The Emilia-Romagna region has launched 'Settembre insieme', a pilot project opening primary schools two weeks early for about 8,000 children, funded with €3 million to help families balance work and childcare.
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Three prison police officers have been suspended for one year following an investigation into alleged violence and torture against 12 detained minors at the Casal del Marmo juvenile prison in Rome.
A 42-year-old courier, Pasquale Andriotta, died of a sudden illness while making a delivery in Piacenza, Italy, on the last day of his fixed-term contract. His union, Filt-Cgil, reported that colleagues were on strike that day over unsustainable workloads.
Three members of a family, including a young disabled woman and her parents, were found dead in their home in Rome's Pietralata district, apparently shot. Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide.
Italy has extended the temporary reintroduction of border controls at airports and seaports for travelers arriving from Spain for another 15 days, a measure first introduced on August 1 following the migration crisis in Ceuta.
A 55-year-old bricklayer died instantly when a concrete slab collapsed and crushed him at a construction site in Origgio, in the province of Varese, Italy.
A primary school in Ginostra, a hamlet on Stromboli island, will reopen on September 10 after 20 years, with a single six-year-old student, Aisha.
New Phase III data presented at ESC 2026 show baxdrostat reduces systolic blood pressure by 12.6 mmHg over 52 weeks in patients with uncontrolled or resistant hypertension.
A 16-year-old boy in Rome beat his 50-year-old mother, then called emergency services. She died in hospital. The boy is hospitalized in psychiatry.