CAGLIARI – A helicopter plummeted to a main road on Sunday morning, hitting a passing car, yet the pilot was the only victim of the crash.
On the state highway 387 in Gerrei a helicopter fell, hitting a car in transit near to the crossroads for Dolianova, 10 km from Cagliari.
FLORENCE -- This Tuscan city has just celebrated the 300th anniversary of the publication of a Notice by Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ Medici, which defined the boundaries of production areas for Chianti (today Chianti Classico), Pomino, Valdarno di Sopra and Carmignano. Four areas which can boast important historical recognition that demonstrates and reinforces their vocation for fine quality wine production.
VENTIMIGLIA -- The death of a 17-year-old Eritrean girl hit while trying to reach France at night walking along the motorway from Liguria, has underlined the extent that migrants will risk their lives to get into France rather than pay extortionate smuggling gangs controlling many illegal routes, observers reflect Monday.
The death of this young migrant girl Saturday in a tunnel on the A10 motorway linking the Bel Paese to France caused Italy watchers to reflect on the fate of so many migrants like her attempting this journey.
ROME -- The 11th Rome Film Festival will take place from Thursday to Oct. 23, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and in other venues in the city of Rome.
The building complex designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano will host screenings, exhibitions, onstage conversations, events, conferences, and panels. The 1,300 square metres of the avenue leading to the Cavea (an open-air theatre square) will become one of the largest red carpets in the world.
VATICAN CITY -- The papal emissary to Syria has been named as one of a group of new cardinals announced on Sunday by Pope Francis, including 13 who are eligible to succeed him.
Heading up the list of new cardinals is Italian archbishop Mario Zenari, who Francis said would remain in his post to show the church’s concern for “beloved and martyred Syria”.
CERVINO -- The bodies of two experienced Al pine climbers have been recovered, Friday, following their plummet to the rocks from the cliff-side of the Matterhorn, Alpine rescue workers report.
The bodies of Ottavio Gérard and Joel Déanoz were found by helicopter searches on Friday morning, following their departure on Thursday evening to commence the route up via Deffeyes, considered one of the most challenging routes of the Matterhorn.
ROME -- Tensions are running high in Italy’s Five Star Movement M5S, as two of Beppe Grillo’s MPs had a tiff in the parliamentary Chamber’s courtyard Friday, that was not far off ending in a physical fight, government sources said.
The radical movement’s members are on edge as even something as simple as being late or missing an appointment can be enough to provoke a new crisis.
ROME – Basking in 180 years of international success, renowned and revered across the globe for their iconic leather bags and unmistakable silk scarves, Friday saw the opening of a new boutique in the Eternal City for the French fashion house Hermès.
Axel Dumas, visionary president of the brand, claimed he had “brought the sunshine with him” after a particularly stormy night previous to the press conference, held at the shiny new store on via Bocca di Leone.
ROME -- The first national student protests of this academic year are taking place Friday across the major squares of Italian cities, unions said.
The students are taking to the streets to protest the Italian government’s policies on schools and education particularly linked to the 'Buona scuola' (the 'Good School') government initiative for education reforms and to the Gelmini reform introduced by Berlusconi’s government, and for the protection of the right to study.
