Italy leads Europe in NRRP, €153.2 billion received so far says Meloni
Italy leads Europe for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), with €153.2 billion received so far, Premier Giorgia Meloni said after the eighth installment was disbursed by the European Commission and a ninth requested by the Italian government Tuesday….
Five doctors probed after mother and daughter die from food poisoning
Five doctors have been placed under investigation after a 50-year-old mother and her 15-year-old daughter died of food poisoning after eating bad fish at a Christmas Eve sinner near Campobasso south of Naples, judicial sources told ANSA Monday. Five doctors…
Italian Antitrust fines Ryanair over 255 million euros for abuse of dominant position
Italy’s Antitrust Authority said Tuesday that it has fined Ryanair over 255 million euros for abusing the dominant position it has in the market for domestic and European passenger air transport services to and from Italy. The competition authority said…
Court refuses to return kids to off-the-grid couple living in woods
Acourt in L’Aquila on Friday rejected an appeal by an British-Australian couple living off-the-grid in Abruzzo against the decision to put their three children into care. Australian Catherine Birmingham and her British husband Nathan Trevallion had been rasing the kids…
Tourists to pay two euros to visit Trevi Fountain from February
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri announced Friday that tourists will have to pay a two-euro ticket from February in order to get up close to the Trevi Fountain. He told a press conference that access to the iconic monument would remain…
Pope speaks to Israel’s Herzog, condemns all forms of antisemitism
Pope Leo XIV spoke to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday and expressed condemnation of antisemitism after Sunday’s mass shooting at a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, the Vatican said. It said the American pontiff received a…
Meloni blasts European Commission’s proposed new multi-year budget
Premier Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday criticised the European Commission’s proposed multiyear budget for the 2028-2034 period, saying it is unacceptable to Italy as it stands. “The Commission’s proposal includes increased contributions and reduced allocations to traditional policies that are crucial…
Important to keep up pressure on ‘bogged down’ Russia says Meloni
Premier Giorgia Meloni said it is important to keep up the pressure on Moscow in order to reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine as she reported to the Lower House on Wednesday before this week’s EU summit….
Rome’s Colosseo, Porta Metronia metro ‘archeostations’ open
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Tuesday opened two new stations on the C line of the city’s metro system, the Colosseo and Porta Metroni ‘archeostations’, so named because an array of the archaeological riches uncovered during their construction are on…
Italy’s public debt up to 3.1317 trillion in October
After falling slightly in September, Italy’s public debt rose again in October, climbing to 3.1317 trillion euros, an increase of 50.7 billion with respect to the previous month, the Bank of Italy said on Monday. The central bank said the…
ANSA’s photo annual presented in Rome
ANSA’s traditional photo annual, PHOTOANSA 2025, featuring the most telling and significant images of the year coming to a close, was presented at Rome’s MAXXI contemporary art museum Tuesday night. It has been a year marked by the return of…
General strike against budget hits school, transport sectors
A one-day general strike called by Italy’s biggest trade-union confederation, the CGIL, against the government’s 2026 budget bill caused widespread disruption on Friday, especially in the school and transport sectors. In Naples and Milan, for example, the cities’ metro lines…
