The full edition
Monday, 12 October 2026
20 pieces published that day.
- Europe · Lead Story
EU adopts massive sanctions package against Russia: 1,646 entities targeted
The package that was still in preparation this morning was formalized in the afternoon: 826 companies in the Russian military sector and 743 executives sanctioned, plus 77 people over the Duma elections in occupied territories.
- Italy · Analysis
Electoral reform ends up before the Constitutional Court
The opposition has filed appeals against the new electoral law championed by the Meloni government, challenging six aspects of the text. The news currently stems from a single source; no independent confirmation is available.
- World & Geopolitics · Analysis
One year after the truce, over 100 NGOs: "the ceasefire in Gaza exists only on paper"
A joint statement from over one hundred humanitarian organizations, including Amnesty International, Oxfam and Save the Children, denounces the failure to implement the agreement and over 1,400 Palestinian deaths during the truce period.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Pope Leo XIV, admission to Gemelli hospital set for October 13
The Vatican Press Office today specified the timing of the surgical procedure announced by the Pontiff: admission tomorrow in the late morning, ahead of the operation for a lung nodule.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Assolombarda proposes tax deductibility of rents paid by companies to employees
At its general assembly in Milan, the association presented a measure that would affect over 280,000 workers, with an estimated cost for the State of 551 million euros a year.
- Culture · Analysis
Excavations and awards: two different ways to tell today's archaeology
A boundary stone and an altar unearthed at Aquinum, in Lazio, and five discoveries shortlisted for an international award at Paestum show two complementary ways of giving value to findings: patient excavation and public recognition.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
Meta, Google and NIH join forces for the "virtual cell": declared commitment of $1.8 billion
The three organizations announced a joint predictive biology initiative combining funding, data and computational capacity.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Today's updates, in brief.
- Editorial
From drafts to decision: what has changed since this morning
The EU sanctions package becomes a formal decision, Gaza finally gets coverage, the Vatican sets a date. The rest of this morning's edition stands.
- Italy · Lead Story
Giorgetti testifies on budget bill, Forza Italia and Lega renew their demands
Parliament begins examination of the 2026 budget bill: the Minister of Economy heard by the Budget committees while majority parties renew calls for tax-free thirteenth-month pay and pensions at 64.
- Europe · Analysis
The EU prepares its broadest sanctions package against Moscow
After Trump's about-face, Brussels speeds up new measures against Russia; the Ukraine dossier also enters the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council on October 12.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Sardinia, race against time for caver trapped underground
A landslide has trapped a man at a depth of about ten metres in the Gorropeddu cave, in the territory of Urzulei. More than thirty technicians from alpine rescue, cave rescue and firefighting units have been mobilised.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Mps convenes extraordinary board meeting after Intesa's Opas relaunch
A bloc of shareholders exceeding one third of the capital opposes the plan put forward by chief executive Lovaglio; the decisive step remains the shareholders' meeting on October 29.
- Culture · Analysis
Two churches from different eras resurface in Siponto
Excavations by the Universities of Bari and Foggia in Manfredonia's port district bring to light a paleochristian building incorporated into a medieval church.
- Sport · Analysis
Cristiano Ronaldo suspended by Portuguese federation
Urgent disciplinary proceedings opened against the star player, while the federation's president says he still wants his return to the national team.
- Health · Analysis
WHO confirms chronic diseases now surpass other causes: nearly three in four deaths worldwide
New global estimates from the World Health Organization show a recovery in world health following the pandemic, but point to a growing burden of non-communicable diseases, now dominant among causes of death.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
From SynthID to great ape brains, research news
Google opens to the public a tool for identifying AI-generated content, while two studies published in Nature investigate chronic pain and brain aging.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Julianne Moore and Javier Bardem, the Lifetime Achievement Awards of the Rome Film Fest
The festival's twenty-first edition, running from October 13 to 25, also honours producer Tessa Ross; the face of this edition is Monica Vitti.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
The day's minor news, from Italy to the rest of the world.
- Editorial
A budget, a sanction, a landslide: the day as seen by the newsroom
Why we lead with the economic budget, what is missing today in Foreign Affairs and Geopolitics, and how we are covering the emergency in Sardinia without slipping into breaking-news coverage.