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Santanchè resigned saying she’s ‘no scapegoat’

March 26, 2026March 26, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s Tourism Minister, Daniela Santanchè, finally resigned yesterday afternoon (25th March). She gave in to an unprecedented public call from the prime minister, insisting she was no scapegoat for the government’s referendum defeat.

Francesco I Grand Duke of Tuscany By Alessandro Allori - [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99729525

On this day: birth of Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Born in Florence on 25 March 1541, the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, Francesco I, left behind a legacy of art, alchemy, political ambiguity, and a death that has puzzled historians for more than four centuries.

ITA Airways posts first-ever profit

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s flag carrier, ITA Airways, closes 2025 with a net profit of €209 million. It marks a historic milestone for an airline born from the wreckage of one of Europe’s most spectacular aviation collapses.

Teacher stabbed by pupil Photo Tiziano Manzoni/LaPresse

Teacher stabbed by pupil outside school

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A foreign-language teacher, stabbed in Trescore Balneario, is in a critical condition in hospital following the latest act of violence to strike Italy’s schools.

Daniela Santanchè faces a third no-confidence vote Credit: ANSA

Santanchè defies Meloni – for now

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s embattled Tourism Minister, Daniela Santanchè, arrives at her ministry undeterred, as opposition prepares a no-confidence motion from which Meloni appears unwilling to shield her.

Andrea Delmastro who was sentenced to 8-months suspended

Delmastro quits over Mafia-linked restaurant stake

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Andrea Delmastro becomes the first of two government officials to resign on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition reels from its first major electoral defeat.

Dario Fo in Venice, 1985 By Gorupdebesanez - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31061838

On this day: writer Dario Fo born

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

On 24 March 1926, one of the most provocative and prolific figures in twentieth-century theatre was born in the small Lombardy town of Leggiuno Sangiano, in the Province of Varese. Dario Fo would go on to write more than 80 plays, win the Nobel Prize in Literature, be banned from Italian television, and spend a […]