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Italy Halves Its Airspace as a Data Fault Tests the Gateways
ENAV cut flight volumes after a transmission-network failure; Rome bore the delays, and the eastern border watched its connections.
A fault in the network that carries air-traffic data forced Italy to halve flights on Friday, with Fiumicino hit hardest and the authority ruling out sabotage.
Sergio Madrussan · NATIONAL
Rome, Warsaw and Copenhagen Push to Harden the EU's Migration Line
Draft conclusions backed by three governments link irregular migration to crime rates — a framing that reads differently on a border that runs both ways.
Denmark, Italy and Poland are urging EU leaders to take a harder line on irregular migration, in draft conclusions that assert a negative link to crime rates.
Sergio Madrussan · INTERNATIONAL
Rome Prosecutors Open Case Against Israel's Katz Over Flotilla Treatment
Twelve senior Israeli military, police and prison officials are also named in a file opened in the capital, Al Jazeera reports
Rome prosecutors have opened a probe into Israel's defence minister and a dozen senior officials over the alleged abuse and sexual assault of flotilla activists held in Israeli detention.
Davide Ruspoli · INTERNATIONAL
Italy Braces for an 'Autumn of Discontent', and the Interior Counts Its Costs
Students, teachers, truck drivers and farmers are taking to the streets as energy-driven inflation bites ahead of next year's elections
Foreign coverage describes a turbulent season of protest across Italy; in a region of small farms and hill towns, the price of energy is felt at the pump and in the field.
Niccolò Mariani · REGIONAL
Regional dispatches
A Data Fault Halves Italy's Skies, and Milan's Hub Pays the Price
ENAV cut flight volumes after a transmission-network failure. The authority ruled out sabotage and said flying remained safe.
A fault in the network that carries air traffic data forced Italy to halve flights on Friday, disrupting Fiumicino and rippling through the country's busiest airports.
Beatrice Comolli
Rome and Madrid Call Off Their Border Checks, and Schengen Breathes
Italy and Spain agreed to lift tit-for-tat controls introduced during a migration dispute, according to diplomatic and government sources.
Italy and Spain will remove the border checks each imposed on the other during a migration quarrel, a de-escalation with consequences for the whole passport-free area.
Beatrice Comolli
A Data Fault Halves Italy's Skies, and the Alps Watch Their Flight Paths
ENAV cut flight volumes after a transmission network failure; Rome ruled out malicious activity and said the system stayed safe.
Italy's air traffic authority halved flight volumes after a fault in the data-transmission network, disrupting Fiumicino and raising questions for Alpine airports and the Brenner corridor.
Klara Hofer
Rome and Madrid Call Off Their Border Checks, and a Border Province Takes Note
Italy and Spain agreed to remove tit-for-tat controls introduced in a migration dispute, according to diplomatic and government sources cited by The Local.
Italy and Spain will drop the border checks each imposed during a migration quarrel, a reminder for a region that lives by the logic of open internal borders.
Klara Hofer
Italy Halves Its Air Traffic After a Fault in the Control Network
ENAV cut flights across Italian airspace on Friday and ruled out malicious activity; the Veneto's airports read the disruption from the ground
A failure in the data-transmission network behind Italy's air traffic control forced authorities to halve flights, with knock-on delays reaching the Veneto's gateways.
Tommaso Veronese
Italy and Spain Call Off Their Border Checks After a Migration Spat
The two governments agreed to lift tit-for-tat controls introduced during a dispute over migration, according to diplomatic sources
Rome and Madrid have agreed to remove the reciprocal border checks each imposed during a migration quarrel, a de-escalation reported by The Local Italy.
Tommaso Veronese
Italy and Spain Call Off Their Border Checks, and the Freight Corridor Breathes
The tit-for-tat controls introduced in a migration dispute will be removed after talks between the two governments, according to The Local.
Italy and Spain agreed to remove mutual border checks imposed during a migration dispute, a decision with direct consequences for the road freight that links the two countries.
Marina Doria
Italy Halves Its Air Traffic as a Data Fault Reaches the Control Towers
ENAV ruled out sabotage and said the skies stayed safe, but Fiumicino's delays ripple through the plain's freight and business travel
A fault in the network that carries flight data forced Italian authorities to cut traffic volumes sharply on Friday, with Rome's Fiumicino among the airports hit.
Giulia Benati
Italy and Spain Agree to Lift the Border Checks Their Migration Spat Imposed
The tit-for-tat controls introduced during a quarrel over migration will come down after talks between the two governments
Rome and Madrid have agreed to remove the reciprocal border checks they imposed during a dispute over migration, according to a report citing diplomatic and government sources.
Giulia Benati
Italy Halves Its Air Traffic, and Florence Reads the Silence
A fault in the data network behind the national control system cut flights across the country; the authorities ruled out malice and said the skies stayed safe.
ENAV halved the volume of flights in Italian airspace after a data-transmission fault, disrupting Fiumicino and, by extension, the connections that feed Florence and Pisa.
Costanza Bardi
An 'Autumn of Discontent' Begins, and the Students Go First
The Local reports students, teachers, truck drivers and farmers preparing to take to the streets as energy-driven inflation bites ahead of next year's elections.
Italy is bracing for a turbulent autumn of protest over energy-driven inflation, with students in the first wave and elections due next year.
Costanza Bardi
The Pope Celebrates Mass in Hospital, and the Wires Explain the Surgery
Photographs from the Gemelli show Leo XIV at the altar; doctors say recovery is normal but further tests will show whether the cancer has spread
The Vatican released the first images of the pontiff since a lobectomy, as the foreign press turned to explaining what the operation was and what follows it.
Niccolò Mariani
Italy Halves Its Air Traffic as a Data Fault Bites, and the Adriatic Watches Its Gateway
ENAV ruled out malicious activity and said flights remained safe, but Rome's Fiumicino bore the cancellations while the Marche's own airports waited
A fault in the data-transmission network behind Italy's air traffic control cut flight volumes by half on Friday, with delays and cancellations concentrated at Rome's Fiumicino.
Elena Marcheggiani
Rome, Copenhagen and Warsaw Push EU Leaders to Harden Migration Line
Draft summit conclusions backed by the three capitals link irregular migration to crime rates, Politico Europe reports
Italy, Denmark and Poland have put their names to draft EU summit conclusions arguing that irregular migration is negatively linked to crime rates, according to Politico Europe.
Davide Ruspoli
A Data Fault Halves Italy's Skies, and the Apennines Feel the Quiet
ENAV cut flight volumes across Italian airspace after a network failure; the wires report no malice and no danger, only delay.
Italy's air traffic control authority halved flights nationwide after a data-transmission fault, disrupting Fiumicino and rippling through a country that flies to reach its mountains.
Marco Di Sante
An Autumn of Discontent, and the Interior Counts Its Bills
The Local Italy reports students, teachers, truck drivers and farmers preparing to protest as energy-driven inflation bites ahead of next year's elections.
Foreign coverage describes a turbulent Italian autumn of protests over energy costs, a season that reads differently from a region where winter arrives early and heating bills arrive sooner.
Marco Di Sante
An Autumn of Discontent, Read From the Emptiest Region
Students, truck drivers and farmers take to the streets over energy-driven inflation. In Molise, the grievance has a longer history.
The Local Italy reports a spike in inflation from energy prices and a season of protest ahead of next year's elections. The deep South has heard this before.
Antonio Petrella
A Fault in the Data Network, and Italy's Skies Halved
ENAV cut flight volumes after a transmission failure and ruled out sabotage. The interior reads it as a lesson in dependency.
Italy sharply reduced flights on Friday after a fault in the data-transmission network behind its air traffic control, with ENAV ruling out malicious activity.
Pietro Lasorsa
A Data Fault Halves Italy's Skies, and Naples Feels the Ripple
ENAV cut flight volumes across Italian airspace after a transmission network failure; Rome's Fiumicino took the visible hit, but the disruption ran the length of the peninsula.
A fault in the network that carries data between Italy's air traffic controllers forced authorities to halve flight volumes nationwide, with the effects reaching well beyond Rome.
Rosaria Esposito
The Mafia Did Not Keep Fentanyl Out of Europe, and Naples Knows Why
An essay in The Conversation dismantles the cinematic theory that Italy's organised crime groups are guarding Europe from synthetic opioids. The plainer explanation is demand.
The story that Italy's mafias are holding fentanyl back from Europe is compelling and, according to an analysis in The Conversation, wrong: Europe's low death toll reflects a market without the demand that built America's crisis.
Rosaria Esposito
An 'Autumn of Discontent' Is Forecast, and the South Knows the Bill
Foreign reporting says energy-driven inflation is pushing students, truckers and farmers onto the streets ahead of next year's elections.
The Local Italy reports a turbulent season of protest over energy prices — the kind of cost shock that lands hardest on farms, hauliers and ports along the Adriatic.
Francesca Lazzari
Rome and Madrid Call Off Their Border Checks, and the Adriatic Takes Note
The Local Italy reports the two governments agreed to drop tit-for-tat controls introduced in a migration dispute.
A migration spat between Italy and Spain ends in a quiet agreement to lift border checks, reported by The Local Italy after talks between the two countries' leaders.
Francesca Lazzari
An 'Autumn of Discontent' Is Forecast in Italy, and the Districts Know the Bill
Students, teachers, truck drivers and farmers are taking to the streets as energy-driven inflation bites, ahead of elections next year
The Local Italy reports Italy is preparing for a turbulent autumn after a spike in inflation driven by energy prices, with protests already under way and elections due next year.
Elena Marcheggiani
Rome, Warsaw and Copenhagen Push Europe to Harden Its Line on Migration
A draft the three capitals back ties irregular migration to crime rates, and the frontier Calabria has watched for a decade reads it closely
Politico Europe reports that Denmark, Italy and Poland are urging EU leaders to take a harder line on irregular migration, in a draft that links it to crime.
Saverio Gallo
The Fentanyl Story Europe Tells About Italy's Mafias, and Why It Does Not Fit
A new analysis argues the low death toll is explained by demand, not by a 'Ndrangheta decision to keep the drug out
Writing in The Conversation, a researcher argues that Europe's low fentanyl deaths reflect cautious prescribing and stable heroin supply, not a mafia veto.
Saverio Gallo
Rome, Warsaw and Copenhagen Push Brussels to Harden Migration Line
Politico reports draft conclusions linking irregular migration to crime, as Sicily's landing front reads the signal from the south
A Danish-Italian-Polish push to toughen EU language on irregular migration is being read on the island where most Mediterranean arrivals first touch European soil.
Concetta Vassallo
The Mafia Is Not Holding Fentanyl Back, and the Reason Is Demand
A foreign-press analysis dismantles the cinematic theory that Sicily's crime groups are guarding Europe from synthetic opioids
The idea that Italy's mafias keep fentanyl out of Europe does not survive contact with drug-market evidence, according to an analysis published in the international press.
Concetta Vassallo
Italy and Spain Agree to Lift Tit-for-Tat Border Checks
Rome and Madrid move to close a migration dispute that had reintroduced controls inside Schengen, according to The Local.
Italy and Spain have agreed to remove the border checks each imposed during a migration spat, The Local Italy reports, in a dispute that tested the Schengen system from within.
Adriana Sole
Italy Halves Air Traffic After Fault in Data Network
ENAV ruled out malicious activity and said flights remained safe, as Rome's Fiumicino saw delays and cancellations.
Italian authorities cut flights in their airspace by half after a fault in the data-transmission network supporting air traffic control, with Fiumicino disrupted, broadcasters reported.
Adriana Sole
A Verdi Baritone at the Met, and the Italian Repertoire Read Abroad
The New York Times says Quinn Kelsey's run of performances has secured his standing in the Italian repertoire the Met keeps at its core.
Foreign critics measure a Verdi baritone by the standard Italy set, and the New York press has now placed Quinn Kelsey inside it.
Eleonora Vanzetti
Italy and Spain Agree to Lift the Border Checks They Imposed on Each Other
The tit-for-tat controls introduced in a migration dispute are to be removed after talks between the two governments, The Local Italy reports.
Italy and Spain have agreed to remove the reciprocal border checks introduced during a migration dispute, according to diplomatic and government sources cited by The Local Italy.
Pietro Lasorsa
A Data Fault Halves Italy's Air Traffic, and Turin's Connections Pay the Price
ENAV cut flights across Italian airspace after a transmission-network failure, ruling out malicious activity but leaving passengers and carriers to absorb the disruption.
Italy's air navigation authority reduced flight volumes by half after a fault in the data-transmission network, with knock-on delays reaching beyond Rome.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Italy and Spain Call Off Their Border Checks, and the Alpine Crossings Take Note
The tit-for-tat controls introduced during a migration dispute will be lifted after talks between the two governments, The Local Italy reported.
Rome and Madrid agreed to remove the reciprocal border checks that followed a migration row, a reminder of how quickly Schengen's internal controls can be reinstated.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Italy Halves Its Air Traffic After a Fault in the Control Network
ENAV cut flight volumes and ruled out malicious activity; Rome's Fiumicino took the delays while the cause stayed unexplained.
A fault in the data-transmission network behind Italy's air traffic control forced authorities to halve flights in Italian airspace, with Fiumicino bearing the disruption.
Camille Bréan
Opinion
A Pontiff in the Ward, and a Vatican That Keeps Its Hours
The world's coverage of Pope Leo's surgery dwells on a single man's lung; the more revealing story is an institution built to outlast his absence.
Editorial Board
An Autumn of Discontent, as the Wires See It Coming
Foreign coverage frames Italy's coming season of protest as a pre-election pressure valve; the deeper question is what the streets are actually asking for.
Editorial Board