Maria Carla Sicilia

With the deadline approaching, the government is leaning towards a new across-the-board cut in excise duties whilst awaiting the finalisation of targeted measures: there is no political agreement yet on who will benefit or how the costs will be covered. Over the last six months, blanket subsidies for diesel and petrol have cost 2 billion and 74.5 million euros

Increasing the energy supply whilst also speeding up the authorisation process for green energy plants: this is the request from Viale dell’Astronomia, which is pressing for a technical expert. “Cingolani? It is not for us to comment on specific candidates,” says Vice-President Aurelio Regina. The minister’s doubts as he rejects any speculation

“For thirty years we have regarded adaptation as a compromise, but the heat is already our reality.” From urban reforestation to district cooling, the architect and urban planner explains how to rethink cities designed for a different climate

A new pattern is emerging from the arrests in Modena, Florence, Reggio Emilia and Bologna: young people radicalised online, individual micro-pathways and cross-fertilisation between different terrorist ideologies. “Today, the problem is speed rather than structure,” says analyst Daniele Garofalo