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EU tightens migration rules; Italy braces for new deportation burden
Brussels strikes controversial deal on detention centers abroad as Rome faces pressure on Mediterranean frontier
The European Union has overhauled its migration policy to accelerate deportations and establish detention facilities outside EU territory, a shift that places fresh strain on Italy's role as the bloc's primary entry point.
Adriana Sole · INTERNATIONAL
Italy pushes for independent European defense system
Defense Minister Crosetto urges EU nations to forge joint military alliance and reduce reliance on external powers
Italy's defense minister has called for a new European military alliance to strengthen the continent's security independence, signalling a shift in Rome's strategic posture.
Lorenzo Ferraris · NATIONAL
Italian Coach Ancelotti Takes Brazil's World Cup Reins
Carlo Ancelotti becomes first foreigner to lead Brazil's national team as the nation seeks to reclaim its place among football's elite.
Carlo Ancelotti, the most decorated club coach in football history, has been appointed to lead Brazil's national team, marking an unprecedented moment in the country's football tradition.
Tommaso Veronese · SPORT
Medical deserts trap Italy's ageing rural South as doctors flee
Healthcare workforce shortage collides with Molise's demographic collapse, leaving elderly residents stranded in villages without physicians.
As rural America confronts a healthcare crisis, Italy's interior regions face an even steeper challenge: an ageing population in villages where doctors no longer practice, and no government strategy to reverse the exodus.
Antonio Petrella · REGIONAL
Regional dispatches
Four farmworkers burned alive in Italy; arrests expose migrant labour trafficking
Deaths in Calabria reveal systemic exploitation across southern agriculture; Pakistani nationals held as investigation widens.
Italian police have arrested two Pakistani nationals following the deaths of four migrant farmworkers—three Afghans and one Pakistani—who were burned alive in a minivan, exposing the trafficking networks that feed Italy's agricultural sector.
Sergio Madrussan
Audi and Lamborghini unveil 1,000-hp hybrid supercar
The Nuvolari marks a shift toward electrified performance in Motor Valley as luxury makers chase efficiency without sacrifice
Audi's new Nuvolari supercar, powered by a hybrid V8 shared with Lamborghini, signals how Emilia-Romagna's storied motor makers are adapting to a world demanding cleaner machines.
Giulia Benati
Wild geese ravage Emilia-Romagna crops as region seeks hunting permission
Uncontrolled greylag populations threaten harvests across the productive plain, forcing farmers and officials to confront a wildlife management crisis
Expanding wild goose populations are inflicting severe damage on Emilia-Romagna's agricultural lands, prompting regional authorities to petition for expanded hunting rights to control the invasive species.
Giulia Benati
Pope Leo XIV appoints Mexican-American to lead Vatican media overhaul
Broadcasting executive takes helm of communications as pontiff signals institutional modernization from Rome
Pope Leo XIV has named a Mexican-American broadcasting executive to lead the Vatican's communications apparatus, signalling a shift in how the Holy See projects its message to a global audience.
Davide Ruspoli
Pope Leo XIV's migration tour targets Europe's political fractures
Vatican strategy uses papal visits to migration hotspots to reframe debate on borders and integration
Pope Leo XIV is conducting a tour of Europe's migration frontlines, using high-profile papal visits to shift how governments and publics understand immigration and integration.
Davide Ruspoli
Tyrrhenian Earthquake Tests Italy's Seismic Readiness
A 6.2-magnitude tremor off the coast revives memories of 2009 disaster and questions about mountain reconstruction.
A strong earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea on June 1 rattled Italy's Adriatic coast and inland highlands, prompting seismic experts to assess the nation's preparedness for major quakes.
Marco Di Sante
Italy Seeks EU Flexibility on Energy Spending Rules
Rome's push for budgetary room on green transition reflects tensions between fiscal discipline and climate investment.
Italy's foreign minister has signaled the government expects European Union backing for greater spending flexibility on energy, a move that reflects Rome's effort to balance EU budget rules with costly climate and energy transition goals.
Marco Di Sante
Vesuvius preserved a brain in glass; what it tells us now
Scientists studying vitrified tissue from Herculaneum argue the volcano's heat transformed neural matter rather than obliterating it entirely.
Nearly two millennia after Mount Vesuvius buried Herculaneum, researchers have identified what may be vitrified brain tissue inside a skull, suggesting the eruption's heat crystallised rather than destroyed neural structures.
Rosaria Esposito
CBS News Upheaval Signals Broader Reckoning in American Journalism
Scott Pelley's firing marks clash between legacy newsroom culture and Silicon Valley disruption ethos
The firing of veteran CBS correspondent Scott Pelley following a clash with editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and new '60 Minutes' producer Nick Bilton reflects a wider tension in American journalism between institutional tradition and disruptive change.
Francesca Lazzari
Four farmworkers burned alive in Basilicata; system failure laid bare
Deaths of Pakistani and Afghan migrants expose agricultural labour trafficking across southern Italy's fields
Four migrant farmworkers were found burned alive in a minivan in Basilicata, prompting arrests and renewed scrutiny of Italy's agricultural labour system.
Pietro Lasorsa
Europe Hardens Migration Rules While Southern Italy's Labour Trap Deepens
New asylum restrictions target border arrivals, but the exploitation of migrants already inside Europe—especially in Calabria's farms—remains untouched by policy.
As European governments tighten asylum criteria and border controls, the labour trafficking that traps migrants in southern Italy's agricultural sector continues unchecked.
Saverio Gallo
Pope Leo's migration tour reaches Europe's southern frontier
Pontiff visits hot spots as Vatican seeks to ease political tensions over asylum and integration
Pope Leo XIV is touring Europe's migration frontlines, including stops at Mediterranean ports, in a bid to reframe the asylum debate and ease political strain between nations.
Concetta Vassallo
NATO's Sardinian bases face new pressure as U.S. military eyes small nuclear reactors
American defence planners seek energy independence for forward bases; island's strategic role in Mediterranean deepens amid geopolitical strain
As the U.S. military explores small modular reactors to power bases during outages and attacks, Sardinia's NATO installations face questions about their energy resilience and environmental footprint.
Gavino Sanna
US defence chief's migrant 'invasion' rhetoric widens transatlantic divide
Hegseth's D-Day speech signals Washington's hardline stance as EU pursues its own restrictive path
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized European nations for allowing an "invasion" of migrants on their shores, framing migration as a security threat during a D-Day anniversary speech that reflects a broader transatlantic misalignment on border policy.
Adriana Sole
Belgium coach laments Italy's World Cup absence, urges federation overhaul
Rudi Garcia says tournament 'not the same' without Azzurri, calls for youth development strategy
Belgium's new World Cup coach Rudi Garcia has acknowledged the absence of Italy from this summer's tournament, urging the Italian federation to rebuild through youth development rather than chase immediate results.
Tobia Marenghi
Zegna takes menswear to Los Angeles as luxury hunts growth beyond Europe
Italian label stages major runway show in US as sector-wide slowdown persists; Milan's fashion houses seek refuge in American market.
Zegna, the Lombardy-based menswear house, staged a major runway show in Los Angeles on Friday as Italian luxury brands increasingly look to the US market to offset prolonged weakness in Europe.
Beatrice Comolli
Pope's Spain visit signals Vatican shift on migration as Alps face new pressure
Leo XIV begins EU tour focused on migrants; Valle d'Aosta watches cross-border movement patterns shift
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Spain on Saturday for a week-long visit focused on migration, his first to an EU country outside Italy, signalling the Vatican's deepening engagement with Europe's border crises.
Camille Bréan
Alpine archaeology yields 5,300-year-old yeast; scientists brew sourdough from Iceman's remains
Discovery in Oetzi's frozen gut revives questions about prehistory on the roof of Italy
Scientists have extracted viable yeast from the frozen remains of Oetzi the Iceman, a mummified figure discovered in the Alps on the Austria-Italy border more than 5,300 years old, and used it to produce sourdough bread.
Camille Bréan
Slovenia's rightward turn signals shift in Italy's Balkan calculus
Janez Jansa's return to power and pro-Israel stance alter the geopolitical balance on the EU's eastern edge.
Slovenia's new government, led by Janez Jansa, has signalled a sharp pivot away from the previous administration's Middle East stance, with immediate consequences for Italy's eastern border and the Balkans' alignment with Brussels.
Sergio Madrussan
Opinion
The Number That Never Leaves
When international bond markets stir, Italy's debt premium resurfaces in foreign coverage as though it never went away — and in a sense, it never has.
Editorial Board
Italy Is Not Only a Shore
The international press covers Italy's southern coast as Europe's migration frontier, a framing that is accurate as far as it goes — and does not go nearly far enough.
Editorial Board