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The 41st edition of Cersaie, the international exhibition for ceramic tile and bathroom furnishings, brought the porcelain, large slabs, and mortadella. Held the last week of September in Bologna, Italy, the fair had a total of 606 exhibitors, selling out the complete exhibition floor space. The halls weren’t the only packed rooms; 2024 Pritzker Prize […]
The first people to be intercepted at sea by the Italian navy under a controversial migration deal with Albania are on their way to the Balkan nation to have their asylum claims processed. As part of the pact signed off by Italy’s far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, a navy ship set off on Monday and […]
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The Italian navy’s Libra patrol vessel set off with the first asylum seekers on Monday, a government source told AFP, without specifying how many people were on board. The vessel is to arrive on Wednesday, La Repubblica reported. It said the passengers came from Egypt and Bangladesh. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took office in October […]
The EU’s Major Trade Partners in One Chart This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. With all 27 member states taken together, the EU would be the second-largest economy in the world in nominal […]
From Keir Starmer to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, every European leader seems keen to have their picture taken with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni. Yet she is the country’s first far right prime minister since the second world war and when she was elected she was talked of as a danger to Europe. Alexander Stille, a former editor of […]
Lorenzo Pellegrini Italy (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images) The red card for Italy only intensified the festival of hate directed at Lorenzo Pellegrini by Roma and Azzurri fans, but Susy Campanale doesn’t understand this rage. Italy were comfortably coasting to their third win out of three in the Nations League, leading Belgium 2-0 and […]
Monday Gran Sasso tunnel undergoes structural checks Alternating one-way traffic will be enforced in Abruzzo’s Gran Sasso tunnel for 45 days from Monday, October 14th, to allow for authorities to carry out structural checks. A meeting chaired by L’Aquila’s prefect Giancarlo Di Vincenzo on September 27th highlighted the need for urgent geological assessment ahead of […]