Mayor Brugnaro Kept Files on Critical Comments on Social Media: List Found in Municipal Office

The list was kept from 2020 to 2021, as he had said publicly. The folder, with names and surnames of journalists, politicians and ordinary citizens, was found in the municipal offices during seizures in the corruption investigation There is a folder of information, produced between 2020 and 2021, which contains newspaper articles, names and surnames … More Mayor Brugnaro Kept Files on Critical Comments on Social Media: List Found in Municipal Office

Corruption Accusations Against Brugnaro are Confirmed, Opposition Calls for Resignation

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

Tronchetto Hotels Risk Traffic Chaos: City Asks for Alternatives

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 Pili Investigations: Assessors Describe Brugnaro as “Absolute Master”

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”

MOSE raised 100 times in the first four years, at a cost of twenty million euros

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

Venice and other Cities See Campaign Against Short-term Rentals, with Tape and Stickers on Keyboxes

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

Proposed Incinerator in Porto Marghera, National Institute of Health Remains Critical of Effects

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