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Economy · FuelPress ✓ 7 outlets · prices attributed to Mimit and Eni

No sliding excise duties, and diesel costs 6 cents more. Caught off guard, the government reopens the file on a cut

The discount of 6.1 cents per liter expired at midnight, and the decree that was meant to replace it did not appear in the Gazzetta Ufficiale. Eni raises its cap on diesel from €2.19 to €2.25.

From Tuesday, diesel pays full excise duties again. The fixed discount of 6.1 cents per liter expired at midnight on October 6, and the sliding excise duties, the mechanism that was supposed to take its place, did not kick in: the interministerial decree between the Environment Ministry and the Economy Ministry was not published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale, Il Post, la Repubblica and Open report. For the first time since March, there is no tax cut on fuel at all. All else being equal, a 50-liter fill-up costs about €3 more. On Monday Minister Urso had spoken of an intention to extend the discounts; on Tuesday morning, at the pumps, the signs told a different story. The increase comes as oil stays close to $90 a barrel: Borsa Corriere had it at $89.81 at 7:30 p.m.

The Ministry of Enterprise recorded self-service diesel at an average of €2.244 per liter on the road network. Eni has kept its price cap for October, but without taking the taxes on itself: the cap on diesel rises by 6 cents, from €2.19 to €2.25 per liter, while the one on gasoline stays at €1.99. RaiNews and Corriere della Sera confirm that the €2.19 cap has “gone.” A similar adjustment is expected for IP, Q8 and Tamoil, the other companies that joined the price curb.

Sliding excise duties do not promise a certain discount: they use the VAT windfall the State collects when crude rises, and their size depends on how prices move. For la Repubblica the government was “caught off guard” by the increases and the excise cut is back on the table; Deputy Minister Maurizio Leo, cited by Corriere, says “we are working on it.” Il Sole 24 Ore speaks of the “truth that is missing” on the deadlines. Meanwhile the increases spread: La Stampa calculates a bill of 800 million for Piedmont and reports an extra cost of 160 million for public transport; Nova Coop warns of possible repercussions on grocery bills. Outside Italy, Donald Trump promises “red diesel for everyone” at a rally against high fuel prices.

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6.1 centsthe per-liter discount that expired at midnight on October 6
€2.25Eni’s new cap on diesel, up from €2.19
€2.244average self-service diesel recorded by the Ministry of Enterprise
Sports · TennisPress ✓ 5 outlets · estimate of lost earnings attributed to Il Sole 24 Ore

Sinner ends his 2026: he skips the ATP Finals in Turin to treat his knee

Jannik Sinner will not play again until 2027. “I have to treat my knee, for me 2026 is over,” he said, according to La Stampa: Italy’s number one will also miss the ATP Finals in Turin. Il Post and ANSA confirm the stop. An orthopedist consulted by ANSA speaks of rehabilitation rather than surgery, and expects a return to his best level. Il Sole 24 Ore estimates that the stop could cost him up to 15 million in prize money and bonuses. At the Finals, ANSA writes, Italy is now betting on Flavio Cobolli. Corriere reports grumbling in the team over the training done during the therapy: this is a reconstruction not confirmed by other sources.

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ATP FinalsSports

The end-of-season tournament reserved for the eight best tennis players of the year. Since 2021 it has been played in Turin. This year it will be played without Sinner, stopped by his knee.

Politics · ParliamentPress ✓ 5 outlets · votes attributed to the Chamber via ANSA

Electoral law: the first two confidence votes pass. The opposition: “It is unconstitutional”

The Chamber held the confidence vote on the first two articles of the electoral law; on the first, the yes votes were 226, ANSA reports. The opposition protested in the chamber and calls the text unconstitutional, write la Repubblica and La Stampa. Corriere della Sera reconstructed what the government’s new text provides. On Wednesday it is the turn of the confidence vote on the third article, on Thursday the final secret vote.

In the centre-right there is talk of an early vote. Il Sole 24 Ore writes of a push toward an election day in May, la Repubblica of “tension over a May vote”; according to ANSA, the League and Forza Italia remain skeptical. No decision has been taken.

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World · EuropePress ✓ 5 outlets · figures attributed to the French authorities

France: tens of thousands of students take to the streets. 488 detained and clashes in Paris and Strasbourg

The protest by French high school students has returned across the country. ANSA reports 488 detained and 43 officers injured; in Paris the police used tear gas, in Strasbourg barricades appeared, confirm Corriere della Sera and La Stampa. The students are asking for more teachers and less crowded classes. On Monday in Lens a 15-year-old had lost a hand in the explosion of a grenade.

Donald Trump has attributed the protests to “Islam and immigrants,” ANSA and La Stampa report. In Italy the wave reaches the schools: “Let’s do as in France” is the slogan of the first occupations reported by ANSA; in Turin the Lagrange high school is also occupied, writes La Stampa.

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Science · Nobel PrizesPress ✓ 5 outlets

Nobel in Physics to Francis Halzen. His cube of ice at the South Pole has caught the neutrinos of the cosmos

The Belgian physicist Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his studies of high-energy neutrinos, announce RaiNews, la Repubblica and La Stampa. He is the father of IceCube, a detector buried in the ice of Antarctica that has recorded the first cosmic neutrinos.

Neutrinos pass through almost everything without stopping: to see a few of them you need a cubic kilometer of clear ice. Halzen followed the announcement connected from Bergamo, writes Il Sole 24 Ore.

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In brief
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  • FIGC put under a commissioner: Malagò is commissioner, new elections by January 31Il Sole 24 Ore · Il Post
  • Modena attack: El Koudri attempts suicide in prisonla Repubblica · ANSA · Corriere della Sera
  • Djokovic wins the ATP 500 in Beijing, 102nd title of his careerIl Post · La Stampa
  • Garlasco, Andrea Sempio: “I am no longer living. Stasi’s conviction is right”ANSA · La Stampa · RaiNews · la Repubblica
  • Purchasing power falls and the tax burden rises to 43.5%RaiNews · ANSA
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Unverified — what we could not confirm

“Russia is covering up a case of plague.” It is the accusation of a journalist interviewed by RaiNews. There is no independent confirmation; Trump said he was ready to help Moscow (Il Sole 24 Ore). The diagnosis remains unconfirmed.
“The vote will be in May.” Il Sole 24 Ore and la Repubblica write of a possible election day in May, but ANSA reports the skepticism of the League and Forza Italia. No decision.
“Sinner’s stop is the fault of training during the therapy.” It is a reconstruction by Corriere della Sera, which speaks of grumbling in the team. Neither the player nor his staff has confirmed it.
Glossary · dotted words — economics, law, security and science terms explained in the context of the story. The list grows every day.
INSIDENo sliding excise duties, and diesel costs 6 cents more. Caught off guard, the government reopens the file on a cutEconomy · FuelSinner ends his 2026: he skips the ATP Finals in Turin to treat his kneeSports · TennisElectoral law: the first two confidence votes pass. The opposition: “It is unconstitutional”Politics · ParliamentFrance: tens of thousands of students take to the streets. 488 detained and clashes in Paris and StrasbourgWorld · EuropeNobel in Physics to Francis Halzen. His cube of ice at the South Pole has caught the neutrinos of the cosmosScience · Nobel Prizes