Anti-tank missiles seized on Italian road as arms trafficking network spans Alps

French suspect arrested with military cargo highlights smuggling routes through northeastern Italy and Balkans

Italian authorities arrested a French man with three anti-tank missiles and military equipment in his van, revealing trafficking networks that exploit the region's porous borders.

Sergio Madrussan · NATIONAL

Ukraine's defence chief takes advisory post in Italy, signalling Alpine security shift

Ousted Kyiv official Fedorov joins Italian defence ministry as tensions reshape Central European alignments

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's dismissed defence minister, has accepted an advisory role with Italy's defence ministry, deepening security ties along Europe's eastern frontier.

Sergio Madrussan · INTERNATIONAL

Milan's fashion machine confronts the cost of cooling a hot continent

As heatwaves intensify, fashion houses face rising air-conditioning bills and supply-chain pressure from Italy's broadening climate stress.

Italy's relentless heatwaves are reshaping the economics of Milan's fashion and design sectors, forcing studios and showrooms to invest heavily in cooling infrastructure.

Beatrice Comolli · ECONOMY

United Airlines announces new US-Italy routes

Carrier expands transatlantic service to southern Italian destinations.

United Airlines has announced new transatlantic routes to southern Italy, according to The Local Italy.

Rosaria Esposito · REGIONAL

Capture of 'escape wizard' highlights criminal networks threading through Basilicata

Arrest in Spain closes chapter on Albanian fugitive whose prison breaks unfolded across Italian South

Spanish police have arrested an Albanian criminal known as the 'escape wizard' whose repeated escapes from prisons in Italy and Belgium exposed the porous criminal infrastructure that extends through southern Europe and into Basilicata's borders.

Pietro Lasorsa

Escape wizard's capture signals shift in Calabria's criminal mobility

Albanian fugitive's arrest in Spain marks end of four-year spree across Italy and the Balkans

The arrest of Taulant Toma, an Albanian criminal who escaped four jails across Italy and Belgium, exposes how porous the southern European frontier remains for organised crime.

Saverio Gallo

French arms smuggler arrested in Italy with anti-tank missiles

Seizure exposes weapons trafficking routes along the Balkan-Mediterranean corridor

Italian authorities arrested a French national after discovering military-grade anti-tank missiles in a van during a routine police check.

Adriana Sole

French arms trafficker arrested on Alpine route

Military equipment seized in van near Italian border

Police arrested a French national on the Italian side of the Alps after discovering military equipment in his van, according to The Local Italy.

Lorenzo Ferraris

Basilicata faces peak heat as latest Italian heatwave crests

Temperatures push toward 45C on southern islands as extreme weather pattern continues through autumn

The latest in a series of intense heatwaves is bearing down on Basilicata and southern Italy this weekend, with temperatures forecast to approach dangerous levels.

Pietro Lasorsa

Escape wizard's capture raises questions over Abruzzo's porous frontier

Albanian criminal arrested in Spain after four prison breaks across Italy and Belgium; Molise and Abruzzo remain transit routes for organised crime.

The arrest of an Albanian fugitive known as the "escape wizard" in Spain this week underscores the vulnerability of Italy's eastern borders and the Adriatic corridor to organised crime networks.

Marco Di Sante

Escape wizard's capture exposes porous frontier between Calabria and the Balkans

Albanian criminal's four prison breaks across Italy and Belgium prompt questions about southern border control and cross-border crime networks.

Spanish police have arrested an Albanian fugitive known as the 'escape wizard' who broke out of four jails across Italy and Belgium, raising fresh concerns about how organised crime moves through Calabria's frontier.

Rosaria Esposito

Ukraine's ousted defense chief joins Italy as strategic adviser

Mykhailo Fedorov's appointment signals Rome's deepening role in European security amid Kyiv tensions

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's ousted defense minister, has accepted an advisory position with Italy's defense ministry, marking an unexpected career turn weeks after his dramatic departure from Kyiv.

Francesca Lazzari

Italy's air conditioning reckoning is a European one

As Italians embrace cooling technology to survive record heat, the Local reports a larger truth: climate adaptation is now infrastructure, not luxury.

Editorial Board

Ukraine's ousted defence chief finds refuge in Rome

Mykhailo Fedorov's appointment as advisor to Italy's defence minister signals Rome's deepening role in the war's political aftermath.

Editorial Board