Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born in Kislovodsk, Stavropol Territory, on 11 December 1918. His father, an officer in the imperial army, had died even before his birth. His mother, an educated woman of Ukrainian origin, raised him in difficult circumstances but instilled in him a love of literature. He will become a great writer, awarded the Nobel Prize in 1970. With his works – such as the Gulag Archipelago – he made the world aware of…
The Prato prosecutor’s office investigates for disaster: safety procedures ignored. The warehouse and the company that was carrying out the maintenance work were searched. The key witness: “There were workers who were working on some pipes” Prosecutors’ accusation: “Wicked conduct behind the Calenzano massacre” https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/11/news/calenzano_esplosione_eni_ditta_matera-423878781/?rss
MILAN – In the house with the mill, among the framed photos, there is one with the trunk of a tree and dozens of syringes stuck in it. It says: Parco Lambro, 1984. It is a warning not to forget the social swamp of heroin that swallowed up young lives, in this green lung between the San Raffaele hospital, the ring road and the blocks of flats of Milan 2. Forty years later , around…
Impossible to find a traffic policeman in Setteville, in the Belluno area. None of the candidates were able to even pass the first test of the competition. The Municipality had banned it in September, 23 of them applied, five showed up, but no one was able to pass the first written test. The exam consisted of the drafting of an investigation or a resolution or determination scheme or another administrative act, and in a series…
We mourn the victims, we drown in the pain of still not knowing if our husband, father, son included in the missing list, is also dead. We strive for hope, even though it is now almost night and the chances of finding anyone alive in the pile of rubble left by the explosion are now reduced to zero. The lives of the victims of Calenzano on the tankers: “Always traveling with fear” https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/10/news/vittime_calenzano_racconto-423868122/?rss
See under “big films”: on 10 December 1962 – at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema in London – there was the world premiere of Lawrence of Arabia, based, rather loosely, on the life of the British writer and soldier TE Lawrence and his novel I seven pillars of wisdom. Over 220 minutes of film – not counting overture, interlude and final music – in a very sumptuous package (among other things, legendary soundtrack by Maurice…
The truck driver Marco Giannini was waiting to refuel: “I was hit by a barrage of shrapnel then I passed out. But life gave me another chance” “I survived the hell of Calenzano because I was still in the queue” https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/10/news/feriti_calenzano_parla_sopravvissuto_esplosione-423867776/?rss
The start of the new week will also be marked by cold currents arriving from Northern Europe which will continue to cause rain and snowfall even at low altitudes. A deep depression, driven by polar currents, will rapidly cross central-northern Europe, to then plunge into the Mediterranean basin directly from the Rhone Gate: our country will therefore be hit by a real frozen lake, which will affect the weather for many days. Frost and snow…
We remain the country of bribes. The active participation of citizens is essential to maintain high attention on one of Italy’s endemic evils The Italy of corruption, the duty to rebel even in the workplace https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/08/news/l_italia_della_corruzione_il_dovere_di_ribellarsi_anche_sul_posto_di_lavoro-423855924/?rss
Today is International Anti-Corruption Day, approved by the UN. An anniversary that concerns us directly, as in Italy corruption persists and resists over the years. From the time of Tangentopoli. Indeed, it has spread further since then. The infinite Tangentopoli for one Italian out of two. We remain the country of the corrupt https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/09/news/corruzione_italia_classifica_sondaggio-423855854/?rss
The eternal boy, son of a cobbler and a washerwoman and eight decades of an incredible existence Gianni Morandi, the 80th birthday party: “More than death I’m afraid of forgetting” https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/09/news/gianni_morandi_80_anni_festa_compleanno_ricordi_cantante-423855847/?rss
With yesterday’s Consistory the Pope gave the finishing touches to the future Conclave, bringing out a new generation of cardinals Bergoglio and the rise of young cardinals: “In the next twenty years they will count” https://www.repubblica.it/vaticano/2024/12/08/news/concistoro_2024_cardinali_papa_francesco-423844781/?rss
A San Lorenzo At Piero Pizzi Cannella’s house: “The world and others in my atelier where everything talks about painting” https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/08/news/a_casa_di_piero_pizzi_cannella-423843234/?rss
Genoa — «We did not expect such a stir, despite realizing the importance of the Festival in Italian society. But let me underline one thing: we are telling thousands of beach establishment managers that they have to compete and for a public good that is worth millions and millions, why should it be different?”. The president of the TAR: “The tender for the Sanremo Festival like the one for the beaches, Europe is asking for…
Just over 3 percent of the eight thousand damaged people decided to take civil action. And the municipality of Ostra, where there were five victims, is excluded from the disaster areas The Flood in the Marche, trial begins. But only 250 ask for damages: “Distrust in justice” https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/07/news/alluvione_marche_processo_solo_250_chiedono_i_danni-423837941/?rss
It was 7 December 1951 and the great Victor De Sabata had decided that that year the premiere at La Scala would be on the day of Sant’Ambrogio, patron saint of Milan, rather than the usual 26 December. Opening the season was Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani. On the podium the director from Trieste, with the “Freudian” Herbert Graf directing. La Scala has become one of the premier opera houses in Europe. In the role -…
What would the Sanremo Festival be… without Sanremo? Liguria could lose almost 6 million in direct revenue during the five days of the event if the Kermesse migrated elsewhere. In the last two years the Festival has generated a turnover of almost 400 million, 186 in 2023 and 205 in 2024 of which over 70 million in added value (comparable to the GDP), according to the company Ey (formerly Ernst & Young) which it is…
«I no longer exist – he says – if she meets me with someone give me life imprisonment. I don’t date anyone anymore.” At half past twelve, the mafia boss Franco Bonura returns home, to Via Ausonia, accompanied by a factotum. «Good morning, can I ask you some questions?», I ask him. Bonura, the free boss: “If I meet anyone, give me a life sentence”. And he says to the reporter: “Don’t write” https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/07/news/bonura_mafioso_libero_indagine-423836676/?rss
CAGLIARI – Two spouses, a 79-year-old man and an 82-year-old woman, were found dead in their apartment in Cagliari. It was the 44-year-old son who called the police when he found his parents’ bodies in the house in Via Ghibli. The medical examiner, from an initial inspection, ruled out that the death was due to violent causes and there were no signs of forced entry. To clarify the circumstances of the two deaths, the house…
CROTONE – The Carabinieri of the Investigative Unit of the Crotone Operations Department have arrested, in execution of a precautionary custody order in prison from the investigating judge, four family members of Francesco Chimirri, the 44-year-old killed on 7 October last by a gunshot fired by the deputy police inspector Giuseppe Sortino after having witnessed a road accident caused by the victim. They are under investigation for the beating of the policeman and accused, for…
Interview with the Turin businesswoman who was accused of betrayal at a party by her partner: “I have been defamed by many keyboard lions. The prosecutor is wrong if he asks to dismiss” Cristina Seymandi: “Do not acquit those who spread hatred online. The violence begins there” https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/06/news/cristina_seymandi_segre_odio_violenza_in_rete-423826508/?rss
On 8 December, the day of Sant’Ambrogio, the largest ski area in the world turns 50. The Dolomiti Superski, around the Sella Group between Alto Adige, Veneto and Trentino, was born at the end of 1974 at the table of a hotel in Corvara, in Val Badia. Sandro Lazzari: “That pact born at the table, so 50 years ago we created the grand ski tour” https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/06/news/sci_alpi_sandro_lazzari_superski_dolomiti-423826518/?rss
«We are imagining the component where the aeronautical activities will be concentrated in Turin Caselle». With these words, pronounced before the Foreign Affairs and Defense Commission of the Senate, trails of future for the aeronautics and aerospace sector begin to emerge above the skies of Turin. Leonardo brings the new super-fighter of the three-way alliance to Turin https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/05/news/leonardo_torino_gcap_caccia-423824723/?rss
«We are faced with a law of the sea that is leaking from all sides», Oscar Camps, the founder of Open Arms, the NGO which has filed a civil action against the former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, does not mince his words. accused in Palermo of kidnapping for keeping 147 migrants stranded on a ship in August 2019. Oscar Camps: “The flows decree, a law of the sea that leaks from all sides” https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/05/news/oscar_camps_decreti_flussi_critiche-423824393/?rss
It is one of the mysteries of naval history: the fate of the crew of the Mary Celeste remains shrouded in fog. The brig had sailed from New York Harbor in early November 1872 with ten people on board, bound for Genoa. The sailing ship was found a few weeks later, on December 5, adrift in the middle of the Atlantic, off the coast of the Azores. Its commercial cargo – alcohol, above all –…
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