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Frozen-in tenor: Italian mayor apologises over Pavarotti statue stuck in ice rink 1 décembre 2025 à 17:32

Frozen-in tenor: Italian mayor apologises over Pavarotti statue stuck in ice rink

1 décembre 2025 à 17:32

Late singer’s widow says building ‘ugly’ ice rink around statue in Pesaro is disrespectful and ridicules his memory

An Italian mayor has apologised to the family of Luciano Pavarotti after a Christmas ice rink entrapped a statue of the legendary opera singer – and skaters were invited to “give [him] a high five”.

The lifesize bronze, featuring Pavarotti wearing a tuxedo with his arms outstretched and holding a handkerchief in one hand, was unveiled to much fanfare last year in a square in the centre of Pesaro, a coastal city in the Marche region.

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Italy’s rape law stalls as Matteo Salvini claims it could be used for ‘vendettas’ 27 novembre 2025 à 14:35

Italy’s rape law stalls as Matteo Salvini claims it could be used for ‘vendettas’

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Par :Angela Giuffrida in Rome

27 novembre 2025 à 14:35

Parliament delays debate over law defining sex without consent as rape, after comments by far-right deputy PM

Italy’s parliament has delayed a debate over a landmark law that would define sex without consent as rape amid a rift within the ruling coalition.

The measure, the result of a rare pact between the far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and her main political opponent, the centre-left leader, Elly Schlein, passed in the lower house last week and had been expected to get final approval in the senate this week.

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Pope Leo warns of risk from ‘piecemeal’ world war in first overseas trip 27 novembre 2025 à 18:25

Pope Leo warns of risk from ‘piecemeal’ world war in first overseas trip

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Par :Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Ruth Michaelson in Damascus

27 novembre 2025 à 18:25

Leo welcomed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as he begins six-day itinerary that will also include visit to Lebanon

A new world war is being fought “piecemeal” and is endangering the future of humanity, Pope Leo has warned, as he arrived in Turkey for his first foreign trip since becoming head of the Catholic church.

Speaking in Ankara, where he was welcomed on Thursday by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Leo said the world was experiencing “a heightened level of conflict on the global level, fuelled by prevailing strategies of economic and military power”.

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