit 3.0 variant reportedly employed by threat actors. This cyberattack significantly disrupted the operations of various local and government organisations.
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Ferragni donates €1million to Turin’s Regina Margherita children’s hospital
On Friday, Italy’s Antitrust authority said it had issued fines of over €1million to companies linked to influencer Chiara Ferragni over sales of her designer Pandoro. The influencer initially challenged the fines, but on Monday she announced she would be making a €1million donation to the Turin children’s hospital.
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On this day in history: Italo Svevo born
On 19th December 1861, the world welcomed one of Italy’s literary pioneers, Aron Ettore Schmitz, better known by his pen name, Italo Svevo. A master of introspection and a keen observer of the human psyche, Svevo’s works remain popular in the Italian canon of literature.
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Climate and war to global risks which threaten world survival – Mattarella
On Monday, President Sergio Mattarella highlighted global risks confronting the world today which pose a threat to its very survival.
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Cardinal Becciu convicted of financial crimes
On Saturday, a Vatican court handed down a historic verdict, sentencing Angelo Becciu, a once influential Italian cardinal and former adviser to Pope Francis, to five years and six months in prison for financial crimes. This marked a significant moment, as Becciu became the highest-ranking clergyman in the Catholic Church to face a Vatican criminal […]
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On this day in history: Pope Paul III excommunicates England’s King Henry VIII
On December 17, 1538, Pope Paul III proclaimed the excommunication of King Henry VIII of England. However, the dissolution of the monasteries, rather than the king’s divorce of Catherine of Aragon was the final straw leading to his expulsion from the Catholic Church.
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Superbonus cost equivalent of annual healthcare budget says Meloni
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated her criticism of the previous government’s contentious ‘Superbonus’ subsidy for eco-friendly home improvements, asserting it drained the state’s funds equivalent to the annual spending on healthcare.
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