A tunnel nearly a mile beneath the Alps will transform travel from the heart of Europe into Italy | NYGazet

Tunnels will cut travel times between Verona and Munich by more than half and between Milan and Paris by at least 30%, and put Genoa within a commute of Milan.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker were on hand for the ceremonial breakthrough of the final meter of rock to open the first tunnel beneath the Brenner Pass, a key junction in an EU rail project that will one day... [4999 chars]