The increasingly large and frequent acqua alta high tide events are above all the result of the enormous excavations of the port canals that have opened the way to a river of water that enters and exits at an impressive speed This letter to the editor is shared with CFLV from Ytali Global. We received … More More and More Ships in the Lagoon
After the confirmation of corruption charges against the mayor and other municipal leaders, councilors and deputies call for those involved to leave their positions: “They must concentrate on their own defenses”. The mayor says he is calm, while the majority holds the line of support. Feb. 15, 2025 The closure of the investigations by the … More Corruption Accusations Against Brugnaro are Confirmed, Opposition Calls for Resignation
The new tourist island in Venice: the Municipality instructs the company to think of an alternative route to avoid queues for ferry users Feb. 2, 2025 By Eugenio Pendolini Almost eight hundred rooms, over one thousand five hundred beds, and about three hundred parking spaces available to customers who, for the first time, will be … More Tronchetto Hotels Risk Traffic Chaos: City Asks for Alternatives
The minutes report statements by Zuin and Colle, who describe Mayor Brugnaro as an absolute master: “Nobody contradicts him” January 17, 2025 VENICE Further details are emerging about Luigi Brugnaro’s role in the events being investigated as part of the so-called “swamp investigation” by the Guardia di Finanza: in particular, his attitude as an absolute … More The Pili Investigations: Assessors Describe Brugnaro as “Absolute Master”
In Venice, the barriers against high water were active 28 times in 2024 compared to 25 the previous year. Alvise Papa (Centro Maree): “The number of tides above 80 centimeters keeps increasing” By Eugene Pendolini Jan. 11, 2025 Venice will have to close its gates to the tide more and more often. Driven by the … More MOSE raised 100 times in the first four years, at a cost of twenty million euros
The protest action took place on the night of December 27, during which stickers and signs appeared bearing the words “Your house was My house” 28 December 2024 by Maria Ducoli Stickers against short-term rentals, to claim Venice’s right to remain a lively and lived-in city, possibly even inhabited. The night of December 27 saw … More Venice and other Cities See Campaign Against Short-term Rentals, with Tape and Stickers on Keyboxes
Veneto is confirmed as the top Italian region for tourist reception for 2023. However, when the phenomenon exceeds a certain critical threshold, it risks withering the economic fabric around it By Giulio Buciuni Dec 6, 2024 According to the latest ISTAT bulletin on tourist flows in Italy, Veneto has again been confirmed as the top … More Veneto and the Tourism Trap
PFAS, air and pollutants: here are all the things that don’t add up. Local committees threaten: “If the OK arrives, we will block the construction site” By Francis Furlan November 29, 2024 “Even though the project concerns a plant built with advanced technologies capable of producing limited impacts, considering the environmental context of the territory … More Proposed Incinerator in Porto Marghera, National Institute of Health Remains Critical of Effects
Property management company DFS Italia has communicated that it will cease activities in September 2025. The holding company Regia, which owns the property, has less than a year to look for a new manager By Eugene Pendolini November 14, 2024 The Fondaco dei Tedeschi is headed towards closure, and the 226 employees of the luxury … More Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice Announces Closure, 226 employees at Risk
Thousands of ATER housing units are vacant, with over 10,000 families waiting for a home. The lack of resources for maintenance is holding up assignments, with old and neglected buildings, especially in Venice By Laura Berlinghieri and Annalisa Girardi November 02, 2024 There are almost 8,000 vacant homes throughout Veneto, but there are over 10,000 … More Public Housing, Close to 8,000 Homes Vacant for Lack of Maintenance Funds
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