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MOSE barrier which prevented high tides flooding in Venice

MOSE saves Venice from high tide flooding

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Bad weather plagues central-northern Italy, with the MOSE ‘saving’ Venice from high tide flooding and Triestino ending up under water.

two wine glasses containing white wine and a bottle. Wine sector to receive support package

Soave DOC is 55 years old

October 22, 2023October 23, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Soave was at one time the world’s most popular Italian wine. It was officially granted a DOC classification in 1968.

Three under investigation for Mestre bus crash

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Venice prosecutors have put three people under investigation over last week’s Mestre bus crash.

Plaster falls from a Mestre overpass

October 8, 2023October 8, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Firefighters intervened to secure an overpass in Mestre during the night between Saturday and Sunday after passers-by reported seeing falling plaster.

Guardrail where the Mestre bus crash happened

Repatriation of victims of Mestre bus crash

October 7, 2023October 7, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The bodies of the 20 foreign victims of Tuesday’s Mestre bus crash will be repatriated very quickly, Venice Prefect Michele Di Bari said on Friday.

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

Evacuation plan for Campi Flegrei

October 5, 2023October 5, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

An evacuation plan for the Campi Flegrei volcanic and seismic zone is to be drawn up within three months. This is according to the draft of the decree on the Phlegraean Fields, developed by the Ministry for Civil Protection.

Mestre bus tragedy - removal of bus by crane. Image by fire brigade

Mestre bus tragedy: 21 dead

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy was in shock on Wednesday after 21 people died in a Mestre bus tragedy. On Tuesday evening, a bus plunged from an overpass above a railway line between the Venice districts of Mestre and Marghera.

Aerial view of the caldera at Campi Flegrei. A second earthquake in a week was reported on 15th March 2025

Campi Flegrei Naples shaken by tremors

October 3, 2023October 3, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Hundreds of small tremors have shaken the densely populated Campi Flegrei, volcanic area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks. As a result, the government is rapidly redrafting mass evacuation plans, even though experts don’t see an imminent risk of eruption.

Last Generation naked flash mob in Turin

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Several 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.

Italo Svevo as a young man. The author created the anti-hero Zeno

Trieste celebrates centenary of literary anti-hero Zeno

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

From October to December, Trieste is celebrating its ‘inadequate’ literary hero Zeno Cosini. Zeno is the protagonist of Italo Svevo’s great modernist masterpiece Zeno’s Conscience, which came out 100 years ago.