Italy is grappling with a dual economic challenge: workers’ real hourly wages are falling, while export and import flows are shifting markedly. Data released this week by the Istat reveal that, in September 2025, hourly contract wages were 8.8 % lower in real terms compared with January 2021. At the same time, nominal wages held […]
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Italy faces the loss of nearly half its beaches by the end of this century, according to a stark new report from the Italian Geographical Society. The study, Sunken Landscapes, presented in Rome on Tuesday, warns that rising sea levels, erosion, and flooding linked to the climate crisis could submerge up to 20% of Italy’s […]
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The countdown to the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics has officially begun, with just 100 days remaining until the opening ceremony on 6 February. The Games will begin at Milan’s San Siro Stadium and close on 22 February at Verona’s ancient Arena.
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103 ago today, the event known as the March on Rome culminated in the transfer of power in Italy and the rise of Benito Mussolini as prime minister. The march marked the beginning of fascist rule under Mussolini’s leadership.
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Carlo Vettori, 43, ex-chair of Bolzano’s city council, has been placed under strict judicial restrictions. Authorities fitted him with an electronic ankle tag and issued restraining orders after allegations of domestic abuse.
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Italian journalist and author Francesca Barra has reported finding AI-generated nude images of herself on a pornographic website. The discovery has prompted an investigation by Italy’s postal police, adding urgency to growing concerns over digital abuse targeting women.
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A 41-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his former partner to death in Castelnuovo del Garda, near Verona.
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A former Palermo Flying Squad officer was placed under house arrest on Friday on suspicion of obstructing the investigation into the 1980 Mafia assassination of Piersanti Mattarella, then governor of Sicily and brother of Italy’s current president, Sergio Mattarella.
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A 68-year-old construction company owner died on Friday morning after falling more than seven metres at a building site in San Vitaliano, near Naples. It is the latest workplace accident resulting in a string of fatalities.
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Contractor Webuild began recruiting staff on Friday for the construction of the Messina Strait Bridge, set to be the world’s longest suspension bridge, linking Sicily to mainland Italy.
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