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Another workplace death – this time in Naples

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Workplace deaths continue to rise in Italy as a 60-year-old fell to his death in Naples. Premier Mario Draghi says more must be done on workplace safety.

Baiae underwater archaeological park has new route

New ‘Path of the Columns’ opens in Baiae underwater archaeological park

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A new underwater route for divers, snorkellers and canoeists opened in Portus Julius earlier this month at the Baiae underwater archaeological park in Naples.

€11million worth of illegal finds returned to Italy

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

A Belgian collector had illegal finds, dating back to the sixth century BC, from illicit excavations in Puglia. Italian police recovered the finds, worth €11million, and returned them to Italy following unsuccessful legal appeals by the collector.

Ilva plant, 2007 Image by Alberto Vaccaro via flickr.com under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Production can continue at Ilva plant despite high pollution levels

June 29, 2021July 2, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Production at the Ilva steel plant in the southern city of Taranto can continue Italy’s top administrative court ruled.

migrant farm worker dies after harvesting tomatoes

Puglia bans farm work during hottest hours after worker dies

June 28, 2021July 4, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Camara Fantamadi, a 27-year-old Malian farm worker, died after picking tomatoes in scorching sun. Regional authorities ban farm work between 12.30pm and 4pm “in conditions of prolonged exposure to the sun”.

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 […]