Italy
Foggia crime boss captured armed
Italian police arrested Leonardo Gesualdo, a 39‑year‑old Società Foggiana boss, outside Foggia after five years on the run and found him with a pistol.
Felix Baumgartner paramotor lost control
Fermo prosecutors said Felix Baumgartner's July 17 paramotor flight in Italy ended after the craft entered a spiral and he failed to recover control.
Pension rollback would cost billions
France's Economy Minister Roland Lescure and Italy's government said reversing planned pension-age increases would cost billions in 2027, complicating moves to suspend or delay the reforms.
Italy renews SPID, users pay
The Italian government and identity providers renewed the SPID convention for five years, averting a shutdown but enabling providers to begin charging users for the digital ID service.
