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Three arrested over fatal cable car crash

May 27, 2021July 5, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italian police confirm they arrested three people in an investigation into the cable car crash that left 14 dead. All part of the management of the cable car.

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Pope Francis kisses Auschwitz tattoo

May 27, 2021July 2, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Pope Francis kissed the tattoo of an Auschwitz survivor at the Vatican. Lidia Maksymovicz was not even three when she ended up in the infamous concentration camp.

Venice Biennale reflects on sustainability and social inclusion

May 27, 2021July 5, 2021adminLeave a Comment

The world’s most prestigious architecture event, the Venice Architecture Biennale, opens on Saturday (22nd May). A six-month show, it explores the question of coexistence in a post-pandemic world. The 17th International Architecture Exhibition “How will we live together?”, postponed from last year, reflects on the future and the challenges it may hold. Curator Hashim Sarkis […]

Cable car crash: Profit before safety

May 27, 2021July 4, 2021adminLeave a Comment

Prosecutors say three men arrested over fatal cable car crash in Piedmont knew there were technical issues with the cabins. They kept them running for financial reasons. Fourteen people died, including two children, when the lead cable of the way connecting the lakeside town of Stresa with the nearby Mottarone mountain snapped. Only a five-year […]

Lake Maggiore crash - investigation opened into fatal accident

Investigation opened into Lake Maggiore crash

May 24, 2021July 12, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy launches an investigation into the cause of Sunday’s Lake Maggiore crash that left 14 people dead.

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Cable car crash kills 14 at Lago Maggiore

May 23, 2021July 12, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Fourteen people, including at least one child, have been killed after a cable car crash on a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday. Another child is seriously injured.

Curon village, usually only the steeple is visible

Flooded Italian village Curon emerges from lake

May 19, 2021March 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Works at an Italian reservoir reveal Curon village, submerged for years.

Etna is stirring

May 19, 2021July 4, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Etna shows signs of awakening with a small lava flow and cloud, which have already dispersed.

Wild boar surround woman and steal her shopping

May 19, 2021March 22, 2024adminLeave a Comment

Wild boar surrounded a woman who had just left a supermarket near Rome. They steal her shopping, igniting a debate about their presence in Italy’s towns and cities. The incident came to light following a video posted on social media on Thursday. It shows the boars cornering the woman in a car park in the […]

Stolen Roman frescoes returned to Pompeii

May 19, 2021March 22, 2024adminLeave a Comment

Illegally trafficked in the 1970s, the six fragments are now back in the Pompeii archaeological park. Italy’s cultural protection police squad recovered the pieces during investigations in 2012 and 2020. Three of the first century AD relics are believed to have been removed from the walls of two Roman villas in Stabiae. That was in […]