Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), the oldest bank in the world, has reappeared with all its strength in the struggle that the Italian banking sector is experiencing. After receiving the approval of its board of directors, the Tuscan entity presented this Friday an offer of 34 billion euros to buy the Italian banks BPM and Banca Generali.

The mayor of the picturesque Italian town of Como has decided to ban bicycles from passing through the city's historic center. A measure that would seem nothing out of the ordinary in current European municipal policy if it weren't for the fact that it comes just weeks after an electric bicycle ran over the mayor himself. The decision has sparked opposition from activists, merchants, and various political parties, who accuse the mayor of turning a personal incident into a restriction that affects the entire population.

Giorgia Meloni and Mette Frederiksen, two European prime ministers seemingly at political antipodes, are showcasing their common front against "uncontrolled immigration" in the European Union in a joint message released this Monday on social media, in which they call for a tougher stance and advocate for the creation of repatriation centers in third countries. The two leaders emphasize that they have led a strict migratory policy, both in their countries and across Europe, with the argument that "no one can deny that illegal immigration has a negative impact" on European societies: "Increased crime rates, increased pressure on public services, and erosion of public trust."

Tension remains high between Italy and Spain over the Ceuta migratory crisis. The Italian government has denounced Spain's decision to impose border controls at ports and airports on passengers arriving from Italy as "totally unacceptable" and "incomprehensible." This was stated this Sunday in an interview with the newspaper La Stampa by the Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani. The former President of the Eurochamber criticized Pedro Sánchez for making the decision "solely as retaliation, without reason, harming tourism".

The clash between Spain and Italy over the Ceuta crisis is escalating dangerously for the interests of the European Union. The Spanish government has announced that it will also impose border controls on travelers coming from Italian territory, after Giorgia Meloni's executive announced this Friday that it will maintain, at least until August 15, the controls with Spain imposed following the massive arrival of migrants in Ceuta last week. Madrid had requested the restoration of free movement, but given Rome's refusal, the socialist executive had already warned that it would take equivalent "measures". And so it has been.

No one would say it when looking at one of its frames, but The Last Round in Venice is an adventure film. There is a journey, a romantic quest, and even buried treasure. But the action does not take place in exotic locations, but on secondary roads and not particularly bucolic towns in the plains surrounding Venice, and its protagonists are not intrepid explorers, but a couple of drunks who answer to the names of Carlobianchi and Doriano, and who have spent many years dodging the last hangover with the simple – but effective – method of always adding a drink after the theoretical final round.

During the last few weeks, the figure of the confessor has taken on absolute prominence in the Spanish judicial ecosystem. But the so-called reward law – the State's practice of granting benefits and sentence reductions in exchange for internal information – was not designed in Madrid's offices to combat political corruption. Some of its roots take us back to prisons in the United States and the streets of Palermo (Sicily), where the state had to accept a prior defeat in order to move forward: the only way to destroy a closed criminal organization is to buy the betrayal of its own members.

The death of a man of Moroccan origin while handcuffed during a police detention has opened a political battle in Italy. The events took place this past weekend in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Bologna, where police officers were dispatched after being alerted by residents. Upon arrival, Abderrahim Fakir, 42 years old and visibly nervous, was handcuffed and immobilized by two officers on the same street, with his head on the asphalt, until he stopped breathing.

The Italian Parliament gave the green light this Thursday to the electoral law reform project proposed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government, in the last year of the legislature. The text will now go to the Senate to continue with the parliamentary proceedings before final approval, scheduled for after the summer.

While Catalonia is still working on extinguishing the Gavarres fire, which has already burned more than 2,300 hectares, numerous forest fires are ravaging southern Europe this Monday and have forced thousands of people to abandon their homes. As of this morning, the fires – located mainly in France, Portugal, Greece, and Spain – had already burned 19,000 hectares in total, which would be equivalent to almost twice the size of the city of Barcelona.Fires arrive after a June marked by a strong heatwave that crossed the continent, broke record highs in many places and caused thousands of deaths attributable to these extreme temperatures, especially in France. With an eye on a new heatwave predicted for this very week, Europe does not lower its guard and maintains caution against possible flare-ups of flames.

La Redenta, the protagonist of the novel Els dies de vidre (Amsterdam), by Nicoletta Verna (Forlì, 1976), is born on the same day that the socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti is assassinated by the fascist squads. “It is a crucial moment,” recalls the author, because that June of 1924 Mussolini assumed moral and historical responsibility for the crime before Parliament. “It was the beginning of the dictatorship. The birth of La Redenta becomes a tragic succession: if Matteotti was the political victim of fascism, she will be the civil victim,” says Verna.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated in a television interview that the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, had "begged" him to take a photo together during the G-7 summit, held this week in the French town of Évian-les-Bains. Following Trump's statements, Meloni, who has been one of the American President's main allies in the European Union, admitted to being "surprised" by the comments, which she described as "completely invented". This is the latest in a series of clashes between Trump and Meloni that have brought the relationship between the two leaders to its most tense moment.

Donald Trump is increasingly isolated in Europe. The estrangement between the US president and the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, widened this Tuesday. Trump has accused Meloni of not having enough "courage" to give military support to Washington in the war in Iran, after the prime minister criticized Trump for his attacks on the Pope.

Giorgia Meloni is experiencing her lowest point since being elected in 2022. The defeat at the polls of her controversial reform of the judiciary, which More than 54% of Italians rejected the proposal in a constitutional referendum held this Sunday and Monday.This has caused an earthquake in the hitherto stable Italian government.

2018, 2022, and now it could be 2026. Italy is on the verge of either suffering a historic disaster or breaking a losing streak that has plagued them for eight years. The national team azzurra The national football team has the mission of qualifying for a World Cup after missing the last two editions. Failing to attend another World Cup would be an unprecedented tragedy in the history of a four-time champion. Their first final will be this Thursday (8:45 p.m.) against Northern Ireland, a team that hasn't participated in a World Cup since 1986. This will be one of the single-leg playoff semifinals. Even if they beat Northern Ireland, they won't yet secure their ticket to the United States. They will first have to defeat the winner of the match between Wales and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tuesday, March 31, 8:45 p.m.). After winning these two matches, they will qualify for this World Cup.

Italian music has just lost one of its most outstanding, prolific, and veteran voices, that of Gino Paoli, who died at the age of 91 in Genoa, the city where he had lived for decades. The long career of the musician and singer-songwriter, born on September 23, 1934, in Monfalcone—in the Friuli region—began in the late 1950s with a simple, elegant, and autobiographical song. The cat

With more than 53.5% of the votes, Italy rejected a controversial justice reform promoted by the government of Giorgia MeloniThe referendum, held this Sunday and Monday, was intended to amend several articles of the Constitution, but it has ended up becoming a plebiscite on the Prime Minister's performance, resulting in her first major defeat at the polls since her election in 2022. "BK_SLT_LNA~" promised: to push through a judicial reform that was written in our electoral program. "We defended it to the very end, and then we left the choice in the hands of the citizens," Meloni stated in a video posted on social media, acknowledging the initiative's failure. The separation of the careers of judges and prosecutors was one of the most controversial issues introduced by the reform. The technicalities of the first weeks of the campaign gave way to mutual attacks between the government, the opposition, and the judiciary, which largely opposed a reform it feared would jeopardize the independence of the judiciary. "If the reform is not approved, we will find ourselves with even more negligent judges advancing in their careers and even more surreal decisions affecting the lives of citizens." "Illegal immigrants, rapists, pedophiles, and drug traffickers released from prison will sow chaos without any legal consequences," the victim went so far as to say, justifying a constitutional reform that included the creation of a court exclusively to judge the professional or ethical misconduct of judges.

Italians return to the polls this Sunday and Monday to vote in a referendum on a controversial judicial reform promoted by the government of Giorgia Meloni. The reform aims to amend several articles of the Constitution to eliminate ideological bias within the judiciary and guarantee its impartiality. The opposition, however, argues that the reform will subject the judiciary to the executive branch and jeopardize the separation of powers. The separation of the careers of judges and prosecutors is one of the key points of this rather technical reform, which has become a plebiscite on the prime minister's leadership, despite Meloni's efforts to distance her political future from the election results. "We are not voting for Meloni, we are voting for justice. Even those who disagree with this government should consider the merits of a reform that seeks to improve the functioning of the system," she asserted this week.

This Friday in Milan, at least two people died and 54 were injured, according to the latest update published Saturday by Italian media. The accident occurred when a tram derailed and crashed into a building near the city center. The incident, which prompted the mobilization of five fire units, took place around 4 p.m. on Vittorio Veneto Street, as the tram was traveling from Piazza della Repubblica toward Porta Venezia. Among the injured, six are in serious condition, while the rest sustained minor injuries.

Six million euros. That was the sum stored in the safe of an armored van that was robbed last week on the highway connecting the cities of Brindisi and Lecce in southern Italy. A heist straight out of a movie, in which a gang of thieves used machine guns and explosives against the police before fleeing. Italian authorities They suspect from the beginning that the shadow of the mafia is hiding behind the gang.The armored van had left the headquarters in Brindisi and was heading to the Bank of Italy branch in Lecce when the robbers stopped it, posing as law enforcement officers with fake police cars and flashing blue lights. In the same incident, the criminals rammed and set fire to a van and a truck to block the Carabinieri – the Italian military police – and disrupt traffic on the highway. This highway has already been the site of other similar robberies, such as the one in 2024 when a gang of thieves stole almost three million euros.