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Tuesday, 13 October 2026 — Edition № 145
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INTERNATIONAL

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

Politico Europe reports that three governments want Brussels to move faster on business simplification — a demand Turin's exporters have made for years.

Politico Europe reports that Germany, Italy and Belgium have jointly asked for power to halt new EU legislation, arguing that Brussels is not simplifying fast enough.

Lorenzo Ferraris545 words

NATIONALLead

Two Waterspouts Strike Western Sicily, Injuring Dozens and Damaging Marsala

Foreign correspondents call the twin funnels off Marsala an almost unprecedented event for the island

A rare pair of waterspouts came ashore near Marsala on Friday, overturning cars, wrecking a school and injuring dozens in towns the foreign press describes as unprepared for such weather.

Concetta Vassallo470 words

REGIONAL

Cave Rescue in the Urzulei Mountains Ends After 26 Hours

A 31-year-old man was pulled alive from the Gorroppeddu cave after a rockslide trapped him ten metres underground

The Guardian reports a complex overnight rescue in Sardinia's Supramonte, where a trapped caver was brought to the surface after 26 hours.

Gavino Sanna470 words

CULTURE

A Venice Biennale Rejection Finds Its Voice in a London Basement

The Guardian calls Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy a furious act of mourning — a work the Biennale passed over

Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy, deemed too controversial for the Venice Biennale, now fills a London gallery with a single unbroken note of mourning.

Eleonora Vanzetti340 words

Dispatches by region

PiemonteNord-Ovest · Cap. Torino

Lorenzo Ferraris — “Reporting Italy from the Turin newsroom”

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Opinion

The Editorial Board on what the week looks like from outside.

  • Rome, Berlin and the Brake

    Editorial Board

    Politico Europe reports that Germany and Italy want power to halt new EU laws — a demand that says as much about the Union's confidence as about its rules.

  • Twenty-Six Hours Below Sardinia

    Editorial Board

    A rockslide in the Urzulei range reminds us that the world's Italy is not only its cities and coasts, but also its hollow interior.