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Italy's Rent Crisis Reaches the Budget, and the Mountains Watch the Same Bill
The Local reports politicians warning Italy's rental crisis is 'not far behind Spain's' as millions struggle with rent
New figures reported by The Local Italy show millions struggling to keep up with rent or forced into shared housing, pushing the issue onto the budget agenda.
Camille Bréan · NATIONAL
Opposition Calls Electoral Reform Move 'Intolerable' as Rome Prepares to Vote
MPs begin voting on a bill critics say concentrates power in the premiership; the government says it delivers stable majorities.
The Local Italy reports opposition MPs condemned the government's push to force through a voting-system overhaul, with balloting due to begin in Parliament.
Davide Ruspoli · NATIONAL
Sinner Shut Down for 2026 as Knee Injury Ends His Season
The world number one will not play again this year, the BBC reports, leaving the tour's year-end without its leading figure
Jannik Sinner will not play again in 2026 because of an ongoing right knee injury, according to the BBC.
Tobia Marenghi · SPORT
377 Animals Found Packed in a Car at Pozzallo, Bound for Malta
A Maltese man faces animal cruelty and smuggling charges after 300 tortoises and 77 parrots were discovered at the Sicilian port
Italian authorities seized 377 exotic animals from a car near the Malta-bound boarding area at Pozzallo, in a case that puts Sicily's southern coast on the map of Europe's wildlife trade.
Concetta Vassallo · REGIONAL
Regional dispatches
Milan's Rent Squeeze Pushes Housing Onto the Budget Table
Foreign coverage says Italian politicians now rank the rental crisis 'not far behind Spain's' as millions struggle to keep up.
A foreign-press report on Italy's rental crisis lands hardest in Milan, where the housing bill competes with the country's priciest salaries.
Beatrice Comolli
The Rebel Cheesemakers of the Alps, as the Guardian Tells It
A Guardian photo essay follows mountain herders preserving storico ribelle, a cheese made under seasonal and rotational grazing
A Guardian photo essay documents a small group of Alpine herders producing storico ribelle, a cheese tied to traditional seasonal and rotational grazing.
Klara Hofer
Italy's Rent Crisis Reaches the Budget, as The Local Reports
Italian politicians warn the rental crisis is 'not far behind Spain's', with millions struggling to keep up with rent
The Local Italy reports that rising rents have pushed Italy's housing crisis onto the budget agenda, with politicians warning the country is close behind Spain.
Klara Hofer
Rents Rise, and Venice's Workers Ask Who the City Is For
As Italy's housing crisis reaches the budget agenda, the lagoon's shrinking resident population faces its own arithmetic
Italian politicians warn the rental crisis is 'not far behind Spain's' — a warning that lands hardest in a city that has spent decades watching its residents leave.
Tommaso Veronese
Sinner Will Not Play Again in 2026, and the North-East Feels the Silence
The world number one's knee injury ends his season, removing Italian tennis's biggest draw from the calendar
Jannik Sinner has not competed since winning Wimbledon in July and will sit out the rest of 2026, Al Jazeera reported.
Tommaso Veronese
Italy's opposition slams Meloni's electoral reform push as parliament prepares to vote
The Local reports MPs condemned the move as 'intolerable'; the reform would concentrate power in the premiership, critics say.
Italy's opposition MPs on Tuesday condemned Giorgia Meloni's efforts to force through an overhaul of the voting system which critics say could hand prime ministers more power.
Sergio Madrussan
377 Animals Seized at Pozzallo as the Malta Route Comes Under Scrutiny
A Maltese man faces animal cruelty charges after 300 tortoises and 77 parrots were found packed into a car at a Sicilian ferry port.
Guardian reports Italian police found the animals in a car near the boarding area for a Malta-bound catamaran at the port of Pozzallo.
Marina Doria
Italy's Rental Crisis Reaches the Budget Table, and Tuscany Counts the Cost
The Local reports politicians warning Italy's housing squeeze is 'not far behind Spain's' as tenants are pushed into shared housing
A foreign-press account of Italy's mounting rent crisis puts the issue on the budget agenda — a question Tuscany knows from its own hills.
Costanza Bardi
The Alpine Cheesemakers the World Is Watching, and What Tuscany Hears in It
The Guardian profiles a small group of mountain herders reviving storico ribelle, a cheese made by seasonal rotational grazing
A Guardian feature on Alpine herders preserving a traditional cheese is a story about method, and about what the world values when it looks at Italian food.
Costanza Bardi
Italy's Rent Crisis Reaches the Budget Table, and the Interior Counts the Cost
Foreign coverage reports millions struggling with rent or forced into shared housing, as politicians warn Italy is 'not far behind Spain'
A rental crisis that foreign coverage says has millions of Italians struggling is now moving onto the national budget agenda, with warnings that Italy is closing on Spain's housing emergency.
Niccolò Mariani
Opposition Calls Electoral Overhaul 'Intolerable', and the Interior Watches Rome
Foreign coverage reports MPs condemning a plan critics say could concentrate power in the office of the prime minister
Italy's opposition has condemned efforts to force through a voting-system overhaul that critics say could hand prime ministers more power, as MPs prepare to vote.
Niccolò Mariani
Rising Rents Push Italy's Housing Crisis Onto the Budget Agenda
Politicians warn Italy's rental squeeze is 'not far behind Spain's', as millions struggle to keep up with rent
Foreign coverage of Italy's rental crisis reaches the budget table, with warnings the country is not far behind Spain's housing emergency.
Elena Marcheggiani
The Rebel Cheesemakers, and a Mountain Tradition Under Strain
A Guardian feature on Alpine herders preserving seasonal grazing reads closely in the Apennines, where the same system survives on thinner margins
The Guardian's portrait of Alpine herders working seasonal, rotational grazing describes a farming system the Apennines also know.
Marco Di Sante
Italy's Rent Crisis Reaches the Budget, and the Empty Interior Asks Who It Is For
A housing squeeze the foreign press compares to Spain's lands on the national agenda — in a region that has spent decades emptying out
Rising rents have pushed Italy's housing crisis onto the budget agenda, with warnings the country is 'not far behind Spain'.
Antonio Petrella
Rebel Cheesemakers of the Alps, and a Southern Herding Tradition That Reads the Same
A Guardian feature on Alpine herders keeping seasonal grazing alive describes a system Molise knows by another name
A Guardian feature on Alpine herders producing 'storico ribelle' describes rotational grazing — the same logic that once moved flocks along Molise's tratturi.
Antonio Petrella
Alpine Rebel Cheesemakers and the Fight to Keep a Mountain Tradition Alive
A Guardian feature on storico ribelle cheese highlights the pastoral economy that still underpins parts of the Piedmontese Alps
A small group of mountain herders producing storico ribelle cheese is drawing international attention for preserving a rotational grazing tradition under pressure.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Tortoises and Parrots Seized at Sicilian Port, and the Trade Beneath the Surface
A Maltese man faces animal cruelty charges after 377 animals were found packed into a car bound for Malta, according to the Guardian
Italian authorities seized 300 tortoises and 77 parrots hidden in a car at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, with a Maltese man under investigation for smuggling, the Guardian reported.
Rosaria Esposito
Italy's Rental Crisis Reaches the Budget Table, and Puglia Feels the Squeeze
Foreign coverage says Italian politicians warn the housing squeeze is 'not far behind Spain's' as millions struggle with rent
A foreign-press report on Italy's rising rents puts housing on the budget agenda, with warnings the crisis trails Spain's.
Francesca Lazzari
Sinner Will Not Play Again in 2026, and Italian Sport Absorbs the Blow
The world number one has not competed since Wimbledon in July and will continue his recovery from a knee injury
Al Jazeera reports that Jannik Sinner, the world number one, will sit out the rest of 2026 to recover from a knee injury.
Francesca Lazzari
Rents Rise and a Small Region Feels the Capital's Squeeze
As Italy's rental crisis reaches the budget agenda, Basilicata weighs a housing stock that empties even as prices climb
Foreign coverage reports Italian politicians warning the rental crisis is 'not far behind Spain's' — a squeeze that reaches even a region losing population.
Pietro Lasorsa
Sinner Will Not Play Again in 2026, and a Tennis Country Adjusts
The world number one's knee injury ends his season; a sport that had grown used to him must now plan without him
Al Jazeera reports Jannik Sinner will miss the rest of 2026 with a knee injury, having not competed since winning Wimbledon in July.
Pietro Lasorsa
377 Animals Seized at Pozzallo, and the Mediterranean's Quiet Trade
A Maltese man faces animal cruelty charges after 300 tortoises and 77 parrots were found packed into a car bound for Malta.
The seizure at a Sicilian ferry port exposes a smuggling route the foreign press rarely follows beyond the headline.
Saverio Gallo
Italy's Rental Crisis Reaches the Budget Table
Politicians warn the country's housing squeeze is 'not far behind Spain's' as millions struggle with rent.
New figures on rent arrears and forced sharing push housing onto the national budget agenda, with the South watching closely.
Saverio Gallo
Rents Push Italy's Housing Crisis Onto the Budget Agenda
The Local reports politicians warning Italy's rental crisis is 'not far behind Spain's', with millions struggling or forced into shared housing
New figures reported by The Local Italy show millions of Italians struggling with rent, as politicians warn the country's housing crisis is approaching Spain's and put it on the budget agenda.
Concetta Vassallo
Alpine Rebel Cheesemakers, and the Pastoral Interior's Own Fight
The Guardian profiles mountain herders keeping a rotational-grazing tradition alive; Sardinia's shepherds know the same squeeze
The Guardian's portrait of Alpine herders preserving a rotational-grazing cheese tradition reads, from the interior, as a familiar account of a pastoral economy under pressure.
Gavino Sanna
377 Animals Seized at Pozzallo, and the Island Routes They Travel
A Maltese man faces animal cruelty charges after tortoises and parrots were found packed in a car bound for Malta
Italian authorities seized 300 tortoises and 77 parrots from a car at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, in a case the Guardian reports as a smuggling investigation.
Gavino Sanna
Sinner Out for 2026, and Italy's Place in World Tennis Reconsiders
The world number one has not competed since Wimbledon and will sit out the rest of the season with a knee injury, Al Jazeera reports.
Jannik Sinner will not play again in 2026, a withdrawal that removes Italy's foremost sporting export from the international tour.
Adriana Sole
Italy See Off Turkey as France Run Riot Against Belgium
The Guardian's Nations League roundup places the Azzurri among the night's winners, with Olise turning the other tie
Italy beat Turkey in the Nations League, the Guardian reported, on a night France scored four goals in fourteen minutes against Belgium.
Tobia Marenghi
Naples Obesity Figures Put Italy's Eating Habits Under a Foreign Lens
International coverage links rising overweight rates among Italian children to cost, not cuisine, with Naples at the centre of the debate
Reports of rising overweight children in Naples have pulled Italy's modern eating habits into the international spotlight, and the fuller story, foreign coverage says, is about money rather than pasta and pizza.
Rosaria Esposito
Italy's Rental Crisis Reaches the Budget Table as Politicians Warn of Spain-Style Squeeze
The Local Italy reports that rising rents are pushing housing onto the national budget agenda, with millions struggling to keep up
Italian politicians warn the country's rental crisis is "not far behind Spain's" as new figures show millions are struggling with rent or forced into shared housing.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Rents Push Italy's Housing Crisis onto the Budget Agenda
The Local reports politicians warning Italy's rental crisis is 'not far behind Spain's', as millions struggle to keep up with rent
Foreign coverage of Italy's rental squeeze reaches the budget table, and the mountain interior reads it against decades of emptying villages.
Marco Di Sante
The Rebel Cheesemakers, and an Alpine Valley That Knows the Argument
A Guardian feature on storico ribelle and rotational grazing lands on a debate the Valle d'Aosta has lived for decades
A small group of mountain herders producing storico ribelle under seasonal, rotational grazing has drawn international attention to a farming system the Alps are quietly losing.
Camille Bréan
Opinion
The Ustica Files
France's decision to share defence documents with Italian magistrates revives a 1980 air disaster the world has never quite closed — and tests what a foreign archive can prove.
Editorial Board
The Flat That Costs a Fortune
Italy's rental crisis has reached the budget agenda, and the world is beginning to file it alongside Spain's — a housing emergency in a country long romanticised as affordable.
Editorial Board