The impact of the Giallorossi striker’s sending-off in a match that offered few chances. Inter are delighted with their comfortable 3-0 victory over Parma

In the theatre, we laugh and we cry because it stems from the observation of human beings and is for human beings. For our frailties. Just as the Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues managed to do so splendidly and movingly in his production “Il coro degli amanti”, recently seen at the Piccolo Teatro

It had been 5,041 days – since 22 December 2012 – since the teams from Milan and Bolzano had last faced each other. Bolzano won the Ice Hockey League match at the Fiera Ice Arena.

“We cannot remain neutral between the aggressor and the victim, for ethical reasons and for military reasons, because today Europe’s borders are not where the maps show them to be; they are in Ukraine.” The Justice Minister’s remarks at the Festival of Optimism

Manipulating Trump and fuelling the rift with Zelensky. Before a tonne of diesel has even crossed the Atlantic, Moscow has already claimed victory

The Dutchman took it all: pole position in the sprint race, victory in the sprint race, pole position in the main race and victory in the main race. The Italian driver struggled but still made it onto the podium. Hamilton’s disaster: who should have the final say between the pit wall and the drivers on race strategy?

“It was detected at a very early stage and was well localised. The doctors felt it was advisable to intervene and, following their advice, I have decided to undergo surgery to have it removed,” announced Leo XIV during the Angelus

The acclaimed star brings the day in Florence to a close. A lively exchange with Occhiuto, then everyone heads off for dinner, amid a sense of melancholy and the memories of those who were there

From the Catholic school uniforms of 1990s Ireland to the Aosta Valley annexed to Switzerland, via a mother who runs a brothel and two teenagers on the run from Pavia. Amidst nostalgia, scandals and feuding families, four series to escape from reality

Wiretaps used for political gain, a media witch-hunt and an unlikely ‘fuck you’ to the culture of punishment. After Ranucci, Scarpinato: the M5S senator, a former magistrate, is discovering first-hand the damage caused by the media-judicial circus

For decades, Paris has been financing public spending through debt; now interest payments threaten to squeeze even defence spending. Meanwhile, protests in schools and Mélenchon’s revolutionary rhetoric are putting pressure on an already fragmented political system

Washington is threatening to cut back on intelligence support for Kyiv and is negotiating with Putin over Russian diesel. The EU is biding its time, hoping that the political climate in the US will shift after the mid-term elections, but it is not yet in a position to support Ukraine’s defence on its own.

To bring down petrol prices ahead of the mid-term elections, Trump is stripping Kyiv of its most effective weapon and calling for a new Ukrainian president. Now the sanctions game is being played out in Brussels

In the 2022 general election, the centre-right had promised an ambitious reform: a presidential system. Over time, this idea was watered down, first into a semi-presidential system, then into a ‘premierato’ system, and finally into a reform that provides for the nomination of the prime ministerial candidate in the coalition’s manifesto.

“It’s a shame, but that’s how it is,” says the former prime minister, admitting that defeating Meloni is what holds the centre-left together. On Appendino: “She says she’ll veto me; we don’t put forward candidates who have been definitively convicted, like her.” On the primaries: “If the vote is in November, we’ll hold them in May; if it’s in June, we’ll hold them in February. Between Conte and Schlein, I’d vote for her in a heartbeat.”

The former Prime Minister and President of the Constitutional Court, interviewed at the ‘Festa dell’Ottimismo’ in Florence: “The only thing that might warrant criticism is the issue of signatures per constituency, which have risen from 1,500 to 6,000. It’s a spiteful move against someone, bordering on the unreasonable.”

The Defence Minister: “What frightens me most is the weakness of our air defence. With low-cost drones, even a group of terrorists could cause us problems.” And on Italian politics: “Early elections? I’m not aware of any.”

The European Commissioner for Cohesion, interviewed by Il Foglio in Florence: “The approval of European flexibility on energy is a very positive sign of cooperation and realism. What about flexibility on inflation? They are assessing the issue and its impact on deficits and markets. Vannacci? I won’t comment on domestic politics.”

The Vice-President of the European Parliament at the Festival of Optimism: “Bring back the centre-left and the reformists will return. With Conte, Italy will no longer send weapons to Kyiv.”

The former European Commissioner for Economic Affairs at the Festival of Optimism: “On Kyiv, I agree with the secretary; the centre-left alliance must come to terms with the fact that the PD has a very clear position. The US President’s attraction to Putin is, to me, incomprehensible.” 

The PD secretary, interviewed by editor-in-chief Claudio Cerasa, asserts: “Either the candidate is nominated by the party with the most votes, or there must be a primary. We don’t need a moderate candidate; they’ve been telling us that for 20 years, causing us to lose.” What would be the first measures of a hypothetical Schlein government? "The minimum wage and energy costs." And on Ukraine? "Defending it is the priority of a major left-wing force."