Italy has opened a criminal investigation into Israel’s far-right national security minister Ben-Gvir following the interception of a pro-Palestinian flotilla last month. Allegations include torture and kidnapping of activists, among them Italian nationals.
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Municipal police have seized three vehicles and issued fines totalling €980 in a fresh enforcement operation targeting unlicensed tourist transport services operating in and around the UNESCO-listed city centre.
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Alexander Zverev finally claimed his first Major title at Roland Garros, defeating a courageous Flavio Cobolli in a five-set final that stretched to over four hours — only for the young Roman’s body to fail him at the last.
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A vessel carrying around 60 people from Libya capsized in the central Mediterranean on Sunday. Search operations are still under way as rescuers race to account for all those on board.
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On 8 June 1290, Beatrice Portinari, a young woman whose brief life would shape one of the greatest works in the history of literature, died.
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Born on 7th June 1422 in Gubbio, Federico da Montefeltro was the most celebrated condottiere of his age. He was a mercenary commander of formidable military skill who used the profits of war to create one of the finest courts of the Italian Renaissance at Urbino.
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A photograph of a receipt from a gelateria near Piazza di Spagna has caused a social media storm after a Florida tourist was charged more than forty euros for what she expected to be two small ice creams. It’s the latest in a long series of overcharging controversies targeting visitors to the Italian capital.
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Luigi Brugnaro, who served as Venice’s centre-right mayor for a decade before the recent end of his mandate, has been indicted on charges of violating electoral spending laws relating to his 2020 local election campaign.
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Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini has publicly demanded that Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit banks contribute a share of their combined €20 billion in projected profits to the national interest. He intimated that the government intends to press the banking sector on redistributive grounds — and sending shares in both institutions briefly lower.
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Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni — known to posterity as Vecchietta, ‘the little old one’ — died in Siena on 6th June 1480. He left behind a legacy in paint, bronze and stone that remains inseparable from the identity of one of Italy’s most artistically rich cities.
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