At the national conference of the journalist union FNSI, President Mattarella said the State has a duty to ensure the necessary conditions for press independence and pluralism of the media.
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The Sanremo Song Festival ended on a high note early Sunday morning despite political rows. Some members of Premier Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party called for the decapitation or privatisation of State broadcaster Rai because of a perceived leftwing bias.
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Last week, the La Scala Opera House in Milan started its own TV channel. Viewers can watch live or on demand shows.
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Farmers’ association Coldiretti again sounded the alarm about extreme weather in Italy. There has been flooding in southern Italy, whilst the north suffers from low precipitation levels which have badly hit water reserves. As a result, agriculture all over the country is having huge trouble as a consequence.
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told a press conference on Friday that “I consider myself extremely satisfied” with the outcome of the European Council summit. She said the document with the summit’s conclusions “is a great victory for Italy”.
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Today, Italy marks the Day of Remembrance of the Foibe massacres. This was when thousands of Italians were ethnicically cleansed by Tito’s Yougoslav partisans at the end of World War II.
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Excavation work for the Metro C underground line has revealed an artefact from Ancient Rome. On a piece of golden glass is the ancient symbol of Rome.
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Justice Minister Carlo Nordio on Thursday rejected the jailed anarchist leader Alfredo Cospito appeal against his 41 bis regime. The jail regime is usually reserved for mafia bosses, and Cospito has been on hunger strike for 111 days.
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni repeated on Tuesday that two members of her Brothers of Italy (FdI) party should not resign over an alleged leak of sensitive information regarding the case of Alfredo Cospito.
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Pope Francis on Monday voiced his condolences for the estimated 1,500 victims of the 7.8 magnitude Turkey and Syria earthquake that hit early on Monday.
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