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Mony-laundering ring uncovered in Rome. Image shows €50 notes in washing machine

Mafia money laundering ring uncovered

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome DDA anti-mafia investigators have uncovered a major money laundering operation linked to crime syndicates in the Italian capital.

Paolini, Musetti and Sinner in Wimbledon quarter-finals

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Lorenzo Musetti on Monday joined Jannik Sinner and Jasmine Paolini in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. It is the first time since Roland Garros in 1948 that Italy has had three players in this stage of a slam.

Artemisia Gentileschi self portrait The Allegory of Painting

On this day in history: Artemisia Gentileschi born

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Artemisia Gentileschi, born on 8th July 1593 in Rome, is one of the most accomplished and influential painters of the Baroque period. She painted scenes from the Bible with dramatic realism, just as Caravaggio had. Her powerful works often show strong and suffering women from myths, allegories, and the Bible.

Salvini and Orban, together in PatriotsforEurope group

League party joins new Patriots for Europe group

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini announced on Monday that his League party is joining Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s new Patriots for Europe group at the EU level.

Wall in what is probably the Emperor Caligula's garden. Photo Fabio Caricchia

Caligula’s garden unearthed in Rome

July 7, 2024July 7, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Jubilee 2025 works uncover new surprises in Rome with another significant archaeological find near the Vatican: the ruins of what is probably the Emperor Caligula’s garden.

Etna eruption with lava and ash - still from video di Vigili del Fuoco on X

Energy increasing inside Etna with lava plumes

July 7, 2024July 7, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Mount Etna on Saturday night belched out another lava plume and a five-kilometre-high column of ashy smoke.

On this day in history: Goffredo Mameli dies

July 6, 2024July 6, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Goffredo Mameli, a fervent follower of political revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini and a supporter of the Risorgimento movement, is the author of the words to the Italian national anthem, “Fratelli d’Italia.” He died on 6th July 1849 in Rome.

Bozzoli on the run after partner and son return from Spain

July 6, 2024July 6, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

In 2015, Giacomo Bozzoli killed his uncle Mario by throwing him into the furnace of their foundry. On Monday, the Supreme Court of Cassation made definitive a life sentence for the 39-year-old businessman. When police went to arrest him, Giacomo Bozzoli was on the run.

CGIL rally in Latina protesting for better protection of off-book workers. Image courtesy of CGIL

3 million off-book workers, unions call for government to do more

July 6, 2024July 6, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

At a rally in Latina, the CGIL union chief called for the government to do more about the 3 million off-book workers in Italy.

Tourism Minister Santanchè Image: Instagram

Prosecutor requests trial for Tourism Minister Santanchè

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

On 4th July 2024, the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office requested the trial of Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè and 16 others for false accounting related to the Visibilia case.