North-west Italy: News archives in English

ATM staff suspended for using security cameras to film women

June 17, 2026June 17, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

ATM employees placed under criminal investigation and stripped of pay after footage from onboard CCTV systems was allegedly shared in sexist group chat.

SHoP Conceptual design photo with historic elements featured. Image credit: https://oboculturalheritage.state.gov/milan-new-us-consulate-general/

Milan US Consulate probe: manager arrested trying to leave Italy

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

MILAN – A Turkish executive at the centre of an investigation into the alleged exploitation of migrant workers on the construction site of the new US Consulate in Milan has been arrested while attempting to leave Italy.

caver freed from flying boars cave in Piemonte

Young caver rescued after 12 hours trapped

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Forty-two rescue specialists from three regions worked through the night to free a twenty-year-old caver whose leg was pinned by a boulder in the Cinghiali Volanti cave in the Garessio mountains.

Bull mosaic in Galreria, Milan which is in need of testicular renovation. Image credit: Getty Images

Milan’s lucky bull gets its testicles restored

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

Italy bans Kanye West and Travis Scott concerts

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

Milan Certosa station By Sergio D’Afflitto, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40771908

Young man stabbed to death at Milan Certosa station

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino Image credit: Turin Book Fair 2026

Salone Internazionale del Libro closes with record visitors

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

Zadie Smith will open the Turin Book Fair 2026. Image credit: Turin Book Fair

Turin Book Fair opens with Zadie Smith

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

Sempio uses right to remain silence when questioned

May 7, 2026May 7, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.

Andrea Sempio is now accused of having committed the murder of Chiara Poggi alone.

Garlasco Murder – Prosecutors say Sempio acted alone

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

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.