Italy
Italy to revive national holiday in honour of patron saint, Francis of Assisi | Italy
Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government in Italy has revived a national holiday in honour of the country’s popular patron saint, Francis of Assisi, in a nod to “the very core of our nation’s identity”. Millions of Italian workers are expected to get a day off each 4 October, the feast day of Saint Francis, after the […]
Venice police fine parents of children who played football in public square | Italy
Italy might be a football-loving country but that did not stop police in Venice from pursuing a group of unlikely targets: 14 children who fell foul for playing the game in a public square, leading to fines presented to their parents, in a move that has sparked a debate about the rights of young people […]