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Global oil surge tests Italy's energy shift as extraction pressures mount
Rising prices revive drilling focus on conventional fields, complicating transition away from fossil fuels in Europe's largest onshore oil region
As oil prices climb and energy agencies push to relax Arctic drilling bans, Italy's Basilicata—home to Europe's largest onshore oil field—faces renewed pressure to accelerate extraction rather than transition away from fossil fuels.
Pietro Lasorsa · NATIONAL
Drought depletes northern Italy's water reserves as farming faces crisis
Rapid depletion of irrigation sources threatens Piedmont's agricultural output as main river dries
Water reserves across northern Italy are being depleted rapidly, threatening irrigation and farming as the region's main river dries up, local officials warned this week.
Lorenzo Ferraris · REGIONAL
Gulf crisis cuts oil flow to Genoa as shipping routes fracture
Hormuz attacks and Iran-Qatar tensions threaten Mediterranean refining as tanker strikes persist
Attacks on tankers near Oman's coast and the fragile resumption of Iran-Qatar maritime trade signal deepening instability in the Gulf, threatening the crude supplies that feed northern Italy's refineries.
Marina Doria · INTERNATIONAL
Maldini, Leonardo hired to rebuild Italy's national football team
Italian federation appoints legendary defender as technical director and 1994 World Cup winner as advisor in restructuring effort
The Italian Football Federation appointed Paolo Maldini as technical director and Leonardo, the 1994 World Cup winner, as advisor on Saturday, marking a significant shift in the federation's approach to rebuilding the national team.
Tobia Marenghi · SPORT
Regional dispatches
Alvarez & Marsal expands Milan restructuring practice with two senior hires
International restructuring firm taps Italian market expertise as corporate turnarounds accelerate in Milan financial hub
Alvarez & Marsal has appointed Francesco Leone and Claudia Lotti as Managing Directors and Co-Heads of Financial and Operational Restructuring in Italy, signalling the firm's deepening commitment to Milan's corporate recovery market.
Beatrice Comolli
Northern Italy faces water crisis as drought depletes reserves
Farming irrigation threatened as main river dries up amid summer heat
Water reserves in northern Italy are being depleted rapidly, with local officials warning that farming irrigation faces severe disruption as the region's principal river dries up.
Tommaso Veronese
Italian beach clubs' packed lunch bans spark wider row over public access
Private resorts enforcing food restrictions as row over privatised coastline intensifies
A child eating a smuggled sandwich at a private beach club on Italy's Lazio coast has ignited a fresh conflict over food bans at paid resorts, raising questions about public access to Italian shores.
Tommaso Veronese
Northern Italy's water crisis threatens irrigation as main river dries
Rapid depletion of reserves raises pressure on farming as summer heat intensifies
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly across northern Italy as the region's principal river dries up, local officials warned on Friday, placing farming under acute threat amid the summer heat.
Marina Doria
Drought Depletes Water Reserves Across Northern Italy
Farming faces crisis as main river dries up amid heat and low rainfall
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly in northern Italy, with farming under threat as the region's main river dries up, local officials warned.
Giulia Benati
Drought threatens irrigation in northern Italy as water reserves deplete
Tuscany and the Po Valley face farming crisis as the region's main river dries up amid climate stress
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly in northern Italy, with farming under threat, as the region's main river dries up, local officials warned.
Costanza Bardi
Beach clubs ban homemade lunches, sparking Italian backlash over access
Private resorts enforce food rules as families resist pricing pressure on Italy's coast
Private beach clubs in coastal Italy are banning visitors from bringing packed lunches, a move that has ignited anger among families and raised questions about who can afford Italian seaside leisure.
Niccolò Mariani
Chinese shoe factory fire kills 28, raising questions for Italian leather exporters
Jinjiang disaster prompts scrutiny of supply-chain concentration as Marche footwear firms navigate global manufacturing risks
A fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, China killed at least 28 people, refocusing international attention on factory safety and the geographic concentration of footwear production.
Elena Marcheggiani
Lazio beach clubs ban packed lunches, sparking rows over access
Private resorts on Rome coast enforce food rules as families push back against paid-entry model
Private beach clubs along the Lazio coast are turning away visitors with homemade food, widening a dispute over who can afford seaside leisure in Italy.
Davide Ruspoli
Drought threatens irrigation in northern Italy as water reserves deplete
Farming faces crisis as Italy's main river dries up; Abruzzo's mountain watersheds under mounting pressure
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly across northern Italy as the region's main river dries up, with farming under threat, according to local officials—a crisis that echoes through Abruzzo's Apennine watersheds.
Marco Di Sante
Italian beach clubs ban packed lunches, sparking row over access
Private resorts enforce food rules as summer tourism intensifies; locals and budget travellers pushed out
Private beach clubs along Italy's coast are banning homemade packed lunches, forcing visitors to buy meals on site—a practice that has ignited a broader debate over who can afford Italy's summer season.
Marco Di Sante
Southern Italy's solar scheme leaves €200m unallocated as businesses struggle to apply
Molise faces familiar gap between green investment funds and rural uptake; 566 projects approved, but half the money unclaimed
Italy's €262 million photovoltaic incentive scheme for southern businesses has approved only 566 projects, leaving more than €200 million in available funding untouched—a pattern familiar to Molise's experience with EU cohesion funding.
Antonio Petrella
Beach clubs ban homemade lunches, sparking fury across Italy
Private resorts enforce paid-meal policies as working families push back against summer commercialisation
Italian families are rebelling against private beach clubs that forbid customers from bringing packed lunches, a practice the Guardian reports is spreading along the coast.
Rosaria Esposito
Northern Italy's water crisis threatens Alpine farming as reserves deplete
Rapid depletion of irrigation sources in the Po Valley signals broader climate stress on the region's agricultural heartland
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly in northern Italy as the region's main river dries up, threatening farming across the Po Valley and raising questions about Alpine snowmelt and summer supply.
Klara Hofer
Puglia's private beaches join Italy's packed lunch revolt
As exclusive resorts ban homemade food, southern coast confronts class divide over summer access
Private beach clubs across Puglia are enforcing bans on outside food, sparking backlash from families who see the rules as pricing out ordinary Italians from the coast.
Francesca Lazzari
Puglia's solar boom stalls as southern scheme struggles to spend
Over €200 million in renewable funding lies unallocated as southern businesses lag in project applications
Italy's support scheme for self-consumption solar projects has approved only 566 applications across the south, leaving more than €200 million unspent and raising questions about regional capacity to absorb green investment.
Francesca Lazzari
Northern Italy's water crisis threatens farming as reserves deplete
Drought dries main river as irrigation fails; agricultural sector faces severe strain
Water shortages in northern Italy's farming heartland are escalating as the region's principal river runs dry and irrigation reserves collapse.
Saverio Gallo
Etna's eruption traps tourists and reshapes Sicily's summer season
Mount Etna's activity disrupts travel plans across the island as the volcano continues to assert its dominance over southern Italy's tourism calendar.
Mount Etna's eruption over the weekend trapped tourists and forced travel disruptions across Sicily, reminding visitors and planners alike of the volcano's persistent role in shaping the island's seasonal rhythms.
Concetta Vassallo
Northern Italy's water crisis spreads as drought depletes reserves
Farmers face irrigation shortages as the Po River dries up; Sardinia's interior braces for similar stress
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly in northern Italy as the region's main river dries up, threatening farming across the peninsula and exposing the fragility of Mediterranean water systems.
Gavino Sanna
Blue Zones boom reshapes Sardinia's resort strategy as wellness travel takes hold
Luxury resorts pivot toward longevity tourism, capitalizing on Sardinia's reputation for long lifespans
Sardinia's reputation as a Blue Zone—a region where residents live exceptionally long lives—is driving a shift in how the island's luxury resorts market themselves, moving beyond traditional beach tourism toward wellness and longevity experiences.
Gavino Sanna
Italy's ruling coalition widens citizenship revocation powers
Two competing bills propose expanding use of rarely-invoked tool beyond terrorism convictions
Italy's ruling coalition parties have put forward competing bills to expand the government's power to revoke citizenship, a mechanism currently used only in terrorism cases, according to foreign coverage.
Adriana Sole
David Chase Eyes Italian-American Narrative as Emigration Reverses
The Sopranos creator explores a project about Italian Americans moving to Italy amid US political uncertainty
David Chase, creator of The Sopranos, has signalled plans for a film or television project centred on Italian Americans relocating to Italy, citing disquiet about conditions in the United States.
Eleonora Vanzetti
Drought threatens irrigation in northern Italy
Water reserves deplete in agricultural regions as heatwave grips the peninsula
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly across northern Italy, with farming under threat as the region's main river dries up, according to local officials.
Antonio Petrella
Northern Italy's drought crisis deepens as main river runs dry
Farming under threat as water reserves deplete rapidly; southern regions brace for extended heat
Water reserves in northern Italy are being depleted at alarming speed, threatening irrigation and agriculture as the region's principal river dries up, local officials warned this week.
Rosaria Esposito
Winter Olympics 2030 embraces freeride, drops Nordic combined
IOC decision reshapes Alpine competition as French valleys prepare for Games
The International Olympic Committee has approved synchronized figure skating and freeride skiing for the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps, while cutting Nordic combined after 102 years.
Camille Bréan
Northern Italy's drought deepens as main river dries
Water reserves depleted rapidly; Alpine runoff and irrigation under threat
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly across northern Italy as the region's main river dries up, threatening farming and hydroelectric operations that sustain the Alpine economy.
Camille Bréan
Northern Italy's water crisis deepens as drought threatens farming
Lombardy faces rapid depletion of reserves as main river dries up, raising questions about agricultural viability in Italy's richest region
Water reserves are being depleted rapidly across northern Italy as drought conditions worsen, with farming under immediate threat and the region's main river drying up.
Beatrice Comolli
Opinion
Drought and the North-South Divide
As water reserves collapse in the north, Italy's climate crisis is reshaping the economic geography the country has relied on for decades.
Editorial Board
Beach Clubs and the Price of Italy
A child's packed lunch has exposed how Italy's private resorts are pricing out the very people who built the country's leisure culture.
Editorial Board