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Rome Bids Farewell to Emma Bonino, the Feminist Who Reshaped Italian Politics
The state funeral for the former minister and EU commissioner drew Italy's political class to the capital, as foreign obituaries trace a half-century of battles for women's rights.
Italy's political world turned out in Rome on Tuesday for the state funeral of Emma Bonino, a former government minister, EU commissioner and feminist campaigner who died at 78.
Davide Ruspoli · NATIONAL
Italy and Spain Extend Border Checks as the Schengen Argument Hardens
Rome extends controls on travellers from Spain for another 15 days; Madrid answers in kind, The Local Italy reports.
Two EU members are now checking each other's travellers at the frontier, an unusual break in the bloc's internal travel rules.
Klara Hofer · INTERNATIONAL
Senate Passes Electoral Reform and Lombardy Starts Counting Seats
The bill now goes to the Chamber, where the foreign press notes the arithmetic matters more than the principle.
Italy's Senate approved a contested electoral reform on Tuesday, sending the bill to the lower house with the voting system still unresolved.
Beatrice Comolli · NATIONAL
Venice's Best Actress Was Signing On at a Job Centre Days Before Her Win
Mathilde Arcel, crowned for Woman Unknown, says the prize arrived while she was on unemployment benefits in Copenhagen
The Volpi Cup winner told the Guardian she flew home to Denmark to report to a job centre days before collecting Venice's best actress prize.
Eleonora Vanzetti · CULTURE
Regional dispatches
Emma Bonino, 78, and the Long Argument She Started
The Guardian's obituary traces a feminist and politician whose battles predate most of the institutions that outlived her
The foreign press marks the death of a campaigner who spent five decades pushing Italian institutions further than they wanted to go.
Camille Bréan
Milan Bids Farewell to Bonino as the Foreign Press Counts a Political Estate
The Guardian's obituary and The Local's funeral report frame a career that ran from abortion rights to EU budgets — and left a Milan-shaped gap in liberal politics.
Emma Bonino, who died at 78, was buried this week as the foreign press weighed a career spent mostly outside Italy's governing parties.
Beatrice Comolli
Italy Buries Emma Bonino, the Feminist Who Fought the State and Won
The Radical party leader, EU commissioner and abortion-rights campaigner died at 78; the political class turned out for her state funeral in Rome.
Foreign coverage remembers Emma Bonino as the Italian politician who turned a personal abortion battle into four decades of institutional warfare for women's rights.
Klara Hofer
Venice's Film Festival Ends, and the City Counts What It Costs
Foreign coverage of the Golden Lion for 'Woman Unknown' keeps returning to the same question: who is the festival for?
The world's critics have gone home from the Lido. The lagoon city is left with the bill and the argument.
Tommaso Veronese
Italy and Spain Extend Tit-for-Tat Border Checks, and the Riviera Crossings Count the Days
Rome and Madrid trade another 15 days of controls as the migrant dispute drags on, with the western border traffic the first to feel it
Italy has extended border checks on travellers from Spain for another 15 days, drawing a matching response from Madrid.
Marina Doria
Italy's Senate Approves Electoral Reform Bill, Sending It to the Lower House
The voting-system overhaul clears the upper chamber and now faces the Chamber of Deputies, with regional representation the question underneath
Senators approved the latest version of a draft law overhauling Italy's voting system on Tuesday, and the bill now passes to the lower house.
Marina Doria
After a Record-Hot Summer, Italy's Autumn Forecast Turns on El Niño
Forecasters tell The Local that above-average temperatures are likely, while extreme-weather risk persists over the Po plain
A strong El Niño could hold Italy's temperatures above average into winter, The Local Italy reports, even as the risk of extreme weather events remains.
Giulia Benati
Emma Bonino, 78, Dies; the Foreign Press Writes Her Life as a Long Argument
The Guardian's obituary and The Local's funeral report frame a politician whose battles ran through Italy's civic tradition
Emma Bonino, the Radical politician and feminist who died at 78, is remembered by the foreign press for a career of campaigns rather than offices.
Giulia Benati
Emma Bonino, 78, Dies; the Guardian Traces a Life of Italian Feminism
Foreign obituaries frame a Radical party campaigner whose battles for women's rights began with her own abortion in 1974
The Guardian's obituary records that Bonino, told she was sterile, sought an abortion in 1974 — the start of a long public campaign.
Costanza Bardi
Italy and Spain Extend Tit-for-Tat Border Checks Another 15 Days
The Local Italy reports Rome extended controls on travellers from Spain, drawing a matching response from Madrid
Italy said on Tuesday it had extended border checks on travellers from Spain for another 15 days, and Madrid responded in kind.
Costanza Bardi
Italy Buries Emma Bonino, and the Interior Counts What She Won
The state funeral for the feminist and former minister closes a career the foreign press reads as a long argument about women's rights.
Emma Bonino, who died at 78, was given a state funeral on Tuesday, and the foreign press reads her life as a long battle over abortion and women's rights in Italy.
Niccolò Mariani
After a Record-Hot Summer, the Interior Asks What Autumn Brings
Forecasters cited by The Local Italy point to a strong El Niño and above-average temperatures, with extreme weather still a risk.
Forecasters cited by The Local Italy say a strong El Niño could keep temperatures above average into autumn, while extreme weather remains a risk across Italy.
Niccolò Mariani
Bonino Is Buried, and the Districts Count What She Argued For
The Guardian's obituary and The Local's funeral report frame a life spent on rights Italy still debates
Emma Bonino, who died at 78, was buried in Rome on Tuesday; in the Marche her causes are read through the small firms and family workshops that make the region.
Elena Marcheggiani
L'Aquila Reads the Bonino Funeral as a Chapter in a Longer Fight
The Guardian's obituary traces a life from a failed abortion in 1974 to the Radical party benches; the state funeral follows on Tuesday.
Emma Bonino, who died at 78, was buried from a state funeral on Tuesday, and the foreign press has framed her life as one long argument about who gets to decide.
Marco Di Sante
After a Record-Hot Summer, the Foreign Forecast Turns to Winter
The Local Italy reports forecasters expect above-average temperatures from a strong El Niño, with extreme weather still a risk.
Foreign forecasters expect a warm autumn and winter for Italy on a strong El Niño, while warning that extreme events remain likely — a combination the mountain interior knows well.
Marco Di Sante
Senate Passes Electoral Reform, and Molise Counts What It Loses
The bill now moves to the Chamber of Deputies, where the smallest region's arithmetic is already written into the system
Italy's Senate approved the latest version of an electoral reform bill on Tuesday, sending it to the lower house, The Local Italy reported.
Antonio Petrella
The Foreign Press Buries Emma Bonino, and Reads Italy's Record on Women
State funeral in Rome for the Radical politician and EU commissioner, as the Guardian's obituary revisits the battles that made her
Italy's political world turned out for the state funeral of Emma Bonino, the feminist, former minister and EU commissioner, who died aged 78.
Antonio Petrella
Italy Buries Emma Bonino, the Feminist Who Fought the Country's Conscience
The Radical party leader, EU commissioner and abortion-rights campaigner died at 78; the world press marks a life spent arguing with Italy
Italy's political class turned out for Emma Bonino's state funeral on Tuesday, as foreign obituaries traced a half-century of battles over women's rights and euthanasia.
Rosaria Esposito
Italy and Spain Extend Tit-for-Tat Border Checks as the Migrant Spat Deepens
Rome renewed controls on travellers from Spain for another 15 days; Madrid answered in kind, The Local Italy reports
Italy extended border checks on arrivals from Spain for a further 15 days on Tuesday, and Madrid responded with matching measures, deepening a dispute between two EU members.
Rosaria Esposito
Italy and Spain Extend Tit-for-Tat Border Checks Over Migrant Rush
Rome keeps controls on Spanish travellers for another 15 days, and Madrid answers in kind, as the two EU members trade blame over arrivals
Italy has extended border checks on travellers from Spain for a further 15 days, drawing a matching response from Madrid in a dispute between two EU members over migration.
Francesca Lazzari
After a Record-Hot Summer, Italy Is Told to Expect a Warm Autumn
Forecasters point to a strong El Niño for above-average temperatures, but warn that extreme weather remains the risk to watch
Forecasters say a strong El Niño could bring above-average temperatures to Italy this autumn and winter, while extreme weather events remain a live risk.
Francesca Lazzari
Emma Bonino, 78, Dies; The Guardian Recalls a Life That Remade Italian Politics
The Radical leader spent four decades on prisons, abortion and Europe. The foreign press remembers a fighter the South often watched from a distance.
Emma Bonino, the Italian politician and feminist activist, has died aged 78, the Guardian reports in an obituary that traces her from the Radical party to the European Commission.
Pietro Lasorsa
After a Record-Hot Summer, Foreign Forecasters See a Warm, Unsettled Italian Winter
A strong El Niño points to above-average temperatures, The Local Italy reports, while extreme weather remains the risk. For an inland region, that is a farming question.
With summer records set, forecasters tell The Local Italy that a strong El Niño could bring above-average temperatures to Italy this autumn and winter, with extreme events still a risk.
Pietro Lasorsa
Etna's Ash Suspends Flights at Catania Airport Again
The BBC and The Local report the latest closure of Sicily's busiest air gateway as the volcano continues to vent
Ash from Mount Etna has grounded flights at Catania's airport, the second such suspension reported by the foreign press in days.
Concetta Vassallo
Italy and Spain Extend Tit-for-Tat Border Checks
Rome prolongs controls on travellers from Spain for another 15 days, and Madrid answers in kind
Italy has extended border checks on arrivals from Spain for a further 15 days, drawing a reciprocal response from Madrid, The Local Italy reports.
Concetta Vassallo
The Guardian's Bonino Obituary, and the Island That Voted Against Divorce
Emma Bonino, who died at 78, was buried on Tuesday. Sardinia's history with the 1974 divorce referendum is a reminder of the distance she travelled.
The Guardian's obituary of Emma Bonino opens with a 1974 pregnancy and a doctor who had told her she was sterile — and with a woman trying to find an abortion.
Gavino Sanna
After a Record-Hot Summer, Forecasters Look to an El Niño Autumn
The Local Italy reports above-average temperatures are likely, with extreme weather still a risk — a forecast the island reads against its reservoirs.
A strong El Niño could hold temperatures above average through autumn and winter in Italy, forecasters say, while the risk of extreme events remains.
Gavino Sanna
Emma Bonino, Feminist Trailblazer and EU Commissioner, Dies at 78
The Guardian's obituary and Italian tributes mark the passing of a politician who carried women's rights from Rome to Brussels
Emma Bonino, the Italian feminist, activist and former EU commissioner, has died aged 78, drawing tributes across Italy's political class.
Adriana Sole
Inter and Roma Stay Perfect as Serie A's Early Pace Setters Separate
Inter's 5-3 comeback against Udinese and Roma's unbeaten start leave Como third, with Juventus beaten at Sassuolo
Inter recovered from two goals down to beat Udinese 5-3 and stay level with Roma at the top of Serie A, while Como climbed to third.
Tobia Marenghi
Lazio's Empty Curves: a Boycott the Foreign Press Is Counting
The Guardian's Nicky Bandini reports a supporter revolt against Claudio Lotito running alongside Gennaro Gattuso's strong start
Lazio supporters are boycotting the Stadio Olimpico to pressure owner Claudio Lotito, even as Gennaro Gattuso's side start the season well.
Tobia Marenghi
Italy Buries Emma Bonino, the Feminist Who Fought the State and Then Joined It
The Guardian's obituary and The Local Italy's account of Tuesday's state funeral trace a career that began with an illegal abortion and ended in the Senate and the European Commission
Italy's political world turned out on Tuesday for the state funeral of Emma Bonino, the Radical activist, minister and EU commissioner who died at 78 after a career spent pressing the country on rights it preferred to postpone.
Saverio Gallo
Italy and Spain Extend Tit-for-Tat Border Checks, and Turin Counts the Cost
The two EU members keep controls in place for another 15 days, adding friction to a road and rail corridor Piedmontese exporters use daily
Rome and Madrid have extended reciprocal border checks for another 15 days, a spat that lands hardest on the freight corridors running through Piedmont.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Italy Buries Emma Bonino, and the Foreign Press Writes the Ledger of Her Battles
The Guardian's obituary and The Local Italy's account of the state funeral frame a career spent on rights Italy long argued about
Italy's political world turned out for Emma Bonino's state funeral on Tuesday, as foreign obituaries weighed a life of campaigns that often ran ahead of the country.
Lorenzo Ferraris
After a Record-Hot Summer, the Alps Weigh an Uncertain Winter
Forecasters see a strong El Niño pushing temperatures above average, with extreme events still in the mix
The foreign press reports that Italy faces a warm autumn and winter, a forecast that lands differently at 1,200 metres and above.
Camille Bréan
Opinion
The Checks We Put on Each Other
Italy and Spain have renewed tit-for-tat border controls, a quarrel that reveals how quickly the Schengen idea yields to national reflex.
Editorial Board
A Country That Keeps Its Own Time
The Senate's approval of a new electoral law is the latest reminder that Italy's politics are reported abroad as permanent instability rather than ordinary contest.
Editorial Board