In this edition

• Meloni's electoral reform collapses in Parliament

  Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government lost a key vote on electoral reform on Tuesday, with her own coalition members among those rejecting a central amendment by secret ballot.

  Rosaria Esposito · 310 words

• Italian delivery riders strike as heatwave peaks

  Delivery riders across Italy's major cities have launched strikes demanding workplace protections and wage adjustments as an intense heatwave pushes temperatures toward dangerous levels.

  Rosaria Esposito · 280 words

Recent headlines from this bureau

• Meloni's electoral reform collapses in Parliament
• Italian delivery riders strike as heatwave peaks
• Tecnam eyes regional airline to revive southern air routes
• Naples' coastal refuge: why the city stays cool as Italy burns
• Naples braces for 42-degree heat as third summer wave intensifies
• Herculaneum reopens carbonised furniture house as Vesuvius heritage draws focus
• Etna's ash reaches south as Sicily's volcano disrupts travel across region
• Northern Italy's drought crisis deepens as main river runs dry

Geography & climate

Mediterranean; hot summers, mild winters.

The Bay of Naples and Vesuvius, the Amalfi and Sorrento coasts, the fertile Campanian plain, the Apennines.

Economy & culture

Tourism, agriculture (mozzarella, San Marzano), the port of Naples, aerospace, a large informal economy.

Naples and its intense street life, Pompeii, pizza, Maradona, the contradictions of the Mezzogiorno.