Italy and Spain extend mutual border checks in migration standoff

Fifteen-day extension of Schengen restrictions follows dispute over migrant arrivals in Ceuta

Italy and Spain have extended reciprocal border checks for fifteen days, escalating a migration row triggered by a surge of arrivals in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Sergio Madrussan · NATIONAL

Ukraine's ousted defence chief joins Italy as strategic adviser

Mykhailo Fedorov, fired by Kyiv last month, will advise Italy's defence minister on military innovation and drone strategy.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's former defence minister, has accepted a position advising Italy's defence minister, signalling deepening Alpine security ties and Italy's pivot toward battlefield innovation driven by the war in Ukraine.

Davide Ruspoli · INTERNATIONAL

Italy and Spain extend Schengen border checks in migration standoff

Reciprocal controls prolonged for 15 days as tensions persist over migrant surge into Ceuta

Italy and Spain announced a 15-day extension of mutual border checks on Monday, maintaining controls imposed during a dispute over a recent rush of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

Adriana Sole · NATIONAL

Italian woman, 22, killed in Swiss rave shooting near Zurich

Arrest made as cross-border incident raises questions about security along Alpine frontier

A 22-year-old Italian woman died and five others were wounded in a shooting at a techno rave in Aarau, Switzerland, prompting Swiss police to arrest a 43-year-old suspect.

Camille Bréan · INTERNATIONAL

When Italy's young cross the border, violence follows them home

A 22-year-old Italian woman killed at a Swiss rave exposes the fragility of young Italians abroad in an aging nation.

Editorial Board

Italy reaches toward Ukraine's war, and toward its own future

By hiring Mykhailo Fedorov as defence adviser, Italy signals it understands that European security now depends on learning from the East.

Editorial Board