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Italy freezes assets over EU funds fraud

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A Palermo judge freezes assets of individuals and companies suspected of EU funds fraud. The freezing order totalled over €15million.

The new Metro Line C will run under the Forum in Rome. Google Street View popular cultural site.

Rome’s Metro Line C under Colesseum and Forum at critical juncture

May 24, 2024May 24, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The project to extend Rome’s Metro Line C under ancient Roman ruins and through Rome’s historic centre has advanced to a crucial stage. Engineers have started the construction of an 85-metre deep retaining wall surrounding the main station at Piazza Venezia.

Firemen in Naples metro tunnel where the accident took place. Image taken from Twitter

Naples metro accident – One worker dead, two injured

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

One worker is dead, and two others are seriously injured, after an accident during excavations for a new Naples metro line on Wednesday.

Shown the caldera at Campi Flegrei which, due to its seismic movements, is now the focus on an evcuation plan.

Meloni to chair ministerial meeting on Campi Flegrei

May 22, 2024May 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni will chair an inter-ministerial meeting today to address the recent surge in seismic activity that began late Monday in the Campi Flegrei volcanic caldera near Naples.

Women's prison evacuated as a temporary ,mesaure following earthquakes

Women’s prison evacuated in Campi Flegrei

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Following the Campi Flegrei earthquakes yesterday, Campania Prisons Superintendent Lucia Castellano announced the precautionary evacuation of 140 inmates from Pozzuoli’s women’s prison. Inspections following the earthquakes that began late Monday in the Campi Flegrei volcanic caldera near Naples resulted in the evacuation of 39 families from 13 buildings in Pozzuoli on Tuesday. Additionally, Campania Prisons […]

Campi Flegrei - areial view showing the calderas and surrounding towns. A 1626 earthquake and tsunami killed around 70000

Campi Flegrei rocked by 4.4 magnitude earthquake

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Campi Flegrei, located in Italy’s southern Campania near Naples, experienced a 4.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday evening. Schools in the Campi Flegrei area will be closed on Tuesday due to the recent surge in seismic activity.

extreme weather and flooding in Italy. Still image form video posted by Vigili del fuoco on Twitter/X

Veneto and Lombardy hit by extreme weather

May 17, 2024May 17, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Muson dei Sassi river in Veneto burst its banks during the evening of Thursday/Friday morning. Veneto and Lombardy have been particularly hard hit by extreme weather in the past days.

Workplace tragedy in Palermo. Firefighters on the scene. Image via Twitter

Another workplace tragedy as 5 die near Palermo

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Another workplace tragedy as five workers died in Casteldaccia, near Palermo yesterday. A sixth was transported to the Policlinico hospital in Palermo, after being intubated.

Liguria Governor under house arrest

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Giovanni Toti, Liguria Governor, was put under house arrest on Tuesday in relation to a probe by finance police and the Genoa DDA anti-mafia directorate.

Turin Book Fair runs from 9th to 13th May

Largest ever Turin Book Fair starts this week

May 6, 2024May 6, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Turin International Book Fair is back from Thursday, May 9, to Monday, May 13. It features nearly 2,000 events at Lingotto and 650 more scattered throughout the area.