North-east Italy: news archives - Page 13 of 20

Marco Cappato on trial for assisting someone who wanted their lief ended due to severe health issues. Veneto has now agreed to a second a case where a person can follow the path of assisted suicide.

Veneto approves a request for assisted suicide

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Veneto’s regional health authority and ethics committee on Friday approved a request for assisted suicide by a 78-year-old woman with terminal cancer. She filed her plea on the basis of the Constitutional Court’s recent ‘Cappato ruling’.

Police in Verona. An investigation into Verona police brutality sees 5 arrested and 17 investigated.

Verona Police Brutality Investigation

June 8, 2023June 9, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi spoke yesterday of the Verona Police Brutality investigation which has led to the arrest of five officers. The investigation of 17 others was “of enormous gravity”, he added.

British base jumper dies in the Dolomites

British base jumper dies in Dolomites

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A British base jumper dies after falling more than 400 metres to his death. Mark Andrews died in the same spot as another Brit a year ago.

venice grand canal turns flourescent green

Why Venice’s Grand Canal turned fluorescent green

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Last Sunday residents woke to find a patch of Venice’s Grand Canal was fluorescent green. A number of theories were bandied about. Officials now know what has caused the dramatic change of colour, but not how.

Blue hats of the culture carabinieri salvaging flood damged ancient books and manuscripts

Ancient books frozen to salvage them from flood damage

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A number of ancient books and manuscripts are now in industrial-sized freezers at -25C in a bid to rid them of excess water. The documents were affected by the deadly floods last week in Emilia-Romagna and Le Marche.

emergency package of 2billion euros for flood affected Emilia-Romagna and Marche

Two-billion-euro emergency package for Emilia-Romagna & Marche

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

PM Giorgia Meloni said today her cabinet approved a two-billion-euro decree with an emergency package for the areas of Emilia-Romagna and Marche. The regions were hit by last week’s devastating floods that claimed 14 lives and caused huge damage to the local economy and infrastructure.