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Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Politico Europe reports that three governments want Brussels to move faster on business simplification — a demand Turin's exporters have made for years.
Politico Europe reports that Germany, Italy and Belgium have jointly asked for power to halt new EU legislation, arguing that Brussels is not simplifying fast enough.
Lorenzo Ferraris · INTERNATIONAL
Two Waterspouts Strike Western Sicily, Injuring Dozens and Damaging Marsala
Foreign correspondents call the twin funnels off Marsala an almost unprecedented event for the island
A rare pair of waterspouts came ashore near Marsala on Friday, overturning cars, wrecking a school and injuring dozens in towns the foreign press describes as unprepared for such weather.
Concetta Vassallo · NATIONAL
Cave Rescue in the Urzulei Mountains Ends After 26 Hours
A 31-year-old man was pulled alive from the Gorroppeddu cave after a rockslide trapped him ten metres underground
The Guardian reports a complex overnight rescue in Sardinia's Supramonte, where a trapped caver was brought to the surface after 26 hours.
Gavino Sanna · REGIONAL
A Venice Biennale Rejection Finds Its Voice in a London Basement
The Guardian calls Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy a furious act of mourning — a work the Biennale passed over
Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy, deemed too controversial for the Venice Biennale, now fills a London gallery with a single unbroken note of mourning.
Eleonora Vanzetti · CULTURE
Regional dispatches
Man Rescued From Sardinian Cave After 26 Hours Underground
The Guardian reports Luca Olmetto was trapped about ten metres below ground in the Gorroppeddu cave after a rockslide.
A 31-year-old man was pulled alive from a cave in Sardinia's Urzulei mountains after being trapped by a rockslide for 26 hours, in what rescuers described as a complex operation.
Camille Bréan
Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Merz, Meloni and De Wever want Brussels to slow regulation and speed simplification, Politico Europe reports
Berlin, Rome and the Belgian government have jointly asked for a mechanism that would let member states halt new EU legislation, according to Politico Europe.
Beatrice Comolli
Rome and Berlin Ask Brussels for a Brake on New Laws
Germany, Italy and Belgium want the power to halt EU regulation, a demand that lands squarely on the Veneto's export districts
Politico Europe reports that Merz, Meloni and De Wever have asked Brussels for an 'emergency brake' on new EU laws and faster business simplification.
Tommaso Veronese
Berlin and Rome Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Merz, Meloni and De Wever press Brussels to slow regulation — a demand that lands squarely on the Adriatic frontier
Germany and Italy have jointly asked for power to halt new EU legislation, Politico Europe reports, as the three leaders demand faster business simplification.
Sergio Madrussan
UK and EU Set November 20 Summit as Burnham Calls Status Quo 'Not Good Enough'
Britain's prime minister wants a closer relationship with Brussels — with implications for the Adriatic's cross-border trade
A UK-EU summit is now scheduled for November 20 after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Britain's current relationship with the bloc is not good enough.
Sergio Madrussan
A Rice Farmer, Extreme Heat, and the Plain That Feeds Italy
The Local Italy reports on historic varieties and wildlife diversity as a response to failing yields in the northern rice belt
A northern Italian rice farmer is reviving historic varieties and encouraging wildlife to counter heat-driven production decline, The Local Italy reports.
Giulia Benati
The Cellar at Cortona, and the Ledger Behind the Heist
Foreign coverage treats the Antinori theft as a curiosity. Read from Tuscany, it is a question about what a wine region actually is.
Thirty thousand bottles left a Cortona cellar on two trucks. The world press filed it as a caper; the region reads it as an inventory problem.
Costanza Bardi
A Road Trip Past Florence, and the Towns That Hold the Paintings
The New York Times sent a writer looking for Piero della Francesca. The itinerary is the argument.
Foreign travel coverage has begun routing readers away from Florence toward the smaller Tuscan towns that hold the early Renaissance.
Costanza Bardi
Germany and Italy Seek an Emergency Brake on EU Law, and the Interior Asks What It Would Stop
Politico Europe reports that Merz, Meloni and De Wever want Brussels to move faster on business simplification — and to give member states power to halt new rules.
A joint request from three governments for an 'emergency brake' on EU legislation raises a question in Italy's inland regions: which rules would be stopped, and which would still arrive.
Niccolò Mariani
Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Politico Europe reports Merz, Meloni and De Wever want Brussels to speed up business simplification.
A joint German-Italian push for power to halt new EU laws is the latest turn in a long argument over how much Brussels costs a small firm.
Elena Marcheggiani
Rome Waits on Gemelli as Pope Leo Is Admitted for Lung Surgery
Foreign wires converge on a single fact: the 71-year-old pontiff enters hospital Tuesday, with a week of recovery expected and a Latin America tour in November.
The Vatican has cancelled papal audiences until October 20 as Pope Leo XIV is admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital for surgery to remove a lung nodule.
Davide Ruspoli
Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Politico Europe reports Merz, Meloni and De Wever pressing Brussels to speed business simplification — a demand with direct weight for Rome's regulatory machinery.
The German, Italian and Belgian leaders have jointly asked Brussels for power to halt new EU legislation, according to Politico Europe.
Davide Ruspoli
A Cave Rescue in Sardinia, Read from the Apennine Interior
A 31-year-old man was pulled out of the Gorroppeddu cave after 26 hours; mountain regions know the arithmetic of distance and time
Sardinia's cave rescue ended well. Inland Italy, where help is also far away, watched the same clock.
Marco Di Sante
Italy and Germany Ask Brussels for an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Politico Europe reports Merz, Meloni and De Wever want faster business simplification; small manufacturers in the interior have their own reading
Rome and Berlin want the power to stop new EU rules. For regions that live on cohesion money, the question cuts both ways.
Marco Di Sante
Italy's visa maze pushes would-be residents to workarounds
A foreign-press report on residency routes lands hard in a region that has spent years trying to attract newcomers
The Local Italy reports that with legal residency routes narrowing, would-be foreign residents are improvising — a story the emptying interior reads with particular attention.
Antonio Petrella
Rome and Berlin seek an emergency brake on new EU laws
Politico Europe reports Germany, Italy and Belgium asking Brussels to let member states halt legislation
Three governments want a mechanism to stop new EU rules, Politico Europe reports — a demand that reads differently in a region that lives on cohesion money.
Antonio Petrella
Pope Leo to Enter Hospital Tuesday for Lung Surgery
Vatican audiences cancelled until October 20 as Naples parishes prepare for an anxious week
Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Tuesday for surgery to remove a lung nodule, with a one-week recovery expected.
Rosaria Esposito
Germany and Italy Seek Power to Halt New EU Laws
Meloni, Merz and De Wever ask Brussels for an 'emergency brake' as simplification talks stall
Germany, Italy and Belgium have jointly requested an 'emergency brake' mechanism allowing member states to stop new EU legislation, Politico Europe reported.
Rosaria Esposito
Sicily's Waterspouts Put Puglia's Storm Season on Notice
After twin funnels wrecked homes near Marsala, the Adriatic's farm belt asks what the warming Mediterranean now delivers
Foreign wires called the Marsala waterspouts almost unprecedented for Sicily. Puglia, which shares the same warm sea, is reading the same forecast.
Francesca Lazzari
Berlin and Rome Ask Brussels for a Brake on New EU Laws
Politico Europe reports Germany, Italy and Belgium want power to halt regulation, as Puglia's exporters watch the simplification file
Politico Europe says Merz, Meloni and De Wever want an emergency brake on new EU laws. For a region that ships olive oil and steel under those rules, the detail matters.
Francesca Lazzari
Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on EU Law
Politico Europe reports Merz, Meloni and De Wever want Brussels to speed up business simplification
A joint request from Berlin, Rome and Brussels' Flemish government would give member states power to halt new EU legislation, a proposal with sharp consequences for a region whose economy rests on extraction and EU-funded transition.
Pietro Lasorsa
Germany and Italy Ask Brussels for a Brake on New EU Laws
Meloni, Merz and De Wever want a veto over regulation, as the South waits on cohesion funds that were already being trimmed.
Politico Europe reports that Germany, Italy and Belgium have asked the European Commission for an 'emergency brake' allowing member states to halt new EU legislation.
Saverio Gallo
Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Merz, Meloni and De Wever ask Brussels to speed up business simplification, Politico Europe reports
Berlin and Rome have jointly asked for power to halt new European legislation, a request that lands squarely on the island regions that depend on EU cohesion money.
Concetta Vassallo
UK and EU Set November 20 Summit as Burnham Calls Status Quo Insufficient
Britain's prime minister says the current relationship with the bloc is 'not good enough', The Local Italy reports
Officials confirmed a UK-EU summit for November 20, with London signalling it wants a deeper relationship than the current terms.
Adriana Sole
Daniel Maldini Steps Out of the Family Shadow at Cagliari
The Guardian reports the third-generation Maldini is finally finding his feet in Sardinia under Fabio Pisacane.
After years struggling to establish himself at Milan, Daniel Maldini is beginning to unlock his potential at Cagliari, the Guardian writes.
Tobia Marenghi
Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Politico Europe reports Merz, Meloni and De Wever want Brussels to speed up business simplification.
A joint push by Berlin, Rome and Brussels' own Flemish premier would give member states power to halt new EU legislation, a change with direct consequences for a port that lives on regulatory predictability.
Marina Doria
Man Pulled Alive from Sardinian Cave After 26 Hours Underground
The Guardian reports a rockslide trapped a 31-year-old roughly ten metres below ground in the Urzulei range.
A complex rescue in the mountains of Sardinia ended with the caver brought to the surface alive, a reminder of the technical demands of subterranean operations in Italy.
Marina Doria
UK and EU Set November 20 Summit as Burnham Calls Status Quo Unsatisfactory
The Local Italy reports that Britain's prime minister wants a reset with Brussels — a negotiation that matters to Italian exporters and to Alpine freight.
A UK-EU summit will be held on November 20, The Local Italy reports, after Britain's prime minister said the current relationship is not good enough.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
Politico Europe reports that Merz, Meloni and De Wever want Brussels to slow new rules and speed up business simplification.
A joint push by Berlin, Rome and Brussels' Flemish coalition asks the European Commission for power to halt new EU legislation, a demand small autonomous regions read with interest.
Camille Bréan
Opinion
Twenty-Six Hours Below Sardinia
A rockslide in the Urzulei range reminds us that the world's Italy is not only its cities and coasts, but also its hollow interior.
Editorial Board
Rome, Berlin and the Brake
Politico Europe reports that Germany and Italy want power to halt new EU laws — a demand that says as much about the Union's confidence as about its rules.
Editorial Board