Italian women who retired in 2025 received state pensions that were on average about 26.5% lower than those granted to men, according to the national social security agency INPS. The disparity highlights persistent gender inequality in retirement income and reflects broader labour-market gaps.
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Paper ID cards will no longer be valid in Italy from 4 August 2026, regardless of the expiry date printed on the document. Italian authorities are urging holders of paper identity cards to apply in advance for the electronic identity card, known as the carta d’identità elettronica (CIE).
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Italian motorways have many tolls, which means you need to pay to drive on them. This guide looks at what you need to drive on the Italian motorways and what the different signs mean.
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The 2025 edition of the annual quality of life survey by Il Sole 24 Ore names Trento as the Italian province with the highest living standards. Second place goes to Bolzano, followed by Udine in third.
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Italy’s retirement age is expected to move towards 70 in the coming decades as the country adapts to fast-ageing demographics, according to the OECD’s Pensions at a Glance 2025 report released on Thursday.
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Italy’s Lower House on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that introduces a specific crime of femicide into the country’s criminal code. The femicide law is now actionable.
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Calabria had the third-highest share of people at risk of poverty in the European Union in 2024, according to new Eurostat data released on Monday. The region recorded a rate of 37.2%, behind only French Guyane (53.3%) and the Spanish city of Melilla (41.4%).
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Italy’s adolescents are living in an “onlife” world, where the digital and physical spheres merge. Save the Children’s 16th Atlas of Childhood (at Risk), released ahead of World Children’s Day, paints a complex picture.
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Italy is set to reinstate 4 October as a national public holiday in honour of St Francis of Assisi, nearly 50 years after the date was removed from the calendar.
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Rome, 10 September 2025 – After two months of stability, food prices in Italy rose by 0.4% in August, ISTAT reported. That marks a 1.4% increase since January and a 4% rise year-on-year compared with August 2024, up from July’s 3.7%.
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