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A Daughter Who Testified Against the 'Ndrangheta, and the Cost of Doing So
The BBC reports the death of Denise Cosco, who turned state's witness against her own father over her mother's murder
Denise Cosco testified against the 'Ndrangheta clan and her own father over the murder of her mother in Italy; the BBC now reports her death.
Concetta Vassallo · NATIONAL
Venice Closes With a Golden Lion for 'Woman Unknown'
May el-Toukhy becomes the eighth woman to take the festival's top prize, as the Guardian reads the winners' list as an answer to criticism over female directors.
The Venice film festival awarded its Golden Lion to May el-Toukhy's 'Woman Unknown', with Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' as runner-up and the documentary 'NAZA' taking a special jury prize.
Eleonora Vanzetti · CULTURE
Champions League Data Puts Italian Clubs Behind England's Early Pace
The Guardian reads the first round of the league phase as English dominance with Inter the lone Italian note of encouragement
The foreign press finds Italian sides struggling in the new Champions League format, with Inter's defeat at Real Madrid the exception.
Tobia Marenghi · SPORT
Brussels Lobbying: The Companies That Pay, and the Regions That Cannot
The Local Italy reports on which firms spend most to influence EU policy. For a region of 289,000 people, the question is who speaks for it.
Foreign coverage of EU lobbying spending raises an uncomfortable question for Europe's smallest regions: representation in Brussels tends to follow money.
Antonio Petrella · ECONOMY
Regional dispatches
The Woman Who Testified Against Her Father, and the Cost of It
Foreign coverage of Denise Cosco's death returns to the 'Ndrangheta's reach and the isolation of those who break with it
The BBC reports the death of Denise Cosco, who testified against her own father over the murder of her mother in Calabria.
Klara Hofer
Europe Debates a Ban on Camera Glasses, and Italy Is Watching
The Local reports a growing petition in Britain against secretly filmed footage, as EU capitals weigh action on smart eyewear
The Local Italy reports that calls are growing in Europe for action against smart glasses after secretly filmed footage of women and girls appeared online.
Klara Hofer
Venice Closes With a Golden Lion, a Gaza Documentary and a Divided Room
The festival's 2026 edition ended with May el-Toukhy's 'Woman Unknown' taking the top prize and 'NAZA' winning the Special Jury Prize.
Venice's film festival closed with a Golden Lion for a Danish period drama and a Special Jury Prize for a documentary on Gaza, as the world's critics read the selection.
Tommaso Veronese
Witness Who Defied the 'Ndrangheta Dies, and Italy Counts the Cost
Denise Cosco testified against her own father over her mother's murder. The BBC reports her death, and with it a rare kind of courage.
Denise Cosco, who testified against the 'Ndrangheta clan and her own father over the murder of her mother, has died, the BBC reports.
Sergio Madrussan
Who Pays Brussels Most: Foreign Press Tallies the Lobbying Bill
The Local Italy surveys EU lobbying spending by big tech and banking, a ledger that matters to a region that lives on EU funds and EU rules.
A survey of which companies and groups spend most on EU lobbying puts Brussels' influence economy in plain figures, The Local Italy reports.
Sergio Madrussan
Venice Hands Its Golden Lion to a Danish Drama as Italy's Own Films Go Home Empty-Handed
May el-Toukhy's 'Woman Unknown' takes the top prize; a Gaza documentary wins the Special Jury Prize, and the Lido's verdict lands far from the Riviera's own screens
The 2026 Venice Film Festival closed with its top prize going to a Danish period drama and its Special Jury Prize to a Gaza documentary, leaving the Italian titles in competition with honours short of the main awards.
Marina Doria
Europe Weighs Curbs on Camera Glasses as Petition Gathers Pace
The Local Italy reports growing calls for action on covert recording devices, with a British petition demanding a ban on sales
A campaign against secretly filming glasses is spreading across Europe, and the debate touches Italy's innovation and privacy politics.
Giulia Benati
Death of the Daughter Who Testified Against Her Father in a Mafia Killing
The BBC reports the death of Denise Cosco, who gave evidence against the 'Ndrangheta clan and her own father over her mother's murder
A woman who broke with her family to testify against the 'Ndrangheta has died, the BBC reports, renewing questions about protection for witnesses.
Giulia Benati
Venice Hands Its Golden Lion to a Danish Servant's Story
The world's oldest film festival closes with a Nordic period drama and a Gaza documentary among the winners
May el-Toukhy's 'Woman Unknown' takes the top prize at Venice, as the festival's 2026 edition closes on a quieter note than its opening.
Costanza Bardi
The Woman Who Testified Against Her Father in a 'Ndrangheta Killing
Denise Cosco, whose evidence helped convict the clan that murdered her mother, has died, the BBC reports
A daughter's testimony against her own father and the 'Ndrangheta became one of the most closely watched episodes in modern Italian justice.
Costanza Bardi
Venice Jury Prize for Gaza Documentary Lands at the Season's Close
Al Jazeera reports NAZA took the Special Jury Prize, while the New York Times records Woman Unknown as the Golden Lion winner
The Venice Film Festival closed with a Gaza documentary taking the Special Jury Prize and a Danish period drama taking the Golden Lion, as foreign culture desks read the verdict.
Niccolò Mariani
What Brussels Lobbying Costs, and What a Marche District Cannot Afford
The Local Italy's survey of EU lobbying spend arrives in a region whose firms make their case through trade bodies, not corporate offices
A foreign survey of who spends most to influence EU policy lands in a region whose small firms have never had that option.
Elena Marcheggiani
Venice Closes With a Danish Period Drama and a Gaza Documentary Prize
The New York Times reports May el-Toukhy's 'Woman Unknown' took the Golden Lion, while Al Jazeera notes 'NAZA' won the Special Jury Prize.
The Venice Film Festival ended with its top prize going to a Danish post-war drama and its Special Jury Prize to a documentary on Gaza, as the foreign press recorded the verdicts.
Davide Ruspoli
Italy's Blood Supply Appeal Meets a Mountain Problem
The Local reports an urgent national call for donations, and a long-standing ban that keeps most British residents from giving
Italy's national blood centre has appealed for urgent donations, while a decades-old restriction still turns away most British residents who offer to give.
Marco Di Sante
A Mafia Witness Dies, and the South Counts What Testimony Costs
The BBC reports the death of Denise Cosco, who testified against her father in a notorious 'Ndrangheta murder. In the interior, the price of cooperating is well understood.
The death of a woman who testified against her own father in a 'Ndrangheta murder case has renewed the foreign press's attention to what it costs to break with the clans.
Antonio Petrella
Woman Who Testified Against Her Father in 'Ndrangheta Murder Dies
Denise Cosco broke clan silence to testify over the killing of her mother, Lea Garofalo, in one of Italy's most notorious mafia cases
The BBC reports the death of Denise Cosco, who testified against the 'Ndrangheta and her own father over the murder of her mother.
Rosaria Esposito
A Mafia Witness Dies, and the South Counts What Testimony Costs
The BBC reports the death of Denise Cosco, who testified against her father in a notorious 'Ndrangheta murder — a rare window into a crime network that runs through Puglia's ports.
Denise Cosco testified against the 'Ndrangheta and her own father over her mother's murder; the BBC reports her death, and the South weighs the price of speaking.
Francesca Lazzari
Europe Debates a Ban on Smart Glasses as Hidden Filming Spreads
The Local Italy reports growing calls for action against secretly filmed footage of women and girls, with a British petition demanding a sales ban.
Calls are growing in Europe to restrict AI smart glasses after secretly filmed footage of women and girls appeared online, The Local Italy reports.
Francesca Lazzari
A Daughter Testified Against the 'Ndrangheta. Now the Foreign Press Reports Her Death
The BBC carries the story of Denise Cosco, who broke with her father to testify over her mother's murder in Calabria
The BBC reports the death of Denise Cosco, who testified against her own father and the 'Ndrangheta over the murder of her mother.
Pietro Lasorsa
Venice Closes: A Gaza Documentary Takes a Jury Prize, and a Danish Drama Takes the Lion
Al Jazeera reports the Special Jury Prize for 'NAZA'; the New York Times reports the Golden Lion for 'Woman Unknown'
The Venice Film Festival ended with a Special Jury Prize for the Gaza documentary 'NAZA' and the Golden Lion for May el-Toukhy's 'Woman Unknown'.
Concetta Vassallo
World Obituaries Frame Bonino as Italy's Bridge to Europe
Foreign coverage of the radical politician's death stresses her record as foreign minister and European commissioner, not only her battles with the Vatican.
The Guardian, France 24 and the New York Times each read Emma Bonino's death as the passing of a figure who carried Italian radicalism into European institutions.
Adriana Sole
Venice Prizes Go to a Gaza Documentary and a Danish Drama
Al Jazeera reports a Special Jury Prize for 'NAZA'; the New York Times records the Golden Lion for 'Woman Unknown'.
The world's press closes the Venice Film Festival with two awards that carry very different kinds of weight for how Italy is seen abroad.
Adriana Sole
Norris Takes Madrid Pole as Antonelli Misses by a Hundredth
The Guardian calls the McLaren lap close to perfection, with Verstappen third on a demanding new circuit
Lando Norris beat Kimi Antonelli to Spanish Grand Prix pole by one hundredth of a second, with Max Verstappen third.
Tobia Marenghi
At Venice Immersive, the Ruins of the West Bank and 17th-Century Amsterdam
The Guardian finds the festival's new-media showcase moving from the frivolous to the serious, and notes that this year the exhibits live on after the closing.
Venice Immersive, the film festival's extended-reality showcase, closed with installations ranging from the ruins of the West Bank to 17th-century Amsterdam, the Guardian reports.
Eleonora Vanzetti
The Woman Who Testified Against Her Father Has Died, the BBC Reports
Denise Cosco gave evidence against the 'Ndrangheta clan and her own father over the murder of her mother, according to the BBC
The BBC reports the death of Denise Cosco, who testified against the 'Ndrangheta and her father in the murder of her mother, a case that defined how Italy confronts clan violence.
Niccolò Mariani
Who Pays to Whisper in Brussels: The EU Lobbying Ledger, and Italy's Stake
A foreign-press audit of who spends most to shape EU policy puts banking and big tech at the top — a question Turin's lenders and exporters cannot ignore
The Local Italy's survey of EU lobbying spend names banking among the sectors paying most to influence Brussels, where Italian industry's rules are written.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Venice Hands Its Golden Lion to a Danish Period Drama, and the Lido Keeps Its Politics
The New York Times reports May el-Toukhy's 'Woman Unknown' took the top prize, with Al Jazeera noting a Gaza documentary won the Special Jury Prize
Venice's 2026 edition closed with a Golden Lion for a Danish post-war drama and a Special Jury Prize for a Gaza documentary, per the foreign press.
Beatrice Comolli
Who Spends Most on Brussels: The Lobbying Ledger the Foreign Press Keeps
The Local Italy reports that tech and banking dominate EU lobbying spend, a bill Milan's corporate and financial sector helps write
A survey of EU lobbying spending puts big tech and banking at the top of the table, according to The Local Italy.
Beatrice Comolli
Opinion
The Argument Italy Is Still Having, and the Woman Who Won It
The foreign obituaries of Emma Bonino describe a country that settled its church-state quarrels decades ago. The country itself has not.
Editorial Board
Venice Gives Its Prizes, and Keeps Its Receipts
The festival's headlines are about art; the city's real story, as the foreign press tells it, is the tourist tax and the strain of being loved.
Editorial Board