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Italian schoolchildren gather near Trajan’s Forum after they evacuated the school 'Ennio Quirino Visconti' during a bomb alert in Rome on November 11, 2026. (Marie-Laure MESSANA/AFP)
November 12, 2026, 3:20 pm
Italy says thousands of schools have received bomb threats over past two days
After mass evacuations, Meloni government says it will implement new protocols for dealing with security threats amid wave of similar hoaxes and cybersecurity breaches in Europe
By Reuters
People take part in a demonstration as part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests, with school and university students demanding more funding for schools and support for housing in Rome on October 30, 2026. (Andreas SOLARO/AFP)
October 30, 2026, 3:05 pm
Thousands of students, workers protest across Italy amid heavy police presence
Minor skirmishes reported between police and demonstrators demanding more funding for education and relief from high living costs; many carry Palestinian flags, anti-Israel posters
By Alexandria SAGE and Taimaz SZIRNIKS
Italian police patrol the area around Milan’s Duomo Cathedral, Italy, October 24, 2026, ahead of a planned protest against the rising cost of living and deteriorating public services, one of several demonstrations organized across Italy by groups spanning the political spectrum. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
October 24, 2026, 4:40 pm
Hundreds of soldiers sent to Milan as protests planned across Europe
Italian police step up surveillance and security checks amid fears of renewed violence; protests spread across several European countries demanding education, pension and housing reforms
By Colleen Barry
Fire burns and destroys the city hall after a group of individuals forced entry into the building during ongoing protest action against cost of living, in Limoges, central France, on October 17, 2026. (Melaine PAYZAL/AFP)
October 18, 2026, 6:24 am
Mass protests in France spiral into worst riots in years; 1,200 arrested, 150 cops injured
Hundreds of thousands protest cost of living; city hall torched as police use tear gas; teen protester loses hand after picking up stun grenade; PM blames ‘ultra-left,’ months before presidential election
By Janis Laizans, Stamos Prousalis and Yann Tessier
Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, June 2025. (Ariel Harmoni / Defense Ministry)
October 16, 2026, 10:24 pm
Italy names Israeli defense minister, IDF chief, others in probe of flotilla activists’ treatment
Prosecutors also launch investigation of 11 senior military, police and prison officials as suspects; if probe determines charges are warranted, Italy could lodge request for trial
By Marco Roberti and Crispian Balmer
I.J. Singer's dispatches for the Yiddish Forward are collected in “Viaggi in America” (“Travels in America”), which was recently published in a new Italian translation .(Giuntina; Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
August 21, 2026, 6:57 pm
Italy is having a Yiddish moment, fueled by translation of I.J. Singer’s writings
‘Yiddish is alive and well — even in Italy,’ says publisher of unprecedented Italian version of ‘Travels in America,’ a collection of novelist’s dispatches for the ‘Forverts’
By Simone Somekh
Illustrative: IDF troops operate in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo issued on April 26, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 4, 2026, 11:32 am
Legal group files complaint in Italy against Israeli man for alleged Gaza war crimes
Hind Rajab Foundation, which has filed dozens of complaints against IDF soldiers abroad, claims visiting combat engineer’s posts show ‘public endorsement’ of demolition operations
By ToI Staff
In this handout picture released by the Palazzo Chigi Press Office on June 17, 2026 US President Donald Trump speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. (Handout / Palazzo Chigi press office / AFP)
June 19, 2026, 7:11 pm
Meloni slams Trump’s claim she ‘begged’ for photo, as Italian FM cancels US trip
Italian PM says she is ‘stunned’ by US president’s ‘completely fabricated’ comments about G7 meeting; FM calls Trump’s remarks ‘serious and offensive’ toward all of Italy
By Nicole Winfeld
People take part in the annual Pride March in Rome, on June 10, 2023. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)
June 14, 2026, 12:30 am
Israelis say they were attacked at Bologna Pride for carrying rainbow Star of David flag
Witnesses say pregnant woman was shoved, families were called ‘murderers,’ while demonstrators reportedly waved Palestinian flags, held signs reading ‘no Pride in genocide’
By ToI Staff
People hold a banner in Italian reading "Skin and sweat have the same color, no deportation' during a march in Rome, June 13, 2026, to protest Italy's security and migration package, including a migrant "repatriation bonus" scheme criticized by opposition parties and legal groups as unconstitutional and ethically problematic. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
June 13, 2026, 9:57 pm
Thousands march through Rome in rival anti- and pro-migration rallies
As far-right demonstrators perform fascist salutes and praise Mussolini, a larger crowd of counter-protesters wave Palestinian flags and back migrant rights
By AP
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir taunts detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port on May 20, 2026. (Screenshot/Ben Gvir's X account)
June 8, 2026, 11:55 pm
Italy investigating Ben Gvir for alleged torture, kidnapping over Gaza flotilla video
Judicial source confirms probe, which Italian news agency says has been underway for several weeks; far-right minister says he’s ‘undeterred’ by ‘lying terror supporters’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People hoist a Palestinian flag during a Pride parade in Rome, Italy, on June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
May 28, 2026, 9:44 pm
Rome Pride bars Jewish LGBT group for not ‘distancing itself’ from Gaza ‘genocide’
Organizers say all groups that want to be formally recognized with float in parade must sign onto political platform that includes condemnation of Israeli actions in Gaza, which Keshet refused to do
By Rossella Tercatin and ToI Staff
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a joint press conference at Chigi Palace government offices in Rome, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
May 28, 2026, 6:45 pm
Italy is fuming after Ben Gvir’s flotilla stunt. Is Israel losing a top European ally?
Far-right minister’s derisive viral video capped months of tension as Iran war, Catholic outrage and anti-Trump sentiment pushes Italian PM Meloni’s government to distance itself from Jerusalem
By Rossella Tercatin
Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla headed for Gaza and arrested and deported by Israel pose outside a terminal following their arrival at Istanbul Airport on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
May 21, 2026, 4:28 pm
Amid Ben Gvir furor, Israel deports all 430 foreign flotilla activists, holds one Israeli
Condemnations of Ben Gvir’s video humiliating detainees continue as Italy asks EU for sanctions on the far-right minister, Poland looks to ban him; activists claim they were beaten, tortured; prison service denies it
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
Scenes from a video released by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir showing the minister taunting bound and detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port on May 20, 2026. (Ben Gvir via X)
May 20, 2026, 5:24 pm
Ben Gvir posts video of himself taunting bound and detained Gaza flotilla activists, sparks global outcry
Clip shows minister waving Israeli flag as activists forced to kneel on ground and national anthem blasts over loudspeaker; Italy, France summon Israeli envoys over treatment of their citizens
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Nava Freiberg
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