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Flavio Cobolli sets up all Italian semi-final at Roland Garros in 2026.

Cobolli win ensures first Italian all-male major semi-final

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Cobolli win ensures first Italian all-male major semi-final

The 24-year-old Roman, Flavio Cobolli, upset fourth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in four sets on Wednesday to reach his maiden grand slam semi-final. He will face either Matteo Berrettini or Matteo Arnaldi in an unprecedented all-Italian showdown.

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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 on Milan US Consulate probe: manager arrested trying to leave Italy

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.

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Mattarella likely to be re-elected President talks about 1946 referendum

Mattarella recalls 1946 vote that gave birth to Republic

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Mattarella recalls 1946 vote that gave birth to Republic

ROME – President Sergio Mattarella has marked the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic by recalling the historic referendum in 1946 that abolished the monarchy and set Italy on a new democratic path after the Second World War.

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caver freed from flying boars cave in Piemonte

Young caver rescued after 12 hours trapped

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Young caver rescued after 12 hours trapped

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.

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overturned car in which a sixteen-year-old was killed

Sixteen-year-old killed as teenagers flee Carabinieri checkpoint

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Sixteen-year-old killed as teenagers flee Carabinieri checkpoint

A car chase lasting three kilometres ended in tragedy near Orta Nova when a vehicle carrying five underage passengers, all over the alcohol limit, overturned on a dangerous bend. A sixteen-year-old as killed.

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Ansa exhibition women of the republic - the 80 years of gradual women's rights

Exhibition charts eighty years of women’s rights in Italy

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Exhibition charts eighty years of women’s rights in Italy

From the first female mayors elected in 1946 to the introduction of femicide as a specific criminal offence, a new ANSA exhibition opening in Rome traces the long road of women’s rights. However, those who walked it caution against complacency.

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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 on 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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Kanye West, aka Ye

Italy bans Kanye West and Travis Scott concerts

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on 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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Still from surveillance cameras as military horses spooked by fireworks, break free on Rome's streets

Military horses stampede through Rome after fireworks prank

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Military horses stampede through Rome after fireworks prank

A traffic officer’s late-night joke with firecrackers sent 35 military horses bolting down one of Rome’s busiest roads. In total, four people and up to 15 animals were injured — the night before final rehearsals for the 2 June celebrations.

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Fourteen children injured as school bus overturns in collision

May 30, 2026May 30, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Fourteen children injured as school bus overturns in collision

A Nissan Qashqai, whose driver allegedly ran a stop sign, struck a school bus head-on in Mazara del Vallo. The bus overturned, resulting in two children to hospital in Palermo by helicopter.

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Mother and baby. Motherhood aspiration controversy continues births at lowest number since WW2

Births at post-war low in 2025

July 30, 2026July 30, 2026Deborah Cater
sex and relationship education in schools now needs parental consent

Italy passes parental consent law for sex and relationship education

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026Deborah Cater
Quality of life across generations in Italy

Il Sole 24 Ore’s 2026 generational quality of life index

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026Deborah Cater
Run-off votes in local elections Referendum votes

Italy’s local elections put immigration front and centre

May 25, 2026May 25, 2026Deborah Cater
Basilica di Santo Spirito in Florence, where a Michelangelo crucifix hangs. Lucarelli, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Michelangelo crucifix most visitors never see

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026Deborah Cater
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Umbrian plateau becomes a living rainbow

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026Deborah Cater
Aerial view of Pietrabbondante https://molise.guideslow.it/

Pietrabbondante: A Samnite mountaintop sanctuary

July 15, 2026July 15, 2026Deborah Cater
tourist tax revenues in Florence highest in Italy for 2024

Florence named best city in Europe by Travel + Leisure readers

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026Deborah Cater

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