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EU Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-13s, and Italy's Small Towns Ask Who Watches
Von der Leyen's plan would limit supervised access to 15; in the interior, the question is enforcement, not principle
The European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and allow only limited, supervised access until 15, under plans unveiled by Ursula von der Leyen.
Niccolò Mariani · NATIONAL
Ukrainian Children in the Italian Alps Resist Kyiv's Call to Return
The Guardian reports that minors evacuated in 2022 now want to stay in the EU, raising questions for Alpine host communities
Thousands of Ukrainian children placed in state care across Europe were evacuated after the 2022 invasion; many, including one in a small Italian Alpine village, do not want to go home.
Lorenzo Ferraris · INTERNATIONAL
Brussels Floats Canada as the EU's First 'Associate Member'
Von der Leyen pitches closer cooperation on tech, defence and energy to Ottawa — a proposal Rome would help decide
Ursula von der Leyen has raised the prospect of Canada becoming the EU's first associate member, in a pitch to Mark Carney on tech, defence and energy.
Davide Ruspoli · INTERNATIONAL
Antonelli Wins in Spain as Mercedes' Gamble Beats McLaren's Luck
The Italian teenager takes the Spanish Grand Prix after a virtual safety car strands Norris; BBC ratings call it one of the drives of the season.
Kimi Antonelli won the Spanish Grand Prix after a virtual safety car cost McLaren's Lando Norris the lead, the BBC reported.
Tobia Marenghi · SPORT
Regional dispatches
Ousted at Versace, Dario Vitale Lands at Emporio Armani
The New York Times reports the designer whose single Versace collection became mythic among insiders is taking on a corner of the Armani empire.
A designer whose sole Versace collection became almost mythic for fashion insiders has resurfaced inside the Armani group, according to the New York Times.
Beatrice Comolli
EU Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-13s
Von der Leyen unveils plans to bar under-13s from social platforms, with supervised access only until 15, as Italy's tech and ad sectors watch Brussels.
The European Commission has proposed banning social media for children under 13 and limiting access until 15, a rule that would land directly on Italy's digital and advertising economy.
Beatrice Comolli
Ukrainian children resettled in Italy resist Kyiv's call to return
A Guardian investigation follows evacuees placed in Italian state care who say their future lies in the EU, not at home
Thousands of Ukrainian children evacuated into European care after the 2022 invasion are resisting Kyiv's efforts to bring them back, the Guardian reports.
Marco Di Sante
The Guardian Follows Ukrainian Children Placed in the Italian Alps
A report on minors evacuated from state care in 2022 and Kyiv's effort to bring them home, set partly in a small mountain village
The Guardian reports that thousands of Ukrainian children in state care were evacuated after the 2022 invasion, and that many now resist returning home.
Klara Hofer
The Ukrainian Children in Italy's Alps Who Do Not Want to Go Home
The Guardian reports that minors evacuated into Italian state care in 2022 are resisting Kyiv's call to return
A Guardian investigation finds Ukrainian children placed in Italian care at the start of the war are now refusing repatriation, with some building lives in Alpine villages.
Tommaso Veronese
The EU Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-13s
Von der Leyen unveils plans for a bloc-wide age floor and supervised access to 15, with member states left to enforce it
The European Commission has proposed banning social media for children under 13 and limiting access until 15, a rule that would reach into every Italian household.
Tommaso Veronese
EU Moves to Ban Social Media for Children Under 13
Von der Leyen unveils bloc-wide age limits, citing the power to act; supervised access would run to 15
The European Commission has proposed banning social media for under-13s and limiting access to 15, a plan with direct implications for Italy's schools and families.
Sergio Madrussan
EU Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-13s, and Genoa Weighs the Port's Young
Von der Leyen's plan would restrict supervised access to 15; a port city that exports its young reads the fine print
The European Commission has unveiled plans to ban social media for children under 13 and limit supervised access to 15, a measure that lands differently in a city that counts its departures.
Marina Doria
A Cold Front Reaches Italy, and the Riviera Counts Its Season
Rain and cooler air move from the north toward the centre and south, The Local Italy reports
A cold front is set to bring rain and cooler temperatures across Italy, beginning in the north, after a record-hot summer that left the coast watching its water and its visitors.
Marina Doria
Ousted at Versace, Dario Vitale Lands at Emporio Armani
The New York Times reports the designer whose single Versace collection became near-mythic to insiders is taking on a corner of the Armani empire.
A designer dismissed after one collection at Versace has resurfaced inside the Armani group, the New York Times reports, in a reshuffle the fashion press is reading closely.
Costanza Bardi
The Ukrainian Children Who Do Not Want to Go Home, as the Guardian Reports
Thousands evacuated into EU care in 2022; Kyiv wants them back, and some, resettled in Italy, resist
The Guardian reports that Ukrainian children evacuated into state care across Europe, including in Italy, are resisting Kyiv's calls for them to return.
Niccolò Mariani
EU Moves to Bar Social Media for Under-13s, and the Districts Ask Who Enforces It
Von der Leyen's plan would allow supervised access to 15; in small-town Italy the question is the household, not the statute
The European Commission has proposed banning social media for children under 13, with limited supervised access until 15 — a rule that lands differently in places where the phone is the after-school square.
Elena Marcheggiani
A Cold Front Reaches Italy, and the Marche Counts a Harvest Already In
The Local Italy reports rain moving from the north toward central and southern regions after a record-hot summer
The first rain of the season is crossing Italy from the north, arriving in the Marche after a summer the foreign press recorded as the hottest on record.
Elena Marcheggiani
EU Moves to Bar Under-13s From Social Media, and Rome Weighs the Machinery
Von der Leyen unveils bloc-wide age limits; Italy's government, Parliament and regulators would carry the enforcement
The European Commission has proposed banning social media for children under 13, with supervised access only up to 15 — a rule Rome would have to enforce.
Davide Ruspoli
EU Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-13s
Von der Leyen's plan would allow supervised access to 15; Italian schools and families weigh what enforcement means
The European Commission has unveiled plans to bar under-13s from social media and restrict access until 15, a move that lands squarely on Italy's classrooms and households.
Giulia Benati
EU Proposes Social Media Ban for Under-13s, Supervised Access to 15
Von der Leyen unveils plans the European Commission says would use the bloc's power to act; Italy's tech and family policy debate follows
The European Commission has proposed banning social media for children under 13 and limiting access to 15 under supervision, according to The Local Italy.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Ukrainian Children in the Italian Alps Resist Kyiv's Call to Return
The Guardian reports that minors evacuated to Alpine villages in 2022 are choosing to stay in the EU rather than go home.
Thousands of Ukrainian children in state care were evacuated to Italy and elsewhere in 2022. Many now refuse to return, the Guardian reports.
Camille Bréan
A Cold Front Reaches the Alps First as Italy Turns Cooler and Wetter
The Local reports rain spreading from the north before moving to central and southern Italy.
A cold front is expected to bring the first showers to northern Italy before rain moves south, according to The Local Italy.
Camille Bréan
EU Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-13s, and the Interior Takes Note
Von der Leyen unveils plans for a bloc-wide age limit with supervised access to 15, The Local Italy reports.
The European Commission has proposed banning social media for children under 13 across the EU, with limited supervised access until 15.
Pietro Lasorsa
Catania Airport Reopens as Etna's Ash Subsides, and the South Counts Its Costs
Sicily's main gateway resumes flights after a two-day shutdown, a reminder of how volcanic risk sits inside the region's economy
Catania airport reopened on Tuesday evening after Etna's ash forced a two-day suspension of flights, according to The Local Italy.
Saverio Gallo
Catania Airport Reopens After Etna Ash, as Sicily Counts the Cost of a Restless Season
The Local Italy reports flights resumed on Tuesday evening after two days of suspension, the latest interruption in a year of volcanic weather over eastern Sicily.
Catania's airport reopened on Tuesday evening after Etna's ash plume forced a two-day shutdown, the latest test of an economy built beneath an active volcano.
Concetta Vassallo
EU proposes ban on social media for children under 13
Von der Leyen's plan would allow supervised access up to 15, leaving member states to enforce it
The European Commission has unveiled plans to ban social media for under-13s across the bloc, with limited supervised access until 15.
Marco Di Sante
EU Moves to Bar Social Media for Under-13s, and the Interior Counts Its Screens
Von der Leyen's plan would allow supervised access to 15; in Italy's emptiest region, the phone is often the only company
The European Commission has proposed banning social media for children under 13, with limited supervised access until 15, in a plan defended as proof that Europe has the power to act.
Antonio Petrella
A Versace Designer Lands at Armani, and the South Watches the Door Open
The New York Times reports Dario Vitale's move to Emporio Armani — a rare second act in an industry that rarely grants one, and a signal for a region that supplies the hands.
The New York Times reports that Dario Vitale, ousted from Versace after a single collection, has landed at Emporio Armani — a second act in an industry that seldom grants one.
Rosaria Esposito
A Cold Front Reaches the South, and Naples Counts the Season Out
The Local Italy reports rain and cooler weather spreading from the north toward central and southern regions — the first real break after a record-hot summer.
The Local Italy reports a cold front bringing rain and cooler temperatures southward across Italy, ending a record-hot summer and shifting the terms of the tourist season.
Rosaria Esposito
A Cold Front Reaches Puglia, and the Olive Harvest Watches the Sky
Foreign forecasters say rain and cooler air are moving south; for the region's growers the timing of the turn matters more than the temperature
The first real break in a record-hot Italian summer is spreading south, and Puglia's olive growers are reading it as a question about the harvest ahead.
Francesca Lazzari
Opinion
Italy and Spain Reinstate a Border Europe Thought It Had Abolished
Tit-for-tat checks between two Schengen states, extended again this week, reveal how quickly the union's founding promise can be suspended.
Editorial Board
A Ukrainian Child Chooses the Alps, and Europe Must Answer
When a teenager evacuated to an Italian mountain village refuses to return to Kyiv, the question of what Europe owes the displaced becomes concrete.
Editorial Board