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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: Italy

Italy summons Russian envoy over Zakharova’s jibe linking tower collapse to Ukraine aid

Rome protests Moscow’s 'vulgar' remarks after a tower collapse kills a worker. Italy says its support for Ukraine remains unchanged despite Russian taunts.

Italy approves world’s longest single-span bridge linking Sicily to mainland

The 3.7 km bridge, proposed since the 1960s to develop impoverished southern Italy, is a priority for PM Meloni, who has allocated €13.5 billion for it over the next 10 years.

Austrian skydiver & extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner dies while paragliding in Italy

Baumgartner was known for record-breaking skydive from edge of space. He lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in Italy's central Marche region.

Vatican willing to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks, says Pope Leo to Zelenskyy

The pope, meeting the Ukrainian leader for the 2nd time in his two-month-old papacy, also discussed with Zelenskyy 'the urgent need for a just and lasting peace'.

Biblical motifs to bikini women—Delhi exhibition brings 2,000 years of Italian mosaic art

The exhibition, Mosaico: Italian Code of a Timeless Art, at the Humayun’s Tomb museum will run until 30 August.

What is Tehreek-e-Labbaik, the radical group under spotlight after arrest of 11 Pakistanis in Spain

In the 3rd phase of a 3-year-long investigation into radical groups operating in Barcelona, the 11 were held in a joint operation by the Spanish National Police & Italian police forces.

Italy’s ban on international surrogacy shows an ultra-conservative idea of family

The use of the term 'universal crime' to describe the ban evokes the Italian criminal code for crimes that contravene 'universal values'—putting surrogacy on par with genocide.

Italy makes it illegal to seek surrogacy abroad, activists say it targets LGBTQ community

Italy extends surrogacy ban already in place in Italy since 2004 to those who go to countries such as the US or Canada imposing 2-year jail term and fines of up to $1.09mn.

A little bit of Rome is now in Gurugram—Sistine Chapel to Renaissance art

Begeterre’s vastness is almost cathedral-like. And while it’s a homage to Rome, its culinary offerings are akin to Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, from India to Turkey to Mexico and Asia.

UK, Italy discuss boosting of ties, start of ‘new chapter’ in bilateral ties

The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni in Rome to build on an existing MoU.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.