The investigation is still a long way from completion, with substantial uncertainties regarding the cause of death and who is to blame, but politicians are in a hurry and are letting their convictions do the talking

De Lucia: “Control of the prisons lies solely with criminal organisations, which want to leave things as they are.” The Minister for Justice’s response: “It is he who has lost control of himself”

Schlein opens the door to nuclear power; Bersani describes the approach set out in Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin’s draft enabling bill as ‘common sense’. Another issue causing problems across the political spectrum

“I could never maintain that grace that is so characteristic of you. Listening to you over the past four years, I’ve realised why I could never have done your job,” writes Berlusconi’s long-standing doctor

Giorgia Meloni’s party has fallen to 26.4 per cent, whilst Fn has risen to 7.6 per cent and FI stands at 7.9 per cent. The Democratic Party stands at 21.9 per cent, with the Five Star Movement (11.5 per cent) and the League (4.9 per cent) down. Calenda’s support has risen to 3.7 per cent, whilst Italia Viva has fallen to 2.1 per cent. The poll was conducted for SkyTg24

The Central Bank has invited Europeans to give their views, until 21 September, on the five series of banknotes for each of the two chosen themes, ‘European Culture’ and ‘Rivers and Birds’. From Maria Callas to Leonardo da Vinci to the kingfisher. Here are the designs

Spending is below the OECD average. There is a reason for this. Report by Mediobanca

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is courting anti-vaxxers, and today’s figures are the worst in 35 years

Mayor Roberto Gualtieri is offering free cinema screenings in Rome as a way to beat the heat, thereby breaking a taboo 

Currently, criminal responsibility is not automatically attributed to minors aged between 14 and 18. Under the government’s amendments to the Criminal Code, this will change: the inability to understand and form intent will have to be demonstrated on a case-by-case basis. Meloni: “Anyone who assaults, robs or vandalises must always be held to account, even if they are 15 or 16 years old”