The Sapienza University of Rome,formally the Universitàdegli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza",abbreviated simply as Sapienza ("wisdom"),is a public research university located in Rome,Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is as such one of the world's oldest universities,and with 122,000 students,it is the largest university in Europe. Due to its size,funding,and numerous laboratories and libraries,Sapienza is a major education and research centre in Southern Europe. The university is located mainly in the CittàUniversitaria,which covers 44 ha near the Tiburtina Station,with different campuses,libraries and laboratories in various locations in Rome.
The Libera UniversitàMaria SS. Assunta,often simply abbreviated as "LUMSA",is a private Roman Catholic university founded in 1939 in Rome. It is the second-oldest university in Rome after Sapienza.
Vittorio Feltri is an Italian former journalist and politician. Among the many Italian newspapers he directed,he was most recently the editor-in-chief of daily Libero until 2020,when he ended his professional journalist career due to a number of controversies and disciplinary proceedings. As a member of the Brothers of Italy party,he was a member of the City Council of Milan from 2021 to 2022,and is a member of the Regional Council of Lombardy. He is the author of several books.
Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Italy since October 2022,the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006,she has led the right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) political party since 2014 and has been the president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party since 2020. Forbes ranked Meloni as the fourth most powerful woman in the world in 2023. In 2024 she was listed among the most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
The Acca Larentia killings,also known in Italy as the Acca Larentia massacre,were a double homicide that occurred in Rome on 7 January 1978. The attack was claimed by the self-described Nuclei Armati per il Contropotere Territoriale. Members of militant far-left groups were charged but acquitted,and the culprits were never identified.
Brothers of Italy is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Italy,that is currently the country's ruling party. It became the largest party after the 2022 Italian general election. The party is led by Giorgia Meloni,the incumbent Prime Minister of Italy. Meloni's tenure has been described as the "most right-wing" republican government in Italy since World War II,whilst her time in government is frequently described as a shift towards the far-right in Italian politics.
Massimo Bray is an Italian publisher,politician,and historian. He served as the minister of cultural heritage and tourism in the Letta government from 28 April 2013 to 22 February 2014. He is currently the general manager of the Treccani Institute.
Guido Crosetto is an Italian businessman and politician who has served as Minister of Defence since 22 October 2022 in the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
The 2022 Italian general election was a snap election held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government,which led to a parliamentary impasse,President Sergio Mattarella dissolved Parliament on 21 July,and called for new elections. Regional elections in Sicily were held on the same day. The results of the general election showed the centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy,a right-wing political party with neo-fascist roots,winning an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. Meloni was appointed Prime Minister of Italy on 22 October,becoming the first woman to hold the office.
The 2020 Italian by-elections were called to fill seats in the Parliament that became vacant after the 2018 general elections. In 2020,by-elections were held for the Chamber of Deputies the Senate of the Republic.
Antonio Scurati is an Italian writer and academic. A professor of comparative literature and creative writing at the IULM University of Milan,mass media scholar,and editorialist for the Corriere della Sera,Scurati has won the main Italian literary prizes. In 2019,he was awarded the prestigious Strega Prize for his novel M:Son of the Century (2018),which is part of a planned tetralogy dedicated to Benito Mussolini and Italian fascism. It was at the top of the charts for two consecutive years,was translated into over forty languages,and is set for a television series produced by Sky Original in 2024.
Carlo Nordio is an Italian politician,former magistrate and prosecutor,who is serving as Italian Minister of Justice since 22 October 2022,in Giorgia Meloni's government. In the 2022 Italian presidential election he was the candidate of Brothers of Italy for President of Italy. In the 2022 Italian general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies.
The Meloni government is the 68th and current government of the Italian Republic,the first headed by Giorgia Meloni,leader of Brothers of Italy,who is also the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of Italy. The government was sworn in on 22 October 2022. It was one of the fastest government formations in the history of the Italian Republic. It was variously described as a shift to the political right,as well as the first far-right-led coalition in Italy since World War II.
Matteo Piantedosi is an Italian prefect and civil servant serving as the minister of the interior in the Meloni Cabinet since 22 October 2022. An independent politician,he is close to Lega leader Matteo Salvini.
Francesco Lollobrigida is an Italian politician who has been the minister of Agriculture since 22 October 2022. A leading member of the national-conservative Brothers of Italy,Lollobrigida is widely considered one of the closest allies of Giorgia Meloni.
Eugenia Maria Roccella is an Italian journalist and politician,who has been serving as Minister for Family,Natality and Equal Opportunities in the Meloni Cabinet since 22 October 2022. She is a member of Brothers of Italy (FdI),the party led by the prime minister of Italy,Giorgia Meloni.
Orazio Schillaci is an Italian politician who has been Minister of Health in the Meloni government since October 2022.
Francesco Giubilei is an Italian publisher,columnist,and conservative writer. From December 2022 to June 2023,he was a special advisor for the Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano.
Giovanni Donzelli is an Italian politician of Brothers of Italy serving as member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was first elected in the 2018 general election and was re-elected in 2022.
Alessandro Giuli is an Italian journalist and politician who has served as Minister of Culture in the government of Giorgia Meloni since 6 September 2024.
