December 31, 2025 – Italy Headlines

Story gist: Aurora Livoli, a 19-year-old woman, was found dead in a courtyard on via Paruta in Milan. She had graduated high school and planned to attend university, and posted on social media: ‘I have Lucifer inside me.’

Bias summary: Left-leaning la Repubblica emphasizes her passion for chemistry and eerie social media posts, adopting a sensational tone focused on personal interests and psychology. Center Corriere Roma provides balanced coverage including education plans and the Lucifer post. Right-leaning Corriere Milano sticks to basics—identification, age, location—omitting social media and background for a factual, restrained frame.

Story gist: Italy’s parliament passed the 2026 budget law, known as legge di bilancio 2026. It enacts principal fiscal measures outlined by the government.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets frame the budget law negatively as ‘all measures against workers,’ emphasizing harm to labor. Center outlets neutrally list ‘principal measures’ via official government site mef.gov.it. Right-leaning outlets are absent, omitting potential pro-business, fiscal restraint, or government achievement perspectives.

Story gist: Angelika Hutter escaped from a psychiatric residence. She was struck by a car and is in critical condition. Hutter previously killed a family in a car crash in Santo Stefano di Cadore.

Bias summary: Left-leaning (la Repubblica) leads with Hutter’s past crime against a vacationing family and stresses her dire condition, evoking victim sympathy. Center (Corriere del Veneto) prioritizes the escape and incident first, then notes the crime with stark ‘sterminò’ language. Right-leaning (Tgcom24) opens with the crime like left but omits her condition, keeping focus on her actions without sympathy for her state.

Story gist: The Municipality of Fiorenzuola launched a ‘Civic Pact’ urging citizens to forgo fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Rome Capital issued an ordinance banning fireworks for New Year’s Eve 2026.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets omitted coverage entirely, leaving those perspectives absent. Center coverage from institutional sites factually reported municipal initiatives like Fiorenzuola’s voluntary pact and Rome’s ban, focusing on official actions and timelines without emphasis on safety benefits, environmental gains, government overreach, or citizen impacts.

Story gist: Italian media discussed Vladimir Putin’s residence in Novgorod, described as hated by Stalin and holding his secrets. ANSA reported no proof of a raid on the dacha during the 6th European summit in Paris.

Bias summary: Left-leaning la Repubblica frames the story sensationally, emphasizing historical intrigue and secrets in the headline for dramatic tone. Center ANSA adopts neutral, fact-based approach, focusing on lack of raid evidence and linking to European summit without speculation. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential defenses of Putin or dismissals of Western claims.