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Marco Bucci De Comune di Genova, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148330651

Liguria regional election – poll puts Bucci ahead

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Liguria regional election – poll puts Bucci ahead

In the Liguria regional election, turnout reached 45.94%, a drop from the 53.42% seen in the 2020 election, final figures revealed Monday. Early projections indicate centre-right candidate Marco Bucci is leading centre-left rival Andrea Orlando.

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Snoopers cloned President Mattarella's email

Snoopers clone Italian President’s email

October 27, 2024October 27, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Snoopers clone Italian President’s email

A gang of snoopers, allegedly led by former supercop Carmine Gallo and Fondazione Fiera Milano President Enrico Pazzali, reportedly accessed police databases. They aimed to gather sensitive information on business, political, and showbiz figures, according to wiretaps released on Sunday.

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Beppe Grillo, founder of 5-star movement

Grillo claims right to make M5S “extinct”

October 26, 2024October 26, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Grillo claims right to make M5S “extinct”

Stand-up comic Beppe Grillo, co-founder of the populist 5-Star Movement (M5S), claimed on Saturday his right to dissolve the party.

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Libra takes first 16 migrants to be processed in Albania Credit: https://www.seaforces.org/ The Libra is back in action taking migrants to Albania under a new repatriation scheme

Judge receives death threats over Albania migrant decision

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Judge receives death threats over Albania migrant decision

One of the judges who rejected the detention of the first group of migrants sent to a newly opened processing facility in Albania has reported receiving death threats.

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Conte and Grillo fall out over future of M5S

Conte not renewing Grillo’s contract with M5S

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Conte not renewing Grillo’s contract with M5S

Giuseppe Conte, leader of the 5-Star Movement (M5S), has announced that his relationship with the movement’s founder, comedian Beppe Grillo, has “irreversibly broken.” Conte confirmed he will not renew Grillo’s €300,000-a-year consultancy contract as the party’s ‘guarantor’.

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Still from video by Giorgia Meloni reflecting on her government's successes in the last two years

Meloni pats herself on the back

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Meloni pats herself on the back

In a video posted on social media, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni says she has not spared herself during her two years as PM. She also says she is satisfied with the government’s results to date.

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Judiciary of Italy By Vittorio Pesce - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9377161

ANM asks for respect for judicial independence

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on ANM asks for respect for judicial independence

The National Association of Magistrates (ANM) has called for respect for judicial independence, stating the government cannot expect judges to make decisions aligned with its interests.

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Gangs smuggling migrants Credit: UNHCR/Oualid Khelifi

Italian police help smash gangs smuggling migrants

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Italian police help smash gangs smuggling migrants

Premier Giorgia Meloni vowed to defend Italy’s borders from criminal gangs smuggling migrants and reaffirmed that only legal migrants would be allowed to enter the country.

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Global Peace Index 2023, shows list of safe countries, or those ranked by peaceability Credit: By Unknown author - https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/#/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146817011

Migrant measures must align with EU law

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Migrant measures must align with EU law

Premier Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet will approve a decree later today to address the legal issue over 12 migrants detained at an Italian-run centre in Gjader, Albania. A Rome court had refused to validate their detention, citing that Bangladesh and Egypt, their countries of origin, are not considered safe countries.

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A new decree is expected after Rome court orders return of migrants from Albania. Image showed gavel, books and scroll with the word law on it

Transfer of migrants to Albania will continue

October 20, 2024October 20, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment on Transfer of migrants to Albania will continue

Operations to transfer migrants to Albania, where they will stay in newly opened Italian-run centres will continue regularly, government sources stated on Saturday.

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Car tax to be abolished in 2027 for small and medium-sized cars and motorcycles. Image credit: Franck Michel's photo, licensed as CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Government to scrap road tax for 14.5 million vehicles from 2027

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Italy issues urgent appeal for blood donors

September 6, 2026September 6, 2026Deborah Cater
Pedestrians using phone whilst crossing the road Copyright: © by Westend61 / Maskot,

Italy set to fine pedestrians who use phones while crossing the road

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026Deborah Cater
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Italy travel warning: September strikes

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Basilica di Santo Spirito in Florence, where a Michelangelo crucifix hangs. Lucarelli, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Michelangelo crucifix most visitors never see

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Umbrian plateau becomes a living rainbow

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