Sinner claims fifth Grand Slam, retains Wimbledon crown

World number one beats Zverev in four sets to cap remarkable recovery from French Open shock

Jannik Sinner successfully defended his Wimbledon title on Sunday, defeating Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 6-4 to claim his fifth Grand Slam at age 24.

Tobia Marenghi · SPORT

Trump's public feud with Meloni strains transatlantic ties ahead of NATO talks

Italian government seeks to contain fallout as U.S. president renews attacks on PM before Ankara summit

As NATO leaders gather in Turkey this week, U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating public dispute with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni threatens to overshadow alliance discussions on defence spending and European security.

Adriana Sole · INTERNATIONAL

Kering builds craft pipeline at Milan innovation hub

Fashion giant signs partnerships with eight Italian schools to modernise traditional skills and feed luxury supply chains.

Kering has signed memorandums with eight educational institutions at Mind Milano to create a network linking traditional craftsmanship to contemporary design and production.

Beatrice Comolli · ECONOMY

Italian towns crack down on tourists as summer unruliness spreads

Mountain resorts join coastal hotspots imposing dress codes and behaviour rules as over-tourism strains local tolerance

A growing number of Italian towns are imposing strict rules on tourist attire and behaviour, with authorities warning badly-behaved visitors to go elsewhere.

Klara Hofer · REGIONAL

Chinese factory fire kills 28, shaking Marche's footwear supply chain

Jinjiang disaster raises questions for Italy's leather and shoe districts as Clarks expands European retail

A fire at a shoe factory in China's Fujian province killed at least 28 people, prompting Marche manufacturers to assess supply-chain vulnerabilities as British retailers accelerate European expansion.

Elena Marcheggiani

Clooney to receive Venice's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement

The actor joins an exclusive group as the festival honours his six-decade career spanning acting, directing and producing.

George Clooney will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, recognising a career spanning six Oscar nomination categories.

Eleonora Vanzetti

Dnata expands permanent roles across Milan and Rome airports

Ground handling and cargo operator converts temporary posts to permanent employment, signalling confidence in Italy's aviation recovery.

Dnata is converting temporary positions to permanent roles across Milan and Rome airports, accelerating investment in one of Europe's busiest aviation markets.

Beatrice Comolli

Drones test volcanic gas readings to forecast Etna eruptions

Sicily researchers deploy unmanned aircraft over crater to predict activity and improve early warning systems

Sicilian researchers are using drones equipped with laser sensors to measure volcanic gases above Mount Etna's crater, testing whether the technology can help predict future eruptions.

Concetta Vassallo

Etna's ash reaches south as Sicily's volcano disrupts travel across region

Airport closures ripple through southern Italy as Mount Etna sends plumes skyward, stranding tourists and threatening the summer season

Mount Etna's eruption has forced the closure of Catania Airport and cancelled dozens of flights, disrupting travel across southern Italy and threatening a crucial summer tourism window.

Rosaria Esposito

Etna's ash cloud grounds Catania flights for second week

Europe's most active volcano forces diversions to Palermo as eastern Sicily braces for continued disruption

Mount Etna's tenth consecutive day of eruption has closed Catania Airport and forced flight diversions, stranding tourists and disrupting summer travel across eastern Sicily.

Concetta Vassallo

EU tightens grip on shadow tankers in Mediterranean, raising Genoa port questions

Europe expands Operation IRINI to board and inspect vessels falsely flagged, pressuring Cameroon to strip 39 ships from registry

Europe is boarding and inspecting tankers falsely using Cameroon's flag to carry Russian oil, forcing the West African nation to remove 39 vessels from its registry and raising fresh scrutiny on Mediterranean shipping practices.

Marina Doria

Italy scales digital health systems nationwide

Government uses EMRAM assessment to spread best practices across national healthcare

Italy's Ministry of Health is using results from a digital maturity assessment to identify and expand best practices in healthcare technology across the country's regions.

Marco Di Sante

Italy advances first formal Holocaust art restitution process

Landmark legislation would create procedures to return cultural property looted under Fascism and Nazi occupation, addressing decades of unresolved claims.

Italy has advanced legislation establishing its first formal process for returning art and cultural property looted during the Holocaust and Fascist era, according to reporting from Ynetnews.

Eleonora Vanzetti

Montepulciano's wine barrel race draws global attention ahead of August

Medieval Tuscan town's Bravìo delle Botti becomes subject of international documentary interest as CBS profiles the grueling summer competition

The wine barrel race of Montepulciano, a centuries-old Tuscan tradition where neighborhood teams roll 200-pound barrels uphill through medieval streets, has drawn the attention of international broadcasters.

Niccolò Mariani

Montepulciano's wine barrel race draws global attention

The Bravìo delle Botti, an August tradition in the medieval town, channels neighborhood rivalry and centuries of Tuscan culture.

Every August, the Tuscan town of Montepulciano stages an intense competition in which neighborhood teams roll 200-pound wine barrels uphill through medieval streets in a race known as the Bravìo delle Botti.

Costanza Bardi

Puglia's solar push falters as €200m remains unspent

Southern Italy's self-consumption scheme selects 566 projects but leaves majority of incentive fund untouched

Italy's Ministry of Environment and Energy Security has approved 566 photovoltaic projects under a €262 million support programme for southern businesses, but more than €200 million in available funding remains unallocated.

Francesca Lazzari

Tivoli opens Puglia hotel as luxury tourism reshapes south

New upscale property signals growing appetite for high-end stays in Salento region

Travel Weekly reports that luxury hotel operator Tivoli has opened a new property in Puglia, reflecting the region's emergence as a destination for affluent travellers seeking Mediterranean coast and cultural heritage.

Francesca Lazzari

Sardinia's beach clubs join Italy's lunch-ban row

Private resorts across the island enforce food restrictions as families resist paid-entry model

The row over packed lunches at Italian beach clubs has reached Sardinia, where private resorts are enforcing restrictions on outside food as a growing flashpoint over tourism and public access.

Gavino Sanna

Sicily tests drones to predict volcanic eruptions

Researchers hover devices over crater to measure gases and forecast Etna's next moves

Researchers in Sicily are using drones equipped with laser technology to measure volcanic gases and test whether the devices can forecast eruptions before they occur.

Marco Di Sante

Venice marks plague's end with ritual rooted in Renaissance memory

Historic celebration of survival echoes across lagoon as city confronts modern tourism pressures

Venice's annual commemoration of the 1630 plague's end reflects the city's enduring relationship with catastrophe and recovery, a theme the foreign press has begun to examine as mass tourism and climate threats reshape the lagoon.

Tommaso Veronese

Calabria keeps Cuban doctors despite US pressure

Southern region relies on 200+ physicians to staff remote hospitals as Washington opposes overseas medical missions

Calabria's government is defying US pressure to end its reliance on Cuban doctors, who staff hospitals across Italy's poorest southern region and have dramatically reduced emergency-room waits.

Pietro Lasorsa

Calabria keeps Cuban doctors despite US pressure

Southern region relies on 200+ medical professionals to staff remote hospitals as Washington seeks to end the program

Italy's poorest region is defying American pressure to end a decades-old Cuban medical mission that has become essential to rural healthcare.

Antonio Petrella

Calabria keeps Cuban doctors despite US pressure to end program

Southern region relies on more than 200 Cuban medical professionals to staff remote hospitals and ease critical shortages

Calabria is defying Washington's campaign against Cuba's overseas medical missions, keeping over 200 Cuban doctors in its hospitals as the region battles extreme staff shortages.

Saverio Gallo

Sinner's second Wimbledon title signals Italian tennis ascendancy

World No. 1 extends Grand Slam count to five, reshaping sport's global hierarchy

Jannik Sinner retained his Wimbledon title on Sunday, defeating Alexander Zverev in a four-set final to claim his fifth Grand Slam and cement Italian dominance in men's tennis.

Tommaso Veronese

Slovenian coast draws summer visitors as Istrian peninsula becomes regional draw

Short coastline packs nature reserves and Venetian towns; proximity to Trieste reshapes northeastern Italy's tourism patterns

The Slovenian Riviera's unspoilt reserves and Venetian heritage are drawing visitors across the border, reshaping summer travel patterns for the wider Adriatic region.

Sergio Madrussan

Alpine drought deepens as Trentino faces water crisis

Northern Italy's depleted reserves now threaten irrigation in the region's apple and wine valleys

Water reserves across northern Italy are being depleted rapidly, with farming under severe threat as the region's main river dries up.

Klara Hofer

Sinner and the weight of excellence

Italy's tennis champion has won Wimbledon again. The world is watching. But what does sustained dominance mean for a country in demographic decline?

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 beach culture.

Editorial Board