#theguardian.com. × #Feb.22.2026 Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton goes on public display for first time. Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of 13th-century saint’s remains
#Religious #Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.20.2026 Man in Sicily trained his dog to illegally dump rubbish, say police. City of Catania calls ruse to avoid CCTV cameras installed to stop fly-tipping ‘as cunning as it is doubly wrong’
#Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 French prosecutor seeks murder charges over killing of far-right activist. Political tensions rise after fatal attack at protest in Lyon as Emmanuel Macron hits out over remarks by Italian PM
#Politics #France #Emmanuel Macron #Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 Hosts Italy voice ‘absolute opposition’ to Russia flag flying at Winter Paralympics. Italy, the Winter Paralympics hosts, has called for a reversal of the decision to let 10 Russian and Belarusian athletes compete under national flags
#Sport #Russia #Belarus #athlete #Italy × #Europe #athletics
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 Italian broadcaster’s sports chief resigns after gaffe-strewn Olympic commentary. Paolo Petrecca, director of Rai Sport, prompted widespread criticism and protests from journalists at network
#Business #Sport #director #Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.19.2026 Horse meat set to be banned in Italy amid draft equine bill. Law defines animals including horses, donkeys and mules as pets and is backed by opposition parties
#Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.17.2026 A binge and a prayer: Italian monks told to avoid Netflix and social media. Prior of hermitage says digital technologies are designed to be addictive and present ‘challenge for monastic life’
#Religious #Tech #Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.16.2026 Italy’s famous Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day. Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after violent storm
#Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.16.2026 ‘Bring it back’: Sicilians say Antonello da Messina’s Ecce Homo belongs with them. Much of Messina’s cultural memory was destroyed in a 1908 earthquake, but the Italian government has secured a masterpiece by the port city’s greatest son
#Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.14.2026 Nose for trouble: Italian town seeks ‘odour evaluators’ to sniff out bad smells. Mayor of Brendola in Vicenza says he has received complaints from residents who live near industrial zones
#Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.13.2026 Penisgate 2: Italian Olympic coverage takes Leonardo da Vinci’s genitals away. State broadcaster accused of censorship over opening titles that use altered version of Vitruvian Man, with organs removed
#Sport #Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.13.2026 ‘A great wee place’: the small Scottish factory crafting Olympic curling stones. All stones in Cortina are made from granite found on tiny island in Firth of Clyde and crafted in East Ayrshire
#Sport #Iceland #Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.12.2026 Italian PM vows to secure borders and approves bill allowing naval blockades. Legislation is latest step in crackdown by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government on irregular migration
#Politics #Italy × #Giorgia Meloni #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.09.2026 Italian reporters to protest over boss’s gaffe-filled Olympic commentary. Director of state broadcaster Rai Sport welcomed viewers to wrong stadium and mistook Italian actor for Mariah Carey
#Business #Showbiz #Sport #director #actress #actor #Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.07.2026 AI analysis casts doubt on Van Eyck paintings in Italian and US museums. Tests on Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata pieces were unable to detect brushstrokes of 15th-century master
#USA #Italy × #Europe #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.07.2026 NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast. The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
#Sport #USA #Italy × #Europe #North America
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.05.2026 Italian investigated over claims he paid to shoot people during siege of Sarajevo. Former truck driver, now 80, allegedly one of many ‘sniper tourists’ who paid Bosnian Serb soldiers to be allowed fire on city
#Bosnia and Herzegovina #Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.04.2026 Angel that looked like Giorgia Meloni removed from Rome church fresco. Vatican appears to have ordered removal of restored work, which artist confessed he had made to resemble PM
#Christian #Politics #Religious #Vatican City #Italy × #Giorgia Meloni #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.02.2026 ‘This is history, it should be free’: Rome’s €2 Trevi fountain fee divides opinion. Charge is designed to protect much-loved monument from overtourism, but not all visitors like the idea
#Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.01.2026 Likeness of restored angel to Giorgia Meloni triggers investigations in Rome. Cherub at landmark church causes ecclesiastical and political uproar with alleged resemblance to Italian PM
#Christian #Politics #Religious #Italy × #Giorgia Meloni #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.01.2026 Dozens of historic Maseratis recreated for movie about Italian car company. Film with a cast headed by Anthony Hopkins tells the story of a supercar marque that began in a small Bologna garage
#Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.28.2026 Qatari plane hits Milan airport lights during arrival of Winter Olympics staff. Aircraft carrying 104 personnel damaged lighting tower while making ‘wrong manoeuvre’ after landing
#Aviation #Sport #Italy × #Europe #Asia #Qatar
#theguardian.com. × #Jan.26.2026 Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone. Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned last week
#Italy × #Europe
#theguardian.com. × #Nov.19.2025 Rome decries ‘Italian-sounding’ pasta sauces on sale in EU parliament store. Agriculture minister calls for investigation over marketing of carbonara sauce containing wrong type of cured meat
#Politics #Italy × #European Union #Europe
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