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Italy's Electoral Reform Clears Final Vote, and the Opposition Turns to the Courts
The bonus-seat law passed a secret ballot in Parliament, with parties vowing a legal challenge before the 2027 election
Italy's Parliament gave final approval to a reform that awards bonus seats to winning coalitions, as the opposition pledges to fight it in court.
Adriana Sole · NATIONAL
NATO Hosts Annual Nuclear Exercise in Italy as It Tries to Cool Russia Tensions
Politico Europe reports the drill begins next week, with the alliance signalling routine intent amid heightened rhetoric
Italy is hosting NATO's annual nuclear exercise starting next week, as the alliance seeks to steady tensions with Russia, Politico Europe reports.
Adriana Sole · INTERNATIONAL
Sinner Out for the Rest of 2026 as Knee Injury Ends His Season
The world number one will not play again this year, the BBC reports, cutting short a season that had kept Italian tennis at the top of the game
Jannik Sinner, the world number one, will not play again in 2026 because of an ongoing right knee injury, according to the BBC.
Tobia Marenghi · SPORT
Bolotana Study Finds a New Blue Zone, and It Is Female
In a mountain village 70 miles from Sardinia's original longevity cluster, 13 percent of women who reach 70 live to 100
A Guardian-reported study on centenarians in Bolotana suggests the island's longevity secret is being a woman in one particular mountain village.
Gavino Sanna · SCIENCE
Regional dispatches
Meloni's Electoral Reform Clears Parliament as Opposition Vows Court Challenge
Italy's Chamber approves a majority bonus on a secret ballot; parties say they will fight the law in the courts before the 2027 vote.
Italy's parliament gave final approval to an electoral overhaul that hands a seat bonus to winning blocs, with the opposition vowing a legal challenge.
Beatrice Comolli
Italy's Bonus-Seat Reform Passes, and the Autonomies Count the Cost
Parliament's final approval of the electoral overhaul draws court challenges from the opposition, while the special-status regions ask what a majoritarian premium means for them
Italy's parliament approved a reform granting bonus seats to winning coalitions, prompting opposition legal challenges and quiet concern in the autonomous provinces.
Klara Hofer
Italy Approves Electoral Overhaul Granting Bonus Seats to Winning Blocs
Foreign coverage reports a secret ballot, court challenges and opposition cries of a 'scam' as a general election nears
Italy's parliament has given final approval to an electoral reform that awards extra seats to coalitions passing 42 percent, drawing opposition vows to challenge it in court.
Tommaso Veronese
Italy Hosts NATO Nuclear Exercise as Alliance Tries to Cool Russia Tensions
Politico Europe reports the annual drill begins next week amid efforts to keep rhetoric in check
NATO's annual nuclear exercise will be held in Italy starting next week, as the alliance works to lower the temperature with Moscow.
Tommaso Veronese
NATO Holds Nuclear Drill in Italy as It Tries to Calm Moscow
The annual exercise begins next week on Italian soil, with the alliance signalling deterrence and dialogue at once
Politico Europe reports that Italy is hosting NATO's annual nuclear exercise, which starts next week, as the alliance seeks to cool tensions with Russia.
Sergio Madrussan
Italy's Electoral Reform Passes as Opposition Vows Court Challenge
The Guardian and the BBC report a secret-ballot approval and a bonus-seat mechanism the opposition calls a distortion of representation
Parliament gave final approval to the government's electoral overhaul, and opposition parties say they will challenge it in court.
Sergio Madrussan
Italy Approves Electoral Reform Granting Bonus Seats to Coalition Winners
Parliament passes law in secret ballot as opposition vows court challenge, arguing 42 percent threshold distorts representation
Italy's parliament gave final approval Thursday to an electoral overhaul that awards bonus seats to coalitions reaching 42 percent, drawing opposition accusations of a 'scam' and promises of legal challenge.
Giulia Benati
Italy Approves Electoral Overhaul Granting Bonus Seats to Election Winners
Opposition parties vow to challenge the law in court, calling the 42 percent threshold a distortion of representation
Italy's parliament gave final approval Thursday to an electoral reform that awards bonus seats to coalitions clearing 42 percent, as the opposition pledges a court challenge.
Costanza Bardi
Umbria Reads the Bonus Seat: A Reform Passed in a Secret Ballot
The foreign press reports Italy's new electoral law and the opposition's vow to fight it in court
Italy's Parliament has given final approval to an electoral reform that rewards the largest coalition with bonus seats, and the opposition says it distorts representation.
Niccolò Mariani
A Sardinian Village Joins the Centenarian Map, and the Interior Watches
The Guardian reports that in Bolotana 13 percent of women who reach 70 will live to 100, a finding researchers link to a new 'blue zone'
A study reported by the Guardian finds that in one Sardinian mountain village, 13 percent of women who reach 70 go on to reach a century.
Pietro Lasorsa
A Sardinian Village Where Women Reach 100, and the Question Umbria Asks
The Guardian reports a new centenarian cluster in the Sardinian mountains, seventy miles from the island's first blue zone
In Bolotana, thirteen percent of women who reach seventy live on to a century, a finding the Guardian reports as a possible new blue zone.
Niccolò Mariani
Electoral Reform Passes in Secret Ballot as Opposition Plans Court Challenge
The Guardian and BBC report a 42 percent bonus-seat threshold that smaller parties say distorts representation ahead of next year's vote
Italy's parliament gave final approval to a reform granting bonus seats to coalitions reaching 42 percent, with opposition parties vowing to challenge it in court.
Elena Marcheggiani
Italy's Electoral Overhaul Passes in Secret Ballot as Opposition Vows Court Fight
The reform grants a bonus seat bloc to any coalition clearing 42 percent, a threshold critics say distorts representation
Parliament gave final approval to the government's electoral reform on Thursday, and opposition parties say they will challenge it in court.
Davide Ruspoli
Italy's Parliament Passes Electoral Reform as Opposition Vows Court Fight
The bonus-seat law cleared a secret ballot in Rome; parties say they will challenge it, and the Abruzzo interior counts what a stable majority costs it.
Italy's parliament gave final approval to a reform granting bonus seats to winning coalitions, and the opposition says it will take the law to court.
Marco Di Sante
NATO Opens Nuclear Exercise in Italy as Russia Tensions Simmer
Politico Europe reports the annual drill begins next week, days after the alliance moved to calm Moscow
NATO's annual nuclear exercise is being hosted in Italy, Politico Europe reports, as the alliance tries to keep tensions with Russia in check.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Meloni's Electoral Reform Passes in Secret Ballot as Opposition Vows Court Challenge
The bonus-seat law clears Parliament ahead of a 2027 vote; opponents call it a distortion of representation and take the fight to the courts.
Italy's Parliament approved a reform granting bonus seats to parties reaching 42 percent, passed by secret ballot as opponents pledged legal challenge.
Rosaria Esposito
Italy Approves Electoral Reform Granting Bonus Seats to Election Winners
Opposition parties vow to challenge the law in court as critics warn it distorts representation in Parliament
Italy's Parliament gave final approval Thursday to an electoral overhaul that awards bonus seats to winning coalitions, prompting opposition legal challenges.
Francesca Lazzari
Italy Hosts NATO Nuclear Exercise as Alliance Seeks to Cool Russia Tensions
The annual drill begins next week on Italian soil, Politico Europe reports, as NATO balances deterrence with de-escalation
NATO's annual nuclear exercise will be hosted by Italy starting next week, as the alliance attempts to manage tensions with Russia.
Francesca Lazzari
NATO Nuclear Exercise Opens in Italy as Alliance Sends Signals to Moscow
Politico Europe reports the annual drill begins next week, with the alliance seeking to calm tensions before it starts
NATO's annual nuclear exercise opens in Italy next week, Politico Europe reports, as the alliance tries to steady its message to Russia before the drill begins.
Pietro Lasorsa
Italy's Electoral Reform Passes in Secret Ballot as Opposition Vows Court Fight
The bonus-seat law cleared Parliament on Thursday; critics say it distorts representation and will be challenged in court
Italy's Parliament gave final approval to a reform granting bonus seats to parties reaching 42 percent, and opposition parties say they will challenge it in court.
Saverio Gallo
Italy's Parliament Passes Meloni's Electoral Reform as Opposition Pledges Court Fight
The bonus-seat law cleared its final vote in a secret ballot, and parties say they will challenge it before the Constitutional Court
Italy's parliament gave final approval to a reform granting a bonus seat bloc to any coalition clearing 42 percent, and the opposition says it will fight the law in court.
Concetta Vassallo
Italy Approves Electoral Overhaul as Opposition Calls It a Scam
The reform grants bonus seats to winning coalitions; parties vow to challenge it in court before next year's election
Italy's parliament gave final approval to Giorgia Meloni's electoral reform, which opposition parties say distorts representation and will be challenged in court.
Gavino Sanna
Australian Open Chief Misspeaks on Sinner at Launch Event
The Guardian reports the new Tennis Australia CEO called the world number one 'Jacob' Sinner while pledging more shade and 700 extra seats
The Guardian reports that the new Australian Open boss misnamed the world number one during a launch event already clouded by questions about his background.
Tobia Marenghi
Clooney Takes Italy's Table to Provence, and the World Reads the Menu
The Guardian asks whether an Italian restaurant in a French village can avoid the fate of other celebrity dining rooms
George Clooney, now a French citizen, is planning an Italian restaurant in Cotignac, and the foreign press is already weighing the odds.
Eleonora Vanzetti
A Photographer Turns to Naples, and the Guardian Prints the Portraits
Roman Manfredi's images of the femminielli appear in the Guardian's art pages, framed as a study of gender beyond the binary
The Guardian has published Roman Manfredi's intimate Naples portraits of the femminielli, a local tradition the foreign press reads through a gender lens.
Eleonora Vanzetti
Electoral Reform Passes in Secret Ballot, and the Small Regions Do the Arithmetic
Italy's Parliament approves a winner's bonus for parties reaching 42 percent; opposition vows a court challenge
The reform gives a seat bonus to coalitions that clear 42 percent, and the opposition says the vote itself was taken out of public view.
Antonio Petrella
The Alpine Cheesemakers the Guardian Calls 'Rebel'
A photo essay on storico ribelle, made by mountain herders using seasonal and rotational grazing, reaches an international readership
The Guardian's photo essay on storico ribelle documents Alpine herders working a traditional grazing system, a story Piedmont's mountain valleys know well.
Lorenzo Ferraris
The Rebel Cheesemakers of the Alps, as the Guardian Tells It
A foreign photojournalist follows a small band of mountain herders who keep an old rotational-grazing system alive
The Guardian profiles storico ribelle, a cheese made by Alpine herders working a traditional system of seasonal and rotational grazing.
Camille Bréan
NATO's Nuclear Exercise Opens in Italy as the Alliance Tries to Calm Moscow
Politico Europe reports the annual drill begins next week, with NATO seeking to lower tensions with Russia beforehand
Italy is hosting NATO's annual nuclear exercise from next week, Politico Europe reports, as the alliance moves to cool tensions with Russia.
Camille Bréan
Opinion
The Village That Outlives Its Reputation
A Sardinian study on centenarians reminds us that the world's favourite stories about Italy are often its smallest ones.
Editorial Board
A Bonus Seat, and the Question the World Keeps Asking
Italy's new electoral law has revived an old foreign suspicion: that the country's politics is a contest over the rules themselves.
Editorial Board