ROME -- A fire raging through San Felice Bay, a wooded coastal area near Vieste in Gargano in the north of Puglia, causing thousands to be displaced, is suspected to be caused by arson.
The regional authorities ordered aerial aid to be deployed to help tackle the flames, including two Canadairs and a helicopter from the fire brigade’s department. On the ground, responders from the Civil Protection have been working to extinguish the fire.
ROME -- Catania airport reopened on Tuesday evening, after closing due to ongoing activity from Mount Etna, SAC, the airport’s managing company has said.
Etna, the stratovolcano, stirred to life this week, showing new activity and raining ash over areas of Catania in Sicily. The volcanic cloud emitted by Etna’s Voragine crater could be seen from kilometres away, with the growing plume of smoke covering the surrounding area in a layer of ash.
Sardinia -- As the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, Sardinia has such a variety of landscapes that an age-old adage likens it to a continent, most of them are pristine, some are wetlands.
ROME -- Italy’s right-wing League party has protested against a new bill proposed by one of their own members, which would introduce a fine for those who choose to use the feminine form of public titles.
The new bill was proposed by Senator Manfredi Potenti, a member of the League party, which the league party has referred to as a “wholly personal” decision.
ROME -- Fratelli d’Italia’s Defence Ninister, Guido Crosetto, has hurled scathing criticisms at NATO following its recent decision to appoint a Spanish diplomat as the Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Crosetto expressed his disappointment with NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg’s decision to appoint the Spanish diplomat Javier Colomina as the Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood.
ROME -- A 75-year-old man in Padua committed suicide by jumping from his balcony after shooting at a group of students police have reported.
The group of students had been celebrating a graduation at a house facing the man’s residence on the evening of Saturday, 20 July. Irritated by the students’ festivities, which had continued past midnight, the 75-year-old drew his gun and fired from a range of 40 metres.
MILAN -- Saipem has been awarded a contract to ensure the supervision and the subsea intervention services of the GreenStream pipeline throughout the offshore and onshore sections at the Mellitah in Libya, and Gela, Sicily, terminals.
The new contract, awarded by GreenStream BV, one of the leading midstream players in the Mediterranean Sea, merges the activities that Saipem has been undertaking for GreenStream since 2008 as to asset integrity, inspection, maintenance and emergency pipeline services, and expands them to cover a wider range of scenarios and customer’s needs.
ROME -- The owner of a garage in Mazara del Vallo in Trapani has been arrested for creating a cosy love nest for Sicilian mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, to meet his mistress while on the run, according to the Carabinieri.
TRIESTE -- Two years after the start of the dispute, the industrial crisis table regarding the Wärtsilä Italia plant in Bagnoli della Rosandra (Trieste) is moving towards a positive conclusion.
