ISTAT said Friday that Italy’s resident population was down by almost 384,000 on December 31, 2020 with respect to the start of last year. The national statistics agency said the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic had amplified the declining trend the Italian population has experienced since 2015. The drop means that it is as if a city the size of Florence had disappeared last year. ISTAT said... 

Leftist terrorists of the anarchic variety are believed to be responsible for a fire at an Italian electrical center for high-speed trains. According to a report by Il Giornale, the attack which caused hours of delay happened in Rovezzano, just outside of Florence. Police investigators believe the three separate fires were started with some kind of flammable liquid. Due to commonalities with another... 

The Mayor of Venice has warned that shouting “Allahu Akbar” in the Italian city will get you shot, prompting the Mayor of Florence to shout the Islamic phrase as a joke. The Venetian mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, made the comments during a conference of mayors in the city of Rimini on the Adriatic coast. “If someone shouts Allahu Akbar while running through St Mark’s Square, we’ll...