News from italy

Asylum seekers must be immediately released

October 2025 |
Italy’s Cassation Court has ruled that asylum seekers must be immediately released if their detention has not been formally validated through legal procedures. This landmark decision underscores the judiciary’s commitment to safeguarding procedural...

Italy will host the Winter Olympic Games

September 2025 |
Italy will host the Winter Olympic Games again after two decades, the last being in Turin in 2006, and 70 years since Cortina’s original hosting in 1956. The 2026 edition is thoughtfully structured across three regions – Lombardy, Veneto, and...

A new, intense heatwave has settled over Italy

September 2025 |
A new, intense heatwave has settled over Italy, forming part of a broader European "Heat Dome" that is expected to persist through summer. With southern and central Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia, regularly seeing temperatures soar into the...

A significant wildfire broke out last month within the Vesuvius National Park

September 2025 |
A significant wildfire broke out last month within the Vesuvius National Park, rapidly spreading across the volcano’s slopes, especially on the eastern Terzigno pine forest and areas near Trecase, Ercolano, Ottaviano, and the iconic Monte Somma....

Unusual pest is ravaging crops and angering farmers

August 2025 |
An unusual pest is ravaging crops and angering farmers in northeastern Italy. Flamingos. Flocks of these relatively recent birds have set their hungry sights on the flooded fields that produce rice for risotto in the Ferrara province, between...

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez celebrated wedding in Venice

July 2025 |
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez celebrated a lavish multi‑day wedding in Venice culminating in a black‑tie exchange of vows on June 27, 2025, on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. The ceremony, set against Venice’s iconic lagoon backdrop, featured a...

Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini win the women’s doubles title at Roland Garros 2025

July 2025 |
Italy’s dynamic duo, Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, have added another glorious chapter to Italian tennis history by capturing the women’s doubles title at Roland Garros 2025 in Paris. The second-seeded pair edged past Anna Danilina and...

Mount Etna burst back to life in a spectacular eruption

July 2025 |
Mount Etna burst back to life in a spectacular eruption on June 2. Powered by a partial collapse in its southeast crater, the volcano launched Strombolian fountains of lava, thick pyroclastic flows into Valle del Leone, and an ash plume soaring...

Pope Leo cautioned that AI "threatens humanity"

July 2025 |
Pope Leo is hitting his stride—balancing bold moral leadership on technology and global diplomacy with pastoral outreach at home and abroad, while energetically addressing internal Vatican finances and spiritual missions. In a speech to the College...
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