With less free time, smaller households and an increasingly fast-paced kitchen, Italians are opting for ready-to-eat fish. High-service products are on the rise and the supply chain is reorganising itself to meet the demand for convenience

Cooking fish puts 80 per cent of Italians off it, whilst the ready-meal sector is on the rise

Leone XIV recalled that Saturday 20 June marked World Refugee Day, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, ‘which was established to protect those who are persecuted and forced to leave their homeland, their homes and their families’

The Pope on refugees: no one can look the other way

Yoga and Pilates: the clash between wellbeing and the sports industry

Guidance from RimborsoAlVolo. €250 is provided for flights of up to 1,500 km, €400 for flights between 1,500 and 3,500 km, and €600 for all longer flights

Air travel: compensation levels frozen since 2005. What changes under the new EU rules?

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Defence industry: job vacancies in Italia have risen by 12% over six years

The Defence Minister spoke on Radio 24 and assured listeners: ‘My relations with the United States, even at this very moment, remain entirely normal and have not changed in any way, including those with the US Ambassador to Italia, with whom relations are excellent, and I think he too is facing great difficulties at the moment.’

Meloni to the Alpini: I needed a bit of healthy national pride

Mayor Venturini is working on increasing the levy, exempting – in addition to residents and workers – tourists who choose to stay overnight in the lagoon. The opposition is against the move. Hoteliers are in favour.

Venice is considering a 50-euro entry fee

In the northern hemisphere, which includes Italia, it does not always fall on the same day or at the same time, but generally varies between 20 and 22 June. This year, the summer solstice occurs exactly on 21 June, at 10.24 am

Today is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year

Dominican Republic: Italian woman dies whilst fleeing a fire at a resort

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