Italy

Tech News

Italian antitrust authority probing Meta's WhatsApp AI chatbot

The technology giant is under investigation in Italy for alleged breaches of EU competition law.

30/07/2025

Business

Automotive giant Stellantis faces €1.5 billion hit from US tariffs

Stellantis is bracing for €1.5 billion in losses due to US tariffs this year, placed both on cars and car parts.

29/07/2025

Europe

Hunger surge strikes Middle East and Africa, UN survey shows

Global crises are fueling hunger in Africa and the Middle East, with trade tensions, conflicts, and climate change driving food inflation, according to the UN's SOFI report.

28/07/2025

Travel News

Weekend strikes across European airports to cause chaos for thousands

Italy will be hit with widespread airport strikes on Saturday, impacting a range of airlines such as Ryanair, EasyJet, Volotea and Wizz Air, among others.

25/07/2025

No Comment

Rome swelters as tour guides and tourists struggle in extreme heat

Rome swelters in high heat as temperatures soar into the high 30s Celsius. This is an issue for tourists, who are clinging to fans and water bottles while navigating the city's ancient landmarks under an unrelenting sun.

25/07/2025

Business

Carrefour sells Italian supermarkets to NewPrinces for €1 billion

The Reggio Emilia-based group that owns several food brands makes the leap into large-scale distribution with the purchase of around 1,000 retail outlets across the country.

25/07/2025

Culture news

Banksy's Venice work 'The Migrant Child' removed for restoration

Banksy's 'The Migrant Child' appeared on a Venetian wall in 2019 and has since largely deteriorated. An Italian bank is supervising the artwork's restoration.

24/07/2025

Culture news

British woman returns Italian Renaissance painting stolen 52 years ago

Antonio Solario's painting was snatched from the Civic Museum of Belluno in 1973. Now, after a drawn out legal battle and a convincing case argued by the art world's 'Sherlock Holmes', its British owner has finally handed it back.

23/07/2025

Markets

UniCredit delivers record earnings, raises 2025 outlook

UniCredit delivers record-breaking second-quarter results, boosting confidence with stronger full-year outlook and new share buy-back. CEO Orcel calls it the best first half in the bank’s history.

23/07/2025

Economy

UniCredit withdraws bid for Banco BPM due to uncertainty

The group's board of directors announced that it had decided to abandon the takeover due to the Italian government's use of golden power, which had prolonged the negotiations too much, preventing UniCredit from talking to BPM's shareholders

23/07/2025

Europe

Italy says one woman in same-sex union entitled to paternity leave

The court argued that the child’s interest in having time with both parents and the parents responsibilities didn’t depend on their sexual orientation.

22/07/2025

Culture news

Italy disinvites pro-Putin classical conductor from Caserta concert

The news of the cancellation of the performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who is known to be very close to President Vladimir Putin, has been hailed as a victory by Kremlin critic Yulia Navalnaya and Ukrainian associations in Italy.

21/07/2025

Europe

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding crash in Italy

Felix Baumgartner, the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump in 2012, died in a paragliding crash in Italy. He was 56.

17/07/2025

Earth News

Ombudsman takes up complaint over polluting Italian steel mill

It follows a complaint from local campaigners, accusing the Commission of indifference to the plight of Taranto residents and the environment.

17/07/2025

EuroVerify

Fact check: Has Italy just passed an anti-LGBT surrogacy law?

Italy extended its ban on surrogacy late last year, but posts are claiming that it happened recently.

17/07/2025

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Olympic and Paralympic medals for 2026 revealed in Venice

The official medals for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were unveiled in Venice on Tuesday, carried by boat to the Palazzo Balbi on the Grand Canal.

16/07/2025

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Roman mosaic stolen by Nazi officer during WWII returned to Pompeii

A Roman-era mosaic panel featuring an erotic motif was officially returned today to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii after more than 80 years in Germany.

15/07/2025

Travel News

These high-speed trains in Italy react automatically to earthquakes

Italy's first rail Earthquake Early Warning System debuts on Rome–Naples line, using sensors to detect and halt trains.

15/07/2025

EuroVerify

Yes, Italy is still part of the Paris Climate Agreement

A viral post online alleges that Italy has withdrawn from the accord, but there is no evidence to support this claim.

15/07/2025

Business

Banco BPM takeover battle deepens as Brussels slaps Italy with warning

Rome’s use of the ‘Gold Power’ rule to impose conditions on the merger is controversial because the two companies are both Italian and there is no apparent threat to national security.

14/07/2025

Europe

'We need finances,' Zelenskyy tells European allies at Rome conference

Zelenskyy's appeal came after at least 10 people were injured overnight into Thursday after Russia attacked Kyiv with another mass missile and drone strike.

11/07/2025

Europe

European allies step up plans for post-war Ukraine stabilisation force

Coalition members said they had agreed on a Paris headquarters for the first year of the force and then rotating it to London.

10/07/2025

Italy

Tighter border controls could risk greater instability, IOM chief says

Amy Pope's comments come as European countries shift towards stricter migration policies, with more funding for expanded deportation efforts and for transit countries to deter migrants.

10/07/2025

Europe

EU leaders agree new delegation to Libya after diplomats' expulsion

The expulsion of EU diplomats risks complicating efforts to prevent a wave of irregular migration from Libya to Europe this summer.

10/07/2025

Earth News

Why has Pope Leo XIV started a new ‘green Mass’ tradition?

Pope Leo XIV is also enacting a plan to build a solar farm that would make Vatican City the world’s first carbon-neutral state.

09/07/2025

EuroVerify

False image shows Inter Milan supporting Palestine with flag

Not only is the photo old, it's been cropped, with the original showing children waving both the Palestinian and Israeli flags.

09/07/2025