Milan’s lucky bull gets its testicles restored
Centuries of superstition, millions of grinding heels, and one lucky bull in need of renovation. The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II’s most intimate mosaic is back under repair.
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Category: North-west Italy
Italy bans Kanye West and Travis Scott concerts
A request from Reggio Emilia’s Jewish community helped trigger the decision to cancel two July concerts by Kanye West. It is the latest in a string of European bans on the rapper now known as Ye.
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Young man stabbed to death at Milan Certosa station
The killing of a 22-year-old at Certosa station has reignited a bitter political argument about urban safety, gang violence. A key question: has Italy’s government has delivered on its law-and-order promises.
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Salone Internazionale del Libro closes with record visitors
The 38th edition of the Salone Internazionale del Libro broke attendance records, filled halls beyond capacity, and confirmed that reading culture in Italy is not only alive but growing younger.
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Turin Book Fair opens with Zadie Smith
The 38th Salone Internazionale del Libro opens in Turin on Thursday with Zadie Smith delivering the inaugural lecture and Alessandro Baricco staging a night of words and music. The programme spans Greek crime fiction to football legend Roberto Baggio. The whole event is around the theme of children as the world’s last hope.
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Sempio uses right to remain silence when questioned
Andrea Sempio invoked his right to remain silent when summoned for questioning over the 2007 killing of Chiara Poggi. The case may now see the man convicted of the murder, Alberto Stasi, have his sentence overturned.
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Garlasco Murder – Prosecutors say Sempio acted alone
Prosecutors in Pavia announced on Wednesday that Andrea Sempio, a 37-year-old friend of Chiara Poggi’s younger brother Marco, killed the 26-year-old economics graduate alone on the morning of 13 August 2007. Previously, he had been accused of conspiracy to murder. Alberto Stasi, Poggi’s ex-boyfriend, has served 16 years for her murder.
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Chiara Petrolini gets 24 years for murdering two newborns
A court in Parma has convicted Chiara Petrolini of the premeditated murder of two babies she secretly delivered and buried on the family property.
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Newborn left in Bergamo’s “Cradle for Life” doing well
A newborn baby boy was safely recovered on Sunday morning after being left in the “Culla per la vita” (Cradle for Life) operated by the Italian Red Cross in Bergamo’s Loreto district. Emergency services were alerted automatically at 9:45 am. The infant was swiftly transferred to the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, where doctors confirmed he […]
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Milan tram derailed killing at least 2 people
A Milan tram derailed on Friday afternoon killing at least two people and injuring around 40 others. It is one of the city’s most serious public transport accidents in recent years, authorities say.
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