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The renunciation of the delegation of American Jewish teachers to visit Reggio Emilia is a serious matter that calls for political reflection. The Minister for European Affairs, Tommaso Foti, also intervened on the issue to criticize the Pd administration: “The renunciation of the delegation of American Jewish teachers to visit Reggio Emilia is a serious matter that calls for political reflection. #ReggioEmilia #antisemitismo #educazione (translated)

Walker Meghnagi, president of the Jewish Community of Milan, has called for the resignation of the municipal administration of Reggio Emilia for alleged discriminatory methods similar to those of the Third Reich, following controversies related to requests made to Jewish teachers to dissociate themselves from the actions of the Israeli government. #antisemitismo #inclusione #ReggioEmilia (translated)

"We have reached barbarism, animality: we shoot a human being as if it were a public spectacle. We have gone back ninety years, to the last time a man was hanged in public in the United States. It is truly shameful." With these words, Vincenzo De Luca, in his usual weekly Facebook live address, comments on the decision announced by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whom he referred to as "the slicked-back one." What is happening in the United States with the current ruling group at the helm of the country is pushing the world towards levels of barbarism and loss of fundamental human values that leave us truly shocked." The mayor of Salerno describes the announcement as a return to practices that the United States had abandoned for almost a century, and harshly criticizes the Trump administration: "What is happening in the United States with the current ruling group at the helm of the country is pushing the world towards levels of barbarism and loss of fundamental human values that leave us truly shocked." We will have a political season that will record the further fragmentation of the political landscape of our country. Every election campaign eve sees the birth of new lists, new groupings, all that series of nonsense and hypocrisies that serve simply one purpose: to guarantee a candidacy to as many people as possible – he continues – I happened to particularly observe "Civic Project." I called it "Civic Opportunism": it is a way to try to create spaces for candidacy. That’s all." De Luca then comments on the eve of the Italian electoral season, targeting the political formation promoted by Alessandro Onorato, which continues to gather support even in Campania, including from regional councilors so far close to the former president of the Campania Region: "We will have a political season that will record the further fragmentation of the political landscape of our country. I have been repeating for decades that there is a condition of total anomaly in Italy. When you need to make political choices on major issues (healthcare, transportation, taxation, justice, foreign policy), you can have two different positions, three, four, five hypotheses for solving problems or lines on which to position yourself to tackle the issues. But you can’t have twenty lines of economic policy, twenty healthcare policies, twenty transportation policies." They pretend to contribute to the governance of the country, but in reality, they are great charades and initiatives of opportunism that simply serve to open spaces for the candidacies of a few characters in search of an author." #VincenzoDeLuca #Elezioni #PoliticaUSA (translated)

This morning, Acciaierie d'Italia spa in extraordinary administration announced to us that, following the decree from the Court of Appeal of Milan regarding the Taranto plant, there will be a general temporary shutdown of the former Ilva plants in Genoa and Novi Ligure by the next November 15. This is how the mayors of Genoa and Novi Ligure, Silvia Salis and Rocchino Muliere, express themselves in a joint statement. #Acciaierie #Industria #ExIlva (translated)

Elisabetta Sionis, clinical criminologist, wrote about Garlasco that requesting a review would have been interpreted as a way to close the matter, but she rejected this interpretation. She argued that there was time to submit the request, while the time already taken would not return, and that the priorities now concerned a fair and legal management of justice, a topic that, according to her, interested everyone. https://t.co/kTGSDkQSSq #Giustizia #Amministrazione #Diritti (translated)

Russia is also "ready to provide assistance to the United States in the fight against outbreaks of infectious diseases," including the plague, stated Rospotrebnadzor, after US President Donald Trump said that his administration could provide support to the authorities in Moscow following a suspected case in the Irkutsk region. #Peste #SalutePubblica #Russia (translated)

The clinical criminologist Elisabetta Sionis wrote that, if the Prosecutor's hypotheses were proven to be founded, the case would involve not only Stasi but also crimes against the administration of justice. She added that Napoleone and Civardi were specialists in the field. #Giustizia #Reati #Amministrazione (translated)

CIVICO 33 - "ORTA NOVA SOUND LAB": FROM CAPITANATA TO "BROADWAY WORLD", THE "COMMUNITY BAND" PROJECT CONQUERS NEW YORK The social laboratory promoted by ANBG and the Ministry of Culture lands on the largest theatrical network in the world thanks to the article co-written by Chris Rabinowitz and the Orthese author Luciano Magaldi Sardella. There is a brass thread connecting Piazza Mario Frasca to Broadway. "Orta Nova Sound Lab" is the Community and Social Regeneration Band through Music, the project officially presented on September 21 at the C-Lab MAO FM 19.77 by brothers Luca and Erminio Ferrandina, which is experiencing unprecedented media attention for a band initiative born in the province of Foggia. The journalistic success is marked by its appearance on September 28 in Broadway World, the most authoritative global portal dedicated to theater and live performance, based in New York with over 1.5 million monthly global visits. This is not an insignificant result, projecting a story from the Apulian periphery into the realm of international cultural information. The article, titled "Orta Nova Sound Lab Launches Youth Community Band in Southern Italy," is co-authored by New York editor Chris Rabinowitz, a journalist for the American publication, and his Italian co-author Luciano Magaldi Sardella, an international author originally from Orta Nova, an engineer, academic journalist, and researcher active between Italy and abroad. The dual Italian-American signature symbolizes how a "good local practice" can become global news when told with expertise and roots. The Project: the Band as Social Regeneration "Orta Nova Sound Lab" is promoted by the National Association of Marching Bands (ANBG), chaired by Benedetto Grillo, and has been approved for funding under the public notice of the Ministry of Culture as per D.D.G. April 7, 2026, rep. n. 149, aimed at "Enhancing research and dissemination of musical practices in peripheral and areas of high social vulnerability." It is realized with the support of the Municipality of Orta Nova and with the collaboration of a solid civic network: the A.P.S. MAO FM 19.77, the "A. Olivetti" Higher Education Institute, the "Sandro Pertini" Comprehensive Institute, the Music Art association, and the C.I.S.A. of Foggia. As highlighted by "Broadway World," this is the first initiative in Italy to reinterpret the distinctive tradition of marching bands and youth orchestras within a ministry grant dedicated to urban peripheries and social vulnerability. A model that explicitly dialogues with the spirit of the so-called "Caivano Decree" (D.L. 123/2023) for combating youth discomfort, educational poverty, and juvenile delinquency. The idea, in its disarming simplicity, was summarized by the project director for ANBG, Antonella Spagnoletti: "The band is aggregation! The band is cohesion. Bringing these kids together to learn and live differently from the social world is among the primary objectives of our association." This concept was reiterated by the Mayor of Orta Nova, Ing. Domenico Di Vito: "This is an important project that can definitely make a difference compared to the past because it has all the ingredients to connect the entire world of culture and social issues that exists in Orta Nova and needs to be valued. The administration's commitment is to ensure sustainability, structure, and continuity over time." At the press conference presentation, moderated by journalist Giuseppe Di Bisceglie, participated alongside President Grillo, Director Spagnoletti, and Mayor Di Vito, Regional Councillor Grazia Maria Starace, Councillor for relationships with the third sector Sebastiano Battista, Councillor for Culture Vittoria Mastrogiacomo, and educational professor Alfredo Coppola, delegate of the Olivetti Institute. Why the News Became International The "Orta Nova Sound Lab" marching band project demonstrates that when a project has anti-mafia roots, pedagogical value, and a credible institutional network, the press responds. From local and national outlets like Cassa Armonica, Ansa Puglia, TGNorba, Corriere della Sera Bari, RaiNews TGR Puglia, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Amica9TV, Brindisi In, Blasting News Italia, TRM Network, Secolo XIX, FoggiaToday, PlayNews24, Stato Quotidiano, and many others that well-documented the conference, it reached BroadwayWorld, which viewed the Orthese experience as a "social laboratory" capable of responding to the mafia with music. This leap in scale comes from joint efforts and the bridging work done by Luciano Magaldi Sardella, who managed to translate for the English-speaking audience alongside New York editor Chris Rabinowitz the deep meaning of a village band that in Apulia is not folklore, but a civil presence, a concrete alternative to screens and disintegration. In a South often narrated only for its emergencies, Orta Nova chooses to be told for its ability to generate community. And this time, the news has made its way around the world, starting from a square in Daunia. The Schedule The path, entirely free, includes instrumental workshops for brass and percussion, ensemble music lessons, and collective rehearsals with qualified teachers and conductors, open to aspiring musicians, families, schools, and citizens. The program that attracted the attention of national and now international press is organized as follows: October 2026: parade of bands marching through the streets and public spaces of Orta Nova, to recover the historical value of the band as a popular and identity expression. November-December 2026: high-profile concert season with the Grand Band Concert of Conversano and the Grand Band Concert "Biagio Abbate" City of Bisceglie, artistic training for the young students. Focus on inclusion: a special evening dedicated to female music with the Orchestra Note di Puglia, a formation composed entirely of professionals, to reinforce the values of equal opportunities. January 2027: first official concert of the newly formed Community Band of Orta Nova, a foundational act and public restitution of the work done. (translated)

"coordinate the efforts of the federal government to ensure that the United States continues to maintain its leadership position in the world in Super Intelligence, which for many constitutes a transformation of dimensions greater than the industrial revolution and the Internet. Five days after the signing of the executive order, Donald Trump announced the establishment of a Super Intelligence Force (SIF) that will be co-led by the Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton (in the photo) – renamed by Trump as the 'czar of artificial intelligence' – by the Director of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew Ferguson, by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and Chief Technology Officer of the Department of War, Emil Michael, and by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management of the Administration, Scott Kupor." #SuperIntelligenza #DonaldTrump #Tecnologia (translated)

The war against Iran will end after the midterm elections. On the other side of the Ocean, while Trump continues to assert that "the war against Iran will end after the midterm elections," the main members of his administration are at the presidential residence of Camp David to discuss the next steps regarding the conflict against Tehran and the clashes between Saudi Arabia and Houthi in Yemen. #Houthi #ArabiaSaudita #Yemen (translated)

The Board of Directors of Intesa Sanpaolo meets to discuss a possible relaunch of the purchase offer for Monte dei Paschi di Siena, with the assembly on October 29 playing a crucial role in determining the outcome of the operation. #IntesaSanpaolo #MonteDeiPaschi #Cda (translated)

The Trump administration expelled over 25,000 migrants to unknown third countries, such as Liberia and South Sudan, circumventing repatriation regulations and creating difficult situations for the expelled individuals, who often had no connection to these new destinations. #migranti #espulsioni #dirittiumani (translated)