In this edition

• Recovered Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Works Put Regional Heritage in Focus

  Italian police have recovered three French masterpieces stolen from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma, arresting five suspects and releasing new CCTV of the heist.

  Giulia Benati · 430 words

• EU Pushes Back as US Revives Trade Pressure on Bloc

  The EU pushed back Friday at renewed US trade pressure, as Washington accused the bloc of enabling Chinese tariff evasion and urged it to roll back green business rules.

  Giulia Benati · 420 words

Recent headlines from this bureau

• Recovered Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Works Put Regional Heritage in Focus
• EU Pushes Back as US Revives Trade Pressure on Bloc
• Stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse recovered near Parma
• Ferragosto weekend brings heavy traffic to Emilia-Romagna motorways
• Explosion at munitions factory south of Rome prompts safety scrutiny
• Eight arrested over far-left plot against Lyon-Turin line
• Europe's latest heatwave puts 92 million under 35C alert
• EU curbs on 'forever chemicals' in food packaging kick in

Geography & climate

Humid continental; foggy winters, hot summers, flood-prone rivers.

The Po plain along the ancient Via Emilia, the Apennine ridge, the Adriatic Riviera at Rimini.

Economy & culture

Food (Parmigiano, prosciutto, balsamico), supercars (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Ducati), packaging machinery, cooperatives.

Italy's oldest university, a cooperative and left civic tradition, Fellini's Rimini, food as identity.