As part of a targeted service in theBergamo hinterland where arrests and seizures have already been made in the past precisely in the area of Brignano Gera d'Adda (BG) the agents of the Flying Squad of the Police Headquarters di Milano they noticed a car approach a parked semi-trailer and hand over large plastic bags to two men the two men entered the tarpaulin trailer of the truck where they remained for several minutes: judged the suspicious conduct the officers decided to proceed with the check of the truck with Romanian license plates and the two men a Romanian citizen and an Albanian citizen the police officers found the large bag that had been delivered shortly before by the man on board the car and a portion of the floor of the articulated lorry without screws It was immediately clear that the two were accessing a hidden compartment to take something to put in that bag: in fact by dismantling all the floorboards of the trailer the agents of the Milan Flying Squad found numerous packages of marijuana for a total weight of approx 90 kg they were over 20 thousand euros in cash found in banknotes of different denominations I two foreign citizens they were then arrested for possession for the purpose of dealing of the huge quantity of narcotic substance and associated with the Bergamo prison at the disposal of the Judicial Authority Plenary Session Terminated after Tensions in Assembly Hall Opposition MPs Climbed through Windows to Enter Assembly Offices Tirana-Besiktas Match Suspended Due to Incidents Strong Security Measures for Bill Clinton's Visit in Tirana DP Accuses PM of Ignoring Albanians Living in Survival Conditions The Kokga Tbilisi Awards is the largest and most prestigious photo competition in the country of Georgia Not to be confused with the state of Georgia the awards intend to link international photography to Georgia The organizers of the Kolga Tbilisi photo competition have been hosting the presentation of the winners in Cologne Germany as part of its intent to foster the international position of Georgia This year’s competition was judged by an international jury: Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou This year’s competition broke out into five categories: Documentary Series Entry fees were used to fund for the winners’ prize fund The winners in the first three categories received $1,500 each and the Mobile Photo – one shot category winner received $500 Below are the winning images from each category Photographer Emily Ducke was crowned the winner of the Documentary Series category for the series titled “The River Between.” “The Ket River was once a major Siberian thoroughfare it connected two of Russia’s biggest river basins In a region where extremes of weather turn overland roads from inaccessible ice to muddy rubble and back and where driving distances are measured in days and weeks the corridor the Ket River created was a key resource “But when the Trans-Siberian railway was built west-to-east traffic on the Ket River – the farmers and traders and Tsarist troops – began to dwindle “Fewer and fewer travelers needed the Ket and today its banks are home to just a few scattered and solitary settlements.” Photographer Alessio Paduano took top honors in this category for his series documenting the Coronavirus pandemic in Italy 2020 is a central date for the Italian story related to the new coronavirus several cases of coronavirus emerged in the Lodi area of Lombardy: these are people who do not come from China a new outbreak whose extent is still unknown 2020 the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during a speech to the nation declares the entire Italian territory a “protected area” 2020 “World Health Organization” general director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced in the Geneva briefing on the coronavirus epidemic that Covid-19 “can be characterized as a pandemic situation” “Italy remains one of the deadliest hot spots of the coronavirus pandemic 2021 more than 99,000 people have died in the country according to Johns Hopkins University.” The Conceptual photo category hosted two winners: Jennifer Crane for her series “Outlaw (and other failed portraits)” and Andrea Pietro Signori for “Suspended: The rural life of Syrian refugees in Marjayoun in the middle of the Lebanese crisis.” “I consider the portrait as a trace of the body or performance for the lens the photographic portrait has been used to honor or vilify the human subject Initially my interest was in exploring family portraits this led to further explorations into portrait photographs in the public context such as museums institutional archives and in the news media In these images I pose my own body before the lens using a long exposure of several minutes rather than the conventional fraction of a second They are made using wet collodion one of the first photographic processes that requires the light sensitive emulsion to stay wet while exposure is made resulting at times in presence of liquid residue markings that interrupt the surface of the image and draw attention to the materiality of photograph which in most portraits remains invisible Through the creation of this fictional archive I seek to engage with issues of surveillance authenticity and archival practices.” “The crisis that has hit Lebanon put on knees Syrian communities This is the case of Marjayoun where about 5000 Syrian refugees live since the war broke out in Syria in March 2011 with many children whose majority was born in Lebanon serving as laborers in the service of Lebanese landowners The salary ranges from 4000 to 5000LL which is gradually losing purchasing power people are suffering the consequences of the heavy inflation Since the revolution broke out the official exchange rate of 1$=8000 LL (variable every day) has been joined by a parallel market “The concept involves the use of nylon used to cover furniture during the move the political and work suspension and the expectations Photographer Caspar Claasen took top honors in this category for his photo below titled “Grandmother’s Hug.” No additional context for the photo was provided Photographer Zuka Kotrikadze won this category with her photo below titled “The Tsereteli Station.” No additional context for the photo was provided To see the entire set of finalists and peruse the competition as a whole, make sure to visit the Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards website here Image credits: All photos individually credited and provided courtesy of the Kolga Tbilsi Photo Awards Become a PetaPixel Member and access our content ad-free Team LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini won the opening team time trial stage of the Settimana Ciclista.. Team LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini won the opening team time trial stage of the Settimana Ciclista Lombarda yesterday in Brignano Gera d'Adda The Italy-based team bettered Katusha by six seconds and sent out a signal for the Giro d'Italia next month "It is nice for all of us to get up on the podium," said Petacchi to La Gazzetta dello Sport "It is good to try our tactics prior to the Giro The team time trial will be more important in Venice we have to limit time losses for [Danilo] Di Luca." Petacchi took the leader's jersey thanks to his win on day one The following two stages are sprinters' stages and he should maintain his overall lead At the Giro d'Italia there is a more important jersey up for grabs If LPR wins the 20.5-kilometre team time trial or places a close second Petacchi could take the pink top I am not going to risk it all here in these sprint stages Di Luca won the Lombarda race last year when LPR dominated the overall classification It placed Paolo Savoldelli second and Daniele Pietropolli third LPR is making the most out of this week in Italy. The team will not travel north for the Ardennes Classics in two weeks because the race organisers refused an invitation Di Luca is a winner of Flèche Wallonne (2005) and Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2007) (Talk about this article at our forum.)