In this edition

• Man Rescued From Sardinian Cave After 26 Hours Underground

  A 31-year-old man was pulled alive from a cave in Sardinia's Urzulei mountains after being trapped by a rockslide for 26 hours, in what rescuers described as a complex operation.

  Camille Bréan · 430 words

• Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws

  A joint push by Berlin, Rome and Brussels' Flemish coalition asks the European Commission for power to halt new EU legislation, a demand small autonomous regions read with interest.

  Camille Bréan · 520 words

Recent headlines from this bureau

• Man Rescued From Sardinian Cave After 26 Hours Underground
• Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
• Pope Leo's Lung Surgery, Read from the Alps Where Air Is the Argument
• A €140bn Cut in the EU Budget, and What Small Regions Hear in It
• Tornadoes Strike Marsala as the Wire Asks What Weather Now Means
• Thieves Take 30,000 Bottles from Antinori Cellar in Tuscany
• The Rebel Cheesemakers of the Alps, as the Guardian Tells It
• NATO's Nuclear Exercise Opens in Italy as the Alliance Tries to Calm Moscow

Geography & climate

Alpine; long snow seasons, short cool summers.

Italy's smallest and highest region — the Mont Blanc and Matterhorn massifs, deep glacial valleys.

Economy & culture

Mountain tourism, hydroelectric power, dairy, cross-border trade.

Bilingual Italian–French autonomy, Walser communities, alpine traditions.