Italian police are investigating a Somali asylum-seeker for attempted murder after he allegedly slashed two ticket controllers aboard a bus in the beach resort town of Rimini. He then wounded three other people, including a boy, as he fled.
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Two people have been killed and nine injured – four seriously – after a tornado tore through the Italian island of Pantelleria. Residents describe the scene as ‘apocalyptic’.
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Venice has long been working out how to control tourism numbers and make the city habitable for locals. Booking via an app, turnstiles and a tourist tax are all in the offing.
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On Sunday 12th September, Ravenna will commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death. It sees the culmination of celebrations launched a year ago by the President Sergio Mattarella, who symbolically reopened the doors of Dante’s tomb in Ravenna at the end of the restoration.
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On Thursday night gunshots rang out at a centre named after a murdered priest. He had been gunned down by the Comorra in 1994.
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There were almost 80,000 visitors in August at the Royal Palace of Caserta. The complex, after registering a large turnout in June and July, saw a boom in mainly Italian tourists but also of many foreigners.
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The Mayor of Rome, Five Star Movement’s Virginia Raggi, accuses Lazio regional government of failing to tackle the wild boar problem
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Less than a week after the Milan fire, a Turin tower block catches fire. Five people were slightly hurt as a result.
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On Saturday, 4th September, the Casa Martelli museum reopens in Florence. An integral part of the Bargello museums group it has been closed to the public for over a year.
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A teacher at the Curie-Levi Institute in Turin, Giuseppe Pantaleo, turned up for a second day without a Green Pass. After refusing to leave the building, the school called the carabinieri.
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