L´Unione Sarda

the focus

Young entrepreneurs, Sardinia ranks last in Italy. Confartigianato: "This isn't a verdict on the future."

The island ranks low in the national rankings that measure the ability of regions to offer opportunities, training, and adequate conditions: "Doing business is possible."

Carabinieri

Orgosolo, caught in a cannabis plantation: arrested

A THC concentration almost ten times higher than the limit permitted for legal cultivation.

Fabio Ledda

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taxes

Taxes and fines: Cagliari owes €10 million in debt, but the city doesn't offer discounts.

The Revenue Agency's proposed tax credit write-off is against the plan; the funds risk being left on paper. Opposition protests, Zedda: "We're focusing on installment plans."

Mauro Madeddu

Pensionati in attesa presso un ufficio INPS di Napoli in una immagine di archivio. ANSA/CIRO FUSCO

economy

Pensions: Lower benefits and later retirement from 2027

Starting next year, the conversion coefficients will reduce the amounts for the same contributions paid: at age 67, the cut will be 1.68% compared to 2025-2026.

Court

Gonnosnò, road homicide: 49-year-old acquitted

Gian Marco Cossu is not responsible for the tragic accident that cost the life of Francesco Melis.

Valeria Pinna

A sinistra prostitute in strada a Cagliari. A destra immagini da piattaforma online di sesso a pagamento.

Sardinia

Goodbye to the streets, prostitution in Cagliari moves online: transsexual exploitation on the rise

Data from the anti-trafficking network: from 50 people intercepted in 2017, the number has dropped to 12. The market is hidden on digital platforms, complicating the process of finding help.

Ennio Neri

I nuovi mezzi utilizzati per le consegne

Amazon

Cagliari, electric scooters for deliveries in the restricted traffic zone: "Less noise and pollution."

Mayor Zedda approved the change: "A step toward sustainable mobility."

the controls

Gairo, night-time mouflon hunt: poachers flee and ram forest rangers

A rifle and a car were seized, and charges were filed for resisting a public official and hunting violations.

Roads

A car crashes into the Bussola roundabout: another accident at Poetto in Quartu.

Local police officers and 118 rushed to the scene

Georgia Daga

the story

Ghilarza, expropriation paid to the owner's heirs after forty years

An off-balance sheet debt of 84 thousand euros (including legal fees) was recognized to compensate the Sanna family after the occupation of an area to build a road.

Alessia Orbana

environment

Stop the degradation on Via Turati, with work to clean up landfill flowerbeds and prune trees.

Workers at work in the area around the ASL outpatient clinic

Georgia Daga

the complaint

"No doctors, Bolotana is facing a health emergency": the mayor's appeal letter.

Francesco Manconi writes to the ASL and Todde: «We need a concrete response immediately»

Francesco Oggianu

Protesta autotrasportatori sull'A1 (foto Ansa)

The protest

Truck blockades: Meloni convenes a Cabinet meeting: "A decree for truck drivers and farmers."

The Ministry of the Interior is ready to guarantee essential supplies. A meeting at Palazzo Chigi announced: "The police will escort those who request it."

Papa Leone in Piazza San Pietro (foto Ansa)

The Pontiff

Pope Leo XIV, doctors after histology: "Localized disease, no further treatment."

Today he returned to St. Peter's Square for the Wednesday audience, embraced by 30,000 faithful.

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USA

Trump wants to kick journalists out of the White House: "A swimming pool instead of a press room."

Meanwhile, CNN threatens a new lawsuit for the denied access aboard Air Force One.

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the announcement

Moscow releases American citizen Stephen Hubbard, Trump says, "Freed him without giving anything in return."

The president on Truth: "Stephen is coming home and will soon be with his family."

Nella combo quattro momenti degli incidenti e dei saccheggi in centro a Milano, 18 ottobre 2026. ANSA/CORNER/SALMOIRAGO

in the prefecture

At a security summit in Milan, Sala said: "Saturday is a delicate day, even anarchists are concerned."

Salvini, Piantedosi and the heads of the police force at the public order committee after the clashes at the weekend

the event

Top chefs in Iglesias for FUN_GO 2026: Cracco, Mainardi, Bondì, and Gambacorta

Fine dining, TV cooking and digital dissemination end up on the same stage

FRANCESCA TREBINO

The exhibition

Settimo San Pietro: the parish's treasures on display, combining faith, history, and art.

Statues and objects from the past have fascinated the numerous visitors

Raffaele Serreli

Music

Occult metal in Cagliari with Sicilian band Demon Spell

The quartet from Catania arrives on the island for the first time with Abduction as opening act

Enrico Melis Costa

the interview

Ettore Bassi: "Guys, come to the theater. When I was young, I was a magician and presenter in Olbia."

The actor brings Manzoni's masterpiece "The Betrothed" to Sardinia: the melodrama with music by Marco Beretta.

Angelica D'Errico

60 anni di Cineteca Sarda (foto in locandina)

the project

Sixty years of the Cineteca Sarda, screenings in Cagliari and Carbonia

The first films from the archive return to the big screen until October 27, retracing the origins of the Cineteca

Enrico Melis Costa

Champions

Inter-Shakhtar 1-0, a sparkling Como overwhelms United 4-1

Carlos Augusto scored for the Nerazzurri after Bastoni was sent off. Nico Paz scored a brace at the Sinigaglia show.

Bryce Nze, uno dei pochi all'altezza del Rimini (foto G. Marras)

Basketball

Rimini has more energy, 84-67 over Dinamo

The Sassari team still appeared to be far behind in terms of physical condition and play

Giampiero Marras

Cagliari

Insularità

Punic site of Villamar, studies continue

Archaeological research activity continues

Giovanni G. Scanu

L'Unione Sarda English

ULTIM'ORA

Civic lands, alarm: "Risk of speculation, let's defend Sardinia"