Sumirago

A couple from Sumirago has been stuck in Congo for a month

Matteo Galbiati and the councillor Mara Gorini went there four weeks ago to get to know their adopted Congolese daughter, and to bring her home.

Varese

The municipal swimming pool has been closed because values did not conform to regulations

A series of checks and water samples, carried out by the local health authority, found that values did not conform to regional regulations and that they were potentially harmful for man. The building has been closed and the pools will have to be emptied and sanitised.

Milan

Professor Andrea Segré awarded the Giovanni Borghi 2013 prize

During the debate on “The green paper on waste in Italy”, Whirlpool awards the president of Last Minute Market and presents “Zero impact”, a short documentary about food sustainability from an academic perspective, applied research and a successful example of a zero impact lifestyle.

GAZZADA SCHIANNO

Pedemontana, the last wall in the gallery is torn down

Yesterday, before 1 p.m., a bulldozer joined two trunks of the tunnel, deep inside the mountain. According to the schedule, work will be finished on 30th June 2014.

Varese

Praise for the snail

In his lectio magistralis lecture, Serge Lautoche presented degrowth as a challenge for the future. The Napoleon Hall was full of guests of Kiwanis, of Insubria University, of ANCI and of the Order of Job Consultants.

Cinema

Farewell to Cortisonici; the festival will not take place anymore

The association that, for 10 years, has organised this event dedicated to short films explain that, “We don’t have the minimum conditions anymore.” There is a shortage of funds, and there has been no response from the public authorities. “There are only a few of us who still believe in it.”

Economics

Less lorries and more rails: Alptransit are going to halve the traffic on road

Switzerland strongly focused on the transfer of the transport of goods from roads to rails. From this viewpoint, the Gotthard road tunnel plays a key role. In Luino there is a meeting about the Swiss infrastructure.

Cinema

From Busto the first interactive film horror

Presented at Lucca Comics & Games “Mors venit”, it is a short film realised as a gamebook by three students of the Film Institute Antonioni.

Varese

Sixty thousand people welcomed the remains of John Paul II

With the Holy Mass in San Vittore Church, at which Monsignor Stucchi officiated, the week of adoration of the blood of the pope proclaimed saint came to an end.

Referendum

In upper Varese Province, support for the merger; in Valcuvia, the No’s win

The first result was from Veddasca: 119 Yeses and only 13 Nos. Then, head to heads, in Pino and in Maccagno, where the Yeses eventually won by one vote. In Valcuvia, three villages voted No, and two voted Yes.

Varese

“Lombardy is ready for the Alptransit challenge”

During the international conference organised by the Chamber of Commerce, a study by the Bocconi University on the repercussions of the Italy-Switzerland multimodal corridor put forward development scenarios and raised some critical points, especially concerning the financial plan

Milan

The aerospace district, the large companies are giving a hand to the small ones

Meeting in Palazzo Lombardia, to present the new working group. “By 2018, the Region wants to increase investments on research and development.” said Regional President, Roberto Maroni.