- Rome hosts water and climate Summit, city's fountains are lit-up blue. The Pope: we need timely responses. Gentiloni: no backing out of Paris
- In Palermo a summit on migrants, 30 delegations to arrive in Sicily. Alfano: a Mediterranean Erasmus "to foster mutual knowledge"
- No one touches Italy's tomatoes, new labelling for all derivates, more protection against counterfeit. Coldiretti: 36% tomatoes from China
(News of October 23, 2017)