1️⃣ Fans of rival basketball team kill coach employee
The second driver on board a Jimmy Travel coach bus was allegedly hit by a brick thrown by Rieti Sebastian Basket fans on a bus carrying several supporters of the rival team, Pistoia. The incident on the A2 highway followed a match between the two teams where Pistoia won 88 to 73. Investigators are trying to determine if the death is voluntary manslaughter, but no suspects have been identified yet.
Source: Ansa
2️⃣ Foreign minister clarifies Trump tweet that Italy is breaking with EU on trade
Antonio Tajani said Italy will continue to negotiate agreements on U.S. within the European Union. U.S. President Donald Trump reposted a tweet that suggested Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni would negotiate a separate deal for Italy. “We have always worked with the EU, and thanks to Italy, we have been able to make some important steps forward,” Tajani said in a press statement.
Source: Ansa
3️⃣ Mattarella feels “at home” in Brussels during state visit
President Sergio Mattarella called Brussels “the capital of Europe” during a state visit to Belgium on Monday. Speaking at the Belgian parliament, he highlighted the “brotherhood” between the two nations, noting their shared history as founding members of the EU and the “fundamental hub of democracy” that parliament represents.
Source: Ansa
4️⃣ Italian Gaza aid flotilla member files a complaint against Israeli forces
Antonio La Piccirella, who was a part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, alleged Israeli soldiers committed torture by using physical violence after intercepting them earlier this month. He filed the complaint in Rome, saying this is the reason why some onboard had broken arms upon release from Israeli detainment.
Source: Ansa
5️⃣ Salvini says banks ‘cannot complain’ about budget contribution
Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini stated Monday that Italian banks, which he said are recording €50 billion in profits, “cannot be heard” complaining about a new contribution to the state budget.
The government has agreed to a plan that collect €11 billion from banks and insurers over three years.
Salvini called it “correct” for banks to make a “small contribution” to help consumers.
Source: Agenzia Nova
6️⃣ Italy to hire 20,000 new nurses
The Servizio Sanitario Nazionale is using the 2026 budget to hire more nurses than is needed for the natural turnover, said Italian Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci at the Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal ceremony. He also said regions will be able to hire more new health care staff with the increased budget.
Source: Ansa
7️⃣ Man killed in Catania factory accident
A 58-year-old man died and a 34-year-old colleague was injured Monday in an accident at a glass factory in San Giovanni La Punta, Catania. The local prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation.
Source: Ansa
8️⃣ Remains of Indian hotelier and wife that died in Italy crash brought back to India
The bodies of Javed and Nadia Akhtar have arrived in Nagpur eighteen days after a truck collided with their rental car near Grosetto. Their eldest daughter, Aarzoo, remains in critical condition in Milan, while the two younger siblings, Jezel and Shifa, survived and returned home. Javed owned the Gulshan Plaza at Sitabuldi.
Source: The Times of India
9️⃣ Pope Leo XIV holds first public meeting with abuse victims
Pope Leo XIV met with clerical sex abuse victims at the Vatican on Monday, his first publicly disclosed meeting of this kind. The group belonged to Ending Crime Abuse (ECA), a network active primarily in the US. The meeting follows a recent report from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, which noted the slow pace of addressing abuse in some Italian dioceses.
Source: Reuters
🔟 Sinner to skip Davis Cup finals in Bologna
World number two Jannik Sinner will not play in the Davis Cup finals this November, non-playing captain Filippo Volandri announced Monday. Volandri said Sinner is unavailable for Italy’s title defense and has selected Matteo Berrettini, Simone Bolelli, Flavio Cobolli, Lorenzo Musetti, and Andrea Vavassori for the team.
Source: Ansa
