Antonelli's Monza Miracle Reshapes Italy's F1 Identity

First Italian home win since 1966 splits loyalties between Mercedes star and Ferrari

Kimi Antonelli's stunning Monza victory from 19th on the grid has reignited debate over where Italian F1 loyalty now lies.

Tobia Marenghi · SPORT

Meloni's record tenure masks fragility as far-right rival rises on the right

Prime minister marks postwar longevity while new Futuro Nazionale party challenges her from the radical flank

Giorgia Meloni's government has become Italy's longest-serving since the war, but a new far-right party led by Roberto Vannacci is testing her coalition's cohesion from the right.

Adriana Sole · NATIONAL

Bardella's European tour sours in Italy as migration and Ukraine rows erupt

RN leader's UK and Italy visits aimed at burnishing image instead fuel controversy on immigration and Russia

Jordan Bardella's European tour meant to polish the far-right leader's image turned into a fiasco, with disputes over migration and Ukraine dominating his stops in Britain and Italy.

Adriana Sole · INTERNATIONAL

Skyrunner vanishes in Alps as record bid turns to search

Canadian athlete last seen during Matterhorn training run

Kalie McCrystal disappeared while scouting a record route in the Alps, prompting a cross-border search operation.

Klara Hofer · REGIONAL

Meloni's longevity reshapes Italy's political landscape, analysts say

Record run attributed to opposition fragmentation as much as government strength

Analysts tell France 24 that Giorgia Meloni's record tenure reflects a fragmented opposition with no credible alternative leader, as much as her own coalition's discipline.

Sergio Madrussan

Antonelli's Monza triumph puts Emilia-Romagna's Motor Valley in global spotlight

First Italian F1 winner in 60 years reignites pride in the region's supercar heartland

Kimi Antonelli's epic charge from 19th to victory at Monza makes him the first Italian F1 winner in 60 years, a triumph resonating across Emilia-Romagna's Motor Valley.

Giulia Benati

Florence femicide shocks Italy, inland towns ask why

Seventh killing since mid-August stirs unease in Umbria's quiet hill towns

The death of Lorena Isceri near Florence has become the seventh alleged femicide in Italy since mid-August, prompting questions across the slow interior.

Niccolò Mariani

Italy's blood shortage reaches Abruzzo's mountain hospitals

National appeal for donors follows critically low stocks in Lazio, Campania and Sicily

Italy's national blood centre issued an urgent appeal for donors after stocks ran critically low over the summer, with hospitals in Lazio, Campania and Sicily worst affected.

Marco Di Sante

Meloni's Longevity Record Anchored by Puglia Rally

PM marks milestone in Bari as coalition stability defies postwar norm

Giorgia Meloni celebrated her record as Italy's longest-serving postwar PM at a rally in Puglia's capital, a region central to her coalition's southern strategy.

Francesca Lazzari

Meloni's Longevity Marks a Rare Southern Political Alignment

Prime minister's record tenure celebrated at Bari rally as 2027 vote nears

Giorgia Meloni's government has become Italy's longest-lasting since the war, a milestone marked at a rally in Bari that highlights the South's shifting political weight.

Pietro Lasorsa

Meloni's longevity record reshapes Italy's political landscape

As the PM marks 1,413 days in office, the South watches a government that has outlasted all predecessors

Giorgia Meloni has become Italy's longest-serving postwar prime minister, a milestone that carries particular weight in the South, where development and migration policies are closely watched.

Saverio Gallo

Sicily among worst hit as Italy appeals for blood donors

National blood centre warns stocks critically low after summer, with Sicily's hospitals most affected

Italy's national blood centre issued an urgent appeal for donors after warning stocks were running critically low nationwide, with hospitals in Sicily among the worst affected.

Concetta Vassallo

Meloni's longevity record leaves Sardinia's autonomy hopes in limbo

As Italy's PM marks a postwar record, the island's special-status agenda waits on Rome

Giorgia Meloni's government has become Italy's longest-serving since the war, a stability that Sardinia's autonomy advocates watch with wary patience.

Gavino Sanna

Venice screens French thriller on nuclear brinkmanship

Alexandre Smia's 'Jupiter' imagines a Russian strike over the Black Sea and a NATO tested by far-right politics

A French thriller at Venice brings nuclear anxiety to the red carpet, with a plot about Russia detonating a warhead and the US refusing to respond.

Eleonora Vanzetti

Italy's Eye-Poke Claim Casts Shadow Over World Cup Exit

Zandalasini alleges foul play as USA edge nervy 55-52 quarter-final win

Cecilia Zandalasini's eye-poke allegation adds controversy to Italy's narrow World Cup quarter-final defeat to the United States.

Tobia Marenghi

Venice director decries cult of male genius in cinema

May el-Toukhy, one of two women in the main competition, calls veneration of male auteurs a structural barrier

The Danish director behind 'Woman Unknown' says the industry's worship of male directors is a structural problem holding women back.

Eleonora Vanzetti

Antonelli's Monza Charge Revives Italian Motorsport Dreams

First Italian F1 title lead in 60 years, Al Jazeera reports

Kimi Antonelli's stunning win from 19th at Monza makes him the first Italian to lead the F1 title race in six decades, according to Al Jazeera.

Elena Marcheggiani

Venice's Women Boatbuilders Reshape Maritime Traditions

A Guardian photo essay profiles women taking up gondoliering and boatbuilding in the lagoon city

Women reshaping Venice's maritime trades are documented in a Guardian photo essay, showing how a city built on the sea is seeing its oldest trades taken up by new hands.

Elena Marcheggiani

Antonelli's Monza win reignites Turin's motorsport pride

First Italian F1 champion in 60 years carries Piedmont's engineering heritage

Kimi Antonelli's charge from 19th to victory at Monza marks a generational moment for Italian motorsport, with deep roots in Piedmont's automotive industry.

Lorenzo Ferraris

Antonelli's Monza triumph revs Lombardy's motorsport economy

First Italian F1 winner in 60 years puts Milan's racing and engineering cluster in global spotlight

Kimi Antonelli's charge from 19th to victory at Monza crowns a season that has put Lombardy's motorsport and engineering industries back on the world stage.

Beatrice Comolli

Berlin seeks EU Russian visa curbs as Brenner weighs costs

Italy-issued tourist visa linked to Leipzig sabotage probe

Germany's push to limit Russian tourist visas puts the Brenner corridor, a key transit route, back in the spotlight.

Klara Hofer

Memory of water: Venice's women reshape lagoon traditions

Guardian photo essay follows female gondoliers and boat builders transforming the city's crafts

A Guardian photo project documents women in Venice learning to navigate motorboats, competing in regattas and building traditional boats, reshaping male-dominated trades.

Tommaso Veronese

Longevity and Its Discontents

Meloni's record tenure is real, but the world's coverage asks whether stability masks a fragile coalition and a fragmented opposition.

Editorial Board

The Memory of Water

Venice's women are not merely preserving tradition but transforming it, a story the world's cameras have finally begun to capture.

Editorial Board