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Meloni Pledges Ban on Veils in Italian Schools and Limits on Foreign Students
The prime minister framed the move as protecting Italian children from feeling like a minority, as a far-right rival presses her flank.
Al Jazeera and Politico Europe report that Italy's prime minister promised Sunday to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and to cap foreign students.
Adriana Sole · NATIONAL
San Siro at 100: A Milan Icon the City Has Decided to Replace
The Guardian marks the stadium's centenary with Alessandro Costacurta, who calls it beautiful but not functional, as demolition nears.
Milan's San Siro turns 100 this weekend, and the Guardian's centenary piece carries a verdict from one of the players who knew it best: an icon that no longer works.
Tobia Marenghi · CULTURE
Venice Gives Its Prizes, and Two Winners Face the Consequences
The festival's loudest ovations went to a Gaza documentary and an Iranian actress; both are now paying for them abroad
Two Venice award-winners — a Gaza documentary team and an Iranian actress — have drawn official condemnation and threats in their home countries, the Guardian reports.
Eleonora Vanzetti · INTERNATIONAL
Italy to Scrap Road Tax for Most Vehicles from 2027
About 70 percent of cars on Italian roads would be exempt, according to foreign coverage of the plan.
Italy plans to abolish its annual vehicle tax from 2027, exempting the owners of roughly seven in ten cars, with eligibility rules still to be clarified.
Giulia Benati · ECONOMY
Regional dispatches
Italy's Road Tax Repeal Lands in a Region That Registers the Most Cars
From 2027 about 70 percent of vehicles will stop paying the annual tax, a fiscal change Lombardy's dense commuter belt will feel first
The Local Italy reports Italy will scrap the annual road tax for roughly 70 percent of vehicles from 2027, a change with outsized reach in car-heavy Lombardy.
Beatrice Comolli
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban, and South Tyrol Reads the Minority Precedent
The Italian Prime Minister's promise to bar burqas and niqabs from classrooms raises a question the German-speaking province knows well: who counts as a minority.
Al Jazeera and Politico report Meloni's pledge to ban face veils in Italian schools and limit foreign students, a move South Tyrol's minority politics will scrutinize.
Klara Hofer
Meloni Pledges to Ban Veils in Italian Schools
The prime minister's Sunday announcement, framed as protecting Italian children in the classroom, also proposes limiting foreign students.
Italy's prime minister has promised to ban burqas and niqabs in the country's schools and to limit foreign students, drawing the far right's election-year battle lines.
Tommaso Veronese
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban, and a Border Region Reads the Signal
The Italian Prime Minister's Sunday announcement on burqas, niqabs and foreign students lands in a region long shaped by minority-language schooling.
Meloni's pledge to ban face veils in Italian schools and limit foreign students is being read on the eastern border through the region's own history of language and schooling.
Sergio Madrussan
Meloni Pledges Veil Ban in Schools as Rival Pressures Her Right Flank
The Italian prime minister promises to bar burqas and niqabs from classrooms and limit foreign students, a pitch aimed at a far-right challenger.
Italy's prime minister has promised to ban face-covering veils in schools and restrict foreign student numbers, as the foreign press reads the move as a defensive play against a far-right rival.
Marina Doria
Meloni Pledges to Ban Veils in Italian Schools
The prime minister says Italian children 'cannot feel like a minority in the classroom', as a far-right rival presses her flank.
Italy's prime minister has promised to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and to limit foreign students, drawing the country's culture wars into the classroom.
Giulia Benati
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban, and Tuscany Counts Its Classrooms
The Prime Minister's promise to bar burqas and niqabs from Italian schools lands in a region where foreign pupils are unevenly spread
The Italian Prime Minister said Sunday that Italy would move to ban face-covering veils in schools and limit foreign students, framing it as a defence of Italian children.
Costanza Bardi
Meloni Pledges to Ban Veils in Schools, and Umbria's Small Towns Take Stock
The Italian prime minister's announcement, reported abroad, revives a debate over classrooms, identity and the country's shrinking school rolls.
Italy's prime minister said Sunday that veils would be banned in Italian schools and foreign student numbers limited, drawing international attention.
Niccolò Mariani
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban as Far-Right Rival Presses From the Flank
The Prime Minister told a rally that Italian children must not feel like a minority in the classroom, according to Al Jazeera and Politico Europe.
A pledge to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools and to limit foreign students has put the classroom at the centre of the country's electoral argument.
Elena Marcheggiani
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban as Election Pressure Mounts
The Italian Prime Minister says children should not feel a minority in class, drawing a line against her far-right rival
Italy's prime minister has promised to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and limit foreign students, a move foreign outlets read as an election play.
Marco Di Sante
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban, and Molise's Minority Villages Take Note
The Italian PM promises to bar burqas and niqabs in classrooms and limit foreign students, citing electoral pressure from the far right
Italy's prime minister has promised to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and limit foreign student numbers, a pledge the foreign press reads as a response to electoral pressure from her right.
Antonio Petrella
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban as Far-Right Rival Presses From the Flank
The Prime Minister's promise to bar burqas and niqabs from classrooms, and to cap foreign students, lands in a South where school rolls are already thinning.
Italy's Prime Minister says veils will be banned in schools and foreign student numbers limited, framing it as a defence of Italian children in the classroom.
Rosaria Esposito
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban as Far-Right Rival Presses From the Flank
The Italian prime minister says children 'cannot feel like a minority in the classroom', as foreign coverage reads the move against an election threat.
Italy's prime minister has promised to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and to limit foreign students, in a pitch the foreign press reads as a defensive move against a far-right rival.
Francesca Lazzari
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban as Far-Right Rival Presses From the Flank
The Prime Minister's promise to bar burqas and niqabs in classrooms, and to limit foreign students, lands in a South already emptying of pupils
Italy's Prime Minister says Italian children must not feel like a minority in the classroom, in a pledge that reaches a region losing its own children to emigration.
Pietro Lasorsa
Meloni Pledges to Ban Veils in Italian Schools
The Prime Minister also says she will limit foreign students, framing the move as a defence of Italian classrooms.
Italy's Prime Minister has promised to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and to limit the number of foreign students, a pitch aimed at a far-right rival.
Saverio Gallo
Meloni Pledges School Veil Ban as Sicilian Classrooms Weigh the Cost
The Italian prime minister's Sunday announcement on burqas, niqabs and foreign student numbers lands hardest where migration and schooling already meet.
Al Jazeera and Politico Europe report Meloni's pledge to ban face veils in Italian schools and limit foreign students, framed as a defence of Italian children in the classroom.
Concetta Vassallo
Meloni Pledges Veil Ban in Schools, and an Island Weighs Its Classrooms
The Italian prime minister's Sunday announcement, reported by Al Jazeera and Politico, lands on a region where small schools close every year.
Al Jazeera and Politico report Meloni promised to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools and limit foreign students, citing a far-right electoral challenge.
Gavino Sanna
Most Britons Holding EU Residence Permits Cluster in Three Countries
New figures put the number at roughly 920,000 at the end of 2025, with the diaspora concentrated rather than spread.
The Local Italy reports that of about 920,000 British citizens holding residence permits in EU countries at the end of 2025, most are concentrated in three countries.
Adriana Sole
Davis Cup Final 8 Heads for Bologna as Britain Confirm Their Place
Great Britain beat Ecuador to reach the November finals in Bologna, the Guardian reports, putting Italy's city at the centre of the tennis calendar.
Great Britain's doubles pair sealed a straight-sets win over Ecuador to reach the Davis Cup Final 8, which the Guardian reports will be played in Bologna in November.
Tobia Marenghi
Meloni Pledges Veil Ban in Italian Schools and a Cap on Foreign Pupils
The Prime Minister frames classroom rules as a defence of Italian children, drawing foreign coverage of a hardening election-season line.
Italy's Prime Minister said Sunday she would ban burqas and niqabs in schools and limit foreign students, framing the move as protecting Italian children from feeling like a minority.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Italy to Scrap Road Tax in 2027, and the Valley Counts Its Mountain Drivers
About 70 percent of vehicles would be exempt under the plan, a measure that lands differently where the car is the only way up the valley
Italy plans to abolish its annual vehicle tax from 2027 for most cars, a change the foreign press reports as a broad relief for drivers.
Camille Bréan
Twelve Italian Regions Under Storm Alert, and the Valley Reads the Forecast
Heavy rain brought flooding and disruption across parts of Italy, with conditions expected to ease over the weekend
Forecasters placed twelve Italian regions under storm alert as heavy rain caused flooding and disruption, with improvement expected over the weekend.
Camille Bréan
Milan Fashion Week Opens, and the City Reads Itself in the Foreign Press
The international style desks return to the Lombard capital this week, with trade politics and energy costs on the same page as the collections
Milan Fashion Week is among the week's major Italian events flagged by foreign coverage, putting the Lombard capital's soft-power engine back under the international style press's lens.
Beatrice Comolli
Opinion
The Schoolroom and the Nation
When a government legislates what children may wear, the world reads it as a statement about who belongs — and Italy is read closely.
Editorial Board
The Price of the Socket
Italy's household energy bills are among Europe's highest, and the continent is now debating a windfall levy — a convergence the world will watch.
Editorial Board