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Sinner reaches Wimbledon final, closes on Alcaraz's Grand Slam tally
Italian tennis star demolishes Djokovic in semifinal to set up title match against Zverev
Jannik Sinner produced a clinical performance to defeat Novak Djokovic and advance to the Wimbledon final, moving within striking distance of rival Carlos Alcaraz's Grand Slam record.
Tommaso Veronese · SPORT
Italy arrests two in Russian espionage case, citing Ukraine aid tensions
Defense Ministry says investigation reveals Moscow's true stance toward Rome after Italy provided military support to Kyiv.
Italian prosecutors have arrested a former intelligence officer and another person for allegedly passing classified information to Russian agents, in a case the Defense Ministry frames as exposing Russia's hostility toward Italy.
Davide Ruspoli · NATIONAL
Italian science park leads Europe's wildfire fight with satellites and data
Turin-area research hub deploys forecasting tools as continent braces for intensifying summer fire season
A team of engineers, scientists and foresters based at a research facility in Italy is helping Europe prepare for escalating wildfire threats through satellite surveillance, weather modelling and expert analysis, the New York Times reported.
Lorenzo Ferraris · SCIENCE
Fendi's Chiuri Takes Haute Couture Home to Rome
Designer returns to birthplace with collection addressing Italy's cultural and political challenges through fashion
Maria Grazia Chiuri staged her first haute couture show for Fendi in Rome, framing fashion as a response to what she calls Italy's cultural and political crisis.
Beatrice Comolli · CULTURE
Regional dispatches
Alpine region braces as July heatwave intensifies across Italy
Northern valleys face extreme temperatures as forecasters warn conditions may extend through summer
Italy's July heatwave is accelerating, with the Alpine north facing intense heat and only scattered thunderstorm relief expected this weekend.
Klara Hofer
Heatwave grips Italy as thunderstorms offer patchy relief to the north
July heat intensifies across the peninsula while northern regions and Adriatic coast brace for weekend storms
Italy faces an intensifying heatwave this weekend, with thunderstorms expected to bring relief only to parts of the north and Adriatic coast, while the rest of the country braces for extreme temperatures.
Tommaso Veronese
Hormuz attacks threaten oil flow to Genoa as Gulf tensions persist
Multiple strikes on commercial vessels raise costs for Mediterranean refineries and shipping dependent on Middle Eastern crude
A series of tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz are disrupting the energy supplies that feed Italy's largest port and its refining sector.
Marina Doria
Italian science park leads European effort to predict and contain wildfires
Team of engineers and foresters uses satellites and models to help continent prepare for climate-driven blazes
A team of engineers, foresters and scientists working from a science park in Italy is helping European nations prepare for escalating wildfire threats using satellite data and advanced weather modelling.
Giulia Benati
UNESCO assesses Florence's 'black cube' against World Heritage status
The redevelopment of the former opera house has drawn international outcry over its impact on the Renaissance skyline.
UNESCO is reviewing whether Florence's controversial opera house redevelopment is compatible with the city's World Heritage designation after complaints that the project has marred the Renaissance skyline.
Costanza Bardi
Florence and Perugia under red heat alert as Italy's heatwave intensifies
Temperatures are climbing across Tuscany as forecasters warn the July heat wave is only beginning.
Florence and Perugia are under red heat warnings as Italy faces an intensifying heatwave, with forecasters cautioning that the peak temperatures are still to come.
Costanza Bardi
July heat wave settles over central Italy as Perugia braces for dangerous temperatures
Umbrian capital placed under red alert as forecasters warn of prolonged extreme heat
Perugia and Florence are under red heat warnings as Italy enters a sustained period of dangerous temperatures this weekend, with forecasters warning the July heat wave is only beginning.
Niccolò Mariani
Four Seasons orders third luxury yacht from Ancona shipyard
Fincantieri secures third contract as boutique cruise line expands fleet ahead of 2028 delivery
Four Seasons Yacht has placed an order for a third ship to be built by Fincantieri at its Ancona shipyard, extending the luxury cruise operator's partnership with Italy's largest shipbuilder.
Elena Marcheggiani
Vatican severs ties with traditionalist sect in doctrinal rupture
Holy See imposes excommunication on Society of Saint Pius X after bishops ordained without papal consent, deepening split over liturgy and authority.
The Vatican has excommunicated the Society of Saint Pius X and its followers, marking an unprecedented formal break with the ultratraditionalist group that has resisted papal authority for decades.
Davide Ruspoli
Europe's fire fighters turn to Italian science hub for heat strategy
Engineers and foresters based in Italy are building a continental early-warning system as blazes threaten the continent.
A team of engineers, foresters and scientists working from a science park in Italy is helping Europe prepare for wildfires using satellites, weather models and expert analysis.
Marco Di Sante
Italy braces for prolonged July heat as forecasters warn of sustained temperatures
The latest heatwave is just beginning, with relief unlikely in the coming weeks.
Forecasters warn that Italy's July heatwave is in its early stages and likely to persist longer than previous summer heat events, with the Adriatic coast and central highlands facing intense temperatures.
Marco Di Sante
Italy's wildfire lab eyes Molise as heat spreads
Scientists fighting European blazes from a research hub in central Italy watch the South's defenses as summer temperatures climb
A team of engineers and scientists based in Italy is helping Europe prepare for wildfires using satellites and weather models as heat waves intensify across the continent.
Antonio Petrella
Scientists resurrect 5,300-year-old yeast from Alpine mummy's stomach
Oetzi the Iceman's preserved gut yields living microbes; researchers bake sourdough with ancient strain
Researchers have isolated living yeast from the stomach of Oetzi, a mummified man found on the Austria-Italy Alpine border, and used it to make sourdough bread thousands of years after his death.
Camille Bréan
Tivoli brings luxury resort model to Puglia's tourism boom
New hotel signals shift in Salento's seasonal tourism economy as international operators target southern Italy's coastal appeal.
The luxury hotel operator Tivoli has opened a new property in Puglia, marking a fresh investment in the region's tourism infrastructure as foreign hospitality groups expand into southern Italy's resort market.
Francesca Lazzari
Italy's solar subsidy scheme struggles to absorb southern investment
More than €200 million remains unallocated in a €262 million photovoltaic programme designed to boost renewable self-consumption among southern businesses.
Italy's Ministry of Environment and Energy Security has approved 566 solar self-consumption projects in southern regions, but more than €200 million in available funding remains unclaimed under the €262 million incentive scheme.
Francesca Lazzari
Matera braces for prolonged heat as July heatwave peaks
Ancient stone city faces strain as temperatures climb and tourism season intensifies
A sustained July heatwave is bearing down on southern Italy, with Matera among the regions facing intense heat as the summer tourist season accelerates.
Pietro Lasorsa
Pope honours Lampedusa's dead as migration crisis reshapes papal diplomacy
On July 4, pontiff visits Sicily's frontier island to pray for migrants lost at sea, signalling Church's stance amid Trump administration tensions
Pope Leo XIV spent July 4 in Lampedusa, Sicily's migration gateway, honouring tens of thousands of migrants who have died crossing the Mediterranean, in a symbolic rebuke to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Concetta Vassallo
Sicilian heat intensifies as Europe braces for prolonged summer crisis
July temperatures climb across southern Italy, testing island agriculture and water reserves amid widening continental heatwave
Sicily faces the onset of a sustained July heatwave as temperatures climb across southern Italy, with forecasters warning of prolonged heat affecting agriculture, water supplies and public health.
Concetta Vassallo
Sardinia hosts Europe's wildfire defense as heat peaks
Island becomes testing ground for satellite forecasting as continent battles climate threat
A team of engineers and scientists operating from Italy is using satellites and weather models to help Europe prepare for wildfires as temperatures soar across the Mediterranean.
Gavino Sanna
July heatwave tightens grip as Sardinia braces for sustained heat
Forecasters warn of prolonged temperatures as relief remains uncertain across Mediterranean
Sardinia faces intense heat this weekend as a July heatwave spreads across Italy, with no clear end in sight for temperatures already straining the island's tourism and agriculture sectors.
Gavino Sanna
Italy joins NATO's €50 billion precision-strike coalition
UK-led decade-long push positions alliance for deeper European defence; Rome signals commitment to long-range capability amid eastern tensions.
Italy has joined twelve NATO allies in a €50 billion initiative to accelerate European deep precision strike capabilities, according to Defence News.
Adriana Sole
Trump says Italy, Germany, France rejected his Iran operation request
US president characterises NATO allies' refusal as 'testing' during bilateral talks; raises questions about unified alliance response to regional crises.
President Trump said during a bilateral meeting with Turkey's president that he was 'testing' NATO allies after Italy, Germany and France declined to participate in an Iran operation, according to Fox News.
Adriana Sole
Pulisic sidelined for weeks after World Cup leg fracture
Milan forward to miss weeks after microfracture in US loss to Belgium
Christian Pulisic suffered a microfracture and bone bruise in his leg during the United States' 4-1 World Cup loss to Belgium on Monday, US Soccer announced Thursday, leaving the Milan forward sidelined for several weeks.
Tobia Marenghi
Moritz de Hadeln, Venice and Berlin Festival Leader, Dies at 85
The British-born programmer shaped European cinema festivals for five decades, leaving a legacy across Venice, Berlin and Locarno.
Moritz de Hadeln, who led the Venice Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival and helped define the European festival circuit, has died at 85.
Eleonora Vanzetti
Vatican's ultratraditionalist crackdown echoes in South's parishes
Excommunication of rebel bishops raises questions about dissent and obedience in rural Catholic communities
The Vatican has excommunicated bishops from an ultratraditionalist Catholic group after they consecrated new bishops without papal consent, a move with implications for dissenting communities across southern Italy.
Antonio Petrella
US Biotech Advances Cancer Trial at Milan's European Institute of Oncology
Delcath Systems enrolls first patient in Phase 2 study for liver-dominant breast cancer at prestigious Milanese facility
A Delaware-listed interventional oncology company has begun a Phase 2 clinical trial for a liver cancer treatment at Milan's European Institute of Oncology, marking another vote of confidence in Lombardy's pharmaceutical research infrastructure.
Beatrice Comolli
Venice Biennale confronts Jewish past with architecture of memory
Artist Anna Kamyshan's installation at 61st International Art Exhibition grapples with shtetl heritage and displacement
A new art installation at the Venice Biennale uses synagogue architecture and shtetl imagery to examine Jewish history and memory, marking a shift in how Italy's most prominent art event addresses the continent's fractured cultural heritage.
Sergio Madrussan
Scientists resurrect ancient Iceman's yeast to bake sourdough
5,300-year-old microbe found in Ötzi's remains yields living culture, linking modern bakers to Alpine prehistory
Researchers have isolated yeast from the gut of Ötzi the Iceman, the mummified climber found on the Austro-Italian border, and used it to produce sourdough bread.
Klara Hofer
Opinion
When Heritage Becomes Hostage
From Varenna's fines on swimwear to heat warnings across the peninsula, Italy's most visited places are reaching a breaking point—and the world is watching.
Editorial Board
When Italy's Rising Star Writes History
Jannik Sinner's demolition of Djokovic at Wimbledon marks a generational shift in tennis—and a rare moment when the world's gaze falls on Italy for excellence rather than crisis.
Editorial Board