Monday
Italian President Mattarella to attend Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in Auschwitz
Italian President Sergio Mattarella will be in Poland on Monday, January 27th, to attend a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz, Ansa reported.
Mattarella will be joined by other European leaders, including Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, as well as Britain’s King Charles and Spain’s King Felipe.
Auschwitz was the largest complex of concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Around 1.1 million people were killed at the site, including 960,000 Jews.
Soviet troops liberated the camp on January 27th, 1945. The date is observed worldwide as Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Italy actively took part in the genocide of Jewish people during World War II. Between September 1943 and January 1945, Fascist troops seized and deported over 6,800 Italian Jews to concentration camps, where most were killed in gas chambers or died from disease or starvation.
Friday
Deadline to opt out of Italy’s TV licence fee
If you own property in Italy but don’t own a TV, you have until Friday, January 31st, to opt out of the Italian TV licence fee (or canone).
The €90 charge is based on an opt-out rather than opt-in system, meaning that it is automatically added to a household’s electricity bill.
Homeowners who don’t have a TV can claim an exemption by completing and submitting this form with Italy’s tax office by the end of January every year.
For more details on how to opt out, see our article.
Unions backing private healthcare workers stage Rome protest
Italian unions backing private healthcare staff are set to stage a protest in front of the Rome headquarters of Italy’s Health Ministry on Friday, January 31st, to demand the renewal of collective labour agreements following years of failed negotiations with authorities, according to Ansa.
“The situation is dramatic,” the leaders of the Fp Cgil, Cisl Fp, and Uil Fpl unions said in a joint statement.
“The private healthcare contract has been frozen for six years,” with over 200,000 professionals facing an “unacceptable treatment,” the union heads added.
Unions are set to hold talks with health ministry officials on Tuesday, January 28th – three days before the planned protest.
Government to release instructions on how to claim Italy’s ‘mothers’ bonus’
Italy’s Labour Ministry has until Friday, January 31st, to release instructions on how to claim the 2025 bonus mamme (or ‘mothers’ bonus’) – a state benefit exempting mothers of at least two children and with an annual taxable work income of up to €40,000 from paying their own social security contributions.
The incentive can be claimed by both employed and self-employed mothers (excluding workers benefiting from Italy’s flat tax regime), but one of the children must be aged under 10 in order to be eligible.
Saturday
ITA Airways to resume flights to Israel
Italy’s flag carrier ITA Airways will resume flights between Rome and Tel Aviv on Saturday, February 1st, following a four-month suspension due to conflict in the Middle East.
The airline said it will initially operate one daily flight in both directions, with plans to add a nighttime service from February 16th.
Daytime flights will depart from Rome Fiumicino at 9.10am, arriving at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion at 1.30pm local time. Flights in the opposite direction will depart from Tel Aviv at 2:30pm, arriving at Rome Fiumicino at 5.15pm Italian time.
Sunday
Free museum openings
People around Italy will be able to visit state-run museums and archaeological sites free of charge on Sunday, February 2nd, under the popular Domenica al Museo or ‘free museum Sundays’ national scheme.
The initiative applies to hundreds of sites, including world-famous attractions like the Colosseum, Pompeii, Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia, the Reggia di Caserta and Trieste's Miramare Castle.
Find more information about how the scheme works in our article.
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