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'The sadness is unending': Italian families' pain still raw ahead of Genoa bridge trial The screams of people trapped under a collapsed bridge in Genoa in 2018 still torment those who witnessed the deadly disaster, for which 59 people go on trial this week.

Nov 16, 2024 · Even more alarmingly, real estate experts have already forecast that the so-called effetto Giubileo (‘Jubilee effect’) will result in a major increase in rents across the capital, with medium- to long-term affitti expected to shoot up by 15 to 20 percent amid an already dire shortage of affordable housing.. In some of the capital’s more …

Dec 5, 2018 · Police arrested dozens of suspected mobsters in Europe and South America on Wednesday in a huge international swoop targeting Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia clan, officials said.

Jan 6, 2025 · Italy in talks for €1.5-billion SpaceX deal. Discussions are ongoing between Italy and Elon Musk's SpaceX company to forge a deal for secure telecommunications services for the Italian government, Bloomberg reports Although the project has been approved by Italy's Intelligence Services and Defence Ministry, the discussions have yet to reach a final agreement on the five-year contract.

Dec 19, 2024 · The vice president of Italy’s lower house of parliament Giorgio Mulè said in early October that the referendum may be rejected as “it doesn’t seek to repeal an article of law, but rather intervenes by amending it”.. This refers to the nature of Italian 'abrogative' referendums, which technically require a public vote to seek the annulment of a …

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Oct 23, 2024 · Italy's Justice Minister Carlo Nordio speaks during a press conference in March 2023. Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP Europe's human rights body slams political speech in Italy as 'xenophobic', government declares 19 countries ‘safe’ to salvage Albanian migrant deal, and more news from Italy on Wednesday.

Dec 19, 2024 · Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pictured in the lower house of parliament on December 17th, 2024. Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP PM Meloni defends friendship with tech tycoon Elon Musk, injured Italian caver rescued after four-day operation, Palermo hospitals searched in investigation into mafia boss Messina Denaro's aides, …