Turin bans smoking within five-metre radius of others
Turin bans smoking within five-metre radius of others, without express consent, in new regulations for smokers outdoors.
Continue ReadingTurin bans smoking within five-metre radius of others, without express consent, in new regulations for smokers outdoors.
Continue ReadingTwo hikers lost their lives in a midday avalanche that occurred in the Formazza Valley of Piedmont. The avalanche occurred near Lake Toggia at an altitude of 2,200 meters, close to the Swiss border.
Continue ReadingTuscany has been particularly badly hit by the storms and flooding over the last few days. Roughly 5,000 people in the Tuscan town of Campi Bisenzio are still isolated by flood waters.
Continue ReadingItaly has experienced another bout of severe bad weather, resulting in further flooding and flash floods triggered by sudden storms. These storms disrupted the unusually mild autumn temperatures, releasing substantial amounts of water that have placed multiple towns and cities in crisis.
Continue ReadingSeveral Ultima Generazione (Last Generation, UG) climate crisis activists were fined €3,300 each for public indecency. They took part in a naked flash mob on a central Turin bridge on Saturday.
Continue ReadingFive railway workers in northern Italy were killed on Wednesday night when they were hit by a train at Brandizzo while carrying out overnight maintenance work. Two survivors have been discharged from hospital.
Continue ReadingFive people reported missing in Bardonecchia, after a wave of mud, water and detritus swept through the town on Sunday night, have been traced.
Continue ReadingMilan is the scene of the latest set of idiotic actions and vandalism by youngsters. First, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele is vandalised, then tourists scale the spire of Milan cathedral.
Continue ReadingA 150-year-old statue valued at €200,000 was broken by a group of German tourists. The statue toppled over whilst the students were taking pictures of themselves with it.
Continue ReadingThe extreme weather with a heatwave in southern Italy, and the storms in northern Italy have claimed five lives in the past two days. Wildfires rage in Sicily with Palermo almost isolated by the flames.
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