VARESE

It all started at a club

In DigitaLife, Marco Giovannelli talks a bit about the history of Varese, at a club in Bosto, which was the first cybercafé in the province.

Sciare in Valsesia: Alagna e Alpe di Mera

HEALTH CARE

Hydration, rest and ordinary medications; this is the recipe for treating flu

In view of the flu peak expected at the end of the month, the head of the Accident & Emergency Department of the “Sette Laghi” health authority gives some tips on how to deal with the seasonal disease.

DIGITALIFE

DigitaLife receives enthusiastic applause after its première at the Anteo Cinema

In Milan, the room was full for the national première of DigitaLife. The docufilm, which was produced by VareseWeb, in collaboration with RAI Cinema and Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo, was shown, for the first time in Milan, on the evening of Wednesday 16 January.

WILD ANIMALS

Two drones will be employed to protect the wolves and the biodiversity

They are at WWF guards’ disposal, providing also a night-time monitoring to combat poachers.

HEALTH CARE

The nearest open chemist’s? You can find it with an “app”

Federfarma Lombardia have developed an application that, thanks to geolocation, enables users to obtain some information about the nearest open services. At the moment, the iOS version is available.

GALLARATE

Casa Bellora, the fifth Liberty-style building in Piazza Garibaldi

Ninety years ago, old houses with porticoes gave way to the sumptuous house of the Bellora family: to this day, the building and its interiors still tell the story of the golden age of the textile industry, of which Gallarate was the capital.

MALPENSA

Man on the runway, flights stopped for an hour at Malpensa

A man who was supposed to be returned to Dakar leapt from the door of the plane and ran onto the runway. Planes were stopped or diverted. The man was captured during the night, at Samarate.

LUVINATE

The new bridge on “sentiero 10” is ready: “It will be dedicated to fire-fighting volunteers”

The crossing, which was damaged by the fire last year, has been completed. And throughout the year, other works will be put in the pipeline

TRAIL RUNNING

Campo dei Fiori Trail: the challenge moves over 95 kilometres

The Varese race, supported by Eolo, will be held on 21 September: the “queen test” will also take the athletes to the peaks of Valcuvia.

CINEMA

“Digitalife, a mosaic of life”

In Varese, on 23 January, the director, Francesco Raganato, explains how the docufilm, produced by VareseNews, with RAI Cinema, came about.

VARESE

“I brought a llama to the centre of Varese, to make the children happy. And I’ll do it again.”

Giacomino Majani explained why he brought a llama for a walk in the centre of Varese, and that he will do it again. “The hardest part was convincing people we didn’t want any money.”

VALGANNA

The humanity of a better Italy, behind the stories of those putting out the flames

Volunteers of all ages worked tirelessly for days in order to help the intervention teams in the woods. “We’ll have the real celebration when it starts raining.”