https://sagire.online/topic/italy/ Articles and notes about Italy. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:48:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/e1604041/https://sagire.online/wire/e1604041/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:23:00 -0300Italy’s government held emergency talks with intelligence chiefs on Tuesday after cyberattacks on supermarket freezer systems in at least nine European countries, according to AFP, in a report published by RFI. Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden reported refrigeration problems that forced some retailers to discard food after temperatures rose. In Italy, cabinet undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano called the meeting with intelligence officials and the National Cybersecurity Agency, which also issued technical advice for retailers. European Commissioner for Food and Agriculture Christophe Hansen said the bloc takes the incidents “very seriously” and described them as a deliberate attempt to disrupt the food supply chain and undermine consumers’ confidence in it. Carlos Cancinos, a spokesperson for the Coop chain in Sweden, said there had been no further attacks overnight and that the affected shops had resumed “normal functioning”. The refrigeration equipment affected was connected to “old 4G networks”, he said.ItalyEuropean UnionCybersecuritySupply chains https://sagire.online/wire/acf0274e/https://sagire.online/wire/acf0274e/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:21:00 -0300Tens of thousands of people protested in more than 50 cities across Italy on Friday, October 30, 2026, against soaring living costs and the poor state of public services such as healthcare and education, CNN reported. The nationwide general strike, called by the anti-capitalist union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), brought together teachers and workers from the agricultural and healthcare sectors, among others, and farmers dumped manure on the streets of Turin. The largest rallies took place in Milan, Turin and Rome, where young and old criticized Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing government.ItalyEuropeProtestsLabor https://sagire.online/wire/2a657bd3/https://sagire.online/wire/2a657bd3/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:23:00 -0300Tens of thousands of people, mostly students and workers, took to the streets across Italy on Friday to demand higher wages and stronger public services, protest against the rising cost of living and oppose increased military spending, according to Reuters, in an article republished by U.S. News. In Genoa, around 15,000 port workers, students and other demonstrators entered the port, joining similar protests in Europe and elsewhere against the use of ports for arms shipments.ItalyProtestsEuropeLaborEconomyDefense https://sagire.online/wire/4f0e3ade/https://sagire.online/wire/4f0e3ade/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:23:00 -0300Thousands of students and workers took to the streets across Italy on Friday to demand more school funding and relief from the cost of living, with a heavy police presence to avert possible clashes, according to the Times of Israel. Marches were held in dozens of cities, including Bologna, Genoa, Naples and Turin, where a few minor skirmishes between protesters and riot police occurred at the start of the protest.ItalyEuropeProtestsEconomyLabor https://sagire.online/wire/dea7f3d9/https://sagire.online/wire/dea7f3d9/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:22:00 -0300An Italian CH-47 Chinook helicopter serving with the European Union peacekeeping force in Bosnia (EUFOR) crashed on Thursday in the country’s north, with “a number” of personnel killed or injured, according to the Associated Press. Local officials told Bosnian media that three people died and 12 were injured in the crash near the town of Brcko, and EUFOR confirmed casualties and opened an investigation. Chinese state agency Xinhua reported the same toll of three killed and 12 injured.European UnionBosnia and HerzegovinaItalyDefense https://sagire.online/wire/45e9e0bf/https://sagire.online/wire/45e9e0bf/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:22:00 -0300Donald Trump reiterated that he will not get involved in Flávio Bolsonaro’s case after his escape from Brazil. Flávio’s attempt to present himself as the true elected president of Brazil caused discomfort behind the scenes in the United States government, according to Brasil 247. In Italy, deputy Angelo Bonelli, of the Europa Verde party, asked the Foreign and Interior ministries for explanations about the Italian citizenships of Flávio, Eduardo and Carlos Bolsonaro.BrazilUnited StatesItalyElectionsExtraditionJustice https://sagire.online/wire/d62293d5/https://sagire.online/wire/d62293d5/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:25:00 -0300Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's parliamentary email address was among those hit in a massive cyberattack on the Lower House's IT systems in recent days, along with accounts of other lawmakers, according to ANSA.ItalyCybersecurity https://sagire.online/wire/62c4707e/https://sagire.online/wire/62c4707e/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:24:00 -0300Italy’s courts hold a new hearing on Tuesday to reassess the extradition request for former congresswoman Carla Zambelli, and the session examines questions from Court of Cassation judges about prison conditions in Brazil, including the guarantee of medical care for the illnesses she says she has, according to G1. If the decision is favorable, Zambelli would return to Brazil to serve a sentence of 5 years and 3 months in prison, according to InfoMoney.ItalyBrazilExtraditionJustice https://sagire.online/wire/393b7703/https://sagire.online/wire/393b7703/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 02:23:00 -0300Soldiers guard central Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe, The Hindu reports. The protests run from Milan to Madrid, with security forces curbing clashes, and include campus, pension, housing and anti-corruption demands, the paper says. In several Italian cities, the demonstrations drew tear gas and water cannon fire, according to TRT World.ItalySpainEuropeProtests https://sagire.online/europa-protestos-conta-sem-dono/https://sagire.online/europa-protestos-conta-sem-dono/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:05:00 -0300On October 24, 2026, France’s Interior Ministry counted 410,000 demonstrators and the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) nearly 800,000; Italy put paratroopers around Milan’s Duomo and Albania answered with rubber bullets. The mobilisations share no command, and what ties them together is the same bill — rent, wages, schools and pensions — answered in each country with a police perimeter, preventive detention and, in Italy, a soldier on the street.EuropeFranceItalyAlbaniaGreeceBelgiumAustriaSpainPortugalProtests https://sagire.online/wire/f6697106/https://sagire.online/wire/f6697106/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:22:00 -0300Protests against the war and the rising cost of living returned to major Italian cities on Saturday, a week after unrest erupted across the country, with clashes between demonstrators and police in Turin, Rome and Bologna and largely peaceful rallies in Milan, Reuters reported in a text republished by the Jerusalem Post. Authorities deployed a heavy police presence and many shops closed as a precaution; Reuters witnesses did not observe any shops being looted or property vandalized.ItalyEuropeProtestsEconomy https://sagire.online/wire/cb63732c/https://sagire.online/wire/cb63732c/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:24:00 -0300Five Italian activists detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank this week were released and repatriated on Saturday morning, Italy's foreign ministry said, according to Reuters, in text published by The Hindu. The women were detained by Israeli police in the settlement of Kiryat Arba, next to Hebron, along with other international activists, while trying to protect Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest, according to the Times of India.West BankIsraelItalyHuman rights https://sagire.online/wire/1d33441e/https://sagire.online/wire/1d33441e/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:23:00 -0300Italy has sent 500 additional soldiers to Milan, on top of hundreds already stationed there, to support about 5,000 police and other law enforcement personnel ahead of new protests, according to the Associated Press (AP), in text published by The Times of Israel. Authorities are conducting drone surveillance, checks at railway stations and online monitoring for potential calls to violence. Protests are scheduled on Saturday in many other European cities, from Portugal to Albania, according to the AP.ItalyProtestsEuropePublic security https://sagire.online/wire/7c34ee98/https://sagire.online/wire/7c34ee98/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:23:00 -0300A truckers’ protest in southern Italy halted production of buffalo mozzarella, with an estimated loss of €3 million (US$3.37 million) in just 24 hours as the milk cannot reach dairies in the Naples region, according to SCMP. The protests, which seriously affected fuel and food supplies in southern Italy, were easing on Thursday as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government was lining up aid, according to Reuters, in a text republished by U.S. News.ItalyProtestsEconomy https://sagire.online/wire/89a793d5/https://sagire.online/wire/89a793d5/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:23:00 -0300Italy on Tuesday approved the deployment of 500 troops to Milan after violent clashes as fuel price protests hit pasta production and food deliveries in southern Italy, France 24 reported. The government also announced new security measures aimed at tackling the kind of violent protests that damaged Milan's central shopping district when weekend rioters, many of them minors, looted stores and set fire to property, AP reported. A government decree calls for the deployment of an additional 500 soldiers to Milan through the end of the year, requires parents to pay for damage caused by minors and makes it easier to prosecute minors over 14.ItalyPublic securityProtestsEurope