Italy

Pope Leo XIV during his visit to the Sapienza University, in Rome, Italy, 14 May 2026. ANSA/GIUSEPPE LAMI
Pope Leo XIV during his visit to the Sapienza University, in Rome, Italy, 14 May 2026. ANSA/GIUSEPPE LAMI
Rome

Leone: "It's wrong to call rearmament defense." And to young people: "We are a desire, not an algorithm."

The Pope visits Sapienza University: "The elites are enriched by the influx, while investments in education are being taken away."
the crime

Sako Bakari, the farmhand killed in Taranto: the sixth member of the gang, a 22-year-old, has been arrested.

Six people are therefore under investigation for the atrocious murder: two adults and four minors, a fifteen-year-old is said to have inflicted the lethal stab wounds.
La principessa Kate con Marco Massari, sindaco di Reggio Emilia (Ansa)
La principessa Kate con Marco Massari, sindaco di Reggio Emilia (Ansa)
the visit

Kate in Reggio Emilia: it's her first trip abroad after her illness.

The Princess of Wales visits Italy to learn about the educational philosophy of pedagogue Loris Malaguzzi.
Un frame dalla puntata di ieri della trasmissione di Rai3 Chi l'ha visto? con Andrea Sempio, il trentasettenne indagato nella nuova inchiesta sull'omicidio di Chiara Poggi, 23 ottobre 2025 ANSA / Rai3 - Chi l'ha visto? ++HO - NO SALES EDITORIAL USE ONLY++ NO ARCHIVE +++ NPK +++
Un frame dalla puntata di ieri della trasmissione di Rai3 Chi l'ha visto? con Andrea Sempio, il trentasettenne indagato nella nuova inchiesta sull'omicidio di Chiara Poggi, 23 ottobre 2025 ANSA / Rai3 - Chi l'ha visto? ++HO - NO SALES EDITORIAL USE ONLY++ NO ARCHIVE +++ NPK +++
Garlasco

According to the prosecutors, there are 21 elements that incriminate Sempio: the fingerprint, the DNA, the lies, the false alibi, the soliloquies in the car.

The investigators' list also includes phone calls to Poggi's home and alleged corruption in the first investigation against him.
Il posto di comando avanzato per le ricerche della famiglia scomparsa da Piacenza lo scorso 20 aprile
Il posto di comando avanzato per le ricerche della famiglia scomparsa da Piacenza lo scorso 20 aprile
the story

Missing woman and children found in Friuli

The Piacenza prosecutor: "They were in suitable accommodation and are in good health."
La conferenza stampa a Napoli (foto Ansa)
La conferenza stampa a Napoli (foto Ansa)
Naples

Confidential data on footballers, singers, and actors stolen and sold by rogue police: criminal organization busted

The investigation started from a "massive number of accesses", 730 thousand in two years, to a database
Una veduta esterna dell'Istituto nazionale per le malattie infettive, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Roma (Ansa)
Una veduta esterna dell'Istituto nazionale per le malattie infettive, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Roma (Ansa)
the emergency

Hantavirus alert: English and Italian tourists test negative

Reassuring results are coming in from tests conducted in Milan and the Spallanzani Hospital. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health remains vigilant.
Garlasco

Prosecutors: "Sempio didn't just happen to pass by the house after the murder." Defense move: six expert reports to clear him.

According to the Pavia Prosecutor's Office, his 2007 version is "implausible." Because Chiara Poggi's house "was not a traffic area," the clerk "returned to the crime scene."
Simone Pillon alla manifestazione dei Pro Vita & Famiglia a Roma, 22 giugno 2024. ANSA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI
Simone Pillon alla manifestazione dei Pro Vita & Famiglia a Roma, 22 giugno 2024. ANSA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI
the eagle

A family in the woods has withdrawn its defense attorneys; the new lawyer is former Northern League senator Simone Pillon.

Marco Femminella and Danila Solinas leave: "There is no shared vision," they said.
L'esterno dell'Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive "Lazzaro Spallanzani" di Roma (Ansa)
L'esterno dell'Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive "Lazzaro Spallanzani" di Roma (Ansa)
the disease

Hantavirus: 25-year-old Calabrian man tests symptomatic; samples transferred to the Spallanzani Hospital in Rome.

He was on a KLM flight from Johannesburg with the passenger from the Hondius ship, who later died. The WHO: "The risk to global health remains low."
Taranto

Farm worker surrounded, beaten, and killed: five young people arrested

A shocking attack on a 35-year-old Malian man. The boy who struck the fatal knife after the beating is only 15 years old.
Lavoratori in sciopero e assemblea davanti allo stabilimento Electrolux di Cerreto d'Esi, Ancona (foto Ansa)
Lavoratori in sciopero e assemblea davanti allo stabilimento Electrolux di Cerreto d'Esi, Ancona (foto Ansa)
The announcement

Electrolux halves production in Italy: 1,700 redundancies out of 4,000 employees, all locations excluded.

The Cerreto d'Esi plant in the Marche region is scheduled to close. Urso has called a meeting for May 25th.
Massimo Cellino (foto Max Solinas)
Massimo Cellino (foto Max Solinas)
The procedure

Non-existent tax credits: The prosecutor requests Cellino's case be dismissed: "He was deceived."

The Brescia Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating five other suspects.
Salento

While playing beach tennis, the ball lands in a swimmer's eye: father and daughter sentenced to pay 10,000 euros.

The Supreme Court ruled that the injured man suffered a retinal detachment. The couple is charged with injuries.
Andrea Sempio esce dalla caserma dei Carabinieri Montebello di via Vincenzo Monti accompagnato dai suoi avvocati, Milano 13 Marzo 2025ANSA/MATTEO CORNER
Andrea Sempio esce dalla caserma dei Carabinieri Montebello di via Vincenzo Monti accompagnato dai suoi avvocati, Milano 13 Marzo 2025ANSA/MATTEO CORNER
the Garlasco case

Sempio's soliloquy: "Something happened that day, at 9:30." The prosecutors: "The time he entered the Poggi home."

Stasi: "Chiara never mentioned any advances to me." The bloody footprint and those C-shaped marks.
transportation

Cagliari-Elmas Airport: Four-hour strike today

Unions: "Sogaer defaulted on compensation." Flights are also at risk due to the strike called by ENAV and Easyjet staff.
La tac della donna che ha denunciato la dimenticanza della forbice durante l'intervento alla Polizia di Stato (STRINGER/ANSA)
La tac della donna che ha denunciato la dimenticanza della forbice durante l'intervento alla Polizia di Stato (STRINGER/ANSA)
the operation

Naples: Forceps left in a woman's abdomen removed after surgery

The daughter: "We're breathing again. It's a miracle that Mom is still here."
Catherine Birmingham e Nathan Trevallion (ANSA/ANTONELLA SALVATORE)
Catherine Birmingham e Nathan Trevallion (ANSA/ANTONELLA SALVATORE)
palmoli

Mother's Day, Catherine's letter: "Today is not a happy day."

The pain of the "forest mother": "No child should be torn from their home and family."
L'illustratrice bolognese Cristina Cati (foto Ansa)
L'illustratrice bolognese Cristina Cati (foto Ansa)
the case

"They Stole My Drawing," Bolognese Illustrator Wins Case Against Ikea

The artist behind the "Tortellino con ingredienti" will be compensated by the Swedish giant.
Insularità
Raccolta dei rifiuti a Santu Lussurgiu
Raccolta dei rifiuti a Santu Lussurgiu

Environment and territory, the ecological day returns to Santu Lussurgiu

Many volunteers with spades, rakes, wheelbarrows and bins will clean up the Sa Rocca viewpoint