“Maranza? A term coined by Jovanotti, now with a negative connotation” Explaining the etymology and usage of the word is Prof Anna, the ‘nom de plume’ of a linguist who writes a weekly online column every Thursday on Zanichelli’s Facebook page by Caterina Giusberti 23 October 2026
Amalia Ercoli-Finzi: “That time I touched the comet in the heart of space” The Night of Miracles, episode three. The scientist and the decisive moments of the Rosetta mission. “The lander was shutting down; we managed to get it restarted” by Federico Pace 23 October 2026
Security, Majorino (Pd): “The city is in shock over the youths involved in the clashes, but the army is a mistake” The Pd representative standing for mayor said: “The adults have failed; now we need to take responsibility” by Federica Venni 23 October 2026
“No square”. “We’ll be there”. From anarchists to students, uncertainty in the chat groups on 24 October Ahead of tomorrow’s events, the 17 October movement has published a handbook on ‘street tactics and essential clothing’. It is entitled: ‘Revolution: Instructions for Use’ by Viola Giannoli, Carmine R. Guarino 23 October 2026
Cortese’s disappointment: “I know I’m innocent, I was hoping it was all over” Thirteen years on from the Shalabayeva case, the ‘super-cop’, along with four other colleagues, will still have to face a third appeal trial in Florence following the quashing of the conviction by the Court of Cassation by Alessandra Ziniti 23 October 2026
“Families are being abandoned: I’ve already spent 80,000 euros without getting justice for Mattia” Workplace fatalities: law on legal aid approved by the Chamber of Deputies. Monica Michielin, mother of a worker who died at the age of just 23 after being struck by a crane carrying a load of 15 quintals. “The costs of the trials are unbearable. Three of the defendants were sentenced to a year and… by Maria Novella De Luca 23 October 2026
Workplace fatalities, bipartisan vote: “The State should pay the legal costs” The Chamber of Deputies has approved the bill to establish free legal aid to support the families of victims and those who, following a workplace accident, are left completely incapacitated. The bill now passes to the Senate by Gabriella Cerami 23 October 2026
500 paratroopers deployed in Milan; Salvini: they will be equipped with Lince vehicles and drones. Crosetto: they are there solely in a support role The military personnel are equipped with helmets and shields. A cool reception from the law-enforcement agencies, silence from the interior ministry. A further 24 minors are in prison, care homes or under house arrest by Ilaria Carra, Massimo Pisa 23 October 2026
Weather forecast: bad weather expected between Friday and Saturday; stable conditions return on Sunday Widespread rainfall and a drop in maximum temperatures of 2–3°C in the North and parts of the central regions 23 October 2026
Umbria passes law on medically assisted suicide President Stefania Proietti did not take part in the vote 22 October 2026
Van Gogh painted his Starry Night on 22 July 1889 An astronomical study has compared the arrangement of the stars in July 1889 with that depicted on the canvas. It has suggested a new date, even though on that day the painter was admitted to the mental asylum in Saint-Rémy by Elena Dusi 22 October 2026
Ferrara launches its ‘Anti-Maranza Unit’. Mayor Fabbri: “Prevention, monitoring and enforcement” “The first experiment at national level,” the mayor said, adding that the problem “must not be downplayed.” Anselmo: “Low-level propaganda. Hatred solves nothing” 22 October 2026
Shalabayeva case: the Supreme Court partially quashes the conviction and orders a new appeal trial The Court’s First Criminal Division upheld the Deputy Attorney General’s requests and, after 13 years, ordered a retrial by Alessandra Ziniti 22 October 2026
Deaths in ambulances: court admits post-mortem examinations on Deanna Mambelli’s body in Spada trial The defence team for the former Red Cross driver, who had sought to have the evidence declared inadmissible: “We are confident we can technically dismantle this evidence in court” 22 October 2026
Butler: “In Paris, I was tear-gassed by the police and saw elderly women treated like terrorists” The American philosopher specialising in LGBTQIA+ rights, in Italy for seminars and meetings, warned Italy: “Giorgia Meloni uses gender as a means to undermine the traditional family or the nation. But those who deny certain rights will soon move on to erasing the rights of everyone else. Just as T… by Michela Bompani 22 October 2026
Healthcare: over a month’s wait for 4 million appointments. Dermatologists are impossible to find Agenas data on the situation in the first nine months of the year. The total number of services provided has risen to 21.8 million by Michele Bocci 22 October 2026
Pope Leo: “Beneath their armour, many teenagers are crying out to be loved” Papal audience at a conference on school and university pastoral care: “So much distress, broken families, loneliness and a misguided meritocracy” by Iacopo Scaramuzzi 22 October 2026
The sea’s memory in a 200-year-old shell: signs of climate change on the shell A giant clam from the Great Barrier Reef has enabled researchers to reconstruct, month by month, the state of the waters before the industrial era: a baseline that no instrument had previously been able to measure by Giulia Boero 22 October 2026
Minor beaten by peers ends up in hospital. Video of the assault goes viral on social media Mirandola: the victim’s mother has filed a complaint at the police station. Three young women involved in the assault have already been identified 22 October 2026
Reconstruction in the Marche: eight arrests, 51 suspects. Corruption charges against Acquaroli’s former chief of staff Raids carried out in eight regions ten years after the earthquake; assets worth over 57 million euros seized. The interests of the 'ndrangheta and the Camorra (Neapolitan mafia). Tenders issued by the Regional Government, Erdis and the University of Camerino by Corrado Zunino 22 October 2026