On 29 March 1516, the Doge of Venice signed a decree that changed a word forever. The small island in the Cannaregio quarter to which Venice’s Jewish population was confined would give its name — ghetto — to every enforced urban segregation in history.
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In the biggest Italian corporate move of 2026, state-controlled Poste Italiane has launched a surprise takeover offer for TIM. This would effectively reverse its privatisation nearly three decades after it left public hands. The market is sceptical. TIM’s board has yet to even appoint advisers, and some say the Meloni government’s fingerprints are all over […]
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Part anti-Trump, part anti-Meloni, part anti-war – tens of thousands took to the streets of Rome on Saturday in the Italian chapter of the ‘No Kings’ movement. It drew, what organisers say could be the largest day of domestic political protest in US history, with more than nine million participants worldwide.
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While Rome was convulsed by resignations and referendum fallout, Giorgia Meloni slipped quietly to Algiers for what may be the most consequential meeting of her premiership. The visit underlines how Italy has built an irreplaceable energy and security partnership in North Africa — and how the Iran war has made Algeria more valuable than ever.
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Born 28 March 1472 in Savignano di Prato, Tuscany, Fra Bartolommeo, a Dominican friar and High Renaissance master, whose figures were said to move “with a seraphic grace that must have struck the young Raphael with the force of revelation.”
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A tiny devotional panel, Ecce Homo, by Antonello da Messina, worn smooth by centuries of prayer, went on display in Rome’s Senate on Thursday. At $14.9 million, it is almost certainly the last work by one of Italy’s most transformative painters still in private hands.
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The European Parliament has endorsed the creation of offshore migrant return hubs outside EU territory, exactly the model Italy pioneered with its controversial Albania deal. Meloni is celebrating, but her own centres have been frozen by the courts for months, and the price tag has soared to seven times the equivalent cost in Italy itself.
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The European Parliament has passed the bloc’s first-ever criminal anti-corruption framework by an overwhelming majority and Italy, which fought hard to keep abuse of office off the statute book, now faces a legal obligation to bring it back. The timing, just days after Meloni’s government suffered its referendum defeat on judicial reform, could hardly be […]
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Premier Giorgia Meloni has taken on the tourism portfolio herself after forcing the resignation of Daniela Santanchè, who faced a mounting pile of criminal probes. The decision to fold the ministry into the prime ministerial office rather than appoint a successor raises pointed questions about trust and priorities.
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A new immersive experience at the Museo dell’Ara Pacis will allow visitors to rediscover one of ancient Rome’s most important monuments through light, sound and narration.
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