#italy

#italy

Italian authorities have seized €20 million in assets in Tuscany, including property, vineyards, and olive groves, allegedly bought with money embezzled from actress Ursula Andress.

Meloni conceded defeat in an online post, saying her camp will "respect this decision." She also pledged to "continue, with seriousness and determination, to work for the good of the nation and to honor the mandate entrusted to us."

All the suspicious deaths occurred while or soon after the patients were transported in an ambulance driven by the 27-year-old man, lawyers of the victims told the Guardian. Investigative sources told the ANSA state news agency they believe the man, who worked for the Italian Red Cross but has now been suspended, may have administered harmful substances to the patients during transfers between hospitals and care homes in the Emilia-Romagna region.

Italy, the Winter Olympic hosts, has called for a reversal of the decision to let 10 Russian and Belarusian athletes compete with national flags and anthems at next month's Paralympic Games. The foreign minister Antonio Tajani and sports minister Andrea Abodi urged the International Paralympic Committee to reconsider its stance due to Russia's four-year-old invasion of Ukraine, saying it contradicted the Olympic spirit.

Good morning, buongiorno, how you doin'? Welcome to the OBO of England v Italy. It seems bonkers to say, given the pedigree of both cricket nations, but we could have a proper contest on our hands. England's T20 World Cup campaign has failed to leave second gear. They were poor in their defeat to the West Indies and hardly convincing in their wins over Nepal and Scotland their first triumph over European opponents in this competition.

A Slovak fugitive who had been on the run for 16 years was finally arrested when he turned up in Milan to support his national ice hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, police said Friday. The 44-year-old man, who was not named, was wanted by Italian authorities for a series of thefts committed in 2010. The carabinieri managed to track down and arrest the man Wednesday.

"At the Olympics, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is supporting the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service and host nation to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations," according to . "All security operations remain under Italian authority."

How do you quantify the abuse of a company's power in its chosen industry? We're seeing one answer to that question in Italy this week, where the Italian Competition Authority has issued a fine to Apple over "abuse of a dominant position" related to the tech company's App Store. The fine that's been levied is a very specific €98,635,416.67, which translates to $116,000,725.26 at the current rate of exchange.

Two countries dominated the Eurail rankings this year: Switzerland and Italy. Florence to Rome (Santa Maria Novella to Roma Termini) was the most popular journey of 2025. Switzerland's Interlaken Ost-Lauterbrunnen line and the Visp-Zermatt connection followed-with mountain villages, waterfalls, and alpine views, both routes are stunning. Paris to London via Eurostar came in fourth, and Milan to Florence rounded out the top five.

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If you need yet another reason to visit Italy, boutique travel company SmoothRed just unveiled an enticing new train experience. This seven-day journey connects two of the country's most celebrated wine regions by train and offers the chance to sample more than 20 of the country's best wines. The trip begins with three nights in Turin in Italy's northern Piedmont region, an area known for its white truffles, coffee culture, and its connection to the Slow Food Movement.

When, out of curiosity, Leila Cader and her friends entered the gardens surrounding Castel Sant'Angelo, a prominent Rome monument that once served as a refuge for popes during times of war, they thought they'd chanced upon an enchanting winter wonderland. With the scent of mulled wine wafting through the air, Santa's elves wandering around, stalls selling nativity-scene figurines and skaters merrily gliding on an ice-rink, it was beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Farmers markets in particular are a way of understanding the people who live in any given place. Not only the produce or products that are sold, but how fresh are they, and where are those products from? Are the majority locally sourced or imported? What are the vendors like that are selling them? Who is shopping there?

"I looked ahead at the rest of my life and thought, 'I'll be damned if I spend the next 30 years in New Jersey,'" she told Business Insider. In 2018, at 57, La Valle bought a one-way ticket to Paris. Seven years later, at 64, she lives in Brescia, a city in northern Italy's Lombardy region, near the foothills of the Alps.

Italy registered 1,044 battery-electric buses in the first eleven months of 2025, reports our sister media Autobusweb based on data by ANFIA. They represent a 63.4% increase over 2024 and account for nearly 29% of all bus and coach registrations over 8 ton. From January to November, 3,629 buses above 8 tonnes were registered, down 11.8% year-on-year, yet the performance of the electric segment more than offsets the decline in other propulsion categories, reshaping procurement dynamics, especially in Class I fleets.

The review will focus on safeguards for both direct and indirect investments in crypto-assets by retail investors, regulators added. The decision came during a meeting of the Committee for Macroprudential Policies. The committee includes the heads of the Bank of Italy, market watchdog Consob, insurance and pension regulators, and the Treasury's director general, according to Reuters reporting. Committee members warned that risks from crypto-assets could rise. Growing connections between crypto and the wider financial system, along with inconsistent international regulations, could heighten vulnerabilities, they said.

The three-night trip begins with a round at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club just outside Rome (and host of the 2023 Ryder Cup) before heading to play at the San Domenico Golf Club in Fasano overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Travelers will then head down to Tuscany to play the private course at The Club at Castiglion del Bosco before playing their final round at the Argentario Golf Club.