Italy ministers agree to ban burqa and niqab in school and cap foreigners in class
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the measures as "common-sense tools that do not divide but really help to integrate".
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bbc.co.uk
24.09.2026
Leonardo, Fincantieri Get $4.2 Billion Contract For Two Destroyers From Italy’s Navy
Fincantieri will design and develop the naval platform and act as system integrator for the two DDX destroyers, while Leonardo will produce the combat system.
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wsj.com
24.09.2026
Indonesia reflags a former Italian warship as its first aircraft carrier
Indonesia’s navy has commissioned its first aircraft carrier after acquiring the former Italian vessel to strengthen its maritime defenses and disaster response
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abcnews.com
24.09.2026
Italy's parliament paves the way for a return to nuclear energy
Italy’s Senate has given final approval to legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power
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abcnews.com
23.09.2026
Italy's Meloni plans to limit foreign student numbers, ban face coverings in schools
Meloni said the government would bring the proposed legislation to the Council of Ministers, after which it would require parliamentary approval to become law.
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21.09.2026
Italy's Meloni plans to limit foreign student numbers, ban face coverings in schools
Meloni said the government would bring the proposed legislation to the Council of Ministers, after which it would require parliamentary approval to become law.
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cbsnews.com
21.09.2026
Meloni promises to ban burqas, niqabs in Italy’s schools
Italy is planning to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class.
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aljazeera.com
21.09.2026
Meloni promises to ban burqas, niqabs in Italy’s schools
Prime minister of Italy's longest serving government since WW2 faces election threat from far-right rival party.
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aljazeera.com
20.09.2026
Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, and cap foreign students in classrooms
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban face burqas and niqabs in schools
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abcnews.com
20.09.2026
As Europe warms, Italy sees West Nile virus spread
Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.
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npr.org
19.09.2026
As Europe warms, Italy sees West Nile virus spread farther and longer
Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year
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abcnews.com
19.09.2026
Indonesia gets its first aircraft carrier amid debate over cost and military ambitions
The gift from Italy has sparked fierce debate among defence analysts and opposition politicians who question its true cost and purposeIndonesia has received its first aircraft carrier, a former Italia
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theguardian.com
18.09.2026
Italy to deploy warships to protect shipping through Bab al-Mandeb
Italy's defence minister warns of severe economic fallout if Bab al-Mandeb becomes impassable, bypassing EU delays.
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aljazeera.com
18.09.2026
Ash from Mount Etna grounds flights at Sicily airport
All flights are suspended from one of Italy's busiest airports until Tuesday night.
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bbc.co.uk
15.09.2026
Formula One leader Kimi Antonelli plans to keep foot on gas in title race
The 20-year-old Italian benefitted from the poor fortune of McLaren's Lando Norris to claim his eighth win of the season.
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japantimes.co.jp
14.09.2026
Emma Bonino, leader of abortion and divorce battles that changed Italy, dies at 78
Emma Bonino, a prominent Italian politician known for her work with the Radical Party, has died at 78
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11.09.2026
Emma Bonino, leader of abortion and divorce battles that changed Italy, dies at 78
Emma Bonino, who rose to political prominence as a leader of campaigns by the Radical Party that legalized abortion and divorce in the 1970s in heavily Roman Catholic Italy, against the objections of
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nbcnews.com
11.09.2026
Emma Bonino: Leader of abortion and divorce battles that changed Italy, dies aged 78
Bonino served as foreign minister, trade minister and EU affairs minister in Italian center-left governments
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independent.co.uk
11.09.2026
Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78
Militant feminist led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce and went on to become foreign minister Emma Bonino, the radical Italian politician who led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce a
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theguardian.com
11.09.2026
UN expert Albanese, protesters warn against Italy’s anti-Semitism bill
Protesters in Rome and UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, warn proposed law could silence criticism of Israel.
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aljazeera.com
10.09.2026