Front page
Italy's School Decree Draws Charges of Election-Year Division
The government caps non-Italian-speaking pupils per class and bans face coverings in schools; critics abroad read it as a play for the far right.
A cabinet decree limiting pupils with poor Italian and banning the burqa and niqab in schools has drawn accusations that Rome is courting far-right voters before next year's election.
Adriana Sole · NATIONAL
Eni Caps Fuel Prices for 30 Days, and a Port City Does the Arithmetic
Italy's state-controlled energy group moves to blunt a price spike, with hauliers and shippers in Genoa watching a month-long clock
Eni's 30-day fuel price cap lands first on the road hauliers and fishing fleets that move through the port of Genoa.
Marina Doria · ECONOMY
Pope Leo Fills Place de la Concorde as France's Politics Simmer
The Vatican put the Paris mass crowd at 800,000, capping a four-day visit the foreign press read as outreach to Catholicism's old heartlands.
Hundreds of thousands attended Pope Leo XIV's open-air mass in central Paris, a show of reach that foreign coverage placed against France's populist turn and a lingering schism.
Adriana Sole · INTERNATIONAL
Italy Caps Foreign Pupils in Class, and a Bilingual Valley Reads the Decree
Meloni's cabinet approves a decree banning face coverings in schools and limiting pupils with weak Italian, as critics call it electioneering
A national school decree lands in a region whose own identity was once the thing the state wanted schools to erase.
Camille Bréan · REGIONAL
Regional dispatches
A School Decree Written in Rome, Read From the Brenner
Alto Adige's three-language classrooms now sit under a national cap on pupils without fluent Italian, and the province is asking what it still decides.
Rome's decree capping pupils with poor Italian and banning face coverings in schools lands differently in a province that has run its own schools for decades.
Klara Hofer
Eni Caps Fuel for Thirty Days, and the Valley Roads Count the Difference
Italy's largest energy provider freezes pump prices for a month as the foreign press reports a cost-of-living squeeze that hits dispersed Alpine townships hardest.
A thirty-day cap on Eni pump prices is a national measure, but in a province of long commutes and mountain deliveries it is read per litre and per kilometre.
Klara Hofer
A School Decree, and Veneto's Classrooms Count the Change
Meloni's cabinet caps pupils without fluent Italian and bans face coverings in schools; the foreign press reads it as election-year signalling.
The government's new school rules are being reported abroad as a pivot to the far right — while the northeast, which runs its own schooling, works out what they mean in practice.
Tommaso Veronese
Eni Caps the Pump, and the Lagoon Reads the Ticket
The energy group freezes fuel prices for thirty days; in a city that runs on boats, the gesture is noted more than it is felt.
Italy's largest energy provider has imposed a thirty-day cap on fuel prices to blunt recent rises — a national measure with a very particular meaning in a city without roads.
Tommaso Veronese
Italy Caps Foreign Pupils, and a Border City Reads the Decree
Meloni's school measures land differently in a region where Italian, Slovene and Friulian already share the classroom
Rome's decree capping non-Italian-speaking pupils and banning face coverings in schools meets a province where multilingual schooling is the norm, not the exception.
Sergio Madrussan
Eni Caps Fuel Prices for Thirty Days, and the Adriatic Corridor Takes Stock
The state-controlled energy group moves to absorb a price spike, with hauliers and fishing fleets watching the clock
Eni has imposed a thirty-day cap on fuel prices, a temporary shield for the road haulage and fishing fleets that keep the Adriatic coast moving.
Elena Marcheggiani
Eni Caps Pump Prices for 30 Days, and the Plain Reads the Receipt
The state-controlled energy group's temporary ceiling on fuel arrives as Europe's hauliers and machinery exporters count transport costs
Eni has fixed a 30-day cap on fuel prices, a move the foreign press reads as relief for households and a question mark for the wider economy.
Giulia Benati
A Classroom Cap in Rome, and Tuscany Counts Its Own
The government's decree on foreign pupils and face coverings lands in a region where the numbers are small but the argument is not
Meloni calls the school measures common-sense tools for integration; critics abroad call them a play for the far right before next year's election.
Costanza Bardi
Eni Caps Fuel for Thirty Days, and Tuscany's Roads Do the Maths
The state-controlled energy group moves to blunt a price spike; the region that lives on the motorway and the delivery van watches the clock
Eni has set a thirty-day fuel price cap to take the sting out of recent rises, according to The Local Italy, with no word yet on what happens on day thirty-one.
Costanza Bardi
A Classroom Cap in Rome, and Umbria Counts Its Pupils
The decree banning face coverings and limiting non-Italian-speaking students lands in an inland region where small schools already hang by a thread
The Italian government's new school decree is read in Umbria's hill towns, where shrinking classrooms and arriving families meet.
Niccolò Mariani
Eni Caps Fuel for Thirty Days, and the Interior Does the Sums
Italy's state-linked energy provider freezes pump prices for a month as households and small firms watch the cost of getting to work
A thirty-day fuel price cap from Eni is read in Umbria, where the car is not a luxury but the only way to reach a school, a clinic or a market.
Niccolò Mariani
Rome Reads a School Decree, and the Election Comes Into View
Foreign correspondents in the capital frame the cabinet's classroom measures as an opening move in next year's campaign.
A decree capping non-Italian-speaking pupils per class and banning face coverings in schools is being read abroad less as education policy than as electoral positioning.
Davide Ruspoli
Eni Caps Pump Prices, and Rome Reads the Signal
The state's largest energy company moves to absorb recent increases for thirty days, according to the foreign press.
Eni has set a thirty-day cap on fuel prices to soften recent rises, a decision reported abroad as an intervention by a company in which the state remains the principal shareholder.
Davide Ruspoli
A Classroom Cap in Rome, and the Apennine School That Already Closed
Meloni's decree on foreign pupils divides the foreign press; in the mountain interior, the arithmetic of empty desks runs the other way
Italy's cabinet has capped pupils without fluent Italian and banned face coverings in schools, drawing accusations of electioneering from critics abroad.
Marco Di Sante
Eni Caps the Pump for Thirty Days, and the Interior Counts the Road
Italy's energy provider freezes fuel prices for a month as the foreign press records a cost-of-living squeeze
Eni has set a thirty-day cap on fuel prices to blunt recent increases, a measure whose weight falls hardest where the car is the only way out.
Marco Di Sante
A Classroom Cap, and Schools That Were Already Empty
The government's decree limiting non-Italian-speaking pupils lands differently where the register has been shrinking for decades
The foreign press reports a decree capping foreign pupils and banning face coverings in schools. In the interior, the arithmetic of the classroom runs the other way.
Antonio Petrella
Eni Caps the Pump, and the Interior Counts the Kilometres
A thirty-day fuel price cap is a national gesture; in a region where the car is the only infrastructure, it is a household budget line
Eni has set a thirty-day cap on fuel prices. For a region where the nearest hospital, school and supermarket are all a drive away, the measure reads as arithmetic.
Antonio Petrella
A Decree on Classrooms, and Naples Counts the Children It Teaches
The government's cap on pupils without fluent Italian lands hardest where the South's schools are already thinnest
Meloni calls the school decree a common-sense tool for integration; critics call it a pitch to the far right before next year's election.
Rosaria Esposito
Eni Caps Fuel for Thirty Days, and the South Watches the Pump
Italy's largest energy provider freezes its prices for a month as drivers absorb a summer of increases
Eni has set a 30-day cap on fuel prices, a move that lands hardest where car dependence is highest and incomes lowest.
Rosaria Esposito
Eni Caps Fuel Prices for 30 Days, and the South Counts the Distance
The state-controlled energy group moves to blunt a price spike; for Puglia's drivers and farmers, the measure is welcome and plainly temporary
Eni has imposed a 30-day cap on fuel prices, a rare intervention by Italy's largest energy company that lands hardest where the car is not optional.
Francesca Lazzari
Italy Caps Foreign Pupils in Class, and the South Reads Its Own Numbers
A cabinet decree bans face coverings in schools and limits students with weak Italian, drawing accusations of electioneering
The Italian government has approved a decree capping pupils with poor Italian in each class and banning the burqa and niqab in schools, as critics accuse the prime minister of courting far-right voters.
Francesca Lazzari
Eni Caps Fuel Prices for 30 Days, and Italy's Oil Region Reads the Signal
The state-controlled energy group's short price freeze lands in a country whose largest onshore field lies beneath Basilicata.
Eni has set a 30-day cap on fuel prices, a move that reaches a region built on extraction and now watching the energy transition from the inside.
Pietro Lasorsa
Rome Caps Foreign Pupils in Classrooms, and a Region That Has Emptied Counts Again
The government's school decree, criticised abroad as electioneering, lands hardest where there are few children left at all.
Italy's decree capping non-Italian-speaking pupils and banning face coverings in schools is read abroad as a play for far-right votes, and read in the interior as arithmetic.
Pietro Lasorsa
Eni Caps Fuel Prices for 30 Days as Pump Costs Bite
The state-controlled energy group's temporary ceiling lands in a region where the car is still the commute
Eni's 30-day fuel price cap is a short-term answer to a cost problem that Italy's most car-dependent industrial region feels at the pump.
Lorenzo Ferraris
A Decree on Classrooms, and Sicily Counts Its Foreign Pupils
The government's cap on non-Italian-speaking students lands hardest on the island's schools, where the world's arrivals become pupils
Rome's new decree caps foreign pupils per class and bans face coverings in schools; in Sicily, the classroom is the first Italian institution many migrant children meet.
Concetta Vassallo
Eni Caps Fuel Prices for Thirty Days, and Sicily Reads the Pump
A month-long price ceiling from Italy's energy major lands on an island where the road is the only way to the hospital
Eni has set a thirty-day fuel price cap to soften recent rises; for Sicily, where distances are long and incomes low, the price at the pump is a household variable.
Concetta Vassallo
A School Decree Reaches Sardinia, Where the Classroom Was Already Empty
Rome caps non-Italian-speaking pupils and bans face coverings in schools; on an island losing children, the arithmetic reads differently
The Italian government's new school decree lands on a region whose problem is not too many pupils but too few.
Gavino Sanna
Eni Caps Fuel Prices for Thirty Days, and an Island Counts the Ferry
Italy's largest energy provider freezes pump prices for a month; for Sardinia the cost of fuel is also the cost of leaving
A thirty-day cap on fuel prices means something different where every journey off the island begins with a tank.
Gavino Sanna
A Classroom Cap Written on the Mainland, Read From Calabria
Meloni's decree limiting pupils without fluent Italian lands differently in a region that has run its own reception schemes
Italy's cabinet has approved a decree capping pupils with poor Italian in each class and banning face coverings in schools, drawing accusations that the government is courting far-right voters.
Saverio Gallo
Eni Caps Fuel Prices for 30 Days, and an Alpine Region Counts Its Own Energy
The state-controlled oil major moves to soften pump prices, a step foreign observers read against Italy's wider energy picture
Eni's thirty-day fuel price cap lands in a country that exports Alpine hydroelectricity and imports almost all of its road fuel.
Camille Bréan
Eni Caps Pump Prices for 30 Days, and Milan Reads the Margin
The state-controlled energy group freezes fuel at the pump as the foreign business press weighs what a retail ceiling costs a listed major
Eni has set a 30-day cap on fuel prices, a retail move that lands squarely on the desk of every analyst who covers the Milan-listed major.
Beatrice Comolli
Milan Fashion Week Closes on Quiet Glamour, and the Style Press Writes the Ledger
Max Mara's chore jackets and Fendi's Carrà tribute give the foreign fashion desks a Milan that sells rather than shocks
Two shows closed Milan's season with wearable, commercial collections, and the international style press read the restraint as strategy rather than timidity.
Beatrice Comolli
Antonelli Hits the Wall in Baku as the Title Race Tightens
The championship leader will start 16th in Azerbaijan after a qualifying crash, with George Russell on pole for Mercedes
Kimi Antonelli's crash in Baku qualifying hands Mercedes team-mate George Russell pole and opens the title race as the season enters its decisive stretch.
Tobia Marenghi
A Horse Surgeon, a Bloodied Gown, and an Italy the Camera Found
Andrea Modica's 'best photograph' for the Guardian traces one image back to a first Italian journey, and to a face the photographer reads as a medieval madonna.
In the Guardian's 'My Best Photograph' series, Andrea Modica describes a blood-splattered surgeon after an emergency horse operation — and the Italian journey that shaped how she sees.
Eleonora Vanzetti
Opinion
A Name on the Departures Board
Renaming Milan's airport after Berlusconi says less about the man than about Italy's difficulty in agreeing on what to honour.
Editorial Board
The Classroom as a Border
Rome's new decree on face coverings and foreign pupils asks schools to solve a question the whole continent is still arguing over.
Editorial Board