Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has embarked on an unannounced diplomatic tour of the Gulf, meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on Friday before heading to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. This makes her the first leader from an EU or NATO country to visit the region since the current Middle […]
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A leftwing Italian mayor has made headlines after her council successfully purchased Benito Mussolini’s former summer home, Villa Mussolini, at auction. The council beat a private buyer with neofascist ties in the process.
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Florence’s Uffizi Galleries have confirmed they were the target of a cyber-attack earlier this year. However, the museum is pushing back hard against reports that its world-famous art collection was ever at risk.
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On 3 April 2026, Gianmarco Mazzi was sworn in before President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace, in the presence of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, officially taking up the role of Minister of Tourism. Mazzi succeeds Daniela Santanchè, who resigned from the ministry on 25 March.
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Born with every gift Florence could bestow, Cosimo I’s brilliant eldest daughter, Maria de’ Medici, was dead at seventeen. Her story casts a long shadow over one of history’s most powerful families.
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A bridge on the SS16 Adriatica motorway has collapsed in Molise after flooding swept the region. The Adriatic rail corridor remains partially suspended since Wednesday, leaving travellers stranded and communities cut off across Abruzzo and Molise.
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In Maundy Thursday ceremonies at St. Peter’s Basilica, the American pontiff washed the feet of twelve priests, condemned violence as a distortion of God’s image, and warned of a “dark hour” gripping the world.
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The Azzurri’s elimination by Bosnia-Herzegovina in a penalty shoot-out sends shockwaves through Italian football, prompting the resignations of both federation president Gabriele Gravina and legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.
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Gaetano Casanova, the Italian actor and ballet dancer best remembered as the father of Europe’s most celebrated seducer, was born on 2 April 1697 in Parma.
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The legendary travel brand’s latest Italian jewel has just opened its doors in Venice’s Cannaregio. Orient Express Venezia debuted on March 30, 2026, bringing new life to a building that has stood at the meeting of two Venetian canals for nearly 600 years.
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