Meloni and Trump hold fence-mending talks at G7
Italian premier reaffirms commitment to Western unity at G7 in first meeting with US president since falling-out over Iran war and Pope Leo XIV dispute.
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Centre-left parties schedule public forums ahead of 2027 election
Centre-left alliance leaders Schlein, Conte, Fratoianni, and Bonelli announce two citizen forums in July. The coalition also works to agree a joint programme and a joint leader.
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Stasi gets probation in Garlasco Case
Alberto Stasi, convicted of the 2007 murder of his girlfriend Chiara Poggi after two prior acquittals, has been granted probation. Meanwhile, Pavia prosecutors prepare to send a new suspect to trial on the strength of DNA evidence that may point to a miscarriage of justice.
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Prato’s shadow bank moved €100million a year for mafias
Italian investigators have dismantled an illegal shadow bank in Prato that allegedly channelled up to €100 million a year through an untraceable hawala payment network for Chinese, Albanian and Italian organised crime groups,. There were 41 arrests and €60million seized.
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Meloni calls Book Fair’s anti-Fascism pledge ‘censorship’
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has attacked the Più Libri Più Liberi book fair after organisers announced that publishers must sign a declaration affirming anti-fascist and constitutional values to participate in the December 2026 edition. She called the requirement she called simple censorship.
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On this day: poet Giacomo Leopardi dies
On 14 June 1837, Giacomo Leopardi — poet, philosopher and one of the most original literary minds in the Italian tradition — died in Naples aged 38. He was the victim of the cholera epidemic then sweeping the city. In a life marked by physical suffering, intellectual isolation and serial heartbreak, he produced a body […]
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US tourist robbed at knifepoint in Florence centre
Two suspects were arrested by Carabinieri in Piazza Indipendenza shortly before midnight on Friday after an American tourist was robbed at knifepoint, forced to hand over cash in the centre of Florence.
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Teenager stabs aunt to death and throws body into Livenza river
A 17-year-old boy has confessed to stabbing his 53-year-old aunt Chiara Guerra and disposing of her body in the Livenza river near their home in San Stino di Livenza, in the Metropolitan City of Venice.
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Vannacci launches Futuro Nazionale
Far-right ex-general and MEP Roberto Vannacci has officially founded his new political party, Futuro Nazionale, at a packed Rome ceremony. He positioned the party as a sovereigntist force independent of the centre-right coalition.
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EU Court Adviser: Italy-Albania migrant centres permissible
The Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice has ruled that offshore migrant processing centres are compatible with EU law in principle. However, they added that the Italy-Albania facilities as currently structured may not fully meet the bloc’s asylum guarantees.
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