Since June, the Democratic Party secretary has been announcing the drafting of the programme, repeatedly postponing it to September, October or by the end of the year. Amidst repeated promises, disagreements with Conte and negotiations yet to begin, after four months the ‘final stretch’ still lies ahead.

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At the 70th edition of the Biennale Musica, singing appears to be one of the central themes. Entitled "A Child of Soul" this year, it highlights the need to rediscover the simplicity, immediacy and complete lack of filters that a baby might display when uttering its first cries  

From the encyclopaedic project dedicated to Popeye to the return of Godzilla, via Pinky and Aardman’s handcrafted animation. A guide to Lucca60

Opinion polls are a warning to the centre-left: whoever loses between Schlein and Conte risks driving a section of their electorate to abstain. Meanwhile, the PD is stepping up the pace on its primaries, aiming to hold a vote before the summer and preparing increasingly broad alliances ahead of the 2027 local elections.

“The centre-right is making compromises by continuing to keep someone like Salvini in the coalition, with his nonsense about Ukraine. We have had the door open for some time now, both in Parliament and on the ground.” Speaking are MP Ruffino and Piedmont regional councillor Bartoli

On 22 October, the White House released a video showing twelve bishops praying for and with Trump in the Oval Office. All hell broke loose: much of the American Catholic press, which leans towards the Democrats, immediately criticised the bishops, questioning whether it was really appropriate, twelve days before the election, to take part in that scene

For the first time since 1973, the North African country’s armed forces will be operating outside its borders. The Madama outpost against the expansionist ambitions of Abu Dhabi and Haftar

From Serbia to Brazil, from the United States to Hungary, the rise and fall of nationalist leaders reveal the Achilles’ heel of strongmen: corruption and the unscrupulous use of money. It is on the issues of transparency, the separation of powers and the public interest that the populist bubble bursts, proving that the rise of the right is not inevitable

Netanyahu’s fog of cryptocurrency, images of the atomic bomb and Eisenkot’s promises, in which he uses the word ‘responsibility’. The two candidates are polar opposites; a journey through differences, risks and surprise endings

A segment of the Left is genuinely lamenting yet another revolution that has been postponed. After all, what are a few smashed shop windows and a few burnt-out rubbish bins? There is always a Marco Grimaldi who, speaking of the three minors arrested in Turin with Molotov cocktails, manages to say ‘they didn’t want to hurt anyone’, with an obvious sigh of nostalgia

The Network for a Free and Equal Vote has filed a joint application with the Constitutional Court. The applicants include Romano Prodi, Pierluigi Bersani, Rosy Bindi, Fausto Bertinotti, Lucia Annunziata, Gad Lerner, Tomaso Montanari and Luciano Canfora (along with Monica Guerritore and Paolo Fresu).

Promises on pensions clash with the conditions that ensure the sustainability of pension expenditure. Failing to honour them would be risky, whilst making structural changes risks becoming a financial disaster

On the eve of the debate on the manifesto, Schlein is seeking a compromise on aid to Ukraine without allowing Conte to have a monopoly on the pacifist stance. Also on the table are the format of the primaries, safeguards against interference and the role of the centrists in the future coalition.

Families, nurseries, social housing: this is how the pension system used the resources that were needed by young people

In Sorrento, robots and algorithms explain why defending tradition means innovating

Grillo kidnaps and beats Sabbiese to extract a confession from him, whilst Rosa refuses to believe her brother has escaped. At Il Vulcano, Micaela accuses Lorenza of sabotaging Samuel’s kitchen: with no evidence, the row throws the whole restaurant into turmoil and once again reverses the roles of victim and culprit.

The new investigation by the Taranto Public Prosecutor’s Office is seeking house arrest for Ilva’s former chief executive, Lucia Morselli, whilst the plant is running out of raw materials and losing 50 million a month. Amidst investigations, administration orders and billion-euro investments that fail to materialise, the future of the Italian steel industry already seems sealed

Brussels praises the students but risks paying the price for years of appeasement towards Vucic. When young people were calling for support, the Commission either remained silent or backed the president so as not to push him further towards Putin  

Following a weekend without unrest, the mayor has defended the temporary deployment of the army, but has failed to convince either the opposition or part of his own coalition. The military could remain until the Christmas holidays and beyond: an election campaign dominated by security issues would be an advantage for the centre-right