In this edition
No dispatches in today's edition.
Recent headlines from this bureau
- Cave Rescue in the Urzulei Mountains Ends After 26 Hours
- Pope Leo XIV to Undergo Lung Surgery, and Sardinia's Parishes Take Note
- A Sardinian Mountain Village Joins the Longevity Map, and the Island Reads It Closely
- Waterspouts Strike Western Sicily, and the Islands Read the Same Sky
- A €5m Wine Heist in Tuscany, Read from the Island's Cellars
- Italy Approves Electoral Overhaul as Opposition Calls It a Scam
- Bolotana Study Finds a New Blue Zone, and It Is Female
- Italy Still Draws Millionaires Despite 50 Percent Flat Tax Rise
Geography & climate
Mediterranean, windy, increasingly dry.
A large, ancient, granite island — mountains, the Costa Smeralda, sparse interior, long coasts.
Economy & culture
Tourism, agriculture and pastoralism, energy and petrochemicals, a fragile interior economy.
The nuraghi and a pre-Roman past, the Sardinian language, shepherding, a strong island identity.