In this edition
No dispatches in today's edition.
Recent headlines from this bureau
- Catania Airport Reopens as Etna's Ash Disruption Eases
- Italian police recover €10m Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse works
- Ferragosto weekend brings heavy traffic and alpine transit strain
- Eight Arrested Over Suspected Far-Left Plot Against Lyon-Turin Rail Link
- Dolomites Draw Record Summer Crowds as Travel Press Touts Region
- Po River drought reaches Alpine headwaters, testing Italy's water balance
- Ceuta border spat reaches Brenner, testing Alpine transit
- Wildfire near Lake Garda forces evacuations as heatwave grips the Alps
Geography & climate
Alpine to continental; cold winters, mild valley summers.
The Dolomites, the Adige valley, high pastures and apple orchards.
Economy & culture
Apples and wine, mountain tourism, hydroelectricity, autonomy-funded services.
Bilingual Italian–German South Tyrol, special autonomy, Austro-Hungarian heritage.