- 15h ago
Italy places 25 of 27 largest cities on red heat alert as new heatwave grips Europe
The Italian health ministry says 25 cities including Rome, Milan and Naples will be under the highest-level warning on Monday, with perceived temperatures reaching 39°C, as a subtropical anticyclone from North Africa intensifies over the Mediterranean.
- yesterday
Italian cities submit Euro 2032 bids on deadline day as Palermo secures last-minute deal
More than a dozen Italian cities sent their candidacy dossiers by the 31 July deadline, with Palermo resolving a funding impasse hours before. The FIGC now has until 30 September to shortlist five venues plus two reserves for the tournament co-hosted with Turkey.
- 3d ago
Turin prefect bans No Tav camping after clashes, activists defy order in Venaus
After weekend clashes at the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail site, prefect Donato Cafagna issued urgent ordinances prohibiting free camping in Susa and Bussoleno. Activists relocated to Venaus, where police asked them to leave and the prefect later extended the ban.
- 4d ago
Franco Baresi dies at 66: Milan and Italy legend farewelled by football world
The former AC Milan and Italy defender, who captained one of the club's greatest sides and won the 1982 World Cup, has died at the Humanitas hospital in Rozzano, Milan, after a battle with lung cancer. His final public appearance was carrying the Olympic torch at San Siro in February.
- 6d ago
Italy's fourth heatwave pushes red-alert cities to 25, with 41°C peaks and no relief until 8 August
The health ministry's maximum alert covers 25 of 27 monitored cities on 3 August, with Terni hitting 41°C and Rome nearing 40°C. No significant cooling is expected before 8 August.
- 6d ago
Italian surgeons perform world-first macular transplant, restoring sight to a woman blind for five years
A 67-year-old woman named Elena, blind for five years after a severe car crash, regained vision following a nearly six-hour operation at Turin's Molinette hospital that rebuilt one functioning eye from two damaged ones.
- 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 20
Musk calls Italian jeweller's sentence 'madness' as Meloni backs pardon and League pushes self-defence bill
The Tesla and X owner sided with Mario Roggero, the Piedmontese jeweller definitively sentenced to 14 years and 9 months for killing two robbers, triggering fresh political clashes in Rome over self-defence and a possible pardon.
- Jul 17
Valentina Baldini, daughter of Italy interim coach Silvio Baldini, dies at 30 after lifelong battle with spastic tetraparesis
Valentina Baldini, the 30-year-old daughter of Italy's interim national football coach Silvio Baldini, has died. She lived with severe spastic tetraparesis from birth and built a career as a psychiatrist and neuroscience researcher.
- 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 15
Italian prosecutors drop sports fraud case against former referee chief Gianluca Rocchi after two-year investigation
Milan public prosecutor requests dismissal of sports fraud charges against ex-referee designator Gianluca Rocchi, citing lack of evidence of a structured match-fixing system. Inter Milan, briefly under investigation, has also been cleared.
- Jul 13
Paolo Fresco, Fiat president who secured GM alliance, dies at 93
The Italian manager, dubbed 'the American' for his decades at General Electric, led the Turin automaker from 1998 to 2003 and masterminded the 2000 alliance with General Motors.
- Jul 11
Eva Herzigova weds long-time partner Gregor Marsiaj in Turin after 25 years and three children
The ceremony at Turin's historic Palazzo Carignano marked the culmination of a quarter-century romance that produced three sons and weathered a public infidelity scandal.
- Jul 11
Piedmont wildfires destroy 700,000 trees and 900 hectares, region declares ecological catastrophe
Wildfires across four provinces have burned up to 900 hectares, killed an estimated 700,000 trees, and forced the evacuation of 120 residents in the Verbano Cusio Ossola area, as a prolonged heatwave and lightning strikes fuel the blazes.
- Jul 11
Capri bids farewell to Peppino di Capri: the island honors the 'dreamer' who reshaped Italian music over seven decades
The coffin of the singer who spent nearly seven decades reshaping Italian music was carried into Santo Stefano church on 12 July, accompanied by Bach and a crowd that overflowed into the piazzetta of his native Capri.
- Jul 10
Vasco Rossi sells out 550,000 tickets for Rome residency in 30 minutes as Ultimo reaches 500,000 in parallel surge
Italian rock icon Vasco Rossi sold all 550,000 tickets for his 10-date Giubileo residency at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico within half an hour of the general sale on 10 July 2026, while younger singer-songwriter Ultimo reported 500,000 tickets sold for his 2027 stadium tour.
- Jul 10
France advances to World Cup semis after 2-0 win over Morocco; Paris peaceful, London clashes, teen dies in celebration
France beat Morocco 2-0 in Boston on Thursday to reach the 2026 World Cup semifinals. Celebrations in Paris were largely peaceful with 5,000 police deployed, while four arrests were made after clashes in London and a teenage girl died falling from a truck in northern France.
- Jul 9
Algerian migrant slashes woman's face on Milan metro, shouted 'I am a man and Muslim'
A 27-year-old Algerian irregular migrant attacked a young Moroccan woman on the platform of Milan's Duomo metro station, cutting her face and lip with a knife after allegedly yelling 'What are you looking at? I am a man and a Muslim'. The man was arrested at the scene.
- Jul 8
Italian police arrest 8 in child pornography crackdown, 49 under investigation across 35 cities
Coordinated operations by prosecutors in Catania and Naples targeted Telegram groups and dark web networks exchanging child sexual abuse material, with searches in over 30 cities.
- Jul 8
Milan BRT depot fire extinguished, but two containers still pose explosion risk
A large fire at a BRT courier depot in Milan's Bovisa district was extinguished overnight, but two containers holding electric bicycles continue to burn, prompting authorities to warn of possible explosions and extend air-quality precautions through Thursday.
