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Via Crucis to be held at Colosseum in 2025. Photo credit: Sam valadi via Wikipedia under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence.

Via Crucis to take place at Colosseum

April 13, 2025April 13, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome’s annual Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, will be held at the Colosseum on Good Friday, 18 April, at 21:15. The torchlit procession traces its roots back to the 1700s and was reintroduced in 1964 under Pope Paul VI.

11 million Italians are set to travel at Easter for a holiday. Image: Pxhere

Over 11 million Italians set to travel for Easter

April 12, 2025April 12, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Over 11 million Italians will travel during the Easter holidays, generating almost €5 billion in turnover, according to a new survey.

illegal betting platforms - "dangerous people behind them"

Criminal Links Behind Illegal Betting Platforms

April 12, 2025April 12, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Fiorentina and former Roma, Galatasaray, and Aston Villa striker Nicolò Zaniolo admitted he knew illegal betting platforms might involve dangerous people.

Chiara Poggi whom Alberto Stasi was convicted of murdering in 2007

Alberto Stasi Granted Day Release

April 12, 2025April 12, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Alberto Stasi, 41, was granted partial day release on Friday as he nears the end of a 16-year prison sentence. He was convicted in 2015 of murdering his girlfriend, 26-year-old economics graduate Chiara Poggi, in Garlasco near Pavia in 2007.

Sports Betting Probe

April 12, 2025April 12, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Around a dozen Serie A footballers are under investigation in a new illegal sports betting probe, sources said on Friday. The investigation focuses on betting activity up to 2023, police confirmed.

King Charles four-day state visit ends in Ravenna where he and Queen Camilla visited Dante's tomb. Credit: EPA

King Charles reaffirms ties between UK and Italy

April 11, 2025April 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

King Charles made a heartfelt call for unity and peace during a historic address to both houses of Italy’s parliament. He warned that “peace is never to be taken for granted”. The four-day state visit ended on Thursday afternoon.

Libra takes first 16 migrants to be processed in Albania Credit: https://www.seaforces.org/ The Libra is back in action taking migrants to Albania under a new repatriation scheme

Italy transfers 40 migrants under new repatriation scheme

April 11, 2025April 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy has begun transferring migrants to a repurposed facility in Albania, marking the first official use of the site in Gjader since a government decree reclassified its function. The new repatriation scheme reclassifies the Albanian centres as CPRs for irregular migrants.