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Satellite captures striking V-shaped thunderstorm over Northern Italy linked to severe weather

A powerful thunderstorm over Northern Italy displayed a V-shaped cloud pattern. This distinctive signature indicated severe weather, including heavy rain and strong winds. Arctic air advancing into the Mediterranean region fueled the storm's intensity. The storm impacted areas like Vicenza, Padua, Rovigo, and Treviso. Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites help monitor such…

The Times of India

Workers building a highway in Italy uncovered a 2,500-year-old temple hidden since before Rome ruled the region

A stretch of highway construction in northern Italy has opened a window into a forgotten chapter of the region’s ancient past. Workers extending the Padana Inferiore State Highway 10 near Ponso, in the province of Padua, uncovered stone fragments that led archaeologists to a buried sanctuary dating back to the…

The Times of India

Perfect Padua and a Greek theatre in Sicily: readers’ favourite places in Italy

From cycling in the Cinque Terre to sipping espresso at a secret spot overlooking the Colosseum, here are some of your Italian highlights

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Parents Charged After CCTV Footage Catches Teen Allegedly Throw Statue From Balcony Fatally Striking Tourist

Law enforcement authorities are figuring out who to blame after a boy threw a statue from a third-floor balcony that made a fatal landing on a tourist’s head.

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Italian woman awarded compensation after breaking ankle while working from home

University of Padua employee fractured ankle when getting up to fetch documents during video meeting

The Guardian - UK

An Indian fixer lured workers to Italy. They say he used threats, violence

Tara Chand Tanwar recruited hundreds into exploitative employment, according to an Al Jazeera-Lavialibera investigation.

Al Jazeera

The computer software saving lives in MotoGP

Since last season, the MotoGP Safety Commission has been using the full version of software developed by the University of Padua specifically for the championship to study and improve the run-off areas of its circuits.

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The couch surfing predator: how a group of women were drugged and assaulted – then fought back

Dino Maglio, a former Italian police officer, opened up his home to young women travellers, many of whom suffered at his hands. As scattered as they were, legal action seemed impossible. But as their numbers grew, so too did their determination ...

The Guardian - UK

Fears For Children Of Same-sex Couples In Hard-right Italy

The risk she could lose her children is driving Chiara and her family into self-imposed exile, away from Italy and a hard-right government hostile to same-sex parents.

International Business Times

‘Ghost parents’: Same-sex couples in Italy are losing their rights

Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has demanded local councils only list biological parents on birth certificates, flinging hundreds of same-sex couples into a legal morass.

France 24

Italy begins removing gay mothers from children’s birth certificates

Families in Milan, Rome and Padua have received letters notifying them of the changes

The Independent UK

In Meloni's Italy, young Black men are particularly at risk of ending up on the street

Italy is in the grip of a housing crisis, and has been for years. It’s not as if the problem had gone unnoticed. There has been no shortage of articles in the national – or even international – media over students’ struggle to access affordable accommodation. Over the past days…

The Conversation

The best dishes and drinks to try in the best foodie cities

Want a holiday but don’t know where? Why not choose it by going to the home of your favourite tasty treats

Evening Standard

A local’s guide to Padua, Italy: home of the Aperol spritz and ancient wonders

Emanuela Padoan leads the way to 14th-century frescoes, fabulous bazaars, the world’s oldest botanical gardens and tiramisu to die for

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Padua plans first female statue – but probably not with the 78 male ones in main square

Councillors forced to compromise on proposal to honour philosopher Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia

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