Opposition parties speak out against the Brugnaro administration’s three-year plan for the restoration of 538 vacant public housing units: “A strategy is required” By Maria Ducoli December 8, 2023 Everyone agrees, minority parties and associations, in saying that what was presented last Tuesday by commissioners Michele Zuin and Simone Venturini “is not a Housing Plan”, … More “Not a Real Housing Plan, but Propaganda”
Groups of minors are meeting in the late afternoon on via Poerio and venting their anger in Chinese shops. In the evening they gather there to buy and use drugs. By Carlo Mion December 8, 2023 Groups of youth who provoke people on the street or go into shops to cause confusion and knock over … More Youth Gangs in Mestre Return with Drugs and Violence
Her opposition to the idea limiting the number of tourists was expressed at the Anci assembly in Genoa. Councilor Zuin responded by specifying: “There will be no limited number… It’s a reservation, like you make to visit the Statue of Liberty”. The threshold will merely determine the entry price By Mitia Chiarin October 27, 2023 … More Zuin Responds to Minister Santanché: No Limits on Visitors to Venice
There is no doubt that the Venetian community will soon have to reckon with the tourism overload that is oppressing it, regardless of all the entry fees and tax alchemies devised so far by the current council and the “homework” that it has declared will be completed by December 2024…it will no longer be possible … More UNESCO. The Bluff of the Dual Role Between Protecting Heritage and Commercial Policy
In responding to UNESCO’s observations, Brugnaro should open discussions with the city, starting with the City Council, and stop accusing anyone who criticizes his work. By GIUSEPPE SACCÀ and SARA ARCO 31 Aug 2023 The administration, in responding to UNESCO’s observations, should open discussions with the city, starting with the City Council, and stop accusing … More Venice at Risk. The Mayor is Part of the Problem
After the UNESCO announcement of the possible insertion of Venice among the At-Risk World Heritage Sites, the main European and US dailies are criticizing local and national government’s inertia in resolving the problems. By Enrico Tantucci 19 August 2023 The tourists on the vaporetto in Venice, smiling and waving at other, unknown tourists along the … More World Press: “Tourism in Venice is Out of Control” and Government is to Blame.
Bids for construction will reopen now that the money denied by the EU for the PNRR will be covered by the national government. After a six-month delay construction is projected to start in early 2024. While the Mayor celebrates, representative Zanella has filed a complaint with the Corte dei Conti and City Councilor Martini has … More Meloni Government Agrees to Pay 93.5 million for the Bosco dello Sport
Minority councilors, CGIL and student representatives voice their positions about the signing of a protocol between the Region, the Municipality, Ca’ Foscari, IUAV, Accademia di Belle Arti, Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello and Fondazione “Venezia capitale mondiale della sostenibilità”, aimed at attracting 30,000 students and teachers to Venice “in the next five to ten years”, a goal … More Criticism and Doubts About the Venice “Campus City” Project
Almost 12,000 rentals are available just in the main cities in Veneto. The new proposed national regulation (the Santanchè DDL, which calls for a minimum two-night stay and introducing a national ID code for rentals) is branded “useless and damaging” by Confturismo, while Confcommercio calls it “a first step”. Meanwhile, Venice rejects the stop being … More Proposed National Regulations for Tourist Rentals Spark Conflict
Tensions ran high in City Council Thursday afternoon. Some of the crowd of people who came to listen to the debate in the Meeting Hall were not able to enter. The opposition lashed out against the arena and stadium with protests against the majority and the Mayor. 27 April 2023 The discussion about the Bosco … More “Resignations!” Crowds and Protests Against the Bosco dello Sport at Ca’ Farsetti
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