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The article focuses on an Albanian court's approval of an agreement allowing Italy to transfer rescued migrants to detention centers in Albania, discussing the deal's approval process, concerns raised by opposition lawmakers and the measures in places, to manage asylum claims and migration flows.

The article discusses Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's groundbreaking agreement with Albania to handle migrant processing, hailed as a model for EU-non-EU cooperation, yet facing legal and ethical scrutiny amid Italy's escalating migrant arrivals and controversial outsourcing strategies.

The article focuses on a series of violent crimes, including rape cases, that have ignited a debate over chauvinistic views and the amplifying role of social media in Italy, prompting discussions about violence against women and neglected areas in the country.

The article reports on the population-related challenges facing Italy. The country's population is aging and declining due to fewer births, thus forcing it to adapt to a booming population of elderly. As a response, the government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has approved the Pact for the Third Age, which is expected to provide a foundation for health and social rebuilding for the elderly's exploding population.

The article focuses on Silvio Berlusconi, his enduring presence in Italian politics, and the shock surrounding his departure from the political stage. Topics include Berlusconi's aura of immortality and longevity, the post-Berlusconi era in Italian politics, and his energetic insistence on remaining involved in politics despite his age.

The article focuses on Italy's Senate approving a comprehensive immigration package proposed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government, which includes measures to restrict integration, establish government-controlled migrant centers, impose harsher punishment for people smugglers.

The article focuses on the tragedy that occurred in the Calabrian coast, southern Italy where a ship capsized killing 86 people onboard and the resulting furious debate about who is responsible for the tragedy. Topics include the Italian Parliament and news media's polemics about how to stop or welcome the migrants expected to arrive in the coming months, locals' compassion in the Calabrian coast, and policy changes introduced by the populist government in 2019.

The article reports many migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, who had been crossing from Turkey drowned as their boat broke apart near Italy; and the tragedy has prompted calls for action to control migration and human trafficking by the International Organization for Migration.

The article informs that Italy's hard-right leader Giorgia Meloni has surprised the European establishment and her critics by governing in a practical way during her 100-day tenure, calming international concerns over Italy's debts, having cordial meetings with leaders of the European Union.

The article informs that Italy has allocated 420 million euro in relief funds to reverse the aging, and vanishing, of 21 of its most threatened small villages, one in each major region or province.

The article discusses the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy during a rainstorm on August 14, 2018. Topics explored include the investigation of the incident led by Genoa chief magistrate Francesco Cozzi, the failure of bridge manager Autostrade per l'Italia to comply with the corrosion monitoring recommendation given by structural engineering professor Carmelo Gentile, and other factors which may have contributed to the collapse such as roadway structure failure.

The article focuses upon the upcoming national elections in Italy, that may usher in a right-wing government. Topics include the economic challenges, a deepening energy crisis and questions about Italy's hard line against Russia, to be faced by the upcoming Italian government; an advantage on part of the coalition on the right over the fragmented left, and an emphasis upon energy policies focusing on renewable sources, cutting costs for low and medium-income families etc.

The article discusses about Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right politician likely to become Italy's prime minister. Topics discussed include her most famous speech including the refrain I am a woman, I am a mother; her talks about preventing abortions, opposing quotas and other measures which will set back the cause of women and the statements of Mr. Victor Orban, the conservative prime minister of Hungary, who encourages Hungarian mothers to procreate prolifically to counter the dropping birthrate.

The article reports on the resignation of Italian Prime Minsiter Mario Draghi that has been rejected by Italian President Sergio Mttarella amid a revolt by anti-establishment populists within the national unity government.

The article reports on the death of 14 individuals from a cable car crash in Piedmont, Italy.

The article reports on murder of Luca Attanasio, Italian ambassador of Democratic Republic of Congo, with his body guard and driver while attending humanitarian convoy with World Food Program and mentions investigation started by prosecutors in Rome into the accident.

The article report that the Migrants are supposed to be identified and listed as asylum seekers in the first European country where they arrive, but often they hope to travel beyond the southern or eastern European countries where many enter the bloc. It mentions that the authorities are supposed to take up the migrants' asylum request in any European nation.

The article reports on the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte due to political maneuvers that led to political chaos.

The article reports that former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi is threatening to stop his support from the government after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte obtained support to win a confidence vote in Parliament.

The article reports on the January 2021 trial of 325 defendants associated with the Ndrangheta crime syndicate in the Calabria region of Italy.

The article offers information about 2018 collapse of a bridge in northwestern Italy as a result of problems in the structure's conception, design and construction.

The article reports on investigation into a citizenship application by the Barcelona professional soccer player Luis Suarez, who is Uruguayan, claiming that his Italian language test was rigged.

The article reports that president Nella Musumeci of Sicily, Italy has ordered the closure of all migrant centers on the island as it was impossible to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at the facilities.

The article focuses on the collapse of Morandi Bridge, the motorway bridge built in the 1960s in Genoa, Italy, on August 14, 2018 which killed at least 39 people. Topics covered include signs that the bridge was deteriorating, plan of Genoa's chief prosecutor Francesco Cozzi to conduct a criminal investigation into the bridge collapse, economic implications of the bridge failure and role of degradation and corrosion in the failure of Morandi Bridge.

The article discusses the experiment of the Italian government, in cooperation with leading digital companies including Facebook, that would train a generation of students steeped in social media on how to recognize fake news and conspiracy theories online. Mentioned is the roll out period of the initiative across high schools on October 31, 2017. It notes the announcement of Pope Francis to dedicate his 2018 World Communications Day address to the topic of fake news.

The article discusses bailout of Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank, will test Europe's too-big-to-fail reforms. It mentions bank's holdings of Italian government bonds, Italian sputtering economy would hurt small businesses and left many unable to repay their debts. It also mentions the views of lawyer Paolo Emilio Falaschi on the same.

The article focuses on the modern slavery system of the labourers like Paola Clemente who had died due to heart attack in the Italian vineyards. It discusses how poor women were exploited with meager wages in Italy's agricultural economy and how middlemen while transportation took away much of their wages. It also talks about how Clemente's death had led to the passing of a law related to exploitation of agricultural workers.

The article focuses on children from Reggio Calabria, Italy who were separated from their mob families and moved them to a different part of Italy to break a generational cycle of criminality. Roberto Di Bella, a magistrate, president of Reggio Calabria minors' court, said that none of the children he had separated from their families had committed a crime. The assistance given by psychologists and social workers to the children is also mentioned.

The article discusses the fatal shooting of the Tunisian suspected terrorist Anis Amri near Milan, Italy on December 23, 2016 after Italian police officer asked for his identification card, commenting on his role in the December 2016 attack on a Berlin, Germany Christmas market. An overview of Amri's radicalization process,including his allegation to the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is provided.

The article offers information related to the efforts of coliated government parties to steer their way to handle the mounting political tension in Italy.

The article discusses Italians' attitudes toward alleged sexism in legal judgments by women judges in Italy, including in regard to a rape retrial, in which the judges' decision was based on physical appearance of the women victims.

The article informs that Italian prosecutors said that five Egyptian security officials are suspects in the killing of an Italian student in Cairo, Egypt in 2016 and mention that Egyptian government had rejected Italian efforts to place its officials under investigation.

The article reports on the state and trend of public housing in Rome, Italy, focusing on the aparments and buildings owned by the government which were rented in low rates according to findings by Interim Administrator Francesco Paolo Tronca. Topics include Elio Ciampanella, one of the public housing applicants, the widespread organized crime within the city, and the rental scandal rooted in Roman political culture for centuries.

The article reports on the increasing number of migrants and refugees in Italy and the response and effort of the government to address the issue. Topics discussed include the plan of Austrian defense minister Hans Peter Doskozil to impose tougher border controls in the Brenner Pass, the refugee and political crisis in Europe, and the statement from president Arno Kompatscher of the autonomous province of Alto Adige in Italy.

The article discusses the revival of the hilltop village Civita di Bagnoregio in Italy by shops, restaurants and boutique properties and large number of tourists, after being abandoned in the 1970s. It focuses on the problem facing the village despite its ongoing revival, as it has steadily collapsing with landslide increasingly eroded the sheer cliffs, slashing the residence of theologian Giovanni di Fidanza. It mentions the efforts of the Lazio officials to protect the village.

The article discusses the impact of the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy which killed 38 people and left several nearby residents homeless.

The article reports on the collapse of a highway bridge in Genoa, Italy in 2018.

The article discusses the abuse of women in Italy including the hesitation of abused women to raise their voices, the impact of violence on the children and the lack of punishments for the perpetrators.

The article focuses on the restoration of a painting by Daniela Lippi destroyed in the Mafia bombing near Uffizi Gallery located in Florence, Italy and presents information on the painting painted by Bartolomeo Manfredi along with the impact of the bombing on the Florentines.

The article reports the plan of populist parties in Italy to pursue a common governing platform for looking into budget-breaking and anti-immigration policies so as to adjust the country's relationship with Europe.

The article reports on the appeal of Italian President Sergio Mattarella to political leaders to support a government of his own choosing until a parliamentary majority is formed or the new elections in summer 2018, noting the critical issues facing the country.

The article reports on the significant victory of the Five Star Movement and other populist parties in Italy's election, which reportedly shattered the establishment and suggested that the country was at the cusp of a political revolution, and mentions role of the leader Luigi Di Maio.

The article reports that a considerable percentage of undecided voters in Italy for the 2018 elections are women and that the country having the second lowest female employment rate in the European Union (EU) may influence the outcome of the elections.

The article reports on the arrest of several members of a Chinese mafia organization on January 18, 2018 in Italy where the term mafia originated, dealing with topics including the possibility that the group ran a criminal enterprise that dominated Chinese product transportation to Europe.

The article focuses on the annual theatrical production Teatro Povero or Poor Theater in Monticchiello, Italy which focus on the struggles that the town is facing, highlighting the 2017 edition that explored the declining population.

The article offers the author's insights on Mayor Ignazio Marino of Rome, Italy, and the problems in the city faced by Marino. The author cites some problems including disgruntled subway workers, the arrest of public officials, and grass in some public parks. She mentioned that Marino faces criticism from the public involving corruption.

The article discusses the efforts of the city of Siena, Italy to reinvent its identity, noting that the city has struggled to recover financially following the collapse of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which had previously provided financial support to Siena. Topics addressed include the city's efforts attract outside investment and foster entrepreneurship, efforts to develop Siena as a hub for pharmaceutical research and development, and the failure of the Siena Biotech company.

The article focuses on the dying condition of the olive trees in Racale, Italy. It provides overview of the Xylella fastidiosa bacteria that have infected the trees, sweeping across one of the country's most famous olive regions. It also mentions the response of government officials to address the issue by putting affected areas into quarantine.

The article reports on the efforts of Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to end the set up of Senate in the country's political system.