The ‘Weimar plus’ format meeting is underway at Villa Madama, which includes Germany, France, Poland, Spain, and Great Britain. The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU and the Secretary General of NATO are present, as well as the Ukrainian Foreign Minister. In the morning Mark Rutte paid a visit to Prime Minister Meloni at Palazzo Chigi.
One of the two robbers captured, who killed a carabiniere this morning during an escape has died. The shooting took place in Francavilla Fontana. The episode occurred around 7 in the morning during a road block operation in an industrial area. The Carabinieri had been called for an attempted robbery at a gas station. A vehicle with three people did not stop at the checkpoint, giving rise to a chase that then degenerated into a firefight. The soldier Carlo Legrottaglie, was 60 years old and today was his last day of work.
The flight carrying 17 Palestinian children wounded by the Israelis and their families, or what remains of them, landed late yesterday evening at Milan Linate. Symbol of Italian humanitarian intervention, little Adam who lost his entire family in an attack, 9 little brothers and his father, and only his mother remained. The children were hospitalized in various pediatric centers of excellence in Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia, Tuscany and Rome.
Employment continues to grow in Italy. In the first quarter of 2025, Istat recorded an increase of 432 thousand units (+1.8%) on an annual basis and of 141 thousand (+0.6%) compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, bringing the total number of employed people to just over 24 million. The growth, Istat underlines, concerns permanent employees and self-employed workers, while the decrease in fixed-term employees continues. The employment rate, slightly increasing, reaches 62.7%.
Child labor. In Italy in 2024 over 80 thousand children employed. The data released by a report by Unicef . Trentino is the region with the highest percentage.”The Republic’s duty is to protect childhood”. Thiese the words of President Mattarella on the occasion of the World Day Against the Exploitation of Child Labor. And today, UNICEF is releasing data from a Report regarding minors employed in our country, over 80,000 in 2024.
Widespread suffering”, poverty and social hardship are realities that “do not happen elsewhere, far from us, but also affect our city of Rome, marked by multiple forms of poverty and serious emergencies such as housing”. This was recalled this morning by Pope Leo the 14th who met the priests of the diocese of Rome in the Vatican.
Roberto Occhiuto, President of the Calabria Region, is being investigated for corruption by the Catanzaro Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Scorching hot week in Italy. Orange alert for 6 cities: Rome, Bolzano, Campobasso, Frosinone, Perugia and Rieti. Temperatures will reach 38 degrees in the larger cities and in the south, and on the islands they could reach 40-42 degrees.
At the Taormina Film Festival, a lifetime achievement award for Catherine Deneuve, who also presents her latest film in the main role entitled Spirit World.
Tragedy during pre-race testing for the Poland Rally. The 2024 Italian Junior champion, Matteo Doretto, 21, from Pordenone, died from the consequences of going off the road.
