Comerio

Esther Berrozpe is the first chairwoman in Whirlpool’s history

Young, business-oriented, with a global knowledge of the market; this is the woman that the multinational corporation is betting to lead Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Varese

An exhibition of light, by Mario Nanni, at Villa Panza

Twenty works by the master of light, in the exhibition Luce, which covers over twenty years of the artist’s career.

Cinema

The film, “Bianca come il latte, rossa come il sangue”, by Giacomo Campiotti, is ready

The new work by the film director from Varese will be in movie theatres on 4 April; like previous films, it is dedicated to young people. The cast includes Luca Argentero, the soundtrack is by the Italian band Modà, and the film’s Facebook page already has nearly 20,000 fans.

Lugano

Arcisate-Stabio, the “Swiss” works are on time

The Federal Council confirms that the railway’s works in Ticino will be finished by the end of 2013, a year before the predicted forecast for the Italian stretch. The new trains are in preparation too.

History

Earthly paradise? It was in Valganna 10 thousand years ago

The last discovery of a group of keen people, exposed for a month in Villa Mirabello, show how the first inhabitants of the area of Varese lived. A society without private property, which lived on exchanges and hunting.

University

Distinction for Women in Physics, to a researcher at Insubria University

The award has gone to Alessandra Gatti, a researcher at the NRC and coordinator of the Theoretical Quantum Optics Group of the Department of Science and High Technology, in Como.

Arluno

Looking for love on Facebook, he found blackmailers instead

A clerk, who was separated from his wife, fell into the clutches of a couple from Saronno, who have now been arrested by the Carabinieri, after extorting €30,000 out of him, by threatening to report him as a paedophile. T

Ticino

Work in Mendrisio, in preparation for the queue-free link road

Preliminary work has started for the reorganisation of the junction. This work will allow dividing the traffic flows between Mendrisio, the A2 motorway and the SPA 394 highway.

Gorla Maggiore

The River Olona: how can we save it from pollution?

This will be the topic of discussion on 21 March, at a public meeting organised by Legambiente and by the Council of Gorla Maggiore, with experts and local and provincial administrators. In the meantime, the foam continues to pollute.

Luino

Luino celebrates the 100th birthday of its townsman, Piero Chiara

Events to celebrate the centenary of the writer’s birth, will begin in the town, around 20 March, and will go on until September.

Saronno

Dinner with theft, for American tourists

A complicated investigation by the Finance Police has identified a group of Indian and Pakistani computer experts specialized in stealing credit card data.

Motors

“Farewell, maestro, thank you for everything”

Below is the funeral oration written by Max Papis, in memory of his mentor Diego Mombelli. In Comerio, there was the last farewell ceremony for the mechanic who launched Ayrton Senna.