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Meloni breaks with Trump over trade and credibility
Italy's PM signals willingness to challenge US president as transatlantic alliance fractures over defense spending and economic rivalry
Giorgia Meloni has abandoned her earlier deference to Donald Trump, publicly accusing him of lying and pandering to enemies while turning on allies—a stark reversal that exposes deep fissures in the US-Italy relationship.
Adriana Sole · NATIONAL
Bullet threat targets Israeli settlers in Italian Alpine valley
Mayor defends newcomers to Valsesia as authorities probe menacing letter; community revived abandoned mountain towns
A threatening letter containing a bullet was sent to the mayor of an Italian Alpine valley where dozens of Israeli families have settled, prompting an investigation.
Camille Bréan · REGIONAL
Fifty-one migrants lost as boat capsizes off Libya
Calabria faces fresh toll as Mediterranean crossings claim dozens; bodies wash ashore in eastern Libya
A migrant vessel bound for European shores capsized off Libya on June 12, leaving 51 people dead or missing and ten survivors, as bodies continue to wash ashore along the North African coast.
Saverio Gallo · INTERNATIONAL
Trieste's gender-divided beach draws fire as Europe's last segregated shore
The 123-year-old bathing wall in Italy's northeast port city has become a flashpoint for competing views on tradition and equality
A dispute over Trieste's segregated beach—divided by a wall since 1903—has erupted as tourists and critics question whether Europe's last gender-separated bathing site has a place in the modern continent.
Sergio Madrussan · CULTURE
Regional dispatches
Battery power reshapes river cruise sector as Scylla orders Corvus systems
Two new vessels bound for Mediterranean routes signal shift toward electrification in European waterway tourism.
Scylla Shipping has ordered advanced battery systems from Corvus Energy for two new river cruise vessels, marking a broader move toward electric propulsion in Mediterranean tourism.
Marina Doria
Hyatt's Italian push signals shift in luxury hotel geography
Three planned openings by 2028 focus on Rome and Sicily, sidelining central Italy's heritage towns
Hyatt's expansion into Italy—its first Hyatt Regency and Thompson properties in the country—reveals where international capital sees opportunity: coastal and capital-city tourism, not the inland hill towns.
Niccolò Mariani
Italy faces two extra months of heat stress yearly, study finds
Molise's farming calendar shifts as climate pressure mounts on southern agriculture
A new study shows Italy experiences one to two additional months of heat stress annually compared to the 1970s, reshaping planting and harvest cycles across the South.
Antonio Petrella
Bullet threat shadows Israeli families in Italian valley
Valsesia's resettlement success faces backlash as far-right extremism reaches rural communities
A threatening letter containing a bullet sent to the mayor of Valsesia has shaken dozens of Israeli families who have settled in the valley to revive abandoned communities.
Antonio Petrella
Western Europe swelters as temperatures hit record levels
France, Spain and Italy hardest hit by heatwave; Alpine region faces sustained stress
Record temperatures are sweeping western Europe, with Italy among the nations most severely affected by the heatwave, according to the BBC.
Lorenzo Ferraris
Bologna braces as Europe's heatwave peaks; city activates cooling centres
Emergency protocols expand across Emilia-Romagna as temperatures approach 40°C and health services prepare for surge in heat-related illness
A punishing heatwave sweeping across Europe has prompted emergency protocols in Bologna and across Emilia-Romagna, with authorities opening cooling centres and warning of strain on health services.
Giulia Benati
Milan menswear season stumbles as brands pull back
Low participation at spring/summer 2027 shows raises questions about the city's grip on global fashion calendar
Milan's menswear week closed with sparse brand lineups and a sense of retrenchment, prompting fashion press to ask whether the city can reclaim its place as a menswear capital.
Beatrice Comolli
Venice's mayor pushes day-tripper fee toward €50
Simone Venturini seeks to raise controversial entrance charge as lagoon city grapples with overtourism
Venice's newly elected mayor has proposed raising the controversial day-tripper entrance fee to as much as €50, aiming to curb arrivals during peak tourist seasons.
Tommaso Veronese
Active travel operator targets Italian interior with running tours
Australian company launches small-group running expeditions across regional Italy starting 2027
An Australian-owned tour operator is entering the active travel market with small-group running tours through regional Italy, launching in 2027, according to Travel Weekly Australia.
Gavino Sanna
Venice names global jury as Gyllenhaal presides over autumn festival
Hong Kong, Tunisia and Afghanistan join competition panel for September showcase
The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its main competition jury, pairing American actor Maggie Gyllenhaal as president with filmmakers from three continents.
Eleonora Vanzetti
Chelsea close in on Atalanta's Palestra as defensive target
The reported move for the Serie A defender marks a significant midseason pursuit for the English club.
Chelsea are closing in on the signing of Atalanta defender Marco Palestra, according to BBC Sport, in what would represent a substantial midseason acquisition.
Tobia Marenghi
Trump's America First agenda collides with Meloni's Italy
Trade surplus and defense spending fuel friction as transatlantic rift deepens
U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist agenda has exposed fundamental tensions with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, despite her years of positioning herself as his natural European ally.
Saverio Gallo
Sicily's tourism pivot: boutique hotels reshape Mediterranean leisure
As international chains expand across the island, smaller properties signal a shift toward curated travel in Europe's southern frontier.
Sicily is drawing boutique hotel investment from international operators seeking to position the island as an alternative to crowded Mediterranean destinations.
Concetta Vassallo
Meloni rebuffs Trump as NATO rift widens over Iran bases
Italian PM stands firm on refusal to host US operations; row escalates over alliance credibility
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has pushed back against Donald Trump's accusations that she is using the dispute to boost her domestic standing, as tensions between Rome and Washington deepen over Italian refusal to allow US military operations against Iran.
Gavino Sanna
Opinion
The distant mirror: what Rome sees in Washington
Italy's own struggles with state legitimacy and fiscal discipline make it an attentive reader of American political disorder—a cautionary tale written in real time.
Editorial Board
When a ruler chooses to skin rather than shear
A classical metaphor for governance reminds us that pillage and legitimacy cannot coexist—a lesson Italy, watching from its own fiscal precarity, understands too well.
Editorial Board