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Bologna marks 46 years since station bombing that killed 85, Mattarella condemns neofascist strategy
Italy marks 46 years since the Bologna station bombing that killed 85 people, with President Mattarella denouncing the neofascist strategy behind the attack and the government sending only an undersecretary to the commemoration.
- Jul 26
Jeweler Mario Roggero, serving 14-year sentence for killing robbers, appeals to Mattarella for pardon from Bollate prison
Mario Roggero, the jeweler from Grinzane Cavour sentenced to 14 years and 9 months for killing two robbers and wounding a third during a 2021 shop raid, has made a new appeal from Bollate prison for President Sergio Mattarella to examine his pardon request with attention and humanity.
- Jul 22
Turin court rejects jeweller Roggero's bid to suspend prison term as pardon debate intensifies
The Turin Surveillance Office denied Mario Roggero's request to suspend his 14-year-9-month sentence for killing two robbers, citing no urgency. The case now moves to higher courts amid a political clash over a presidential pardon.
- Jul 19
Italy's Meloni asks justice minister to launch pardon for jeweler who killed two robbers
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed she has asked Justice Minister Carlo Nordio to initiate the pardon process for Mario Roggero, the 72-year-old jeweler definitively sentenced to 14 years and 9 months for killing two robbers in 2021.
- Jul 19
Italy marks 34th anniversary of Via D'Amelio bombing as Mattarella says mafia's subversive design was defeated
President Mattarella, Mayor Lagalla, and other officials gathered in Palermo to honor judge Paolo Borsellino and his five police escorts killed by the mafia on 19 July 1992, while calls for full truth persist.
- Jul 15
Mario Roggero's wife appeals to Mattarella for pardon as Salvini visits the jeweller in prison and the League pushes for broader self-defence law
Mariangela Sandrone made her appeal through La Stampa while the League's Matteo Salvini visited her 72-year-old husband at Bollate prison for the second day, suggesting he write a book.
- Jul 14
Italy passes security bill extending preventive detention to minors, targeting nightlife violence and youth gangs
A 20-minute Cabinet meeting on 14 July 2026 approved a package of measures giving police broader authority to detain minors deemed dangerous in crowded areas and to ban gatherings of five or more people linked to intimidation or violence, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi announced.
- Jul 14
Italian Lower House passes electoral reform bill, sending Stabilicum to Senate with 217 votes
The bill introduces a proportional system with a majority bonus for coalitions reaching 42% of the vote, replacing the current mixed system. Opposition parties protested, calling the move a power grab ahead of next year's general election.
- Jul 12
Mattarella joins Andria ceremony marking 10 years since Puglia train crash that killed 23
President Sergio Mattarella laid a wreath and greeted victims' families in Andria on the 10th anniversary of the head-on collision that killed 23 and injured 51 on the single-track Andria-Corato line.
- Jul 4
Mattarella to Trump: US and Italy must work together for peace on 250th Independence Day
Italian President Sergio Mattarella sent a message to US President Donald Trump on the 250th anniversary of American independence, stressing the essential need for the two nations to continue working together for peace, security, and prosperity.
- Jul 2
Italian insurers collect €182bn in premiums in 2025, but catastrophe coverage remains at 7% for homes
Total premiums in Italy's insurance sector reached 182 billion euros in 2025, up 7.8%, but only 7% of homes and 15% of businesses have natural catastrophe cover, the ANIA annual assembly in Rome heard.
- Jul 2
Opposition resigns en bloc from Italian RAI oversight commission, leaving public broadcaster without parliamentary supervision
The president of Italy's parliamentary commission overseeing public broadcaster RAI and all opposition members resigned on 2 July, accusing the right-wing majority of paralysing the body for nearly two years to force through a loyalist candidate for RAI's top job.
- Jun 27
46 years after Ustica massacre, Mattarella calls truth an irrenounceable duty as investigation risks closure
On the 46th anniversary of the Ustica air disaster, President Mattarella insisted that reconstructing the downing of Itavia flight 870 remains an irrenounceable duty, while families of the 81 victims condemned a prosecutor's request to close the investigation as a defeat for justice.
- Jun 25
Mattarella marks 80 years of Italy's Constituent Assembly, says 'the Republic belongs to everyone'
President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined lawmakers in Rome to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the first session of the Constituent Assembly that drafted Italy's post-war constitution.
- Jun 22
Trump escalates feud with Italy, Meloni tries to shield US ties after Oval Office threats and NATO withdrawal hint
US President Donald Trump called Italy's behaviour 'very bad' and questioned NATO membership after days of personal attacks on Premier Giorgia Meloni, who responded by inviting ministers to a US embassy reception and insisting the clash must not damage bilateral ties.
- Jun 20
Meloni tells Trump to focus on his own popularity as diplomatic crisis deepens between Italy and US
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sharply rebuked US President Donald Trump after he claimed she begged him for a photo at the G7 summit, telling him bluntly that her approval ratings are none of his business.
- Jun 19
Trump claims Meloni 'begged' for G7 photo; Italian PM calls story 'completely made up'
Donald Trump told an Italian TV channel that Giorgia Meloni 'begged' him for a photo at the G7 summit. Meloni called the story 'completely fabricated' and Italy's foreign minister cancelled a visit to Washington.
- Jun 15
Futuro Nazionale catches Lega at 5.3% as Vannacci reshapes Italy's right-wing landscape
Roberto Vannacci's Futuro Nazionale has drawn level with Matteo Salvini's League at 5.3%, according to an SWG poll for La7, marking a further slide for the established right-wing parties and a sharp rise for the former general's newborn movement.
- Jun 4
Mattarella accepts Milan prosecutors' review, confirms no grounds to revisit Nicole Minetti pardon
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has accepted the findings of a new inquiry by Milan's Prosecutor General, which found no reason to revoke the pardon granted to former regional councillor Nicole Minetti.
- Jun 2
Italy marks 80 years of the Republic with military parade and calls for renewed ambition
President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni led celebrations in Rome for the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic, honouring the 1946 referendum that established it.
