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News del Giorno: Mafia Doc La Trattativa Premieres, Puglian Wedding Protest

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At the Venice Film Festival last night, television personality and longtime Berlusconi foe Sabina Guzzanti premiered her highly anticipated film La Trattativa, a documentary that explores the relationship between politics and organized crime. [Reuters]

Hundreds of Italians protested the Bollywood-style, three-day wedding of Indian iron magnate Pramod Agarwal’s daughter taking place in the Puglian town of Fasano, the home region of two Italian marines awaiting trial in India. [Ansa

Today is the first day of medical visits for couples seeking assisted conception through the use of donor sperm and eggs, which will be provided free of charge. In April, Italy’s constitutional court lifted the ban on third-party donors, overturning what was then one of the strictest regulations in the Western world for fertility treatments. [La Repubblica]

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced a sweeping national education reform package, which will include revamping the curriculum and hiring 150,000 new teachers by September 2015. [Ansa]

News del Giorno: La Trattativa Premieres