Italy

Il Presidente Sergio Mattarella durante l'incontro con il Direttivo della Commissione ??Fulbright, Commissione per gli Scambi Culturali tra Italia e Stati Uniti, Roma, 2 luglio 2026. ANSA/Paolo Giandotti - Ufficio per la Stampa e la Comunicazione della Presidenza della Repubblica +++ UFFICIO STAMPA QUIRINALE +++ FOTO NON IN VENDITA - DA USARE SOLO PER FINI GIORNALISTICI +++ NPK +++

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Mattarella's message to Trump for July 4th: "It's essential that the US and Italy work together for peace."

On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of American independence, the Head of State writes to his American counterpart

Il Papa attreversa la Porta d'Europa (Ansa-Fusco)

church

Pope Leo XIV in Lampedusa: he prays at the graves of migrants who died at sea and crosses the threshold of Europe.

The Pope's trip was full of symbolic meaning in the wake of his attack on Trump on the very issue of immigration.

Tittia circondato dai contradaioli dell'Aquila dopo la vittoria (Ansa)

Siena

Tittia after her triumph with Aquila: "A dream, the most important Palio of my career."

The dedication of the Nurri jockey to his family and his hometown

Inter's Alessandro Bastoni during the Italian Serie A soccer match Pisa SC vs Inter at Arena Garibaldi stadium in Pisa, Italy, 30 November 2025. ANSA/ENRICO MATTIA DEL PUNTA

the investigations

Escort investigation in Milan: footballers say "I never paid the girls." Bastoni fails to appear before prosecutors.

Maldini Jr., Bonifazi, and Calafiori were summoned as witnesses by the prosecutor's office. Work is still underway on the phones.

Tittia, il fantino di Nurri dopo il trionfo (Ansa)

the triumph

Palio di Siena in the name of Tittia: twelfth victory in Piazza del Campo

L'Aquila ends a fast that had lasted since July 3, 1992. In Nurri, celebrations explode.

Andrea Deidda

the theft

Eighty vials of fentanyl were stolen from Rome's Israelite Hospital: an emergency meeting was held at Palazzo Chigi.

The hypothesis of a commissioned theft aimed at reselling the powerful opioid on the black market

Catania

Arrested on drug charges, Neapolitan singer Niko Pandetta is released.

The decision was taken by the Court of Appeal

Francesco Pinna

The tragedy

Tragedy in Milan: Man dives into a public swimming pool at night and drowns; investigation underway

The victim was a 28-year-old man who entered the closed facility with friends.

Truffe dei finti operatori di banca, operazione della PolPost

the operation

They pretended to be bank clerks, scams spread throughout Italy: 18 arrests

A network of online scammers has been dismantled: police raid in Campania and Puglia.

the violence

He tried to kill his partner: the father is in prison, he stabbed his ex-wife

A thirty-year-old man was arrested in Catania: he began beating the woman while she was video chatting with friends. The arrested man's father stabbed his ex-wife in the street on April 3rd.

In the Modena area

A 29-year-old man falls from a skylight while trying to retrieve his cat. He is admitted to intensive care.

The young man fell from a height of several metres due to the collapse of the structure

Benevento

Mastella takes the microphone in church and chills the congregation: "Pray for me, I'm sick."

The mayor, appearing tired and moved, received a thunderous applause from the many people gathered for the celebrations of the Madonna delle Grazie, patron saint of Sannio.