News from italy
Silvio Berlusconi calling for Italians to have a "vegetarian Easter"
May 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The meat industry in Italy didn’t take kindly to former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi calling for Italians to have a “vegetarian Easter.” He was pictured cuddling and kissing lambs – a traditional Easter food....
Pope Francis recently celebrated his fourth anniversary as head of the Catholic Church
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Eighty-year-old Pope Francis recently celebrated his fourth anniversary as head of the Catholic Church. Though he enjoys a level of global popularity, he is still in the process of promoting the reform process he launched four years ago. He told...
Northern League involved when violence broke out between masked protesters and riot police
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In Naples, the far-right movement of the Northern League was involved when violence broke out between masked protesters and riot police. Leftist sources allege the Naples mayor encouraged protesters to prevent northern leader Matteo Salvini from...
A husband and wife were killed when a motorway bridge collapsed
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A husband and wife were killed when a motorway bridge near Ancona collapsed. The victims were in a car below the bridge when one of the bridge’s structural supports gave away causing it to come down on the passing vehicle. Two workers were...
Sea rescues in the Mediterranean has hit a new three-year high
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The latest migrant count reveals that sea rescues in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy has hit a new three-year high. Final estimates for 2016 place the number at 15,000; up 57 percent from the year before. The latest migrants arriving...
An Italian court has ruled that gay partners can legally be recognized as fathers
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
An Italian court has ruled that gay partners can legally be recognized as fathers of their two surrogate children. A Trento court decided that both men can officially be named as the father though they are not biologically related. The court ruled...
Tunisian citizen expelled from Italy for national security reasons
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A Tunisian citizen has been expelled from Italy for national security reasons. The man who lived in Latina had been in contact with Anis Amri who was linked to last December’s attack on a Berlin Christmas market. The expulsion is the 153rd...
Italian tax police have searched the offices of the editor and two former managers of Il Sole 24
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian tax police have searched the offices of the editor and two former managers of Milan’s biggest financial newspaper, Il Sole 24. They are being investigated for allegedly issuing false corporate statements. The probe involves seven...
Sergio Mattarella saved Sabrina DeSousa from jail time
April 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian president Sergio Mattarella saved Sabrina DeSousa from jail time. He granted the former American CIA Agent a partial pardon, reducing her sentence from four years to three years without a need to serve a prison term. She had been convicted...