Italy

While the data shows a terrifying prospect for the country, Coldiretti is also concerned about how much this is costing Italian farmers. According to the organisation, the damages suffered by the country this year will cost Italy even more than the \u20ac6 billion losses reported last year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//17//48//808x454_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo&#47;Luca Bruno, File\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/384x216_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/640x360_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/750x422_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/828x466_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/1080x608_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/1200x675_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man carries a suitcase in a flooded road of Faenza, Italy, on May 18, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo&#47;Luca Bruno, File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Only the floods in Emilia Romagna cost the country over \u20ac1 billion, said the organisation. Because of the heat, Italy has seen its production of honey cut down by 70% and that of grapes by 14%. Other products have also been affected.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692370505,"publishedAt":1692372616,"updatedAt":1692372619,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/18\/italy-reports-11-extreme-weather-events-per-day-in-the-third-hottest-year-since-1800","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5b95eb0d-bcae-5e24-a791-75c3a2c14fdc-7831748.jpg","altText":"Italian Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out in a garbage dump near Ciampino Airport in Rome, Saturday, July 29, 2023.","caption":"Italian Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out in a garbage dump near Ciampino Airport in Rome, Saturday, July 29, 2023.","captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Gregorio Borgia","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/17\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7b34681d-f47c-5657-8ca2-508724357ecb-7831748.jpg","altText":"A man carries a suitcase in a flooded road of Faenza, Italy, on May 18, 2023.","caption":"A man carries a suitcase in a flooded road of Faenza, Italy, on May 18, 2023.","captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Luca Bruno, File","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"carbonaro","title":"Giulia Carbonaro","twitter":"@carbonaro_giu"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":158,"slug":"italy","urlSafeValue":"italy","title":"Italy","titleRaw":"Italy"},{"id":15386,"slug":"climate-change","urlSafeValue":"climate-change","title":"climate change","titleRaw":"climate change"},{"id":17856,"slug":"extreme-weather","urlSafeValue":"extreme-weather","title":"Extreme weather","titleRaw":"Extreme weather"},{"id":14972,"slug":"sel-bask-n-","urlSafeValue":"sel-bask-n-","title":"Floods","titleRaw":"Floods"},{"id":25370,"slug":"wildfires","urlSafeValue":"wildfires","title":"Wildfires","titleRaw":"Wildfires"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"euronews.byenglishwebteam"},{"path":"euronews"}],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"climate","urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/climate\/climate"},"vertical":"green","verticals":[{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"id":"climate","urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/climate"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":34,"urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":158,"urlSafeValue":"italy","title":"Italy","url":"\/news\/europe\/italy"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gs_science_weather','gs_busfin','gs_busfin_indus','gs_business','neg_facebook','neg_facebook_2021','neg_saudiaramco','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_science_misc','gs_science_environ','gt_negative'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/green\/2023\/08\/18\/italy-reports-11-extreme-weather-events-per-day-in-the-third-hottest-year-since-1800","lastModified":1692372619},{"id":2349096,"cid":7831426,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230818_E1SU_52799265","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Mount Etna is Europe\u2019s most active volcano. Can you still visit during an eruption?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Volcano tourism: Can you visit Sicily\u2019s Mount Etna during an eruption?","titleListing2":"Mount Etna is Europe\u2019s most active volcano. Can you still visit during an eruption?","leadin":"Here\u2019s everything you need to know about how often Mount Etna erupts and how it affects travel and tourism. \n","summary":"Here\u2019s everything you need to know about how often Mount Etna erupts and how it affects travel and tourism. \n","url":"mount-etna-is-europes-most-active-volcano-can-you-still-visit-during-an-eruption","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Mount Etna, one of the world\u2019s most active volcanoes, has been making headlines in the last few years thanks to dramatic eruptions. \n\nIt lies on the Italian island of Sicily and looms over the city of Catania. \n\nThis week, Catania airport was forced to close temporarily and driving restrictions were put in place following an eruption that spewed ash over the surrounding area. \n\nIf you\u2019re thinking of booking a holiday to Catania and eastern Sicily , you may be concerned that volcanic activity could disrupt your trip. \n\nHere\u2019s everything you need to know about how often Mount Etna erupts and how it affects travel and tourism. \n\nHow often does Mount Etna erupt? \n\nMount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in Europe and has been in an almost constant state of activity for the last decade. \n\nThere can be eruptions multiple times in a year and even in a month. The current eruption period began in 2013, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. \n\nEtna made headlines in 2021 when, over a sixth-month period, it emitted so much volcanic material that it grew in height by almost 30 metres. \n\nThis year there have already been multiple eruptions. Websites like Volcano Discovery track Etna's activity in detail and you can watch a live stream of the volcano on the Etna Observatory site.\u00a0 \n\nMost of the time, Etna\u2019s explosions are classed as low-level volcanic activity. This includes ash plumes, lava fountaining and Strombolian explosions - mild blasts of magma which are nonetheless dramatic to observe. \n\nIs Mount Etna safe to visit? \n\nMount Etna is considered to be a safe volcano - most eruptions do not endanger those visiting or living in the area. \n\nOften, the biggest inconvenience is the ash that carpets surrounding towns during eruptions. This also forces Catania airport to occasionally close as occurred earlier this week and in May this year. \n\nThe volcano is under intense surveillance. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Catania has a system of cameras, sensors, computers and human controls on site that record and communicate tremors in real-time. \n\nHowever, on occasion the volcano has posed a threat. In 1928, the entire town of Mascali was wiped out. In the 1990s, surging lava threatened the town of Zafferana Etnea and had to be directed away by digging canals. \n\nMost recently, in 2002, steams of lava destroyed shops, hotels and restaurants in the area of Piano Provenzana. \n\nWhat\u2019s more, Etna should not be underestimated by visitors hoping to climb its slopes. \n\nExcursion company Go Etna advises visitors to always go accompanied by a local guide or agency - if you want to hike past the 2,900-metre mark it is compulsory to hire a guide. \n\nThey also recommend you notify your hotel or B&B of your route and, if skiing, that you don\u2019t go off-piste. \n\nCan you visit Mount Etna during an eruption? \n\nAs volcanic activity is generally at a low level, you can visit the volcano even during an eruption. \n\nThere are plenty of hiking routes that steer well clear of the summit and craters where explosions take place. \n\nVisiting during an eruption is a thrilling experience and some guides organise tours at night especially to marvel at the fiery light show. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Mount Etna, one of the world\u2019s most active volcanoes, has been making headlines in the last few years thanks to dramatic eruptions.<\/p>\n<p>It lies on the Italian island of Sicily and looms over the city of Catania.<\/p>\n<p>This week, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//15//mount-etna-eruption-forces-closure-of-sicilys-airports-as-dozens-of-flights-are-cancelled/">Catania airport<\/strong><\/a> was forced to close temporarily and driving restrictions were put in place following an eruption that spewed ash over the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking of booking a holiday to Catania and eastern <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//16//sicily-s-best-boutique-hotels-sleep-in-style-at-these-high-end-hideaways/">Sicily, you may be concerned that volcanic activity could disrupt your trip.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know about how often Mount Etna erupts and how it affects travel and tourism.<\/p>\n<h2>How often does Mount Etna erupt?<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//01//27//watch-lava-explode-out-of-mount-etna/">Mount Etna<\/strong><\/a> is one of the most active volcanoes in Europe and has been in an almost constant state of activity for the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>There can be eruptions multiple times in a year and even in a month. The current eruption period began in 2013, according to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6809104573759931\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//14//26//808x550_cmsv2_3d1c4a26-e1eb-5745-908a-bce9b72695f4-7831426.jpg/" alt=\"Piermanuele Sberni\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/384x261_cmsv2_3d1c4a26-e1eb-5745-908a-bce9b72695f4-7831426.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/640x436_cmsv2_3d1c4a26-e1eb-5745-908a-bce9b72695f4-7831426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/750x511_cmsv2_3d1c4a26-e1eb-5745-908a-bce9b72695f4-7831426.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/828x564_cmsv2_3d1c4a26-e1eb-5745-908a-bce9b72695f4-7831426.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1080x735_cmsv2_3d1c4a26-e1eb-5745-908a-bce9b72695f4-7831426.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1200x817_cmsv2_3d1c4a26-e1eb-5745-908a-bce9b72695f4-7831426.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1920x1307_cmsv2_3d1c4a26-e1eb-5745-908a-bce9b72695f4-7831426.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in Europe and has been in an almost constant state of activity for the last decade.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Piermanuele Sberni<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Etna made headlines in 2021 when, over a sixth-month period, it emitted so much volcanic material that it grew in height by almost 30 metres.<\/p>\n<p>This year there have already been multiple eruptions. Websites like <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.volcanodiscovery.com//etna//current-activity.html?fbclid=IwAR0YFC590HOky4cmwU4RHVHB6mMQjGWjYDbDr12dx1s89ATVt6E1S1fRoic\%22>Volcano Discovery<\/strong><\/a> track Etna&#039;s activity in detail and you can watch a live stream of the volcano on the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ct.ingv.it//?fbclid=IwAR0iUafbrAfTijNkcNuk1DOEERHJqW6e9O2shQFu9PShIgs1uTncDCuYsWM\%22>Etna Observatory<\/strong><\/a> site.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most of the time, Etna\u2019s explosions are classed as low-level volcanic activity. This includes ash plumes, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//12//mount-mayon-tourists-urged-to-stay-away-as-lava-spews-down-philippines-volcano/">lava fountaining and Strombolian explosions - mild blasts of magma which are nonetheless dramatic to observe.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Mount Etna safe to visit?<\/h2><p>Mount Etna is considered to be a safe <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//12//plan-a-summer-adventure-around-europes-most-exciting-extinct-volcanoes/">volcano - most eruptions do not endanger those visiting or living in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Often, the biggest inconvenience is the ash that carpets surrounding towns during eruptions. This also forces Catania airport to occasionally close as occurred earlier this week and in May this year.<\/p>\n<p>The volcano is under intense surveillance. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Catania has a system of cameras, sensors, computers and human controls on site that record and communicate tremors in real-time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//14//26//808x539_cmsv2_6903d136-c872-5422-b92d-da7a2a1a5ca2-7831426.jpg/" alt=\"Samir Kharrat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/384x256_cmsv2_6903d136-c872-5422-b92d-da7a2a1a5ca2-7831426.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/640x427_cmsv2_6903d136-c872-5422-b92d-da7a2a1a5ca2-7831426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/750x500_cmsv2_6903d136-c872-5422-b92d-da7a2a1a5ca2-7831426.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/828x552_cmsv2_6903d136-c872-5422-b92d-da7a2a1a5ca2-7831426.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1080x720_cmsv2_6903d136-c872-5422-b92d-da7a2a1a5ca2-7831426.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1200x800_cmsv2_6903d136-c872-5422-b92d-da7a2a1a5ca2-7831426.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1920x1280_cmsv2_6903d136-c872-5422-b92d-da7a2a1a5ca2-7831426.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Mount Etna is considered to be a safe volcano - most eruptions do not endanger those visiting or living in the area.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Samir Kharrat<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, on occasion the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//01//29//explore-guatemalas-volcanoes-and-cloud-forests-for-the-adventure-of-a-lifetime/">volcano has posed a threat. In 1928, the entire town of Mascali was wiped out. In the 1990s, surging lava threatened the town of Zafferana Etnea and had to be directed away by digging canals.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, in 2002, steams of lava destroyed shops, hotels and restaurants in the area of Piano Provenzana.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, Etna should not be underestimated by visitors hoping to climb its slopes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6675531914893617\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//14//26//808x539_cmsv2_43468248-a356-50f6-910b-ec3b2b7e97f2-7831426.jpg/" alt=\"Piermanuele Sberni\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/384x256_cmsv2_43468248-a356-50f6-910b-ec3b2b7e97f2-7831426.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/640x427_cmsv2_43468248-a356-50f6-910b-ec3b2b7e97f2-7831426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/750x501_cmsv2_43468248-a356-50f6-910b-ec3b2b7e97f2-7831426.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/828x553_cmsv2_43468248-a356-50f6-910b-ec3b2b7e97f2-7831426.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1080x721_cmsv2_43468248-a356-50f6-910b-ec3b2b7e97f2-7831426.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1200x801_cmsv2_43468248-a356-50f6-910b-ec3b2b7e97f2-7831426.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/1920x1282_cmsv2_43468248-a356-50f6-910b-ec3b2b7e97f2-7831426.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Visiting during an eruption is a thrilling experience and some guides organise tours at night especially to marvel at the fiery light show.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Piermanuele Sberni<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Excursion company Go Etna advises visitors to always go accompanied by a local guide or agency - if you want to hike past the 2,900-metre mark it is compulsory to hire a guide.<\/p>\n<p>They also recommend you notify your hotel or B&amp;B of your route and, if skiing, that you don\u2019t go off-piste.<\/p>\n<h2>Can you visit Mount Etna during an eruption?<\/h2><p>As volcanic activity is generally at a low level, you can <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//08//29//mount-etna-everything-you-need-to-know-about-hiking-up-one-of-the-world-s-most-active-volc/">visit the volcano<\/strong><\/a> even during an eruption.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of hiking routes that steer well clear of the summit and craters where explosions take place.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting during an eruption is a thrilling experience and some guides organise tours at night especially to marvel at the fiery light show.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692364980,"publishedAt":1692368524,"updatedAt":1692703332,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/18\/mount-etna-is-europes-most-active-volcano-can-you-still-visit-during-an-eruption","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/14\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fde0cb21-70ba-5705-9eb0-a1122a8b756a-7831426.jpg","altText":"Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in Europe and has been in an almost constant state of activity for the last decade. 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The idea first started in June when Musk asserted \u201cI\u2019m up for a cage match if he is lol.\u201d To which Zuckerberg responded by saying \u201csend me location.\u201d \n\nThe idea of the fight taking place at an \u201cepic location\u201d in Italy was proposed by Musk, who later said he discussed the idea with Italian prime minster Giorgia Meloni and the minister of culture Gennaro Sangiuliano. \n\nOn 11 August, the Italian ministry of culture released a statement by Sangiuliano explaining that he had an amicable conversation with Musk and they were working on how to organize the event while \u201crespecting and fully protecting the places\u201d where the match would be held. \n\nSangiuliano also explained that a large donation would be made to two Italian paediatric hospitals as a gift. It was not clear the precise amount of the donation or who exactly would be donating it, but the minister of culture mentioned \u201cmany millions of Euros\u201d. \n\nPotential places for the match \n\nSangiuliano excluded the Colosseum from hosting the match, which kickstarted a deluge of proposals from more than half a dozen Italian cities and towns with ancient amphitheatres. \n\nObvious proposals came from cities like Pompeii and Verona, who both host ancient Roman amphitheatres. \n\nThe mayor of Pompeii Carmine Lo Sapio said that he is confidant about Pompeii as a choice. \u201cPompeii is the best site to host the worldwide challenge between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg\u2026 From the institutional contacts I've had, I think the choice will fall on Pompeii. I am an optimist.\u201d \n\nOther less likely candidates include proposals from Taormina in Sicily, which hosts a 1,700-year-old hilltop amphitheatre overlooking the Ionian Sea. On the southwestern outskirts of Rome a 2,000-year-old amphitheatre in the middle of Ostia Antica has been volunteered as a possible location. \n\nRoberto Occhiuto, the president of the region of Calabria has offered up his turf to become the battleground, but he was not able to specify where exactly it would happen. \u201cIt could be a nice opportunity, an alternative to the usual choices, to recall the thousands of years of history of the most ancient civilizations, to do charity, and to promote the territory,\u201d he said in a statement. \n\nAs the two ultra-rich tech giants decide if the event will even take place, proposals continue to come in from Italian towns and cities, hoping that they will be the ones who can finally see some investment in their land through the fight of the century: Zuck vs Musk.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>From the plains of northern Italy to the rocky coasts of Sicily, local governments across the peninsula are battling it out to see who will host the <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//11//billionaires-at-dawn-metas-zuckerberg-and-xs-musk-are-set-to-cage-fight/">eventual showdown<\/a><\/strong> between billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p>Although the two ultra-rich personalities have yet to agree if the fight will even occur, this uncertainty has not stopped Italian towns and cities from showing off their archaeological sites to the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>Musk and Zuckerberg have been bantering back and forth on X for nearly two months about the <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//11//billionaires-at-dawn-metas-zuckerberg-and-xs-musk-are-set-to-cage-fight/">possibility of a cage-fight type match<\/a><\/strong> between the two. The idea first started in June when Musk asserted \u201cI\u2019m up for a cage match if he is lol.\u201d To which Zuckerberg responded by saying \u201csend me location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The idea of the fight taking place at an \u201cepic location\u201d in Italy was proposed by Musk, who later said he discussed the idea with Italian prime minster Giorgia Meloni and the minister of culture Gennaro Sangiuliano.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1689963696703848449\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On 11 August, the Italian ministry of culture <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//11//billionaires-at-dawn-metas-zuckerberg-and-xs-musk-are-set-to-cage-fight/">released a statement<\/a><\/strong> by Sangiuliano explaining that he had an amicable conversation with Musk and they were working on how to organize the event while \u201crespecting and fully protecting the places\u201d where the match would be held.<\/p>\n<p>Sangiuliano also explained that a large donation would be made to two Italian paediatric hospitals as a gift. It was not clear the precise amount of the donation or who exactly would be donating it, but the minister of culture mentioned \u201cmany millions of Euros\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Potential places for the match<\/h2><p>Sangiuliano excluded the Colosseum from hosting the match, which kickstarted a deluge of proposals from more than half a dozen Italian cities and towns with ancient amphitheatres.<\/p>\n<p>Obvious proposals came from cities like Pompeii and Verona, who both host ancient Roman amphitheatres.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Pompeii Carmine Lo Sapio said that he is confidant about Pompeii as a choice. \u201cPompeii is the best site to host the worldwide challenge between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg\u2026 From the institutional contacts I&#039;ve had, I think the choice will fall on Pompeii. I am an optimist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other less likely candidates include proposals from Taormina in Sicily, which hosts a 1,700-year-old hilltop amphitheatre overlooking the Ionian Sea. On the southwestern outskirts of Rome a 2,000-year-old amphitheatre in the middle of Ostia Antica has been volunteered as a possible location.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Occhiuto, the president of the region of Calabria has offered up his turf to become the battleground, but he was not able to specify where exactly it would happen. \u201cIt could be a nice opportunity, an alternative to the usual choices, to recall the thousands of years of history of the most ancient civilizations, to do charity, and to promote the territory,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>As the two ultra-rich tech giants decide if the event will even take place, proposals continue to come in from Italian towns and cities, hoping that they will be the ones who can finally see some investment in their land through the fight of the century: Zuck vs Musk.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692200687,"publishedAt":1692251134,"updatedAt":1692259750,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/17\/x-games-italians-battle-it-out-to-see-who-will-host-musk-zuckerberg-showdown","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/69\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_28d85ce9-3e7f-5daf-b6bb-c067ea127df4-7826932.jpg","altText":"Which Italian city will host this epic showdown?","caption":"Which Italian city will host this epic showdown?","captionCredit":"AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":158,"slug":"italy","urlSafeValue":"italy","title":"Italy","titleRaw":"Italy"},{"id":28792,"slug":"elon-zuckerberg-cage-fight","urlSafeValue":"elon-zuckerberg-cage-fight","title":"Elon Zuckerberg cage fight","titleRaw":"Elon Zuckerberg cage fight"},{"id":4229,"slug":"history","urlSafeValue":"history","title":"History","titleRaw":"History"},{"id":18564,"slug":"ancient-city","urlSafeValue":"ancient-city","title":"ancient city","titleRaw":"ancient city"},{"id":13814,"slug":"elon-musk","urlSafeValue":"elon-musk","title":"Elon Musk","titleRaw":"Elon Musk"},{"id":13762,"slug":"mark-zuckerberg","urlSafeValue":"mark-zuckerberg","title":"Mark Zuckerberg","titleRaw":"Mark Zuckerberg"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2304318},{"id":2341778},{"id":2344126}],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Savin Mattozzi ","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"culture-news","urlSafeValue":"culture-news","title":"Culture news","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/culture-news\/culture-news"},"vertical":"culture","verticals":[{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"},"themes":[{"id":"culture-news","urlSafeValue":"culture-news","title":"Culture news","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/culture-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":53,"urlSafeValue":"culture-news","title":"Culture-news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":158,"urlSafeValue":"italy","title":"Italy","url":"\/news\/europe\/italy"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','italy_eng','neg_facebook_2021','gs_science_geography','gs_science','gs_politics','gs_politics_misc','gs_politics_issues_policy','sm_politics','eap-gs-homerfaber-fs-30july19','neg_facebook','gs_sport','gt_positive'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/culture\/2023\/08\/17\/x-games-italians-battle-it-out-to-see-who-will-host-musk-zuckerberg-showdown","lastModified":1692259750},{"id":2347308,"cid":7825866,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230816_E1SU_52771346","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"The most romantic walk in the world: Italy\u2019s Path of Love reopens after more than a decade","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":" Italy\u2019s \u2018Path of Love\u2019 to reopen after more than a decade","titleListing2":"The most romantic walk in the world: Italy\u2019s Path of Love reopens after more than a decade","leadin":"Local authorities are keen to encourage responsible tourism on the route that winds between the Cinque Terre. ","summary":"Local authorities are keen to encourage responsible tourism on the route that winds between the Cinque Terre. ","url":"the-most-romantic-walk-in-the-world-italys-path-of-love-reopens-after-more-than-a-decade","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Love is in the air as one of Italy\u2019s most famous walking routes is set to reopen after more than a decade. \n\nKnown as the most romantic walk in the world, the Via dell\u2019Amore or \u2018Path of Love\u2019 is located in between Riomaggiore and Manarola. It closed back in 2012 after a landslide injured four tourists and caused the trail to need repairs. \n\nAfter extensive renovation, it is due to fully reopen in July 2024. The first section of the hiking route is already welcoming tourists for a summer preview until 30 September. \n\nWhat is the Via dell\u2019Amore? \n\nThe 1km long route winds around a string of five villages that make up the Cinque Terre UNESCO World Heritage Site. The paved pathway hugs the coast with stunning views of the landscape and sea. \n\nIt was built during the modernisation of the railway line between Genoa and La Spezia at the beginning of the 20th century. Railroad workers needed a way to get between Riomaggiore and Manarola while a tunnel was constructed. \n\nThe footpath was carved out of the hard rock face overhanging the sea and legend is it became a meeting place for lovers from the two towns. \n\nThe restoration project has contained the rocks above and below the pathway with steel mesh and planted 8,800 plants to reinforce the landscape. A monitoring system has also been installed so that warnings can be given in advance about any potential landslides. \n\nNo more overtourism on the Via dell\u2019Amore \n\nLiguria\u2019s Cinque Terre is made up of five villages famous for their jewel-toned buildings set into the cliffs above the sea. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is surrounded by a national park and around 2.4 million people visit every year to walk, boat or cycle their way through the picturesque surroundings. \n\nAs one of the most famous stretches of the Cinque Terre coastline, the Via dell\u2019Amore is massively popular with visitors. The string of seaside villages has been battling against mass tourism this year introducing fines of up to \u20ac275 for visitors that block traffic or pedestrians by lingering for selfies. \n\nGiovanni Toti, president of the Liguria Region, has said that the Via dell\u2019Amore is a \u201cjewel for our region, not just for those who visit\u201d. \n\nLiguria is hoping to curb overtourism by introducing a booking system for those that want to walk the path. \n\nCurrently, you have to book a 30-minute group tour online for \u20ac5. There are around 20 group tours a day between 9 am and 7 pm that will take 30 people along the route. Tickets also include entrance to the Castle of Riomaggiore. \n\nReports suggest that if the trial is successful it could be extended once the full Via dell\u2019Amore is fully reopened next year. \n\nWant to walk a bit further through the Cinque Terre? \n\nThe Via dell\u2019Amore is one of four sections of the Sentiero Azzuro or \u2018Blue Path\u2019. It is one of the most popular hiking trails in the Cinque Terre National Park and connects the five villages together. \n\nThe Blue Path starts from Riomaggiore making its way to Monterosso al Mare through Manarola, Corniglia and Vernazza. The route is around 12 kilometres long and reaches a maximum altitude of roughly 200 metres in the tiny village of Vernazza. \n\nYou can walk the whole path in about five hours and it is split into four different sections. The Via dell\u2019Amore is the first section of the route. \n\nThe Cinque Terre National Park requires visitors to pay a fee to access some paths like this. Along the route, there are checkpoints for walkers to buy the Cinque Terre Trekking Card which allows you to use facilities within the park. It costs \u20ac7.50 for a day and \u20ac14.50 for two days. \n\nYou can also buy a card that gives you access to the hiking trails and unlimited train travel on Cinque Terre Express trains between Levanto, Cinque Terre and La Spezia. It costs \u20ac18.20 for one day, \u20ac33 for two days and \u20ac47 for three days. \n\nDiscounts are available for children, seniors and families.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Love is in the air as one of Italy\u2019s most famous walking routes is set to reopen after more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the most romantic walk in the world, the Via dell\u2019Amore or \u2018Path of Love\u2019 is located in between Riomaggiore and Manarola. It closed back in 2012 after a landslide injured four tourists and caused the trail to need repairs.<\/p>\n<p>After extensive renovation, it is due to fully reopen in July 2024. The first section of the hiking route is already welcoming tourists for a summer preview until 30 September.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6910224,7799364\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//04//explore-italy-by-train-these-new-rail-routes-are-your-ticket-to-hidden-villages-and-scenic/">Explore Italy by train: These new rail routes are your ticket to hidden villages and scenic nature<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//11//pasta-bake-on-the-beach-how-to-celebrate-italys-biggest-summer-festival/">Pasta bake on the beach: How to celebrate Italy\u2019s biggest summer festival<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What is the Via dell\u2019Amore?<\/h2><p>The 1km long route winds around a string of five villages that make up the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//03//28//italy-travel-guide-how-to-experience-the-world-s-most-beautiful-country-like-a-local/">Cinque Terre<\/strong><\/a> UNESCO World Heritage Site. The paved pathway hugs the coast with stunning views of the landscape and sea.<\/p>\n<p>It was built during the modernisation of the railway line between Genoa and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//26//budget-rail-travel-these-are-the-best-value-sleeper-trains-in-europe/">La Spezia<\/strong><\/a> at the beginning of the 20th century. Railroad workers needed a way to get between Riomaggiore and Manarola while a tunnel was constructed.<\/p>\n<p>The footpath was carved out of the hard rock face overhanging the sea and legend is it became a meeting place for lovers from the two towns.<\/p>\n<p>The restoration project has contained the rocks above and below the pathway with steel mesh and planted 8,800 plants to reinforce the landscape. A monitoring system has also been installed so that warnings can be given in advance about any potential landslides.<\/p>\n<h2>No more overtourism on the Via dell\u2019Amore<\/h2><p>Liguria\u2019s Cinque Terre is made up of five villages famous for their jewel-toned buildings set into the cliffs above the sea. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is surrounded by a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//01//01//these-national-parks-are-the-best-in-europe-for-kickstarting-your-mindfulness-journey/">national park<\/strong><\/a> and around 2.4 million people visit every year to walk, boat or cycle their way through the picturesque surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the most famous stretches of the Cinque Terre coastline, the Via dell\u2019Amore is massively popular with visitors. The string of seaside villages has been <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//05//14//italys-growing-concerns-with-hit-and-run-tourism/">battling against mass tourism<\/strong><\/a> this year introducing fines of up to \u20ac275 for visitors that block traffic or pedestrians by lingering for selfies.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni Toti, president of the Liguria Region, has said that the Via dell\u2019Amore is a \u201cjewel for our region, not just for those who visit\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//58//66//808x539_cmsv2_0c93560f-fec6-56a4-8a34-d3cd11bf6074-7825866.jpg/" alt=\"Unsplash\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_0c93560f-fec6-56a4-8a34-d3cd11bf6074-7825866.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_0c93560f-fec6-56a4-8a34-d3cd11bf6074-7825866.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_0c93560f-fec6-56a4-8a34-d3cd11bf6074-7825866.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_0c93560f-fec6-56a4-8a34-d3cd11bf6074-7825866.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_0c93560f-fec6-56a4-8a34-d3cd11bf6074-7825866.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_0c93560f-fec6-56a4-8a34-d3cd11bf6074-7825866.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/1920x1280_cmsv2_0c93560f-fec6-56a4-8a34-d3cd11bf6074-7825866.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The stunning jewel-toned buildings of the Cinque Terre attract millions of visitors each year.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Unsplash<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Liguria is hoping to curb overtourism by introducing a booking system for those that want to walk the path.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, you have to book a 30-minute group tour online for \u20ac5. There are around 20 group tours a day between 9 am and 7 pm that will take 30 people along the route. Tickets also include entrance to the Castle of Riomaggiore.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that if the trial is successful it could be extended once the full Via dell\u2019Amore is fully reopened next year.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7746942,7690602\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//16//i-moved-to-rome-in-search-of-the-dolce-vita-but-discovered-its-dark-underbelly/">I moved to Rome in search of the dolce vita but discovered its dark underbelly<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//20//what-is-bikepacking-europes-latest-adventure-travel-trend-and-where-to-try-it/">What is bikepacking? Europe\u2019s latest adventure travel trend and where to try it<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Want to walk a bit further through the Cinque Terre?<\/h2><p>The Via dell\u2019Amore is one of four sections of the Sentiero Azzuro or \u2018Blue Path\u2019. It is one of the most popular <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//07//summer-hikes-fossil-hunting-and-towering-cliffs-await-you-on-englands-jurassic-coast/">hiking trails<\/strong><\/a> in the Cinque Terre National Park and connects the five villages together.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Path starts from Riomaggiore making its way to Monterosso al Mare through Manarola, Corniglia and Vernazza. The route is around 12 kilometres long and reaches a maximum altitude of roughly 200 metres in the tiny village of Vernazza.<\/p>\n<p>You can walk the whole path in about five hours and it is split into four different sections. The Via dell\u2019Amore is the first section of the route.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//58//66//808x454_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg/" alt=\"Unsplash\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/384x216_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/640x360_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/750x422_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/828x466_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/1080x608_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/1200x675_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/1920x1080_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">There are longer hiking routes through the Cinque Terre National Park.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Unsplash<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Cinque Terre National Park requires visitors to pay a fee to access some paths like this. Along the route, there are checkpoints for walkers to buy the Cinque Terre Trekking Card which allows you to use facilities within the park. It costs \u20ac7.50 for a day and \u20ac14.50 for two days.<\/p>\n<p>You can also buy a card that gives you access to the hiking trails and unlimited train travel on Cinque Terre Express <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//16//flight-free-travel-europes-new-long-distance-train-routes-for-2022/">trains between Levanto, Cinque Terre and La Spezia. It costs \u20ac18.20 for one day, \u20ac33 for two days and \u20ac47 for three days.<\/p>\n<p>Discounts are available for children, seniors and families.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692178841,"publishedAt":1692180677,"updatedAt":1692186671,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/16\/the-most-romantic-walk-in-the-world-italys-path-of-love-reopens-after-more-than-a-decade","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3fb684be-482f-5ae8-b109-65c0ccf0e97b-7825866.jpg","altText":"The Path of Love links Riomaggiore and Manarola.","caption":"The Path of Love links Riomaggiore and Manarola.","captionCredit":"Pexels","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/58\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1aa04b74-1c50-5dc3-a664-a9c0bdbca0be-7825866.jpg","altText":"There are longer hiking routes through the Cinque Terre National Park. 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The national trade union organisation UIL - Italian Labour Union - said it cannot rule out that the worker died because of the heat, as the city reported temperatures nearing 30\u00b0C.\u00a0 \n\nThe worker, according to reports, collapsed after delivering a parcel in the same home where he had made his last delivery around 13:30, the hottest time of the day. \n\n\"In the last few years, the home delivery sector has exploded, timings are frantic and don't keep in mind the wellbeing of workers,\" a note shared by UIL Transport Secretary Giovanni Ciaccio with Italy's news agency ANSA reads.\u00a0 \n\n\"Employers are always seeking more productivity from workers, without considering the human factor, the worker's age, the weather conditions and the intense heat. We need to intervene before it's too late, reducing working hours and the load carried by workers, because it's impossible to sustain the rhythm they're forced to work at for many years.\"\u00a0 \n\nThe worker, whose identity has not been disclosed to the public, was an employee of a delivery company acting on behalf of Italy's SDA. The company said they were ready to support his family. \n\nThe extreme heat that has plagued much of Europe this summer, especially in the south of the continent, can be linked to the devastating impact of climate change, which is expected to bring increasingly hotter summers.\u00a0 \n\nEurope in particular has been warming up twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to a recent report by\u00a0the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Copernicus network. \n\nThe human body has a critical upper temperature beyond which it starts malfunctioning and suffers heat stress, a condition that can lead to more serious symptoms and, in the most severe cases, deaths. \n\nMany countries across Europe lag behind in terms of introducing heat safety regulations for their workers, including Italy.\u00a0 \n\nSoaring temperatures in Europe have raised alarm bells for workers as well as for homeless people , who charities say are at risk of life-threatening illnesses. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>An Italian delivery man collapsed and died while on the job in the city of La Spezia\u00a0on Monday, according to local media. The national trade union organisation UIL - Italian Labour Union - said it cannot rule out that the worker died because of the heat, as the city reported temperatures nearing 30\u00b0C.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The worker, according to reports, collapsed after delivering a parcel in the same home where he had made his last delivery around 13:30, the hottest time of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\"In the last few years, the home delivery sector has exploded, timings are frantic and don&#039;t keep in mind the wellbeing of workers,\" a note shared by UIL Transport Secretary Giovanni Ciaccio with Italy&#039;s news agency ANSA reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Employers are always seeking more productivity from workers, without considering the human factor, the worker&#039;s age, the weather conditions and the intense heat. We need to intervene before it&#039;s too late, reducing working hours and the load carried by workers, because it&#039;s impossible to sustain the rhythm they&#039;re forced to work at for many years.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The worker, whose identity has not been disclosed to the public, was an employee of a delivery company acting on behalf of Italy&#039;s SDA. The company said they were ready to support his family.<\/p>\n<p>The extreme heat that has plagued much of Europe this summer, especially in the south of the continent, can be linked to the devastating impact of climate change, which is expected to bring increasingly hotter summers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Europe in particular has been <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//19//global-warming-is-advancing-faster-than-expected-in-europe-wmo-report/">warming up twice as fast<\/a> as the global average since the 1980s, according to a recent report by\u00a0the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Copernicus network.<\/p>\n<p>The human body has a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//19//extreme-heat-how-high-temperatures-affect-the-human-body/">critical upper temperature<\/a> beyond which it starts malfunctioning and suffers heat stress, a condition that can lead to more serious symptoms and, in the 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","summary":"Ahead of Italy's biggest bank holiday, an ash cloud from the eruption caused flight cancellations, delays and diversions. ","url":"mount-etna-eruption-forces-closure-of-sicilys-airports-as-dozens-of-flights-are-cancelled","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Catania airport has reopened after a volcanic eruption forced it to shut. \n\nTravel to and from Sicily was majorly disrupted after Mount Etna erupted on Sunday evening.\u00a0 \n\nThe majority of flights in and out of Catania airport were cancelled. The airport initially hoped to reopen at 8pm on Monday but remained closed until 6am on Tuesday 15 August. \n\nEtna is Europe\u2019s most active volcano and Italian authorities say it has entered a \u201cpre-alert\u201d phase, moving from warning level F0 to F1. \n\nThe chaos came a day before Italy\u2019s biggest national holiday, Ferragosto . \n\nIf you are due to fly in or out of Catania, read on for advice from a journalist based in Sicily. \n\nCatania Airport closed after Mount Etna eruption \n\nOn Monday evening, airport officials announced that\u00a0all flights were suspended at Catania until 6am on Tuesday due to volcanic ash fallout.\u00a0 \n\nCatania is Sicily\u2019s biggest airport and operates domestic and international flights. \n\nThe airport has now reopened and flights are operating as normal. \n\nCatania normally handles around 200 flights a day and had to close at 2.38am on Monday following the arrival of a flight from Casablanca. The airport is around 50km south of the volcano. \n\nCatania airport: Where were flights being diverted to? \n\nCatania airport's departures and arrivals boards showed that approximately 95 per cent of flights on Monday were cancelled. \n\nHowever a few flights were still arriving or being diverted to other airports in Sicily . \n\nSicily is the biggest island in the Mediterranean, therefore the airports are spread out.\u00a0 \n\nCatania and Comiso airports are on the island's east coast. Whereas Palermo airport, the biggest on the island, is on the west coast. It is a four-to-five hour drive from Catania to Palermo airport. \n\nA few flights were also being diverted to Trapani airport which is four-hour drive from Catania.\u00a0 \n\nHow to travel between Sicily's airports \n\nMount Etna has been going through a particularly active period for the last four years. Eruptions lead to Catania airport closing once every few months. \n\nThe airport does not typically provide transportation assistance to passengers when it is forced to close. \n\nUnfortunately Sicily does not have a good public transport system. There are coaches between Catania, Palermo and Trapani but these mostly operate from the city centres rather than the airports. \n\nBus company AST operates inter-city coaches, their timetable is available here . \n\nThere are car hire companies at all of Sicily's airports. \n\nWhat is the advice from airlines? \n\nRyanair \u00a0warned all passengers travelling to and from Catania on 14 August that they could face \u201cpossible delays, diversion or cancellations to flights\u201d. The budget airline said that affected passengers would be notified as soon as possible. \n\nEasyJet are the main airline flying from the UK to Catania. They were forced to cancel flights to Catania from Bristol, Edinburgh and Gatwick. They were diverting some flights to Comiso airport, a two-hour drive from Catania airport. \n\nDozens of flights to Catania from other airlines across Europe were also cancelled. \n\nWhere else were flights being disrupted by the eruption? \n\nComiso airport, around 150km from Mount Etna , was affected by the eruption too with flights showing delays on Monday morning. Air traffic heading for the island of Malta was also being redirected to avoid the ash cloud from the eruption that has spread across Sicily. \n\nEuropean air passenger rights mean that travellers whose flights were heavily delayed or cancelled due to the eruption were entitled to meals and hotels as appropriate. \n\nCancellations, delays and disruptions could continue at short notice - especially if more eruptions occur. \n\nSicily\u2019s summer of travel chaos \n\nThe closure comes just days after Catania reopened following a major fire in one of its terminals mid-July. \n\nThe fire led to thousands of flights being cancelled or diverted, with many tourists opting to cancel their holidays altogether. \n\nAirport authorities have been criticised for their slow and disorganised response with hoteliers saying around 40,000 nights of accommodation were lost because of the travel disruption. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Catania airport has reopened after a volcanic eruption forced it to shut.<\/p>\n<p>Travel to and from Sicily was majorly disrupted after Mount Etna erupted on Sunday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The majority of flights in and out of Catania airport were cancelled. The airport initially hoped to reopen at 8pm on Monday but remained closed until 6am on Tuesday 15 August.<\/p>\n<p>Etna is Europe\u2019s most active volcano and Italian authorities say it has entered a \u201cpre-alert\u201d phase, moving from warning level F0 to F1.<\/p>\n<p>The chaos came a day before Italy\u2019s biggest national holiday, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//11//pasta-bake-on-the-beach-how-to-celebrate-italys-biggest-summer-festival/">Ferragosto./n

If you are due to fly in or out of Catania, read on for advice from a journalist based in Sicily.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7831426,6012452\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//18//mount-etna-is-europes-most-active-volcano-can-you-still-visit-during-an-eruption/">Mount Etna is Europe\u2019s most active volcano. Can you still visit during an eruption?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//08//29//mount-etna-everything-you-need-to-know-about-hiking-up-one-of-the-world-s-most-active-volc/">Mount Etna: Everything you need to know about hiking up one of the world\u2019s most active volcanoes<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Catania Airport closed after Mount Etna eruption<\/h2><p>On Monday evening, airport officials announced that\u00a0all flights were suspended at Catania until 6am on Tuesday due to volcanic ash fallout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catania is <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//16//sicily-s-best-boutique-hotels-sleep-in-style-at-these-high-end-hideaways/">Sicily/u2019s biggest airport and operates domestic and international flights.<\/p>\n<p>The airport has now reopened and flights are operating as normal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1691300047076425728\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Catania normally handles around 200 flights a day and had to close at 2.38am on Monday following the arrival of a flight from Casablanca. The airport is around 50km south of the volcano.<\/p>\n<h2>Catania airport: Where were flights being diverted to?<\/h2><p>Catania airport&#039;s departures and arrivals boards showed that approximately 95 per cent of flights on Monday were cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>However a few flights were still arriving or being diverted to other airports in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//07//16//imagine-your-body-is-like-butter-on-a-sunny-day-yoga-and-co-working-as-a-solo-female-in-si/">Sicily./n

Sicily is the biggest island in the Mediterranean, therefore the airports are spread out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Catania and Comiso airports are on the island&#039;s east coast. Whereas Palermo airport, the biggest on the island, is on the west coast. It is a four-to-five hour drive from Catania to Palermo airport.<\/p>\n<p>A few flights were also being diverted to Trapani airport which is four-hour drive from Catania.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7821420,6766364\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//06//why-you-shouldn-t-cancel-your-flight-this-summer-according-to-travel-experts/">Flight delayed or cancelled due to strikes or storms? Your compensation rights explained<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//14//watch-sicilys-mount-etna-spews-fiery-lava-and-spits-ash/">WATCH: Sicily's Mount Etna spews fiery lava and spits ash <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How to travel between Sicily's airports<\/h2><p>Mount Etna has been going through a particularly active period for the last four years. Eruptions lead to Catania airport closing once every few months.<\/p>\n<p>The airport does not typically provide transportation assistance to passengers when it is forced to close.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately Sicily does not have a good public transport system. There are coaches between Catania, Palermo and Trapani but these mostly operate from the city centres rather than the airports.<\/p>\n<p>Bus company AST operates inter-city coaches, their timetable is <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.aziendasicilianatrasporti.it:8080///">available here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are car hire companies at all of Sicily&#039;s airports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1691035636218667008\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What is the advice from airlines?<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//11//belgium-strikes-ryanair-cancels-44-flights-on-saturday-with-more-disruption-likely/">Ryanair/u00a0warned all passengers travelling to and from Catania on 14 August that they could face \u201cpossible delays, diversion or cancellations to flights\u201d. The budget airline said that affected passengers would be notified as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>EasyJet are the main airline flying from the UK to Catania. They were forced to cancel flights to Catania from Bristol, Edinburgh and Gatwick. They were diverting some flights to Comiso airport, a two-hour drive from Catania airport.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of flights to Catania from other airlines across Europe were also cancelled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//14//70//808x539_cmsv2_ddba3f1f-3c27-5fd3-9ed0-577c293c540f-7821470.jpg/" alt=\"Etna Walk&#47;Marco Restivo&#47; Handout via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/14\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_ddba3f1f-3c27-5fd3-9ed0-577c293c540f-7821470.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/14\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_ddba3f1f-3c27-5fd3-9ed0-577c293c540f-7821470.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/14\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_ddba3f1f-3c27-5fd3-9ed0-577c293c540f-7821470.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/14\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_ddba3f1f-3c27-5fd3-9ed0-577c293c540f-7821470.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/14\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_ddba3f1f-3c27-5fd3-9ed0-577c293c540f-7821470.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/14\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_ddba3f1f-3c27-5fd3-9ed0-577c293c540f-7821470.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/14\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ddba3f1f-3c27-5fd3-9ed0-577c293c540f-7821470.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Mount Etna, Europe&apos;s most active volcano, lights up the night sky with eruptions as seen from Rocca Della Valle, Italy.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Etna Walk&#47;Marco Restivo&#47; Handout via REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Where else were flights being disrupted by the eruption?<\/h2><p>Comiso airport, around 150km from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//08//29//mount-etna-everything-you-need-to-know-about-hiking-up-one-of-the-world-s-most-active-volc/">Mount Etna<\/strong><\/a>, was affected by the eruption too with flights showing delays on Monday morning. Air traffic heading for the island of Malta was also being redirected to avoid the ash cloud from the eruption that has spread across Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>European air passenger rights mean that travellers whose flights were heavily delayed or cancelled due to the eruption were entitled to meals and hotels as appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Cancellations, delays and disruptions could continue at short notice - especially if more eruptions occur.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7796504,6012452\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//02//pilot-draws-24-kilometre-long-penis-in-the-sky-after-being-diverted-from-catania-airport/">Pilot draws 24-kilometre-long penis in the sky after being diverted from Catania airport<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//08//29//mount-etna-everything-you-need-to-know-about-hiking-up-one-of-the-world-s-most-active-volc/">Mount Etna: Everything you need to know about hiking up one of the world\u2019s most active volcanoes<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Sicily\u2019s summer of travel chaos<\/h2><p>The closure comes just days after Catania reopened following a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//26//major-italian-holiday-destination-suspends-all-departing-flights-until-wednesday/">major fire<\/a> in one of its terminals mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>The fire led to thousands of flights being cancelled or diverted, with many tourists opting to cancel their holidays altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Airport authorities have been criticised for their slow and disorganised response with hoteliers saying around 40,000 nights of accommodation were lost because of the travel disruption.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692007489,"publishedAt":1692079247,"updatedAt":1692372695,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/15\/mount-etna-eruption-forces-closure-of-sicilys-airports-as-dozens-of-flights-are-cancelled","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/14\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7c7c90b6-0076-5bc0-88ba-59a845f180ea-7821470.jpg","altText":"Crowds form at Catania Airport in Sicily after a large number of flights were cancelled or delayed due to a volcanic ash cloud from Mount Etna's eruption. 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It was not clear if the women left on their own accord or were made to leave. \n\nThis incident comes on the heels of a similar controversy earlier this summer. \n\nThe right-wing mayor of the small town of Monfalcone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia wrote a letter to the Muslim community saying the territory shouldn\u2019t accept the \u201cIslamization\u201d of their customs and to respect the region\u2019s rules on beachwear. \n\nAttempts to ban head coverings in northern Italy \n\nThe Italian constitution guarantees full freedom to its citizens but several governments, largely in the north of the country, have attempted to ban various types of head coverings over the years. \n\nIn 2006, the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Friuli-Venezia Giulia ruled that the mayor of Trieste could not ban head coverings for security reasons under the 152\/1975 because it violated people\u2019s religious freedoms. \n\nThe 152\/1975 anti-terrorism law states that people cannot wear masks or motorcycle helmets in public to evade identification. This law has been cited multiple times as cause for banning religious head and face coverings in the northern regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Lombardy, whose regional and local governments have historically been controlled by either the right-wing Forza Italia party or the far-right Lega party. \n\nIn 2019, the same two regions of Lombardy and Friuli-Venezia Giulia passed partial bans on face coverings in public buildings like hospitals and administrative offices, citing \u2018security reasons\u2019 - a measure that had been in place in the northern region of Veneto since 2017. \n\nHead and face covering bans across Europe \n\nFrance was the first European country to ban the burqa and niqab in public places in 2010.\u00a0 \n\nFollowing in France\u2019s footsteps, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, some regions of Spain and in certain places in the Netherlands have also instituted bans or partial bans on face and head coverings. \n\nIn 2021, the European Court of Justice ruled that people who work with the public who refuse to remove their hijab or other religious or ideological clothing could be fired from their job in order to present a \u201cneutral image towards customers or to prevent social disputes.\u201d \n\nRights groups have criticized the ruling, saying that it unjustly targets Muslim women and the same rules are not as often applied to the Sikh turban for men or the Jewish kippah. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A group of Muslim women were about to enter the water at a beach in the northern Italian city of Trieste when women behind them started berating them about their clothing, claiming that they aren\u2019t allowed to go into the water with clothes on.<\/p>\n<p>According to Italian media, a group of women started shouting \u201cyou can\u2019t go in the water dressed like that\u201d and prevented them from entering the water.<\/p>\n<p>Other beachgoers defended the Muslim women, stating that they have a constitutional right to dress as they please; others backed the actions of the women harassing them claiming that what the women were doing wasn\u2019t \u201chygienic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beach security had to be called to calm the situation and the owner of the beach eventually intervened. It was not clear if the women left on their own accord or were made to leave.<\/p>\n<p>This incident comes on the heels of a similar controversy earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The right-wing mayor of the small town of Monfalcone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia wrote a letter to the Muslim community saying the territory shouldn\u2019t accept the \u201cIslamization\u201d of their customs and to respect the region\u2019s rules on beachwear.<\/p>\n<h2>Attempts to ban head coverings in northern Italy<\/h2><p>The Italian constitution guarantees full freedom to its citizens but several governments, largely in the north of the country, have attempted to ban various types of head coverings over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Friuli-Venezia Giulia ruled that the mayor of Trieste could not ban head coverings for security reasons under the 152\/1975 because it violated people\u2019s religious freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>The 152\/1975 anti-terrorism law states that people cannot wear masks or motorcycle helmets in public to evade identification. This law has been cited multiple times as cause for banning religious head and face coverings in the northern regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Lombardy, whose regional and local governments have historically been controlled by either the right-wing Forza Italia party or the far-right Lega party.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the same two regions of Lombardy and Friuli-Venezia Giulia passed partial bans on face coverings in public buildings like hospitals and administrative offices, citing \u2018security reasons\u2019 - a measure that had been in place in the northern region of Veneto since 2017.<\/p>\n<h2>Head and face covering bans across Europe<\/h2><p>France was the first European country to ban the burqa and niqab in public places in 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following in France\u2019s footsteps, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, some regions of Spain and in certain places in the Netherlands have also instituted bans or partial bans on face and head coverings.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the European 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Sicily's Mount Etna spews fiery lava and spits ash ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"WATCH: Sicily's Mount Etna spews fiery lava and spits ash","titleListing2":"Nighttime footage shows Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, belching smoke and ashes","leadin":"Nighttime footage shows Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, belching smoke and ashes.","summary":"Nighttime footage shows Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, belching smoke and ashes.","url":"watch-sicilys-mount-etna-spews-fiery-lava-and-spits-ash","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Catania airport in eastern Sicily, a top Italian tourist destination, has halted all flights after a new eruption at nearby Mount Etna, its operator said on Monday. \n\n\"Because of an eruption at Etna... all departures and arrivals are cancelled until 1 pm,\" the airport posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. \n\nAt 3,324 metres, Etna is the tallest active volcano in Europe and has erupted frequently in the past 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from dozens of boats reach tiny Italian isles","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Migrants from dozens of boats reach tiny Italian isles","titleListing2":"Migrants from dozens of boats reach tiny Italian isles","leadin":"Migrants who set out in dozens of flimsy boats launched by smugglers on Tunisian shores have disembarked on three tiny Italian islands in a span of two days, officials said.","summary":"Migrants who set out in dozens of flimsy boats launched by smugglers on Tunisian shores have disembarked on three tiny Italian islands in a span of two days, officials said.","url":"migrants-from-dozens-of-boats-reach-tiny-italian-isles","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Separately, a charity vessel carried out 15 rescue operations and the Italian coast guard on Sunday recovered a body off the western coast of Sicily from a shipwreck. \n\n\nMigrants who set out in dozens of flimsy boats launched by smugglers on Tunisian shores have disembarked on three tiny Italian islands in a span of two 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Separately, a charity vessel carried out 15 rescue operations and the Italian coast guard on Sunday recovered a body off the western coast of Sicily from a shipwreck. \n\nItalian Premier Giorgia Meloni has repeatedly encouraged Tunisia to put an end to the near-daily launching of multiple vessels from its ports. But in the last 10 days, there has been a spate of boats capsized, shipwrecked or otherwise in distress. Tens of thousands of migrants have set out this year from northern African shores to try to reach Europe. \n\nLast week, a merchant ship took aboard four survivors who were adrift in a smugglers' engineless boat, They recounted how they had been tossed into the sea when towering waves knocked over their vessel and that 41 fellow passengers didn't survive, a tragedy Pope Francis spoke of when greeting the public on Sunday in St Peter's Square. \n\n\u201cWith sorrow and shame, we must say that from the beginning of the year, almost 2,000 men, women and children have lost their lives in the sea trying to reach Europe,'' the pontiff said, referring to the number of known dead cited in recent days by UN agencies. \"It's an open wound on our humanity.\u201d \n\nSince Friday, migrants rescued from more than 60 boats stepped ashore on Lampedusa island, including some 400 people early Sunday. Those arrivals swelled to 2,000 the number of asylum-seekers in the island's temporary migrant residence, which is supposed to house no more than about 450, said Pierluigi De Ascentiis, from the Italian Red Cross, which manages the structure. \n\nWith so many boats setting out from Tunisia, migrants were reaching tiny islands they only occasionally land on, including Marettimo, a remote rocky fishing isle in the Egadi Archipelago off western Sicily. \n\nThe Italian coast guard on Sunday recovered a man's body from a shipwreck of a rubber dinghy a day earlier near Marettimo, Italian state TV quoted a Trapani-based port official, Gulgielmo Cassone, as saying. Nine migrants were rescued by the coast guard. State TV said one person was believed missing, and a coast guard helicopter was deployed in the search. \n\nOn Pantelleria, an arid island noted for its VIP vacation homes, 250 migrants set foot without need of rescue on Saturday, the Corriere della Sera daily said. \n\nWhile the large minority of migrants reaching Italian shores in the last few days had set out from Tunisia, a rescue boat operated by the humanitarian group Emergency was sailing on Sunday toward Naples with 76 migrants whose vessel had set out on Thursday from Libya. It capsized in international waters within Malta's search-and-rescue zone, the organization said. The migrants come from Egypt, Syria, Ethiopia and Eritrea and include seven women and 24 minors, the youngest, a seven-months-old, it said. \n\nMonths ago, Meloni's right-wing government, whose coalition partner is the staunchly anti-migrant League party, sought to limit the time charity boats are at sea on rescue missions. It contends they essentially encourage smugglers to launch vessels in hopes that humanitarian groups will ultimately ensure the passengers' safe arrival. \n\nUnder the crackdown, humanitarian boats are supposed to immediately head to port after each rescue operation and not stay at sea to help others. \n\nBut lately, it appears that charity ships in the central Mediterranean Sea are increasingly playing rescue roles, as the number of migrants reaching Italy by sea so far this year - some 95,000, according to Interior Ministry figures - is more than double the number in the same period last year. \n\nThe charity ship Ocean Viking, in a recent 48-hour-period, carried out 15 separate rescue missions under the direction of the Italian coast guard, its most ever. Ocean Viking's operator, the humanitarian organization SOS Mediterranee, said most of the 623 rescued from vessels that set out from Tunisia are from Sudan, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Benin and Bangladesh. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Separately, a charity vessel carried out 15 rescue operations and the Italian coast guard on Sunday recovered a body off the western coast of Sicily from a shipwreck. <\/p>\n<p>Migrants who set out in dozens of flimsy boats launched by smugglers on Tunisian shores have disembarked on three tiny Italian islands in a span of two days, officials said. Separately, a charity vessel carried out 15 rescue operations and the Italian coast guard on Sunday recovered a body off the western coast of Sicily from a shipwreck.<\/p>\n<p>Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has repeatedly encouraged Tunisia to put an end to the near-daily launching of multiple vessels from its ports. But in the last 10 days, there has been a spate of boats capsized, shipwrecked or otherwise in distress. 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Those arrivals swelled to 2,000 the number of asylum-seekers in the island&#039;s temporary migrant residence, which is supposed to house no more than about 450, said Pierluigi De Ascentiis, from the Italian Red Cross, which manages the structure.<\/p>\n<p>With so many boats setting out from Tunisia, migrants were reaching tiny islands they only occasionally land on, including Marettimo, a remote rocky fishing isle in the Egadi Archipelago off western Sicily.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//embed//2342452/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Italian coast guard on Sunday recovered a man&#039;s body from a shipwreck of a rubber dinghy a day earlier near Marettimo, Italian state TV quoted a Trapani-based port official, Gulgielmo Cassone, as saying. Nine migrants were rescued by the coast guard. State TV said one person was believed missing, and a coast guard helicopter was deployed in the search.<\/p>\n<p>On Pantelleria, an arid island noted for its VIP vacation homes, 250 migrants set foot without need of rescue on Saturday, the Corriere della Sera daily said.<\/p>\n<p>While the large minority of migrants reaching Italian shores in the last few days had set out from Tunisia, a rescue boat operated by the humanitarian group Emergency was sailing on Sunday toward Naples with 76 migrants whose vessel had set out on Thursday from Libya. It capsized in international waters within Malta&#039;s search-and-rescue zone, the organization said. The migrants come from Egypt, Syria, Ethiopia and Eritrea and include seven women and 24 minors, the youngest, a seven-months-old, it said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//64//28//808x454_cmsv2_8644c96a-0faa-5ed7-803f-6e3cb59f0367-7806428.jpg/" alt=\"Italy Alpine Rescue&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/64\/28\/384x216_cmsv2_8644c96a-0faa-5ed7-803f-6e3cb59f0367-7806428.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/64\/28\/640x360_cmsv2_8644c96a-0faa-5ed7-803f-6e3cb59f0367-7806428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/64\/28\/750x422_cmsv2_8644c96a-0faa-5ed7-803f-6e3cb59f0367-7806428.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/64\/28\/828x466_cmsv2_8644c96a-0faa-5ed7-803f-6e3cb59f0367-7806428.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/64\/28\/1080x608_cmsv2_8644c96a-0faa-5ed7-803f-6e3cb59f0367-7806428.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/64\/28\/1200x675_cmsv2_8644c96a-0faa-5ed7-803f-6e3cb59f0367-7806428.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/64\/28\/1920x1080_cmsv2_8644c96a-0faa-5ed7-803f-6e3cb59f0367-7806428.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In this picture taken from video distributed on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023 by the Italian Alpine Rescue squads, a person is stranded on a rocky reef on Lampedusa, Sicily.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Italy Alpine Rescue&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Months ago, Meloni&#039;s right-wing government, whose coalition partner is the staunchly anti-migrant League party, sought to limit the time charity boats are at sea on rescue missions. It contends they essentially encourage smugglers to launch vessels in hopes that humanitarian groups will ultimately ensure the passengers&#039; safe arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Under the crackdown, humanitarian boats are supposed to immediately head to port after each rescue operation and not stay at sea to help others.<\/p>\n<p>But lately, it appears that charity ships in the central Mediterranean Sea are increasingly playing rescue roles, as the number of migrants reaching Italy by sea so far this year - some 95,000, according to Interior Ministry figures - is more than double the number in the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>The charity ship Ocean Viking, in a recent 48-hour-period, carried out 15 separate rescue missions under the direction of the Italian coast guard, its most ever. Ocean Viking&#039;s operator, the humanitarian organization SOS Mediterranee, said most of the 623 rescued from vessels that set out from Tunisia are from Sudan, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Benin and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691962008,"publishedAt":1691990243,"updatedAt":1691995145,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/14\/migrants-from-dozens-of-boats-reach-tiny-italian-isles","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/04\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d341eb3d-cfec-54f4-a159-584799dbe5b8-7820466.jpg","altText":"n this photo provided by Sea-Watch on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, four migrant survivors wave for help as they are in distress at sea. ","caption":"n this photo provided by Sea-Watch on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, four migrant survivors wave for help as they are in distress at sea. 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Once a major trading post, it is now a series of bucolic canals, clusters of coloured houses and lots of green spaces. \n\nThe island\u2019s main attraction is the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, an immense cathedral founded in 639. The interior glitters with towering walls of golden mosaics, the oldest in the Venice area. \n\nIf you want to feel like you\u2019re out in the countryside, wander Torcello\u2019s backwaters, cross the Devil\u2019s Bridge and enjoy a casual lunch at the informal Taverna Tipica Veneziana shaded by trees. \n\nHow to get to Torcello from Venice \n\nFrom the Fondamente Nove in Venice , catch the number 12 vaporetto (water bus) to Torcello. The journey takes about an hour. \n\nVicenza for the most elegant street in Europe \n\nDespite being just a short train ride from Venice , Vicenza remains relatively unsung by guidebooks and travel companies. \n\nVisitors in the 19th century were more impressed, particularly historian Cesare Cant\u00f9 who praised the Corso Palladio as the most elegant street in Europe. \n\nThe pedestrianised thoroughfare is named after Renaissance heavyweight architect Andrea Palladio. He designed several churches in Venice, including San Giorgio Maggiore, but Vicenza can claim the greatest concentration of his work. \n\nThe city is home to 23 Palladio-designed buildings including the iconic La Rotonda villa and the lavish Teatro Olimpico. \n\nHow to get to Vicenza from Venice \n\nA fast regional train runs from Venice to Vicenza once an hour and takes around 45 minutes. \n\nPadua for the birthplace of Aperol \n\nYou can drink plenty of Aperol in Venice but the birthplace of the tangerine-coloured bitter is the nearby city of Padua (Padova in Italian). \n\nIn its buzzing Piazza delle Erbe, where markets take place during the day, sit at outdoor caf\u00e8 tables to sip aperitifs and people watch. Another of its squares, Prato della Valle, is said to be the largest in Europe and is home to 78 giant statues of eminent historical figures. \n\nThe city is also home to one of the most significant artistic masterpieces in the history of painting. \n\nThe interior of the Scrovegni Chapel was decorated by medieval Italian master Giotto who displayed his groundbreaking perspective and rendering of emotion in a series of biblical scenes. \n\nHow to get to Padua from Venice \n\nFast regional trains run every half hour from Venice to Padua and take just under half an hour. \n\nFerrara for feasting on food fit for royalty \n\nFerrara is an architectural masterpiece of a city in the Emilia Romagna region, just south of the Veneto where Venice is the capital. \n\nA majestic castle replete with a moat and portcullis dominates a wide cobbled piazza. \n\nThe city\u2019s richly carved Romanesque cathedral has just been restored. Its artistic treasures, including works by Cosm\u00e8 Tura and Jacopo della Quercia, are housed in the nearby Museo della Cattedrale. \n\nThe city\u2019s golden age was between 1240 and 1597 when the powerful Este family ruled. Alongside the architectural grandeur, the dynasty left its mark with a sumptuous, hyperlocal cuisine . \n\nThe epicurean Este had a court chef who invented various elaborate dishes you can still eat in the city today. Look out for pasticcio , a pastry pie filled with maccheroni pasta, bechamel sauce and meat rag\u00f9, and cappellacci di zucca , pasta parcels filled with pumpkin. \n\nHow to get to Ferrara from Venice \n\nFast regional trains run once an hour from Venice to Ferrara and take around an hour and a half. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Tourists are arriving in Venice in their droves this summer, clogging the city\u2019s narrow alleys with crowds and causing snaking queues at attractions.<\/p>\n<p>If you have booked to stay in the canal city too, you might find yourself a little overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, it\u2019s simple to hop on a water bus or train and take a day trip to a quieter destination.<\/p>\n<p>From the birthplace of Aperol spritz to an island with Venice\u2019s oldest mosaics, here are four nearby escapes.<\/p>\n<h2>Torcello for the oldest mosaics in Venice<\/h2><p>Although now sparsely populated, the island of Torcello was inhabited before <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//01//unesco-threatens-to-blacklist-venice-if-italy-doesnt-start-to-look-after-historical-sites/">Venice itself. Once a major trading post, it is now a series of bucolic canals, clusters of coloured houses and lots of green spaces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6679245283018868\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//73//96//808x539_cmsv2_faa68a71-eb35-5e46-bb36-50d28d80ade6-7817396.jpg/" alt=\"Marialaura Gionfriddo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/384x256_cmsv2_faa68a71-eb35-5e46-bb36-50d28d80ade6-7817396.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/640x427_cmsv2_faa68a71-eb35-5e46-bb36-50d28d80ade6-7817396.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/750x501_cmsv2_faa68a71-eb35-5e46-bb36-50d28d80ade6-7817396.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/828x553_cmsv2_faa68a71-eb35-5e46-bb36-50d28d80ade6-7817396.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1080x721_cmsv2_faa68a71-eb35-5e46-bb36-50d28d80ade6-7817396.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1200x802_cmsv2_faa68a71-eb35-5e46-bb36-50d28d80ade6-7817396.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1920x1282_cmsv2_faa68a71-eb35-5e46-bb36-50d28d80ade6-7817396.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The island\u2019s main attraction is the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Marialaura Gionfriddo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The island\u2019s main attraction is the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, an immense cathedral founded in 639. The interior glitters with towering walls of golden mosaics, the oldest in the Venice area.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to feel like you\u2019re out in the countryside, wander Torcello\u2019s backwaters, cross the Devil\u2019s Bridge and enjoy a casual lunch at the informal Taverna Tipica Veneziana shaded by trees.<\/p>\n<h3>How to get to Torcello from Venice<\/h3><p>From the Fondamente Nove in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//08//visiting-venice-at-the-height-of-summer-avoid-my-rookie-errors-and-follow-these-tips-inste/">Venice, catch the number 12 vaporetto (water bus) to Torcello. The journey takes about an hour.<\/p>\n<h2>Vicenza for the most elegant street in Europe<\/h2><p>Despite being just a short train ride from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//03//water-taxis-canalside-hotels-and-tide-tracking-a-locals-guide-to-venice-during-low-waters/">Venice, Vicenza remains relatively unsung by guidebooks and travel companies.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors in the 19th century were more impressed, particularly historian Cesare Cant\u00f9 who praised the Corso Palladio as the most elegant street in Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6664921465968586\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//73//96//808x539_cmsv2_de9427ef-8c4a-5c3c-b77c-819677d1ff54-7817396.jpg/" alt=\"Gunnar Ridderstr\u00f6m\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/384x256_cmsv2_de9427ef-8c4a-5c3c-b77c-819677d1ff54-7817396.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/640x427_cmsv2_de9427ef-8c4a-5c3c-b77c-819677d1ff54-7817396.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/750x500_cmsv2_de9427ef-8c4a-5c3c-b77c-819677d1ff54-7817396.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/828x552_cmsv2_de9427ef-8c4a-5c3c-b77c-819677d1ff54-7817396.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1080x720_cmsv2_de9427ef-8c4a-5c3c-b77c-819677d1ff54-7817396.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1200x800_cmsv2_de9427ef-8c4a-5c3c-b77c-819677d1ff54-7817396.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1920x1280_cmsv2_de9427ef-8c4a-5c3c-b77c-819677d1ff54-7817396.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The city is home to 23 Palladio-designed buildings including the iconic La Rotonda villa and the lavish Teatro Olimpico.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Gunnar Ridderstr\u00f6m<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The pedestrianised thoroughfare is named after Renaissance heavyweight architect Andrea Palladio. He designed several churches in Venice, including San Giorgio Maggiore, but Vicenza can claim the greatest concentration of his work.<\/p>\n<p>The city is home to 23 Palladio-designed buildings including the iconic La Rotonda villa and the lavish Teatro Olimpico.<\/p>\n<h3>How to get to Vicenza from Venice<\/h3><p>A fast regional train runs from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//13//ive-lived-in-venice-for-8-years-why-do-i-see-see-cruise-ships-here-when-theyve-been-banned/">Venice to Vicenza once an hour and takes around 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>Padua for the birthplace of Aperol<\/h2><p>You can drink plenty of Aperol in Venice but the birthplace of the tangerine-coloured bitter is the nearby city of Padua (Padova in Italian).<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7725210,7646676\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//03//frances-green-venice-why-marais-poitevin-is-the-countrys-best-kept-slow-travel-secret/">'France/u2019s Green Venice': Why Marais Poitevin is the country\u2019s best-kept slow travel secret<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//03//caviar-and-cocktails-simplon-orient-express-launches-new-route-from-brussels-to-venice/">Caviar and cocktails: Simplon-Orient-Express launches new route from Brussels to Venice<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In its buzzing Piazza delle Erbe, where markets take place during the day, sit at outdoor caf\u00e8 tables to sip aperitifs and people watch. Another of its squares, Prato della Valle, is said to be the largest in Europe and is home to 78 giant statues of eminent historical figures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667344035765088\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//73//96//808x539_cmsv2_ea2ab59b-7a7b-529a-9b8b-e41a21155dbb-7817396.jpg/" alt=\"Clovis Wood Photography\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/384x256_cmsv2_ea2ab59b-7a7b-529a-9b8b-e41a21155dbb-7817396.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/640x427_cmsv2_ea2ab59b-7a7b-529a-9b8b-e41a21155dbb-7817396.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/750x500_cmsv2_ea2ab59b-7a7b-529a-9b8b-e41a21155dbb-7817396.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/828x552_cmsv2_ea2ab59b-7a7b-529a-9b8b-e41a21155dbb-7817396.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1080x720_cmsv2_ea2ab59b-7a7b-529a-9b8b-e41a21155dbb-7817396.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1200x800_cmsv2_ea2ab59b-7a7b-529a-9b8b-e41a21155dbb-7817396.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ea2ab59b-7a7b-529a-9b8b-e41a21155dbb-7817396.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Prato della Valle is said to be the largest in Europe and is home to 78 giant statues of eminent historical figures.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Clovis Wood Photography<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//22//how-to-get-paid-150-a-month-to-live-in-this-culture-rich-italian-city/">city is also home to one of the most significant artistic masterpieces in the history of painting.<\/p>\n<p>The interior of the Scrovegni Chapel was decorated by medieval Italian master Giotto who displayed his groundbreaking perspective and rendering of emotion in a series of biblical scenes.<\/p>\n<h3>How to get to Padua from Venice<\/h3><p>Fast regional trains run every half hour from Venice to Padua and take just under half an hour.<\/p>\n<h2>Ferrara for feasting on food fit for royalty<\/h2><p>Ferrara is an architectural masterpiece of a city in the Emilia Romagna region, just south of the Veneto where Venice is the capital.<\/p>\n<p>A majestic castle replete with a moat and portcullis dominates a wide cobbled piazza.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s richly carved Romanesque cathedral has just been restored. Its artistic treasures, including works by Cosm\u00e8 Tura and Jacopo della Quercia, are housed in the nearby Museo della Cattedrale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//73//96//808x608_cmsv2_d1e31fc1-6b21-505a-8fc6-5f829e0dd68f-7817396.jpg/" alt=\"Vitreny\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/384x288_cmsv2_d1e31fc1-6b21-505a-8fc6-5f829e0dd68f-7817396.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/640x480_cmsv2_d1e31fc1-6b21-505a-8fc6-5f829e0dd68f-7817396.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/750x563_cmsv2_d1e31fc1-6b21-505a-8fc6-5f829e0dd68f-7817396.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/828x621_cmsv2_d1e31fc1-6b21-505a-8fc6-5f829e0dd68f-7817396.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1080x810_cmsv2_d1e31fc1-6b21-505a-8fc6-5f829e0dd68f-7817396.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1200x900_cmsv2_d1e31fc1-6b21-505a-8fc6-5f829e0dd68f-7817396.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/1920x1440_cmsv2_d1e31fc1-6b21-505a-8fc6-5f829e0dd68f-7817396.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The city\u2019s richly carved Romanesque cathedral has just been restored.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Vitreny<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The city\u2019s golden age was between 1240 and 1597 when the powerful Este family ruled. Alongside the architectural grandeur, the dynasty left its mark with a sumptuous, hyperlocal <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//02//15//pasta-classes-tapas-crawls-and-wine-tastings-7-of-europes-best-food-adventures/">cuisine./n

The epicurean Este had a court chef who invented various elaborate dishes you can still eat in the city today. Look out for <em>pasticcio<\/em>, a pastry pie filled with maccheroni pasta, bechamel sauce and meat rag\u00f9, and <em>cappellacci di zucca<\/em>, pasta parcels filled with pumpkin.<\/p>\n<h3>How to get to Ferrara from Venice<\/h3><p>Fast regional trains run once an hour from Venice to Ferrara and take around an hour and a half.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691765892,"publishedAt":1691942435,"updatedAt":1691942476,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/13\/escape-the-crowd-with-one-of-these-easy-day-trips-from-venice","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/73\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0df0157f-244d-53b3-98fa-132621595254-7817396.jpg","altText":"It\u2019s simple to hop on a waterbus or train and take a day trip to a quieter destination. 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","summary":"Operated by the Orient Express, the new La Dolce Vita train lines will create a heavily curated version of Italy for the super wealthy. ","url":"the-not-so-dolce-vita-how-super-wealthy-tourists-are-making-a-parallel-italy-for-themselve","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Starting next year, the exclusive and super luxurious train service \u2018La Dolce Vita\u2019 will depart Italian train stations and travel a collective 16,000 kilometres of railway lines across the peninsula. \n\nLa Dolce Vita is run by none other than the famous Orient Express. The train line that has been featured in movies and books for more than 100 years and has captivated the western world\u2019s imagination thanks to authors like\u00a0Graham Greene and Agatha Christie. \n\nAs expected for an experience of this calibre, tickets for the train service will be out of reach for most people. In addition to a \u20ac500 deposit, tickets for overnight suites for two people will range from \u20ac6,600 to a whopping \u20ac25,000 per night. \n\nThese staggering prices raise the question: is it ethical for the super rich to showcase their wealth in a region whose people struggle to put food on the table? \n\nHalf of the routes planned for the train service will go through Italy\u2019s rural south. Although the southern half of the country is full of stunning landmarks, history and great food, it is also home to the country\u2019s poorest regions. \n\nSome regions of the south, like Campania, have a severe material deprivation rate of 15%. That means more than 800,000 people in that region alone are unable to buy basic food items every two days or are unable to keep their homes warm in the winter. \n\nThe median annual household income in southern Italy hovers around \u20ac20,000 while some of the region's poorest\u00a0towns, where the train will pass through, earn just above \u20ac10,000 a year. An income that is \u20ac3,000 less than two nights in the more \u2018affordable\u2019 suites for two on La Dolce Vita. \n\nThe problem with luxury travel like this is not exactly what they\u2019re doing but how they\u2019re doing it. \n\nIf someone or a group of people wants to visit the south to experience our food, history, culture and language while learning what its like to live here, they will be largely welcomed with our Mediterranean hospitality. \n\nWhat La Dolce Vita is doing, however, is not that. \n\nThe programme takes dozens of super wealthy people who are indulging in an exoticized version of the country that doesn\u2019t exist. \n\nFrom the \u201cbellboys at your disposal\u201d in the La Dolce Vita lounge in Rome who will presumably have to wear some ridiculous blue and gold outfit as an \u2018ode\u2019 to the old Orient Express trains, to the constant references and nods to old Italian cinema of the 50\u2019s, 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s; everything will be done to ensure these top paying customers are exposed to as little authenticity as possible. \n\nAll the while, the trains will travel on tracks funded by Italian tax payers but whose services are unreachable for those same people. Trains are even expected to travel along non-electrified rails which are, as the website puts it, \"vestiges of Italy\u2019s storied history.\" \n\nSo not only are regular Italian people indirectly funding a service they cant use, but the La Dolce Vita trains are taking advantage of rural tracks that have been abandoned or forgotten about by the state. Meanwhile, local people have to travel for hours on poorly maintained roads. Unless of course they have \u20ac13,000 laying around for a ticket on this train. \n\nAs a way to perhaps dampen any guilt these guests might feel by taking this journey, the Orient Express has made a concerted effort to market these trains as \u201cenvironmentally friendly\u201d and \u201ca green choice of transportation.\u201d A technique that conveniently ignores the modes of transport that the majority of guests will take to get to Italy will most likely be private jets and yachts. \n\nItaly, like many countries in the Mediterranean, has a lot to offer people who choose to visit. Diverse local cultures, thousands of years of history and delicious food. We want to share our country with people who have a genuine curiosity in it and you don\u2019t have to stay in a collapsing building in order to have an authentic experience. \n\nWhat I can\u2019t seem to understand, and maybe some future guests of La Dolce Vita can help me figure this out, is why do you feel the need to pay this grotesque price tag to relive a life you never had? What frightens you so much about seeing how the vast majority of people live in a place you claim to love so much? \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Starting next year, the exclusive and super luxurious train service \u2018La Dolce Vita\u2019 will depart Italian train stations and travel a collective 16,000 kilometres of railway lines across the peninsula.<\/p>\n<p><em>La Dolce Vita<\/em> is run by none other than the famous Orient Express. The train line that has been featured in movies and books for more than 100 years and has captivated the western world\u2019s imagination thanks to authors like\u00a0Graham Greene and Agatha Christie.<\/p>\n<p>As expected for an experience of this calibre, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.insider.com//italian-luxury-train-la-dolce-vita-suites-orient-express-photos-2023-7/">tickets for the train service will be out of reach for most people. In addition to a \u20ac500 deposit, tickets for overnight suites for two people will range from \u20ac6,600 to a whopping \u20ac25,000 per night.<\/p>\n<p>These staggering prices raise the question: is it ethical for the super rich to showcase their wealth in a region whose people struggle to put food on the table?<\/p>\n<p>Half of the routes planned for the train service will go through Italy\u2019s rural south. Although the southern half of the country is full of stunning landmarks, history and great food, it is also home to the country\u2019s poorest regions.<\/p>\n<p>Some regions of the south, like Campania, have a severe material deprivation rate of 15%. That means more than 800,000 people in that region alone are unable to buy basic food items every two days or are unable to keep their homes warm in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>The median annual household <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////dati.istat.it//Index.aspx?QueryId=22919\%22>income<\/strong><\/a> in southern Italy hovers around \u20ac20,000 while some of the region&#039;s poorest\u00a0towns, where the train will pass through, earn just above \u20ac10,000 a year. An income that is \u20ac3,000 less than two nights in the more \u2018affordable\u2019 suites for two on La Dolce Vita.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with luxury travel like this is not exactly what they\u2019re doing but how they\u2019re doing it.<\/p>\n<p>If someone or a group of people wants to visit the south to experience our food, history, culture and language while learning what its like to live here, they will be largely welcomed with our Mediterranean hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>What <em>La Dolce Vita<\/em> is doing, however, is not that.<\/p>\n<p>The programme takes dozens of super wealthy people who are indulging in an exoticized version of the country that doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>From the \u201cbellboys at your disposal\u201d in the <em>La Dolce Vita<\/em> lounge in Rome who will presumably have to wear some ridiculous blue and gold outfit as an \u2018ode\u2019 to the old Orient Express trains, to the constant references and nods to old Italian cinema of the 50\u2019s, 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s; everything will be done to ensure these top paying customers are exposed to as little authenticity as possible.<\/p>\n<p>All the while, the trains will travel on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.orient-express.com//high-life//a-grand-return-to-italy-with-la-dolce-vita-train///">tracks funded by Italian tax payers but whose services are unreachable for those same people. Trains are even expected to travel along non-electrified rails which are, as the website puts it, \"vestiges of Italy\u2019s storied history.\"<\/p>\n<p>So not only are regular Italian people indirectly funding a service they cant use, but the <em>La Dolce Vita<\/em> trains are taking advantage of rural tracks that have been abandoned or forgotten about by the state. Meanwhile, local people have to travel for hours on poorly maintained roads. Unless of course they have \u20ac13,000 laying around for a ticket on this train.<\/p>\n<p>As a way to perhaps dampen any guilt these guests might feel by taking this journey, the Orient Express has made a concerted effort to market these trains as \u201cenvironmentally friendly\u201d and \u201ca green choice of transportation.\u201d A technique that conveniently ignores the modes of transport that the majority of guests will take to get to Italy will most likely be private jets and yachts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6640851887705711\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//78//63//42//808x535_cmsv2_ba7f9a13-8e4e-5b8e-bf2f-429f315c87ba-7786342.jpg/" alt=\"Savin Mattozzi&#47;Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/63\/42\/384x255_cmsv2_ba7f9a13-8e4e-5b8e-bf2f-429f315c87ba-7786342.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/63\/42\/640x425_cmsv2_ba7f9a13-8e4e-5b8e-bf2f-429f315c87ba-7786342.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/63\/42\/750x498_cmsv2_ba7f9a13-8e4e-5b8e-bf2f-429f315c87ba-7786342.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/63\/42\/828x550_cmsv2_ba7f9a13-8e4e-5b8e-bf2f-429f315c87ba-7786342.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/63\/42\/1080x717_cmsv2_ba7f9a13-8e4e-5b8e-bf2f-429f315c87ba-7786342.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/63\/42\/1200x797_cmsv2_ba7f9a13-8e4e-5b8e-bf2f-429f315c87ba-7786342.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/63\/42\/1920x1275_cmsv2_ba7f9a13-8e4e-5b8e-bf2f-429f315c87ba-7786342.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The mountains on the border between Lazio and Campania in Southern Italy<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Savin Mattozzi&#47;Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Italy, like many countries in the Mediterranean, has a lot to offer people who choose to visit. Diverse local cultures, thousands of years of history and delicious food. We want to share our country with people who have a genuine curiosity in it and you don\u2019t have to stay in a collapsing building in order to have an authentic experience.<\/p>\n<p>What I can\u2019t seem to understand, and maybe some future guests of <em>La Dolce Vita<\/em> can help me figure this out, is why do you feel the need to pay this grotesque price tag to relive a life you never had? What frightens you so much about seeing how the vast majority of people live in a place you claim to love so much?<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690558750,"publishedAt":1691845236,"updatedAt":1691845263,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/12\/the-not-so-dolce-vita-how-super-wealthy-tourists-are-making-a-parallel-italy-for-themselve","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/78\/63\/42\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_da759280-1b09-5bdb-a874-82ef111c8cae-7786342.jpg","altText":"\u00a9Rendering Orient Express La Dolce Vita by Dimorestudio","caption":"\u00a9Rendering Orient Express La Dolce Vita by Dimorestudio","captionCredit":"\u00a9Rendering Orient Express La Dolce Vita by 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change in Italian fashion: Versace's parent company sold in multi-billion deal","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Versace's parent company sold in multi-billion euro deal","titleListing2":"The takeover by the American multinational luxury fashion holding company Tapestry could rival European conglomerates like LVMH and Kering.","leadin":"The takeover by the American multinational luxury fashion holding company Tapestry could rival European conglomerates like LVMH and Kering.","summary":"The takeover by the American multinational luxury fashion holding company Tapestry could rival European conglomerates like LVMH and Kering.","url":"a-change-in-italian-fashion-versaces-parent-company-sold-in-multi-billion-deal","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Versace\u2019s parent company has announced it\u2019s being bought by the luxury goods group Tapestry. \n\nIn a new deal worth $8.5 billion (approximately \u20ac7.75bn), Capri Holdings is being taken over by Tapestry, whose existing brands include high-end names like Coach and Kate Spade. \n\nCapri Holdings will also be passing over ownership of labels such as Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo. \n\nIn a statement from Tapestry's boss Joanne Crevoiserat, the company said the deal \"creates a new powerful global luxury house\". \n\nFashion industry analysts are already surmising the buyout will be the foundation for a rival to compete with European fashion giants, like Kering and LVMH. \n\nThe France-based industry behemoths own some of the biggest brands in fashion, including Gucci, Saint Laurent and Balenciaga (Kering) and Givenchy, Louis Vuitton and Dior (LVMH). \n\nVersace itself, founded in Milan 45 years ago, has long been seen as a symbol of luxury , Tapestry\u2019s brands are often seen as more accessible for aspirational consumers. \n\nPieces from the likes of Michael Kors and Kate Spade tend to start around the \u20ac100 mark, making them a little more affordable than the thousands of euros high-end luxury brands often charge for clothing and accessories. \n\nHowever, Michael Kors is currently suffering a dip, following years of underperformance. It\u2019s a risk to take on, industry experts say, but Tapestry has a solid history of turning around suffering brands. Among other triumphs, it managed to invigorate the struggling Kate Spade when it took the label over in 2017. \n\nAs well as the challenge of trying to turn around the fortune of Michael Kors, Tapestry is also faced with a difficult time for the industry.\u00a0 Inflation has shot up in many countries, squeezing consumer spending and hitting hard the pockets of aspirational shoppers. \n\nThe Tapestry deal is set to go ahead next year and is the second time in five years that Versace has been sold. \n\nMichael Kors acquired the Italian label in 2018, paying over \u20ac1.8 billion for the company, owned by the Versace family for decades. \n\nAlong with Jimmy Choo, which it had purchased in 2017, Michael Kors set up Capri Holdings as an umbrella company - perhaps proving that fashion can truly be cyclical. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Versace\u2019s parent company has announced it\u2019s being bought by the luxury goods group Tapestry.<\/p>\n<p>In a new deal worth $8.5 billion (approximately \u20ac7.75bn), Capri Holdings is being taken over by Tapestry, whose existing brands include high-end names like Coach and Kate Spade.<\/p>\n<p>Capri Holdings will also be passing over ownership of labels such as Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement from Tapestry&#039;s boss Joanne Crevoiserat, the company said the deal \"creates a new powerful global luxury house\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.707\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//71//22//808x573_cmsv2_afdf6780-9f74-5bb4-bf1b-6c7185c08198-7817122.jpg/" alt=\"AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/384x271_cmsv2_afdf6780-9f74-5bb4-bf1b-6c7185c08198-7817122.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/640x452_cmsv2_afdf6780-9f74-5bb4-bf1b-6c7185c08198-7817122.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/750x530_cmsv2_afdf6780-9f74-5bb4-bf1b-6c7185c08198-7817122.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/828x585_cmsv2_afdf6780-9f74-5bb4-bf1b-6c7185c08198-7817122.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/1080x764_cmsv2_afdf6780-9f74-5bb4-bf1b-6c7185c08198-7817122.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/1200x848_cmsv2_afdf6780-9f74-5bb4-bf1b-6c7185c08198-7817122.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/1920x1357_cmsv2_afdf6780-9f74-5bb4-bf1b-6c7185c08198-7817122.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The fashion house was founded in 1978 by the late Gianni Versace, pictured here in 1991<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fashion industry analysts are already surmising the buyout will be the foundation for a rival to compete with European fashion giants, like Kering and LVMH.<\/p>\n<p>The France-based industry behemoths own some of the biggest brands in fashion, including Gucci, Saint Laurent and Balenciaga (Kering) and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//25//lvmh-becomes-europes-most-valuable-company-at-455-billion/">Givenchy, Louis Vuitton and Dior (LVMH).<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Versace itself, founded in Milan 45 years ago, has long been seen as <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//05//23//cannes-couture-collections-designers-using-film-festival-to-launch-new-lines/">a symbol of luxury<\/a><\/strong>, Tapestry\u2019s brands are often seen as more accessible for aspirational consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Pieces from the likes of Michael Kors and Kate Spade tend to start around the \u20ac100 mark, making them a little more affordable than the thousands of euros high-end luxury brands often charge for clothing and accessories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//71//22//808x539_cmsv2_3b06f3f4-f896-56bd-9f41-5665614ba9c2-7817122.jpg/" alt=\"Richard Drew&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/384x256_cmsv2_3b06f3f4-f896-56bd-9f41-5665614ba9c2-7817122.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/640x427_cmsv2_3b06f3f4-f896-56bd-9f41-5665614ba9c2-7817122.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/750x500_cmsv2_3b06f3f4-f896-56bd-9f41-5665614ba9c2-7817122.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/828x552_cmsv2_3b06f3f4-f896-56bd-9f41-5665614ba9c2-7817122.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/1080x720_cmsv2_3b06f3f4-f896-56bd-9f41-5665614ba9c2-7817122.jpg 1080w, 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It\u2019s a risk to take on, industry experts say, but Tapestry has a solid history of turning around suffering brands. Among other triumphs, it managed to invigorate the struggling Kate Spade when it took the label over in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the challenge of trying to turn around the fortune of Michael Kors, Tapestry is also faced with a difficult time for the industry.\u00a0Inflation has shot up in many countries, squeezing consumer spending and hitting hard the pockets of aspirational shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>The Tapestry deal is set to go ahead next year and is the second time in five years that Versace has been sold.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kors acquired the Italian label in 2018, paying over \u20ac1.8 billion for the company, owned by the Versace family for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Jimmy Choo, which it had purchased in 2017, Michael Kors set up Capri Holdings as an umbrella company - perhaps proving that fashion can truly be cyclical.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691757991,"publishedAt":1691761295,"updatedAt":1691761298,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/11\/a-change-in-italian-fashion-versaces-parent-company-sold-in-multi-billion-deal","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4926fab6-282c-5b1e-8900-a8fa2ec9328f-7817122.jpg","altText":" Dua Lipa and Donatella Versace at the end of Versace's Spring\/Summer 2022 show in Milan","caption":" Dua Lipa and Donatella Versace at the end of Versace's Spring\/Summer 2022 show in Milan","captionCredit":"Mondadori Portfolio\/Matteo Rossetti\/Getty","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1334},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/71\/22\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3b06f3f4-f896-56bd-9f41-5665614ba9c2-7817122.jpg","altText":"A Michael Kors store on Madison 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bake on the beach: How to celebrate Italy\u2019s biggest summer festival","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"What is Ferragosto and how do Italians celebrate it?","titleListing2":"Pasta bake on the beach: How to celebrate Italy\u2019s biggest summer festival","leadin":"The August Ferragosto holiday in Italy is traditionally celebrated with a big lunch on the beach. ","summary":"The August Ferragosto holiday in Italy is traditionally celebrated with a big lunch on the beach. ","url":"pasta-bake-on-the-beach-how-to-celebrate-italys-biggest-summer-festival","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"August is officially holiday season in Italy. While tourists pile into the cities like Venice and Rome, Italians are making a beeline for the sea.\u00a0 \n\nThe summer beach holiday is sacred and many businesses across the country shutter for weeks. \n\nThe break culminates on 15 August with Ferragosto, a major national holiday. \n\nIf you are travelling to Italy during the festivities, there are plenty of events to get involved in. \n\nBut it is also worth knowing the places to avoid if want to escape the crowds. \n\nWhat is Italy\u2019s Ferragosto holiday? \n\nThe Ferragosto celebration on 15 August marks the height of summer in Italy . \n\nThe festival originates from the Feriae Augusti, the festival of Emperor Augustus established in 18 BC. Under his rule, 1 August was declared a rest day for workers in the agricultural sector after the labour of the previous months. \n\nIn around 5 AD, the Catholic Church felt the need to put a religious spin on the festivity and moved the date to 15 August, the celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. \n\nUntil recently, almost all shops and industries in Italy shut down for the whole of August and there was a mass exodus to the sea. \n\nNow, businesses limit closures to around two weeks, but it remains one of Italy\u2019s most important festivities. \n\nHow do Italians celebrate Ferragosto? \n\nThe most traditional way to celebrate Ferragosto is to escape to the beach. Many households decamp to the seaside for the whole of August and the 15th marks the climax of the holiday. \n\nIt is customary to have a big barbeque or al fresco lunch on the beach with family and friends on the day of Ferragosto. \n\nThis practice has its origins during Italy\u2019s Fascist regime. In the 1920s, the government organised Ferragosto excursions to the beach. They set up special discounted rail journeys to the seaside so that even the working classes could afford a trip. \n\nHowever, since the organised excursions didn\u2019t involve food, it became customary to bring a packed lunch. This has evolved into an extravagant meal often involving surprisingly heavy fare like pasta bakes and stuffed vegetables. \n\nIs everything in Italy closed in August? \n\nWhile once it would have been a challenge to find a restaurant open in a city around Ferragosto, this is no longer the case. \n\nMany businesses still shut but an increase in summer visitors means eateries, bars, gelaterie and tourist attractions normally remain open. \n\nIn fact, a number of cities now hold events throughout August to cater to the rise in tourism. Some, like Rome and Bologna , set up outdoor cinemas while there is a jazz festival in the Apulian city of Bari and an opera festival in Macerata in Le Marche. \n\nOn 27 August, Melpignano in Puglia hosts the Night of Taranta, a festival celebrating traditional folk music and dance. In Siena, the famous Palio horse race takes place on the 16th. \n\nMost major tourist attractions remain open including the Uffizi gallery in Florence and the Ducal Palace in Venice . One of the few exceptions is the Vatican Museums, which are closed on 15 August. \n\nHow not to travel in Italy in August \n\nThe biggest travel mistake to make in August is driving. With people heading back and forth from the sea, Italy\u2019s roads are a nightmare around Ferragosto. \n\nMotorways become much busier and smaller roads that lead to coastal holiday hotspots often see major traffic jams. \n\nThe Italian government issues travel warnings each year to help motorists avoid peak times. It publishes a calender that colour codes days in terms of traffic intensity. \n\nYellow signals heavy traffic, red indicates heavy traffic with possible critical conditions and black means critical levels of traffic. \n\nThe weekends are often categorised as red while the mornings of 12 August currently has a black warning. \n\nIn general, authorities advise against driving on Fridays and Monday mornings. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>August is officially holiday season in Italy. While tourists pile into the cities like Venice and Rome, Italians are making a beeline for the sea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The summer beach holiday is sacred and many businesses across the country shutter for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The break culminates on 15 August with Ferragosto, a major national holiday.<\/p>\n<p>If you are travelling to Italy during the festivities, there are plenty of events to get involved in.<\/p>\n<p>But it is also worth knowing the places to avoid if want to escape the crowds.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Italy\u2019s Ferragosto holiday?<\/h2><p>The Ferragosto celebration on 15 August marks the height of summer in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//05//15//14-days-in-italy-a-complete-guide-to-travelling-by-train-for-a-whistle-stop-tour-of-the-co/">Italy./n

The festival originates from the Feriae Augusti, the festival of Emperor Augustus established in 18 BC. Under his rule, 1 August was declared a rest day for workers in the agricultural sector after the labour of the previous months.<\/p>\n<p>In around 5 AD, the Catholic Church felt the need to put a religious spin on the festivity and moved the date to 15 August, the celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, almost all shops and industries in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//07//01//think-you-know-italy-now-it-wants-you-to-explore-its-hidden-attractions/">Italy shut down for the whole of August and there was a mass exodus to the sea.<\/p>\n<p>Now, businesses limit closures to around two weeks, but it remains one of Italy\u2019s most important festivities.<\/p>\n<h2>How do Italians celebrate Ferragosto?<\/h2><p>The most traditional way to celebrate Ferragosto is to escape to the beach. Many households decamp to the seaside for the whole of August and the 15th marks the climax of the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>It is customary to have a big barbeque or al fresco lunch on the beach with family and friends on the day of Ferragosto.<\/p>\n<p>This practice has its origins during Italy\u2019s Fascist regime. In the 1920s, the government organised Ferragosto excursions to the beach. They set up special discounted rail journeys to the seaside so that even the working classes could afford a trip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//91//02//24//808x539_cmsv2_7abf05f0-f5b6-5084-ad57-66c7a607bdff-6910224.jpg/" alt=\"webandi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/91\/02\/24\/384x256_cmsv2_7abf05f0-f5b6-5084-ad57-66c7a607bdff-6910224.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/91\/02\/24\/640x427_cmsv2_7abf05f0-f5b6-5084-ad57-66c7a607bdff-6910224.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/91\/02\/24\/750x500_cmsv2_7abf05f0-f5b6-5084-ad57-66c7a607bdff-6910224.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/91\/02\/24\/828x552_cmsv2_7abf05f0-f5b6-5084-ad57-66c7a607bdff-6910224.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/91\/02\/24\/1080x720_cmsv2_7abf05f0-f5b6-5084-ad57-66c7a607bdff-6910224.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/91\/02\/24\/1200x800_cmsv2_7abf05f0-f5b6-5084-ad57-66c7a607bdff-6910224.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/91\/02\/24\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7abf05f0-f5b6-5084-ad57-66c7a607bdff-6910224.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fruit sellers are a common sight on Italy&apos;s beaches in summer.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">webandi<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, since the organised excursions didn\u2019t involve food, it became customary to bring a packed lunch. This has evolved into an extravagant meal often involving surprisingly heavy fare like pasta bakes and stuffed vegetables.<\/p>\n<h2>Is everything in Italy closed in August?<\/h2><p>While once it would have been a challenge to find a restaurant open in a city around Ferragosto, this is no longer the case.<\/p>\n<p>Many businesses still shut but an increase in summer visitors means eateries, bars, gelaterie and tourist attractions normally remain open.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a number of cities now hold events throughout August to cater to the rise in tourism. Some, like <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//03//28//italy-travel-guide-how-to-experience-the-world-s-most-beautiful-country-like-a-local/">Rome and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//02//new-flight-free-food-adventures-three-slow-and-sensual-trips-across-spain-and-italy/">Bologna, set up outdoor cinemas while there is a jazz festival in the Apulian city of Bari and an opera festival in Macerata in Le Marche.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6873576,6805334\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//07//22//italys-beach-wars-how-the-fight-for-lidos-has-got-political-and-physical/">Italy/u2019s beach wars: How the fight for lidos has got political - and physical<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//22//sardinia-popular-beaches-protected-with-towel-bans-pre-booked-tickets-and-entry-fees/">Sardinia: Popular beaches to be protected with towel bans, pre-booked tickets and entry fees<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On 27 August, Melpignano in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//07//13//the-maldives-of-italy-a-guide-to-paradise-beaches-in-salento/">Puglia hosts the Night of Taranta, a festival celebrating traditional folk music and dance. In Siena, the famous Palio horse race takes place on the 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Most major tourist attractions remain open including the Uffizi gallery in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//06//01//venice-florence-skye-overtourism-how-residents-feel-about-travellers-return/">Florence and the Ducal Palace in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//07//01//venice-sets-date-for-introduction-of-ticketing-and-entry-fees-heres-what-you-need-to-know/">Venice. One of the few exceptions is the Vatican Museums, which are closed on 15 August.<\/p>\n<h2>How not to travel in Italy in August<\/h2><p>The biggest travel mistake to make in August is driving. With people heading back and forth from the sea, Italy\u2019s roads are a nightmare around Ferragosto.<\/p>\n<p>Motorways become much busier and smaller roads that lead to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//06//19//from-hidden-coves-to-nature-reserves-italy-has-europes-most-diverse-beaches-heres-the-top/">coastal holiday hotspots<\/strong><\/a> often see major traffic jams.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian government issues <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//07//27//ryanair-strikes-unions-in-spain-call-for-a-five-month-walk-out-starting-in-august/">travel warnings<\/strong><\/a> each year to help motorists avoid peak times. It publishes a calender that colour codes days in terms of traffic intensity.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6901354,6900266\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//03//portugal-strikes-looming-with-walkouts-threatened-at-ten-airports-in-august/">Portugal: Strikes looming with walkouts threatened at ten airports in August<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//23//save-time-and-avoid-the-chaos-heres-how-i-packed-for-a-week-away-with-only-hand-luggage/">Beat the travel chaos by travelling with only hand luggage: Here's expert packing advice<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yellow signals heavy traffic, red indicates heavy traffic with possible critical conditions and black means critical levels of traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The weekends are often categorised as red while the mornings of 12 August currently has a black warning.<\/p>\n<p>In general, authorities advise against driving on Fridays and Monday mornings.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1659703152,"publishedAt":1691755257,"updatedAt":1691755297,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/11\/pasta-bake-on-the-beach-how-to-celebrate-italys-biggest-summer-festival","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/91\/02\/24\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_15ab2f20-46ae-58b7-b10b-ba975432c453-6910224.jpg","altText":"The August Ferragosto holiday in Italy is traditionally celebrated with a big lunch on the beach. 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Here's why","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"The Italian government's climate stance differs at home or abroad","titleListing2":"The Italian government's climate stance differs at home or abroad. Here's why","leadin":"When it comes to dealing with the issue of climate change, the government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appears to have two very separate audiences: the domestic one and the international one.","summary":"When it comes to dealing with the issue of climate change, the government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appears to have two very separate audiences: the domestic one and the international one.","url":"the-italian-governments-climate-stance-differs-at-home-or-abroad-heres-why","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Meloni, for instance, renewed the Italian commitment to reduce carbon emissions at COP27 back in November and she agreed last week through a statement from the White House on the importance of fighting climate change. \n\n\nBut at home, things are different.\u00a0 \n\nAlthough not outrightly coming out as a climate denier, when addressing the domestic audience Meloni prefers vague words: weather-related disasters become \"tragedies\", extreme weather events are \"bad weather\" and climate change is \"unpredictable weather\". \n\n\"The last time she hinted at climate change on social networks dates back to August 2022,\u201d Christian Ruggiero, a communication professor at La Sapienza University in Rome, told Euronews. \n\nThat was before the elections that would make her leader. She admitted then that \"the climate emergency was the biggest challenge of our generation.\" \n\n\nMeanwhile her m inister of infrastructure, Matteo Salvini, recently claimed ice melting is a naturally recurring phenomenon, a fact easily disproved by data -- this year, some parts of the Alps received 49% less snow than the average of the last 12 years. \n\n'This duplicity is not new for Italy' \n\nMeloni's right-wing populist party, Brothers of Italy, and its allies have\u00a0 always been skeptical about climate change, often characterising the green transition as ideologically biased. \n\nThe party voted against the \u00a0European Nature Restoration law and the phase-out of fossil fuel cars. Last month, the government cut out several environmental projects from its Recovery and Resilience Plan to access EU funds.\u00a0 \n\n\"The Italian government refuses to admit climate change at home. But when meeting with global leaders, Giorgia Meloni is tied to the official position of the EU,\" Giampiero Gramaglia, former director of the Italian news agency ANSA, told Euronews. \n\n\"This duplicity is not new for Italy. It is the same as blaming Brussels for unpopular regulations that the government backed,\" Gramaglia added. \n\nThis ambiguity has helped Meloni navigate her dual role as Prime Minister and leader of Brothers of Italy in a coalition whose official positions often contradict her own. I t is a strategy also used for other issues including Russia's war in Ukraine and LGBTQ + \u00a0rights.\u00a0 \n\nWhile Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, respectively the leader of the League and the late former leader and founder of Forza Italia, backed pro-Russian claims on Ukraine, Meloni was busy reassuring allies of the Italian commitment to the war. \n\nDuring her recent meeting with US President Joe Biden , Meloni vowed \u00a0to defend LGBTQ+ rights but her government has started to erode the rights of same-sex parents in the country. \n\nItaly's climate change reality \n\nThe Italian premier called during an address to parliament in March for\u00a0\"pragmatism\" against an \"ideological approach,\" and the use of \"neutral technologies,\" such as methane gas, to support the transition and affirmed that there are no climate deniers within her ranks.\u00a0 \n\n\"But nobody is doing anything to prove they believe in it either,\" Gramaglia said. \n\n\nFor Ruggiero, her very limited use of \"climate change\" in public, the expression only appeared once in her party's 2022 manifesto, stems from the fact that \"her communication strategy is pretty materialistic\". \n\n\"She focuses on things she believes are concrete for her voters, such as nationalism and traditional values. You can touch your home, but not climate change. That is what she thinks,\" Ruggiero said. \n\n\nYet Italians are already experiencing the reality of climate change. \n\nThis May, the equivalent of a year's worth of rain fell on central Italy in just a few days, triggering flash floods that killed 15 people , displaced tens of thousands more and caused damages estimated at\u00a0\u20ac8.8 billion. \n\nLast month, a heatwave \u00a0exacerbated wildfires in Sicily, engulfing the outskirts of Palermo with the record temperatures leaving hundreds of thousands in Catania without drinking water and electricity. In Northern Italy, tropical storms destroyed cars, forests, crops and roofs.\u00a0 \n\nAccording to Coldiretti, the Italian association of farmers, the number of extreme weather events shot up 57% this summer compared to last year, a figure it obtained by aggregating data from the European Severe Weather Database. \n\n\"The Mediterranean region is indeed a climate hotspot, an area where the impact of global climate change is particularly evident,\" Valerio Lembo, a climate scientist at the Italian Research Council (CNR), explained to Euronews. \n\n\"That is why the IPCC is closely monitoring Italy. The country is warming faster than the rest of the world. The average temperature rose by 1,5 C\u00b0 compared to a global average of +1,1 C\u00b0,\" Lembo said. \n\nActivism vs extremism \n\nAs in other parts of Europe, climate activists have sought to pressure the government into action but their acts of civil disobedience are finding an increasingly harsher reception. \n\nAfter Ultima Generazione activists spread orange paint on Palazzo Vecchio in Florence the government instated fines of up to \u20ac60,000 against the vandalisation of monuments. For the government, these are not acts of climate activism but instead \"ideological extremism\".\u00a0 \n\nAlessandro Berti, a spokesperson for\u00a0Ultima Generazione, accuses some talk shows, in particular those aired on the\u00a0Berlusconi-owned Mediaset TV channel of scapegoating activists. \n\n\"TV hosts treat us in paternalistic tones,\" Berti told Euronews. \"Some are blatantly climate deniers, while others like to ignite aggressive confrontation. Nobody is impartial or defending the reality of the climate crisis,\" Berti said. \n\nOne of these TV hosts is Meloni's partner, journalist Andrea Giambruno. \n\nEarlier this week,\u00a0Ultima Generazione activists and Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, the country's minister of environment held a meeting.\u00a0 \n\nThe meeting did not yield any results. Ultima Generazione called for a bill to cut fossil fuel subsidies, Pichetto Fratin demanded activists stop \"vandalising monuments.\" Both sides refused \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Meloni, for instance, renewed the Italian commitment to reduce carbon emissions at COP27 back in November and she agreed last week through a statement from the White House on the importance of fighting climate change. <\/p>\n<p>But at home, things are different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although not outrightly coming out as a climate denier, when addressing the domestic audience Meloni prefers vague words: weather-related disasters become \"tragedies\", extreme weather events are \"bad weather\" and climate change is \"unpredictable weather\".<\/p>\n<p>\"The last time she hinted at climate change on social networks dates back to August 2022,\u201d Christian Ruggiero, a communication professor at La Sapienza University in Rome, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>That was before the elections that would make her leader. She admitted then that \"the climate emergency was the biggest challenge of our generation.\" <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile her minister of infrastructure, Matteo Salvini, recently claimed ice melting is a naturally recurring phenomenon, a fact easily disproved by data -- this year, some parts of the Alps received 49% less snow than the average of the last 12 years.<\/p>\n<h2>'This duplicity is not new for Italy'<\/h2><p>Meloni&#039;s right-wing populist party, Brothers of Italy, and its allies have\u00a0always been skeptical about climate change, often characterising the green transition as ideologically biased.<\/p>\n<p>The party voted against the\u00a0European Nature Restoration law and the phase-out of fossil fuel cars. Last month, the government cut out several environmental projects from its Recovery and Resilience Plan to access EU funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The Italian government refuses to admit climate change at home. But when meeting with global leaders, Giorgia Meloni is tied to the official position of the EU,\" Giampiero Gramaglia, former director of the Italian news agency ANSA, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\"This duplicity is not new for Italy. It is the same as blaming Brussels for unpopular regulations that the government backed,\" Gramaglia added.<\/p>\n<p>This ambiguity has helped Meloni navigate her dual role as Prime Minister and leader of Brothers of Italy in a coalition whose official positions often contradict her own. It is a strategy also used for other issues including Russia&#039;s war in Ukraine and LGBTQ+\u00a0rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi, respectively the leader of the League and the late former leader and founder of Forza Italia, backed pro-Russian claims on Ukraine, Meloni was busy reassuring allies of the Italian commitment to the war. <\/p>\n<p>During <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//27//joe-biden-to-meet-far-right-italian-prime-minister-giorgia-meloni-for-white-house-talks/">her recent meeting with US President Joe Biden<\/a><\/strong>, Meloni vowed\u00a0to defend LGBTQ+ rights but her government has started to erode the rights of same-sex parents in the country.<\/p>\n<h2>Italy's climate change reality<\/h2><p>The Italian premier called during an address to parliament in March for\u00a0\"pragmatism\" against an \"ideological approach,\" and the use of \"neutral technologies,\" such as methane gas, to support the transition and affirmed that there are no climate deniers within her ranks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"But nobody is doing anything to prove they believe in it either,\" Gramaglia said. <\/p>\n<p>For Ruggiero, her very limited use of \"climate change\" in public, the expression only appeared once in her party&#039;s 2022 manifesto, stems from the fact that \"her communication strategy is pretty materialistic\".<\/p>\n<p>\"She focuses on things she believes are concrete for her voters, such as nationalism and traditional values. You can touch your home, but not climate change. That is what she thinks,\" Ruggiero said. <\/p>\n<p>Yet Italians are already experiencing the reality of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>This May, the equivalent of a year&#039;s worth of rain fell on central Italy in just a few days, triggering <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//19//italys-deadly-floods-are-yet-another-example-of-climate-change-extremes-experts-say/">flash floods that killed 15 people<\/a><\/strong>, displaced tens of thousands more and caused damages estimated at\u00a0\u20ac8.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a heatwave\u00a0exacerbated wildfires in Sicily, engulfing the outskirts of Palermo with the record temperatures leaving hundreds of thousands in Catania without drinking water and electricity. In Northern Italy, tropical storms destroyed cars, forests, crops and roofs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Coldiretti, the Italian association of farmers, the number of extreme weather events shot up 57% this summer compared to last year, a figure it obtained by aggregating data from the European Severe Weather Database.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Mediterranean region is indeed a climate hotspot, an area where the impact of global climate change is particularly evident,\" Valerio Lembo, a climate scientist at the Italian Research Council (CNR), explained to Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\"That is why the IPCC is closely monitoring Italy. The country is warming faster than the rest of the world. The average temperature rose by 1,5 C\u00b0 compared to a global average of +1,1 C\u00b0,\" Lembo said.<\/p>\n<h2>Activism vs extremism<\/h2><p>As in other parts of Europe, climate activists have sought to pressure the government into action but their acts of civil disobedience are finding an increasingly harsher reception.<\/p>\n<p>After Ultima Generazione activists spread orange paint on Palazzo Vecchio in Florence the government instated fines of up to \u20ac60,000 against the vandalisation of monuments. For the government, these are not acts of climate activism but instead \"ideological extremism\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alessandro Berti, a spokesperson for\u00a0Ultima Generazione, accuses some talk shows, in particular those aired on the\u00a0Berlusconi-owned Mediaset TV channel of scapegoating activists.<\/p>\n<p>\"TV hosts treat us in paternalistic tones,\" Berti told Euronews. \"Some are blatantly climate deniers, while others like to ignite aggressive confrontation. Nobody is impartial or defending the reality of the climate crisis,\" Berti said.<\/p>\n<p>One of these TV hosts is Meloni&#039;s partner, journalist Andrea Giambruno.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week,\u00a0Ultima Generazione activists and Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, the country&#039;s minister of environment held a meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The meeting did not yield any results. Ultima Generazione called for a bill to cut fossil fuel subsidies, Pichetto Fratin demanded activists stop \"vandalising monuments.\" Both sides refused<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691678964,"publishedAt":1691736651,"updatedAt":1691736706,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2023\/08\/11\/the-italian-governments-climate-stance-differs-at-home-or-abroad-heres-why","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_79c276fc-73ec-52b3-b3dc-a23fea261cd1-7815044.jpg","altText":"Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels, Nov. 3, 2022. ","caption":"Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives at EU headquarters in Brussels, Nov. 3, 2022. 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'The Many Lives of the Pisa Bell Tower'. \n\nSymphonic music concerts and film screenings will also be organised in the cycle \"Il Cinema e la torre\". \n\nAlthough the Leaning Tower of Pisa is now stable, this was not always the case.\u00a0 \n\nIn the 1990s, the Italian authorities had to close the bell tower to the public and launched a competition for ideas to reinforce its structure and prevent it from collapsing, as the situation was critical. \n\nThe first intervention, which consisted of adding lead counterweights to the structure, did not solve the problem, so it was finally decided to excavate the earth to reduce the slope of the tower and ensure its preservation. \n\n\u00a0\"The rescue of the bell tower allows us to celebrate the 850th anniversary and to appreciate the efforts of our ancestors in the arrangement of the monuments in the Duomo square,\" the president of the Opera Primaziale, the monument's managing body, Andrea Maestrelli, told the local press. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Tower of Pisa, one of the most admired and famous buildings in the world, has begun its 850th birthday celebrations after the laying of its first stone on 9 August 1173.<\/p>\n<p>Considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, together with the whole of Pisa&#039;s Piazza del Duomo, the tower is a fundamental example of the Romanesque style, in particular Pisan Romanesque, and a fine example of medieval engineering as it has remained leaning from the beginning of its construction due to the instability of the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The city has arranged a programme that will last until 9 August 2024, which includes an exhibition featuring the paintings, engravings, photographs and films that have immortalised the work over the years - &#039;The Many Lives of the Pisa Bell Tower&#039;.<\/p>\n<p>Symphonic music concerts and film screenings will also be organised in the cycle \"Il Cinema e la torre\".<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"3454158\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2018//11//23//pisa-s-tower-is-losing-its-famous-lean/">Pisa's Tower is losing its famous lean<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although the Leaning Tower of Pisa is now stable, this was not always the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the 1990s, the Italian authorities had to close the bell tower to the public and launched a competition for ideas to reinforce its structure and prevent it from collapsing, as the situation was critical.<\/p>\n<p>The first intervention, which consisted of adding lead counterweights to the structure, did not solve the problem, so it was finally decided to excavate the earth to reduce the slope of the tower and ensure its preservation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\"The rescue of the bell tower allows us to celebrate the 850th anniversary and to appreciate the efforts of our ancestors in the arrangement of the monuments in the Duomo square,\" the president of the Opera Primaziale, the monument&#039;s managing body, Andrea Maestrelli, told the local press.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691653521,"publishedAt":1691683195,"updatedAt":1692862746,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/10\/the-leaning-tower-of-pisa-celebrates-its-850th-birthday","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d6e30114-0262-5fe4-8e6a-ac5fb3797b8d-7813780.jpg","altText":"The Leaning Tower of Pisa, right, and the Duomo basilica at celebrations marking its restoration. 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","summary":"The European Commission recommended that EU nations suspend their investor visa programmes in March 2022. ","url":"italy-suspends-golden-visas-for-russians-and-belarusians-more-than-a-year-after-eu-recomme","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Italy has suspended its golden visa programme for Russian and Belarusian citizens, the country\u2019s Business Ministry has announced on its website. \n\nItalian media reports that it made the decision in mid-July - more than a year after the European Commission recommended the move following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \n\nInvestor visa programmes or \u2018golden visas\u2019 offer people the opportunity to obtain a residency permit by purchasing a house, investing significant amounts of money or making a donation. \n\nFor EU nations, this also often means gaining access to the benefits of being a resident of the bloc - including free movement between countries. \n\nThe Italian programme offers a two-year residency permit (which can be extended for three years) in exchange for a \u20ac2 million investment in Italian government bonds, a \u20ac500,000 investment in an Italian limited company, a \u20ac250,000 investment in an Italian innovative startup or a \u20ac1 million donation to a philanthropic initiative in Italy. \n\nIt can be extended for three years and after 10 years you may be eligible for citizenship. \n\nWhy did the EU recommend suspending golden visa schemes? \n\nIn March 2022, the European Commission called on all EU member states to suspend their investor visa programmes for Russian and Belarusian nationals. \n\nIt warned that those \u201cwho are subject to sanctions or significantly supporting the war in Ukraine\u201d may have acquired EU citizenship or privileged access to the EU - including freedom of movement in the Schengen area - under these schemes. \n\nItalian magazine Altreconomia reports that Italy issued at least 32 Russian citizens with two-year \"investor\" visas out of 36 applications last year, based on data provided by the Business Ministry. This was more than the number issued to investors from the UK, the US and another 23 non-EU countries combined. \n\nThere was no data to show how many had been issued so far this year. \n\nEU countries are getting rid of their golden visa schemes \n\nItaly is one of just a handful of EU countries that still have golden visa schemes. \n\nThe European Commission has previously said that programmes like this are a risk to security, transparency and the values of the European Union. \n\nEarlier this year, Ireland axed its Immigrant Investor Programme - which offered Irish residence in return for a \u20ac500,000 donation or a three-year annual \u20ac1 million investment in the country. \n\nPortugal too has put an end to its residence by investment scheme to tackle rising property and rent prices.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Italy has suspended its golden visa programme for Russian and Belarusian citizens, the country\u2019s Business Ministry has announced on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Italian media reports that it made the decision in mid-July - more than a year after the European Commission recommended the move following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Investor visa programmes or <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//02//want-to-move-to-the-us-heres-how-much-you-need-to-invest-to-get-a-golden-visa/">/u2018golden visas\u2019<\/strong><\/a> offer people the opportunity to obtain a residency permit by purchasing a house, investing significant amounts of money or making a donation.<\/p>\n<p>For EU nations, this also often means gaining access to the benefits of being a resident of the bloc - including free movement between countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian programme offers a two-year residency permit (which can be extended for three years) in exchange for a \u20ac2 million investment in Italian government bonds, a \u20ac500,000 investment in an Italian limited company, a \u20ac250,000 investment in an Italian innovative startup or a \u20ac1 million donation to a philanthropic initiative in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>It can be extended for three years and after 10 years you may be eligible for citizenship.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7814776,7809930\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//10//italy-flight-price-cap-where-will-it-apply-and-will-it-really-make-airfares-cheaper/">Italy flight price cap: Where will it apply and will it really make airfares cheaper?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//10//eu-roaming-charges-how-much-does-it-cost-to-use-your-phone-in-europe/">EU roaming charges: How much does it cost to use your phone in Europe?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why did the EU recommend suspending golden visa schemes?<\/h2><p>In March 2022, the European Commission called on all EU member states to suspend their investor visa programmes for Russian and Belarusian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>It warned that those \u201cwho are subject to sanctions or significantly supporting the war in Ukraine\u201d may have acquired EU citizenship or privileged access to the EU - including freedom of movement in the Schengen area - under these schemes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//50//20//808x454_cmsv2_f2ae869e-0e4b-5aa0-ad3e-7f7d8abbce51-7815020.jpg/" alt=\"Canva\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/20\/384x216_cmsv2_f2ae869e-0e4b-5aa0-ad3e-7f7d8abbce51-7815020.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/20\/640x360_cmsv2_f2ae869e-0e4b-5aa0-ad3e-7f7d8abbce51-7815020.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/20\/750x422_cmsv2_f2ae869e-0e4b-5aa0-ad3e-7f7d8abbce51-7815020.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/20\/828x466_cmsv2_f2ae869e-0e4b-5aa0-ad3e-7f7d8abbce51-7815020.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/20\/1080x608_cmsv2_f2ae869e-0e4b-5aa0-ad3e-7f7d8abbce51-7815020.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/20\/1200x675_cmsv2_f2ae869e-0e4b-5aa0-ad3e-7f7d8abbce51-7815020.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/20\/1920x1080_cmsv2_f2ae869e-0e4b-5aa0-ad3e-7f7d8abbce51-7815020.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Investment visa schemes often offer many of the benefits of living in the EU.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Canva<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Italian magazine Altreconomia reports that Italy issued at least 32 Russian citizens with two-year \"investor\" visas out of 36 applications last year, based on data provided by the Business Ministry. This was more than the number issued to investors from the UK, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//09//07//wealthy-americans-shopping-for-holiday-homes-in-europe-while-euro-is-weak/">the US<\/strong><\/a> and another 23 non-EU countries combined.<\/p>\n<p>There was no data to show how many had been issued so far this year.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7797160,7528910\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//12//portugals-golden-visa-ban-has-received-mixed-responses-heres-why/">Portugal/u2019s golden visa ban has received mixed responses - here\u2019s why<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//02//want-to-move-to-the-us-heres-how-much-you-need-to-invest-to-get-a-golden-visa/">Want to move to the US? Here's how much you need to invest to get a golden visa <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>EU countries are getting rid of their golden visa schemes<\/h2><p>Italy is one of just a handful of EU countries that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//03//what-is-a-golden-visa-and-why-are-some-countries-giving-them-up-for-good/">still have golden visa schemes.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has previously said that programmes like this are a risk to security, transparency and the values of the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Ireland axed its Immigrant Investor Programme - which offered Irish residence in return for a \u20ac500,000 donation or a three-year annual \u20ac1 million investment in the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//12//portugals-golden-visa-ban-has-received-mixed-responses-heres-why/">Portugal too has put an end to its residence by investment scheme<\/strong><\/a> to tackle rising property and rent prices.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691678512,"publishedAt":1691680756,"updatedAt":1691680758,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/10\/italy-suspends-golden-visas-for-russians-and-belarusians-more-than-a-year-after-eu-recomme","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/50\/20\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_26f23e05-b8a6-5651-b034-086bd48766cf-7815020.jpg","altText":"Italy has just suspended its investment visa programme. 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Pent-up demand and inflated fuel prices are partly to blame for the sudden spike in costs. But the algorithms airlines use to determine ticket prices have also played a role. \n\nA recent analysis by Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera threw this into the spotlight when it revealed that flight prices from Sardinia and Sicily to Rome were as much as 830 per cent above average. \n\nTo protect passengers from such inflated costs, the Italian government has approved a decree law that caps domestic airfares connecting the islands with the mainland. It means they can be no more than 200 per cent above average during peak seasons or national emergencies. \n\nCurrently, nine out of 10 flights break this rule, according to Corriere della Sera. \n\nThe decree also bans the use of \u2018dynamic pricing\u2019 determined by automated algorithms on certain routes , if it results in \u2018economic damage\u2019 to the customer. It is part of a wider drive by the Italian government to clamp down on the use of AI and protect consumers from unfair business practices. \n\nAirlines have vowed to fight the decree, saying it violates EU regulations. \n\nHow do flight price algorithms work? \n\nAirlines use algorithms and AI to set and adjust prices based on demand and data. This is sometimes called \u2018dynamic pricing\u2019. \n\nCustomer data - like previous searches and purchases - may influence prices, along with length of stay, date of booking and date of travel. There is also some evidence to suggest that flight prices may be higher when booking from an expensive device such as an iPhone over an Android. \n\nAirline algorithms also take competitors\u2019 fares, peak dates, previous overbooking outcomes (such as the level of passenger no-shows and missed connections), and projected fuel prices into account, among other factors. \n\nHistorical data on fares and booking trends for specific routes can also influence ticket pricing, along with live data on ticket sales. \n\nWill Italy\u2019s price cap be effective? \n\nItaly\u2019s price cap and algorithm limits apply specifically to domestic flights servicing Sicily and Sardinia . It aims to protect Italians who are originally from the islands from unfair prices when flying home during peak travel periods. \n\nRyanair chief executive Eddie Wilson has branded the decree as \u201cridiculous and illegal\u201d, according to Italian news agency Ansa. He says it goes against EU free market laws and has called for it to be cancelled. \n\nThe budget airline\u2019s CEO met with Italy\u2019s Economic Development Minister, Adolfo Urso, on Wednesday \u201cto start a constructive dialogue to reach balanced solutions for passengers and airlines ,\u201d the minister tweeted. \n\nEarlier in the week, Urso pledged there would be \u201cno more algorithms and flight auctions\u201d. \n\nOver the next two months, the details of the law will be hashed out. So far, it is unclear whether the baseline for flight price caps will use annual or month by month averages. \n\nSome are sceptical of the law\u2019s efficacy, with president of the National Consumer Union Massimiliano Dona calling the move \u201csmoke and mirrors for citizens\u201d and \u201can incentive to raise prices\u201d, Italian daily il Fatto Quotidiano reports. \n\nOthers have pointed out that airfares priced at 200 per cent of the average would still be high. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Italian government plans to cap domestic flight prices to protect consumers from soaring inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The price of flights has increased dramatically over the last year. Pent-up demand and inflated fuel prices are partly to blame for the sudden spike in costs. But the algorithms airlines use to determine ticket prices have also played a role.<\/p>\n<p>A recent analysis by Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera threw this into the spotlight when it revealed that flight prices from Sardinia and Sicily to Rome were as much as 830 per cent above average.<\/p>\n<p>To protect passengers from such inflated costs, the Italian government has approved a decree law that caps domestic airfares connecting the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//16//sicily-s-best-boutique-hotels-sleep-in-style-at-these-high-end-hideaways/">islands with the mainland. It means they can be no more than 200 per cent above average during peak seasons or national emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, nine out of 10 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//20//flight-free-holidays-the-5-best-european-beaches-you-can-reach-by-train/">flights break this rule, according to Corriere della Sera.<\/p>\n<p>The decree also bans the use of \u2018dynamic pricing\u2019 determined by automated algorithms on certain <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//11//23//sicily-and-mainland-italy-might-soon-be-linked-by-the-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge/">routes, if it results in \u2018economic damage\u2019 to the customer. It is part of a wider drive by the Italian government to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//04//13//ai-chatbot-chatgpt-could-return-to-italy-if-openai-complies-with-data-protection-rules/">clamp down<\/strong><\/a> on the use of AI and protect consumers from unfair business practices.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines have vowed to fight the decree, saying it violates EU regulations.<\/p>\n<h2>How do flight price algorithms work?<\/h2><p>Airlines use algorithms and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//13//budgeting-with-a-bot-the-ultimate-cheap-eco-friendly-weekend-in-europe-according-to-chatgp/">AI to set and adjust prices based on demand and data. This is sometimes called \u2018dynamic pricing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Customer data - like previous searches and purchases - may influence prices, along with length of stay, date of booking and date of travel. There is also some evidence to suggest that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//25//flight-etiquette-tiktok-argues-over-correct-way-to-exit-a-plane/">flight prices may be higher when booking from an expensive device such as an iPhone over an Android.<\/p>\n<p>Airline algorithms also take competitors\u2019 fares, peak dates, previous overbooking outcomes (such as the level of passenger no-shows and missed connections), and projected fuel prices into account, among other factors.<\/p>\n<p>Historical data on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//01//22//summer-prices-are-soaring-heres-how-to-book-a-cheap-holiday-in-2023/">fares and booking trends for specific routes can also influence ticket pricing, along with live data on ticket sales.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7558962,7801376\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//26//are-cheap-flights-a-thing-of-the-past-heres-why-your-summer-trip-is-so-expensive/">Are cheap flights a thing of the past? Here\u2019s why your summer trip is so expensive<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//05//ferry-vs-sleeper-train-i-compared-europes-flight-free-transport-on-comfort-cost-and-co2/">Ferry vs sleeper train: I compared Europe's flight-free transport on comfort, cost and CO2<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Will Italy\u2019s price cap be effective?<\/h2><p>Italy\u2019s price cap and algorithm limits apply specifically to domestic flights servicing Sicily and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//22//sardinia-popular-beaches-protected-with-towel-bans-pre-booked-tickets-and-entry-fees/">Sardinia. It aims to protect Italians who are originally from the islands from unfair prices when flying home during peak travel periods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//09//belgium-strikes-ryanair-cancels-44-flights-on-saturday-with-more-disruption-likely/">Ryanair chief executive Eddie Wilson has branded the decree as \u201cridiculous and illegal\u201d, according to Italian news agency Ansa. He says it goes against EU free market laws and has called for it to be cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The budget airline\u2019s CEO met with Italy\u2019s Economic Development Minister, Adolfo Urso, on Wednesday \u201cto start a constructive dialogue to reach balanced solutions for passengers and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//06//why-you-shouldn-t-cancel-your-flight-this-summer-according-to-travel-experts/">airlines,/u201d the minister tweeted.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7727924\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//05//return-to-travel-chaos-air-passengers-warned-they-could-face-a-challenging-summer/">Return to travel chaos? Air passengers warned they could face a \u2018challenging\u2019 summer<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the week, Urso pledged there would be \u201cno more algorithms and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//02//pilot-draws-24-kilometre-long-penis-in-the-sky-after-being-diverted-from-catania-airport/">flight auctions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next two months, the details of the law will be hashed out. So far, it is unclear whether the baseline for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//09//28//half-term-holidays-with-flight-prices-soaring-how-can-you-save-money-on-your-next-family-g/">flight price<\/strong><\/a> caps will use annual or month by month averages.<\/p>\n<p>Some are sceptical of the law\u2019s efficacy, with president of the National Consumer Union Massimiliano Dona calling the move \u201csmoke and mirrors for citizens\u201d and \u201can incentive to raise prices\u201d, Italian daily il Fatto Quotidiano reports.<\/p>\n<p>Others have pointed out that airfares priced at 200 per cent of the average would still be high.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691671222,"publishedAt":1691677002,"updatedAt":1691677005,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/10\/italy-flight-price-cap-where-will-it-apply-and-will-it-really-make-airfares-cheaper","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/47\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_43cd3832-db6a-5efc-9a24-ddf7c5c5c31a-7814776.jpg","altText":"The price cap will apply to domestic flights servicing Sardinia and Sicily.","caption":"The price cap will apply to domestic flights servicing Sardinia and Sicily.","captionCredit":"Canva","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"symons","title":"Angela Symons","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":21030,"slug":"sardinia","urlSafeValue":"sardinia","title":"Sardinia","titleRaw":"Sardinia"},{"id":17750,"slug":"sicily","urlSafeValue":"sicily","title":"Sicily","titleRaw":"Sicily"},{"id":13028,"slug":"flight","urlSafeValue":"flight","title":"flight","titleRaw":"flight"},{"id":12860,"slug":"money","urlSafeValue":"money","title":"money","titleRaw":"money"},{"id":4,"slug":"airlines","urlSafeValue":"airlines","title":"Airlines","titleRaw":"Airlines"},{"id":8657,"slug":"ryanair","urlSafeValue":"ryanair","title":"Ryanair","titleRaw":"Ryanair"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news\/travel-news"},"vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":21,"urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel-news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":158,"urlSafeValue":"italy","title":"Italy","url":"\/news\/europe\/italy"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gs_travel','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','gs_busfin','gs_travel_locations','gs_travel_locations_europe','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gs_travel_misc','italy_eng','neg_saudiaramco','neg_facebook_2021','gt_negative','gs_busfin_economy','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','sm_politics','gb_crime_edu','gb_crime_high_med_low'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/travel\/2023\/08\/10\/italy-flight-price-cap-where-will-it-apply-and-will-it-really-make-airfares-cheaper","lastModified":1691677005},{"id":2342452,"cid":7811998,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230809_NWSU_52706785","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Four shipwrecks in five days: Why migrants tragedy keep happening in the Med","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Four shipwrecks in five days: Why migrants keep dying in the Med","titleListing2":"Italian politicians have blamed the deaths on the \"indifference\" of Europe and the country's government.","leadin":"Forty-one migrants died off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to the only four survivors, in the latest shipwrecks reported in the Mediterranean Sea. ","summary":"Forty-one migrants died off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to the only four survivors, in the latest shipwrecks reported in the Mediterranean Sea. ","url":"four-shipwrecks-in-five-days-why-migrants-tragedy-keep-happening-in-the-med","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Forty-one migrants died off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa when the boat they were travelling on capsized and sank, survivors told local media on Wednesday morning. Only four of the total 45 passengers aboard survived after being rescued by Italian authorities. \n\nThe four, three men and one woman from the Ivory Coast and Guinea, told Italian authorities they had left from Sfax in Tunisia on Thursday last week with 45 people aboard, including 3 children. \n\nThey said that the 7-metre boat travelled for about 6 hours before being capsized by a large wave that threw everyone overboard and into the water. Only 15 people had lifebuoys, according to the survivors, but still drowned. \n\nThe four said they survived after managing to hop aboard an abandoned vessel in the middle of the sea, likely left behind after transporting migrants. Four days later, they were spotted by Frontex , who alerted Italian authorities. \n\nThey were rescued on Tuesday, according to Italian news agency ANSA, days after the shipwreck and at a significant distance from where the boat capsized, at open sea, between Sfax and Lampedusa. Italian officials said they could not find the bodies of those who drowned. \n\nThe survivors, still in a state of shock according to Italian media, are now in Lampedusa, which is currently hosting 1,500 migrants inside its facilities thought for 400 people only. While many will soon be transferred, the number of migrants that passed through the island\u2019s shelter since the beginning of June is over 30 thousand people. \n\nThe tragedy is only the latest in a long series of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean which authorities seem far from putting an end to. \n\nThere have been four shipwrecks alone in the past five days on the route going from Tunisia to Italy, which claimed the lives of an estimated 131 people. Between Saturday and Monday, one boat capsized off the coast of Sfax and two more near Lampedusa. \n\nThe bodies of 14 migrants were found by authorities, while 76 remain lost at sea but are being counted among the victims. Near Lampedusa, local authorities rescued 43 people from the first shipwreck and 57 from the second, but the rough conditions of the sea complicated the operation. \n\nThe Sicilian island was swept off by a strong Mistral wind these past few days which might have contributed to the rough conditions at sea which have led to the boats capsizing. \n\nTragedies blamed on \u201cindifference\u201d \n\nThese incidents are likely to continue happening as the number of migrants attempting the dangerous trip through the Mediterranean to Italy\u2019s coasts has more than doubled this year compared to 2022. \n\nAccording to Italy\u2019s Interior Ministry, over 93,000 migrants have arrived in the country this year, as of early August, compared to 44,700 in the same period last year. A total of over 1,800 people have died this year alone trying to cross the sea between North Africa and Europe. \n\nIn Italy, the tragedies fuel the political debate surrounding the government\u2019s actions against illegal migration. Raffaella Paita, a senator from the centre, liberal party Italia Viva, called the shipwrecks in Lampedusa \u201ca new Cutro\u201d, referring to the deaths of 94 migrants off the coast of the southern region of Calabria in April. \n\n\u201cThe sea killed them, but more than that it was indifference that killed them,\u201d she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. \u201cEurope and the government should not turn away from this: we have a moral duty to stop what\u2019s really a massacre.\u201d \n\n\u201cYet another tragedy in the Mediterranean due to the immobilism of the Italian government,\u201d wrote on X Pierfrancesco Majorino of the centre-left party Partito Democratico (PD). \u201cWe\u2019d need a European-wide rescue mission and a real plan to share the responsibility of hosting migrants. Instead, we\u2019re at the level of empty rhetoric and inhuman deals with dictators.\u201d \n\nLast month, Italy finalised a deal with Tunisia - that also covers other issues like the green energy transition, trade, and investment - to curb migrant departures from the North African country. \n\nBut many observers of the country have condemned Tunisia\u2019s President Kais Saied\u2019s recent political crackdown on dissent, saying his leadership has taken an authoritarian direction. \n\nSaied\u2019s recent racist attacks against sub-Saharan Africans in the country - whom he has accused of trying to change the demographic makeup of Tunisia - are likely to have caused a surge in the number of people willing to leave Tunisia. \n\nAccording to a recent survey by the Observatoire National de la Migration , 65% of Tunisians say they\u2019re willing to leave the country at whatever cost. Among those under 30, the percentage goes up to 90%. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Forty-one <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//07//first-group-of-migrants-moved-onto-controversial-housing-barge-in-the-uk/">migrants died off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa when the boat they were travelling on capsized and sank, survivors told local media on Wednesday morning. Only four of the total 45 passengers aboard survived after being rescued by Italian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The four, three men and one woman from the Ivory Coast and Guinea, told Italian authorities they had left from Sfax in Tunisia on Thursday last week with 45 people aboard, including 3 children.<\/p>\n<p>They said that the 7-metre boat travelled for about 6 hours before being capsized by a large wave that threw everyone overboard and into the water. Only 15 people had lifebuoys, according to the survivors, but still drowned.<\/p>\n<p>The four said they survived after managing to hop aboard an abandoned vessel in the middle of the sea, likely left behind after transporting migrants. Four days later, they were spotted by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//07//26//eu-watchdog-launches-investigation-into-frontexs-role-in-deadly-adriana-shipwreck/">Frontex, who alerted Italian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>They were rescued on Tuesday, according to Italian news agency ANSA, days after the shipwreck and at a significant distance from where the boat capsized, at open sea, between Sfax and Lampedusa. Italian officials said they could not find the bodies of those who drowned.<\/p>\n<p>The survivors, still in a state of shock according to Italian media, are now in Lampedusa, which is currently hosting 1,500 migrants inside its facilities thought for 400 people only. While many will soon be transferred, the number of migrants that passed through the island\u2019s shelter since the beginning of June is over 30 thousand people.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy is only the latest in a long series of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean which authorities seem far from putting an end to.<\/p>\n<p>There have been four shipwrecks alone in the past five days on the route going from Tunisia to Italy, which claimed the lives of an estimated 131 people. Between Saturday and Monday, one boat capsized off the coast of Sfax and two more near Lampedusa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//19//98//808x454_cmsv2_ad549774-fab0-523e-9a7b-29b4187a0d8b-7811998.jpg/" alt=\"Italian Coastguard&#47;GUARDIA COSTIERA&#47;AFP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/19\/98\/384x216_cmsv2_ad549774-fab0-523e-9a7b-29b4187a0d8b-7811998.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/19\/98\/640x360_cmsv2_ad549774-fab0-523e-9a7b-29b4187a0d8b-7811998.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/19\/98\/750x422_cmsv2_ad549774-fab0-523e-9a7b-29b4187a0d8b-7811998.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/19\/98\/828x466_cmsv2_ad549774-fab0-523e-9a7b-29b4187a0d8b-7811998.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/19\/98\/1080x608_cmsv2_ad549774-fab0-523e-9a7b-29b4187a0d8b-7811998.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/19\/98\/1200x675_cmsv2_ad549774-fab0-523e-9a7b-29b4187a0d8b-7811998.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/19\/98\/1920x1080_cmsv2_ad549774-fab0-523e-9a7b-29b4187a0d8b-7811998.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescuers helping migrants to board a rescue boat during operations that took place south of Lampedusa on August 6.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Italian Coastguard&#47;GUARDIA COSTIERA&#47;AFP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The bodies of 14 migrants were found by authorities, while 76 remain lost at sea but are being counted among the victims. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//06//dozens-of-migrants-missing-off-italy-after-two-boats-capsize-in-rough-seas/">Near Lampedusa, local authorities rescued 43 people from the first shipwreck and 57 from the second, but the rough conditions of the sea complicated the operation.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sicilian island was swept off by a strong Mistral wind these past few days which might have contributed to the rough conditions at sea which have led to the boats capsizing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1688543981812977664\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Tragedies blamed on \u201cindifference\u201d<\/h2><p>These incidents are likely to continue happening as the number of migrants attempting the dangerous trip through the Mediterranean to Italy\u2019s coasts has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//10//migrant-arrivals-in-italy-have-more-than-tripled-from-last-year-why/">more than doubled<\/strong><\/a> this year compared to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to Italy\u2019s Interior Ministry, over 93,000 migrants have arrived in the country this year, as of early August, compared to 44,700 in the same period last year. A total of over 1,800 people have died this year alone trying to cross the sea between North Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In Italy, the tragedies fuel the political debate surrounding the government\u2019s actions against illegal migration. Raffaella Paita, a senator from the centre, liberal party Italia Viva, called the shipwrecks in Lampedusa \u201ca new Cutro\u201d, referring to the deaths of 94 migrants off the coast of the southern region of Calabria in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sea killed them, but more than that it was indifference that killed them,\u201d she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. \u201cEurope and the government should not turn away from this: we have a moral duty to stop what\u2019s really a massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet another tragedy in the Mediterranean due to the immobilism of the Italian government,\u201d wrote on X Pierfrancesco Majorino of the centre-left party Partito Democratico (PD). \u201cWe\u2019d need a European-wide rescue mission and a real plan to share the responsibility of hosting migrants. Instead, we\u2019re at the level of empty rhetoric and inhuman deals with dictators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Italy finalised a deal with Tunisia - that also covers other issues like the green energy transition, trade, and investment - to curb migrant departures from the North African country.<\/p>\n<p>But many observers of the country have condemned Tunisia\u2019s President Kais Saied\u2019s recent political crackdown on dissent, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//19//why-tunisias-political-and-economical-crisis-is-europes-problem-too/">saying his leadership has taken an authoritarian direction.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saied\u2019s recent racist attacks against sub-Saharan Africans in the country - whom he has accused of trying to change the demographic makeup of Tunisia - are likely to have caused a surge in the number of people willing to leave Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent survey by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.migration.nat.tn//fr///">Observatoire National de la Migration<\/strong><\/a>, 65% of Tunisians say they\u2019re willing to leave the country at whatever cost. 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","leadin":"In response to the most recent act of vandalism, Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano said the government is one step closer to passing the so-called \u201ceco-vandalism\u201d law.","summary":"In response to the most recent act of vandalism, Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano said the government is one step closer to passing the so-called \u201ceco-vandalism\u201d law.","url":"italian-ministry-of-culture-awaits-passage-of-eco-vandalism-law","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After yet another act of vandalism, this time targeting Milan\u2019s famous Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, the Italian minister of culture has announced that the so-called \u201ceco-vandalism\u201d law is expected to pass the in the Chamber and will be codified into law shortly. \n\nIn a press release, Gennaro Sangiuliano stated: \u201cSoon, after the approval that took place last month in the Senate, the eco-vandalism bill will be voted on by the Chamber and will finally become law so as to have a stricter and more effective regulatory framework to counteract the disfigurement of our cultural and landscape assets.\u201d \n\nIf the law is passed, those found guilty of defacing, damaging or destroying anything the government deems as a \u201ccultural asset\u201d could face hefty fines between \u20ac10,000 to \u20ac60,000. \n\nAlthough the law is specifically targeting eco-activists like Last Generation who have sparked controversy across the country for their protests that often target landmarks and art, the law can also be applied to tourists or sports fans who climb on monuments. \n\nHigh profile cases of vandalism \n\nOver the past year, both activists and tourists have come under fire for defacing Italian monuments and art. \n\nJust this summer, the Colosseum has been vandalized three times by tourists etching their names or initials into the stone of the nearly 2000-year-old theatre. \n\nThis month, German tourists toppled a 150-year old statue in the northern Italian region of Lombardy while posing for a picture with it. \n\nMost notably, and the alleged cause for the expected law, are the acts of protest vandalism that have been undertaken by Last Generation. Although they use paint and the damage they cause is not generally permanent, these activists have faced fierce criticism for their protests. \n\nIn April, activists poured black paint into the fountain at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome while one activist went into the fountain with a banner stating \u201cWe won\u2019t pay for fossil.\u201d \n\nIn another video that has since gone viral, eco-activists in Florence sprayed the landmark Palazzo Vecchio with orange paint until the mayor of the city physically apprehended and berated them shortly before they were arrested by the police. \n\nEven before the proposed eco-vandal law is passed, the two activists who sprayed paint on Palazzo Vecchio could face between six months to three years behind bars and hundreds of euros in fines under the already existing laws that protect cultural monuments. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>After yet another act of vandalism, this time targeting Milan\u2019s famous Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, the Italian minister of culture has announced that the so-called \u201ceco-vandalism\u201d law is expected to pass the in the Chamber and will be codified into law shortly.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release, Gennaro Sangiuliano stated: \u201cSoon, after the approval that took place last month in the Senate, the eco-vandalism bill will be voted on by the Chamber and will finally become law so as to have a stricter and more effective regulatory framework to counteract the disfigurement of our cultural and landscape assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the law is passed, those found guilty of defacing, damaging or destroying anything the government deems as a \u201ccultural asset\u201d could face hefty fines between \u20ac10,000 to \u20ac60,000.<\/p>\n<p>Although the law is specifically targeting eco-activists like Last Generation who have sparked controversy across the country for their protests that often target landmarks and art, the law can also be applied to tourists or sports fans who climb on monuments.<\/p>\n<h2>High profile cases of vandalism<\/h2><p>Over the past year, both activists and tourists have come under fire for defacing Italian monuments and art.<\/p>\n<p>Just this summer, the Colosseum has been <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//04//colosseum-vandal-seeks-forgiveness-after-defacing-historic-amphitheatre/">vandalized three times by tourists etching their names or initials into the stone of the nearly 2000-year-old theatre.<\/p>\n<p>This month, German <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//04//german-tourists-accused-of-destroying-150-year-old-italian-statue/">tourists toppled a 150-year old statue in the northern Italian region of Lombardy while posing for a picture with it.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, and the alleged cause for the expected law, are the acts of protest vandalism that have been undertaken by Last Generation. Although they use paint and the damage they cause is not generally permanent, these activists have faced fierce criticism for their protests.<\/p>\n<p>In April, activists poured black paint into the fountain at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome while one activist went into the fountain with a banner stating \u201cWe won\u2019t pay for fossil.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1642110335665463296\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In another video that has since gone viral, eco-activists in Florence sprayed the landmark Palazzo Vecchio with orange paint until the mayor of the city physically apprehended and berated them shortly before they were arrested by the police.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the proposed eco-vandal law is passed, the two activists who sprayed paint on Palazzo Vecchio could face between six months to three years behind bars and hundreds of euros in fines under the already existing laws that protect cultural monuments.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691585389,"publishedAt":1691588857,"updatedAt":1691588860,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/09\/italian-ministry-of-culture-awaits-passage-of-eco-vandalism-law","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/21\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e09b8fcb-f512-585e-8d7d-9b0452ac6205-7812152.jpg","altText":"Vandals have defaced Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II landmark","caption":"Vandals have defaced Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II landmark","captionCredit":"AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":4547,"slug":"vandalism","urlSafeValue":"vandalism","title":"Vandalism","titleRaw":"Vandalism"},{"id":12361,"slug":"cultural-heritage","urlSafeValue":"cultural-heritage","title":"Cultural Heritage","titleRaw":"Cultural Heritage"},{"id":9665,"slug":"activism","urlSafeValue":"activism","title":"Activism","titleRaw":"Activism"},{"id":158,"slug":"italy","urlSafeValue":"italy","title":"Italy","titleRaw":"Italy"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2313438},{"id":2329812},{"id":2338624}],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Savin Mattozzi ","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"culture-news","urlSafeValue":"culture-news","title":"Culture news","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/culture-news\/culture-news"},"vertical":"culture","verticals":[{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":10,"slug":"culture","urlSafeValue":"culture","title":"Culture"},"themes":[{"id":"culture-news","urlSafeValue":"culture-news","title":"Culture news","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/culture-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":53,"urlSafeValue":"culture-news","title":"Culture-news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":158,"urlSafeValue":"italy","title":"Italy","url":"\/news\/europe\/italy"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_politics','sm_politics','gs_politics_misc','gs_politics_issues_policy','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_facebook_2021','gv_crime','italy_eng','gb_crime_edu','gb_crime_high_med_low','gs_law','gs_fineart','gs_entertain_arts'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/culture\/2023\/08\/09\/italian-ministry-of-culture-awaits-passage-of-eco-vandalism-law","lastModified":1691588860}]" data-api-url="/api/country/italy">

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