Category: General

Boy, 15, Beaten by Father Because Gay

Naples: A 15-year-old boy was beaten and subjected to death threats by his 48-year-old father in Naples because he is gay, the teenager reported to teachers this week. The troubling incident has brought attention to the ongoing issues of violence and …

Meloni to Attend Trump Inauguration

Washington: Premier Giorgia Meloni will attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States for the second time in Washington on Monday, her office said Friday night. Meloni is on friendly terms with Trump and with his future co-head …

Extreme Concern for Object on Train Line: Transport Ministry

Venice: Italy’s transport ministry on Saturday expressed extreme concern over the discovery of a bike chain on a rail line in Veneto on Thursday. This incident has raised suspicions within the rail company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) that recent faults …

Tajani Expresses Hope Italians in Germany Avoid Voting for AfD

Berlin: Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expressed his hope on Friday that Italians residing in Germany would refrain from voting for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Tajani emphasized that the AfD does not have any favorable sentimen…

Exempt Mental Patients from New Highway Code Norms – Docs

Rome: The Italian Society of Psychiatry (SIP) on Friday requested the government to exempt patients on psychoactive drugs from the newly implemented ‘zero tolerance’ highway code norms concerning drug use. The society highlighted that many prescriptio…

Italy Leads EU in Proportion of Doctors Aged Over 65

Rome: Italy has the highest proportion of doctors over 65 in the European Union, Eurostat reported based on 2022 figures. With 26.7% of its medical practitioners aged 65 or older, Italy tops the list followed by Hungary and Estonia, with 22.4% and 22….

Italian Tourist Dies in Minibus Crash in Cienfuegos, Cuba

Cienfuegos: An Italian tourist died in a minibus crash in Cuba Thursday, the Italian foreign ministry said Friday. The accident involved a group of seven Italian tourists in Cienfuegos, it said. The other passengers were injured, said the Farnesina.