Our daily news in English. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is in Brussels this afternoon at the European Council meeting with other leaders. Iran and Ukraine remain the focus of discussions following the G7 summit.
Today marks the start of the high school final exams for approximately 500.000 students. The first part of the exam is the Italian writing test, which is the same for all academic programs. Meanwhile, tomorrow’s test will vary depending on each student’s chosen study program. A highly anticipated event for students and their families.
Stellantis CEO Filosa appears before parliamentary committees reassuring about the future of the company’s plants in Italy but calls for greater “flexibility” from workers.
Italian universities are climbing in the QS World University Rankings. Two figures stand out. First, the Polytechnic University of Milan, which entered the top 100 last year at No. 98, has risen to No. 87. The top 10 Italian universities are all moving up in the rankings despite the chronic lack of public funding. Then, La Sapienza — ranked 111th in the world — is Italy’s top comprehensive university.