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Buona festa del papà 🇮🇹❤️ Today we celebrate the strength, love, and sacrifices of every father who shows up, leads with heart, and puts family first From teaching life lessons to sharing laughs at the table, nothing compares to a father’s love Auguri a tutti i papà! 🎉

Happy St. Joseph’s Day and a special Father’s Day to everyone celebrating in Italy 🇮🇹 Today carries a double meaning as we honor St. Joseph, the patron saint of fathers, while also recognizing the role of fathers and father figures across Italian culture. It’s a day rooted in gratitude, tradition, and family. Throughout Italy, homes and streets come alive with celebration, and of course, the unmistakable presence of zeppole. These classic pastries filled with cream and topped with powdered sugar or cherries have become a staple of the day and a symbol of the celebration itself. Whether you’re gathering around the table, enjoying something sweet, or simply spending time with the people who matter most, today is all about appreciation and connection. However you celebrate, take a moment to recognize the fathers and role models who shape our lives and keep these traditions going strong. 🙏

Which of these Italian cities would you recommend someone visit? 🤔 What city would you add to the list? 🇮🇹

On this day, 165 years ago, Italy achieved a monumental milestone in its rich history: the unification of its diverse regions into one nation. Before this historic event, Italy was a patchwork of kingdoms, duchies, and city-states, each with its own rulers and customs. The unification process, known as the Risorgimento, involved decades of struggles, wars, and diplomacy. It was led by visionary leaders like Giuseppe Garibaldi, Count Camillo di Cavour, and Victor Emmanuel II, who became the first king of a united Italy. This day marks the triumph of unity over division, and the birth of the Italy we know and love, with its unified culture, language, and identity. Let's celebrate Italy's journey to becoming a single, unified country, honoring the heroes who made it possible. Happy Unification Day, Italy! 🇮🇹 #ItalyUnification

History made 🇮🇹 Kimi Antonelli becomes the first Italian to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 20 years, ending a drought that dates back to Giancarlo Fisichella in 2006. 🏎️💨

Everyone is a little Irish on St Patrick's Day except Italians, we're still Italian. 😂🇮🇹

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 😉☘️🇮🇹

Team Venezuela defeats Team Italy - in a heartbreaker. Despite the loss, Team Italy’s 5-1 record marks the best World Baseball Classic performance in the program’s history. This team showed the world what Italian baseball is capable of.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 🙌⚾️🇮🇹

It’s a complicated situation 😅

Italy’s Constitutional Court rejected constitutional challenges to Law 74/2025 on March 12, upholding strict generational limits on citizenship by descent. The ruling declared questions from Turin’s tribunal partly unfounded and partly inadmissible, keeping the Tajani Decree in force. Three legal challenges remain: a separate Mantova referral scheduled for June 9, Italy’s Supreme Court hearing on April 14 regarding whether ancestral naturalization while children were minors severs bloodlines, and potential appeals to EU courts. Approximately 60,000 applications filed before the March 27, 2025 cutoff continue under the previous unlimited generation rules, but new applicants must now prove a parent or grandparent was born in Italy or meet narrow residency exceptions.

Big one tonight! Team Italy takes on Venezuela at 8 PM in the World Baseball Classic semifinal. Who’s ready for this matchup? Will Italy punch their ticket to the finals? 🇮🇹⚾️

For Pasquantino and his teammates, representing Italy is about honoring their heritage while helping grow the game in the country their ancestors called home.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 🇮🇹⚾️

Italy holds the all-time record for most wins in the Best International Feature Film category with 14 Oscars, more than any other country in the world. France ranks second with 12 wins, while Spain sits in distant third with just four. Italy’s winning films include classics like La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, 8½, Amarcord, Cinema Paradiso, Mediterraneo, Life Is Beautiful, and The Great Beauty. The legendary Federico Fellini alone won the award four times as a director, a record that remains unmatched to this day.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 🎥🍿

Italian Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli delivered a composed drive from pole position to claim his maiden Formula 1 victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, becoming the second youngest race winner in F1 history at 19 years and 202 days old and the first Italian to win a Grand Prix in 20 years since Giancarlo Fisichella’s 2006 Malaysian GP triumph. Antonelli displaced Sebastian Vettel from the record books, sitting behind only Max Verstappen as F1’s youngest winner, and finished 5.5 seconds ahead of teammate George Russell to secure Mercedes’ second consecutive one-two finish. Lewis Hamilton claimed third for his first Ferrari podium after battling Charles Leclerc, while reigning world champion Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both failed to start due to McLaren electrical failures, and Max Verstappen retired from sixth with 10 laps remaining due to a Red Bull power unit issue.

Team Italy builds an early lead then weathers a late Puerto Rico rally to escape with a 8-6 victory at the World Baseball Classic. The Azzurri jumped out to a commanding advantage before Puerto Rico mounted a comeback attempt in the final innings. Italy holds their ground to secure another crucial tournament win. 🇮🇹⚾️

Italy takes on Puerto Rico today in the World Baseball Classic Quarterfinals at 3 p.m. ET on FS1. The Azzurri are coming off an incredible 4-0 run through pool play, including huge wins over Team USA and Mexico. Vinnie Pasquantino made history with three home runs in one game, and Aaron Nola has been dominant on the mound. Puerto Rico enters at 3-1 with Seth Lugo on the hill and Edwin Diaz ready to close. This is win or go home baseball at its finest. Can Italy pull off another huge win today and punch their ticket to the semifinals?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 🇮🇹⚾️

There are two kinds of people: those who are Italian and those who want to be 💯🇮🇹 (ig/giova__t)

On March 12, Italian aviation experienced significant operational disruption with 175 flight delays and 24 cancellations affecting Rome Fiumicino, Milan Malpensa, Venice, Naples, Bologna, Bergamo, and Pisa, caused by a combination of ground handling staff shortages, adverse weather including fog and rainstorms, and residual crew displacement from previous industrial actions.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ✈️🇮🇹

On this day in 1992, Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei brought us one of the greatest courtroom comedies of all time. Here’s to 34 years of two yutes, perfectly timed Cadillacs, and the most iconic automotive testimony in cinema history.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 🎉🎥🍿

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recognized Italys upset win over USA and undefeated pool play performance in World Baseball Classic during parliament speech​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​. 🇮🇹⚾️