Bagaladi is located at the foot of Mount San'Angelo where the historic Iacopino Oil Mill represents one of the first mills in Calabria to use water as a motive power Third stop on the ‘’Englishman's Path‘’ is Amendolea an ancient village of Greek origin located on the river of the same name The ruins of the village include those of the ancient Ruffo Castle Located in the north-western sector of a long and impervious rocky ridge between the Amendolea and Condofuri torrents it is one with the monumental ruins of the village including those of a small Byzantine church where the ancient Greek Orthodox rite is practised The fourth stop along the ‘’Englishman's Path‘’ takes us straight to the ‘’ghost village‘’ of Gallicianò, defined as the Acropolis of Magna Graecia in Calabria, since it is the only village still entirely Hellenic, that is, speaking the ancient Greek of Calabria. Thanks to its isolation, it has kept its cultural, craft musical and choreographic traditions intact Many elements make the atmosphere full of charm such as the Fountain of Love (Cannalo tis Agapi) and the Church of Our Lady of Greece (Panaghìa tis Ellada) where the Greek Orthodox rite is practised The stop in Bova, among Italy's Most Beautiful Villages along the ‘’Englishman's Path‘’ preserves the ancient Greekness of Calabria through rituals The historic centre clings to a striking natural cliff at the foot of the Aspromonte National Park Access to the village was through two turreted gates and climbing up the alleyways on which the main buildings still stand today: the Cathedral the Bishop's Palace and the other noble palaces all the way to the ruins of the Norman Castle Other jewels to admire in Bova are the Church of San Leo with its Chapel of Relics; the Churches of the Carmine and the Immaculate Conception and the details sculpted on the façades of the numerous noble palaces the work of local stonemasons (Mesiani-Mazzacuva Palace Nesci Sant'Agata Palace and Tuscano Palace Two other gems not to be missed are the Path of Rural Civilisation an open-air museum winding its way through the alleyways and the ‘’Gherard Rohlfs‘’ Museum of the Greek-Calabra Language named after the German philologist who first took an interest in the recovery of this original local idiom Palizzi boasts the ancient historic centre of Palizzi Superiore where the ‘’Englishman's Path‘’ walking route passes The historical centre rises around the fortress of the ancient Palizzi Castle (13th century) an imposing building fortified into the living rock of which today remain the remains of the surrounding walls with mighty bastions and gun ports as well as the two towers (cylindrical and angular) Just outside the town is the small hamlet of Pietrapennata with the ancient Monastery of Alica and the remains of the Monastery of Sant'Ippolito with the village clinging to the sinuous forms of the Giambatore Rock the loop trail climbs to the edge of the Aspromonte National Park and includes a visit to the Church of Santa Maria dei Tridetti an important example of Byzantine architecture in Calabria an English writer and illustrator who lived in the 1800s was in love with Italy and Calabria: he travelled in the Roman countryside but it was Calabria above all that won him over Edward Lear visited the province of Reggio Calabria and in his Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria he recounted his Calabrian journey in a fascinating illustrated account.  an area of great biodiversity due to its geographical position (at the centre of the Mediterranean) exposed on the Ionian and Tyrrhenian sides with different microclimates and therefore great heterogeneity of landscapes and habitats: from the Mediterranean maquis with valleys furrowed by the characteristic rivers The "Englishman's Path" is recommended for experienced hikers Take meAmendoleaRegione CalabriaThird stop on the ‘’Englishman's Path‘’ is Amendolea Take meBovaCastello Normanno, Bova - Vincenzo StranieriThe stop in Bova, among Italy's Most Beautiful Villages along the ‘’Englishman's Path‘’ Take meStaitiStaiti - Cammino BasilianoThe ‘’Englishman's Path‘’ ends in Staiti Take meYou might be interested inNaturalisticTour of the Costa Viola in Calabria Between cliff-top castles and Stupor Mundi Discovering the Riviera dei Tramonti in Calabria Content owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License Download OFFICIAL TOURIST INFORMATION SITE © 2022 Calabria Region Tourism and Commerce Department the Carabinieri also found 200 grams of TNT with a trigger and a homemade explosive device The Carabinieri of the Melito Porto Salvo company have carried out an important operation against the illegal possession of weapons and drug trafficking following careful patrolling and monitoring the Carabinieri discovered a large arsenal and a significant quantity of cocaine ready to be released into the drug dealing areas The searches focused on two separate plots of land: one abandoned and without fences who were subsequently reported at large for illegal possession of weapons and narcotics The operation led to the discovery of war weapons ammunition and narcotics meticulously hidden in conditions that preserved their operational effectiveness the following were seized: an AK-47 Kalashnikov automatic rifle with a stamped serial number complete with two empty magazines; three pistols two of which with stamped serial numbers; over 500 cartridges of various calibers including some war cartridges; approximately 500 grams of pure cocaine with an estimated value of approximately 150.000 euros; two precision scales used to divide the drug into doses Much of the material was hidden in water pipes and disused wooden structures similar to chicken coops carefully wrapped in cellophane bags and placed in cases demonstrating a sophisticated concealment system designed to evade police checks the Carabinieri also found 200 grams of TNT with a trigger and a homemade “paper bomb” device weighing 1,2 kilos both hidden inside an iron pipe buried under soil and gravel Among the material seized in this area were also three pistols a 20-gauge over-and-under shotgun and 165 other cartridges of various calibers The explosive material and the homemade device were detonated on site by the anti-sabotage bomb disposal experts of the Reggio Calabria Provincial Command The entire arsenal and the narcotics were placed under criminal seizure and made available to the Judicial Authority to allow ballistic and technical-scientific investigations checks will be carried out to establish their possible provenance from criminal episodes or thefts Read also other news on Nova News Click here and receive updates on WhatsApp Follow us on the social channels of Nova News on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Telegram 2000 - 2025 Nova Agency. 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Subsequently, in 2011 she was elected Deputy National Secretary of the Italian Youth of the European People’s Party in Brussels and in 2014 she was a candidate for the European Parliament in the Southern Italy constituency. Since 2015 she has been a member of the Council of Presidents of the YEPP (Youth European People Party), which includes 64 youth organisations of centre-right political parties from 40 European countries. In 2018 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the lists of Forza Italia and subsequently appointed Leader of Forza Italia in the Permanent Commission IV Defense of Montecitorio. In 2019 she was appointed a member of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the death of Giulio Regeni. In the general elections of 2022 she was a candidate for the Senate of the Republic and is the first of the non-elected of the Forza Italia List in the Collegio Plurinominale Calabria. 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The Italian news agency ANSA reports that two rivers have overflowed in Syracuse (Siracusano) in Sicily where flooding has also been reported in the provinces of Agrigento One man died after his car was swept away by flood water in Castronovo di Sicilia Agrigento was severely hit by flooding in November 2016 when 160 mm of rain fell in just 3 hours flooding has forced families to evacuate their homes in Melito Porto Salvo in Reggino province For a short time the Reggio Calabria airport was closed Crotone and in several municipalities of the Ionian coast Landslide have also caused some disruption to traffic Some flooding was also reported in Sardinia where schools have also been closed traffic was disrupted and some damage to the Botanical Garden of Cagliari reported Further heavy rainfall has been forecast for parts of Calabria and Sicily Red Alert level warnings have been issued by Meteoam the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) says that of Hydrological warnings (issued on 23 January) are active for Calabria (3rd level) and for Eastern part Sicily (2nd level) regions Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks On Friday 17 January 2025 and Saturday 18 January 2025 a rapidly developing Afro-Mediterranean cyclone named Gabri swept across the southern regions of Italy The storm continued to affect the northern regions of the country The weather is predicted to be over in a couple of days based on data from the Sicilian Agrometeorological Information Service (Sias) "The Mediterranean storm Gabri will certainly enter the list of the most important weather phenomena of recent years for the region Suffice it to say that to find a rainier day than Friday 17 January 2025 one would have to go back to 25 March 2020 A first survey carried out on the production of fruit and vegetables in almost all the provinces of Sicily with more significant damage in the southeastern part of the island and roads were blocked by landslides and/or fallen trees According to Coldiretti Calabria's monitoring and the heavy rains have caused considerable damage to greenhouse structures and production jeopardizing the horticultural season in the Ionian strip of Reggio Calabria particularly in the areas of Melito Porto Salvo and Marina di San Lorenzo "The violent gusts of wind that hit Sicily and Calabria also left their mark on our company The courgettes were just about to start their production cycle and We are a company founded about four years ago and once again it is a race against time to restore the cover and ensure that production losses are not too severe," says Domenico Falcone owns Società Agricola Cladì in Marina di San Lorenzo a young company that has specialized in greenhouse vegetable production during the winter months for three generations Even the tomatoes were not spared at harvest time the fruit-bearing plants are quite damaged (see video below) and the covers are completely destroyed," says Falcone a tomato greenhouse transplanted on 20 October which was in the growing and setting phase The Corigliano-Rossano area in the region of Calabria is also facing an emergency situation after heavy rains "The bad weather has caused the collapse of an embankment in the Citrea where some residents have complained of flooding that has invaded homes and land The situation is also critical in the Calabrian Contrada Fellino locality where the water has submerged numerous crops causing extensive damage to agricultural production." 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he was originally from the eastern Cuban town of Holguin he enlisted as an army doctor in Angola in the 1980s "Material conditions are pretty much the same in Calabria as in a Cuban institution," said his colleague Dennis 497 Cubans of all specialties will be arriving in Calabria in the coming months to make up for a drastic shortage of Italian doctors which has been plagued by unemployment (21% of the working-age population) A few old ladies in aprons knitted on their doorsteps as if this part of the Boot's tip remained frozen in the early 20th century You have 89.75% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que 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respect and gratitude of the people during an event in tribute to the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution the political and health authorities of Calabria recognized the work carried out by those health specialists upon arrival highlighted on that occasion the performance of the Cuban health brigade in the hospitals of Polistena which led to an improvement in health indicators in that area of ​​the country The 51 doctors who arrived in Calabria in 2022 cover nine specialties and all have extensive professional experience as most of them provided their services in various nations around the world This Cuban solidarity healthcare assistance in Italy is a continuation of that provided in 2020 by brigades of the Henry Reeve Medical Contingent in the northern cities of Crema and Turin during the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic The recent pressure from the US government on Italy against the hiring of Cuban doctors in Rome when trying to apply the economic blockade to the island extraterritorially the Italy-Cuba Friendship Association also indicates that it is an “absurd interference by the United States in the internal affairs of this sovereign nation by asking for explanations on this issue from the Italian health authorities” as revealed by the newspaper Corriere della Sera the US embassy in Rome demanded Italy’s Ministry of Health to clarify “the procedures for hiring fixed-term professionals and their remuneration” in Calabria 51 Cuban health specialists arrived in Calabria who provide services in hospitals in the towns of Locri stressed that “we are happy for the opportunity to have highly specialized doctors.” Occhiuto pointed out that Calabria seeks to guarantee all the tools at its disposal for the care of citizens in the face of the existing health emergency in that area of ​​the country The assistance of Cuban doctors is “a concrete way to give immediate responses to the needs of citizens to guarantee operational health facilities throughout the region and functioning hospitals,” said the Calabrian politician sued the European Parliament to protect the countries of the region against the extraterritorial application of the “blockade imposed by the world’s leading power on a small country in the Third World” Escambray reserves the right to publish comments and website in this browser for the next time I comment Cunego returns to one-day action in San Sebastian Cunego and Saronni summoned by Italian anti-doping investigators Seeing is believing for Cunego at 2012 Giro d'Italia Gallery: Nibali and Cunego celebrate end of 2011 season Fresh from a team training camp in San Vincenzo Cunego admitted that he was keen to return to competitive action as he begins his build-up towards the Ardennes classics “I want to race and rediscover the sensations that only a race can offer you,” Cunego said The two-day race kicks off on Saturday with a stage from Melito Porto Salvo to Chiaravalle and concludes the following day at Piazza Italia in Reggio Calabria As was the case in last year’s three-stage event Cunego expects the sprinters to be to the fore this weekend “The characteristics of the route won’t allow me to get a result but it will give me the chance to ride for two days at race rhythm which is exactly what I need,” Cunego said While the southern tip of Italy should avoid the brunt of the wintry conditions that have struck much of Europe in the past week or so Cunego noted that the weather might have an impact on the race “The race could be made more difficult by the bad weather,” he warned “The forecast is that the weather will deteriorate further but let’s hope the temperature doesn’t drop too much.” Cunego had initially been slated to head on to ride the Giro della Sardegna later in February but has yet to confirm what race – if any – he will add to his programme following the recent cancellation of the event The opening part of his season will be built around preparing for the Ardennes classics and Cunego has also confirmed that he will forgo Tirreno-Adriatico in favour of Paris-Nice The Sunday TimesWhen Jo Kibble boarded the 07.01 Eurostar from London St Pancras on Wednesday last week he had only a rough idea where he’d end up To see how far he could get from St Pancras in 24 hours using only the “iron road” “Many people on Twitter thought I’d be heading east,” he says I worked out that you could reach the Hungarian/Romanian border in the time I had.” what he soon realised was that the far south of Italy was much further away — and benefits from more high-speed routes He stuck a pin in the toe of the country and set about working out a route The route would take him across the Channel through Switzerland and then all the way down Italy Kibble realised a “dog leg” via Strasbourg would be the fastest way to Switzerland Basel SBB station in SwitzerlandALAMY“Taking the direct train from Paris to Switzerland would have meant hanging around for an hour or so in Paris which under normal circumstances would be perfectly nice,” he says “But when up against the clock it was definitely worth keeping moving.” The adventure was born of Kibble’s challenge to himself last year to see how far he could get by bus from London in 24 hours 339.44km from Charing Cross as the crow flies caught the attention of hundreds of thousands of users who described the series of tweets as one of the “loveliest threads ever to appear on Twitter” This time Kibble charted his more glamorous voyage attracting hundreds of thousands of likes and comments from an avid group of supporters “I realised quickly that an awful lot of people with Covid “The number of comments also proved just how much pent-up wanderlust there is at the moment after two years of people being denied it.” A countryside view from a Swiss trainGETTY IMAGESBesides pleasing train enthusiasts Kibble was surprised by the number of Americans and Australians messaging him in awe and saying “I wish our continents had such a level of public transport so we could do the same.” which allows unlimited train travel in Europe on a set number of days “I thought it was the perfect time for the trip,” he says “I’d also been starved of travel during the pandemic which brings back so many memories from my time as a student where the authorities were operating a “full customs and Covid border” that hadn’t been factored into the timetable A high-speed train in SwitzerlandGETTY IMAGESIt was unsurprisingly the celebrated Swiss trains that impressed the most “They’re new trains with lovely restaurant cars serving very good food And most importantly they have big windows that are kept clean.” It was with “incredibly good fortune” that Kibble made all the connections and after an interrupted night’s sleep punctuated by a Mediterranean storm Here he decided against using Europe’s last train-ferry “Being shunted on and off a ferry and sailing slowly across the Straits of Messina would have been inefficient time use when I was travelling against the clock My 24 hours would have been up by the time we got to the other side.” Kibble boarded his eighth and penultimate train to Melito di Porto Salvo southern ItalyALAMYTurning the corner — from the Tyrrhenian coast to the Ionian — Kibble managed to get just a little further from St Pancras six minutes behind schedule but with 45 seconds to spare “I’m pretty certain this is the very furthest you can get If I’d done it just one day later I’d have failed at the first hurdle because the 7am Eurostar was delayed by 45 minutes Each of the dioceses in Calabria opens its doors to the faithful, pilgrims and ordinary visitors to let them discover the marvels of a centuries-old artistic and cultural heritage, made up of shrines, cathedrals, small churches and chapels, monasteries, UNESCO World Heritage Sites hermitages and paths in the footsteps of saints and blessed Let's discover together which are the main places to visit the festivities not to be missed and the itineraries to follow among the dioceses of Calabria.  Below is a list of the Calabrian dioceses in the province of Cosenza: as well as the patronal feast of San Biagio and that of the Crucifix San Rocco in Bocchigliero and the Madonna del Carmelo in Terravecchia The dioceses of Calabria in the province of Catanzaro can count on a conspicuous religious artistic and cultural heritage that can be visited all year round A heritage that passes through the following Calabrian dioceses and archdioceses: Also part of the Serre territory is the Shrine of Maria SS the destination of an equally heartfelt summer festival and pilgrimage della Pietra in Chiaravalle Centrale and Maria SS both pilgrimage destinations and stops along the Preserre Path the Procession of the Picture of the Virgin and the great festival that crosses the city every May where the miraculous painting of the Madonna (10th century) is kept seat of the annual festival that carries a precious 18th-century statue in procession the oldest building of its kind still in use in Calabria held in May and August (the latter with a procession of boats) Let us start with a visit to the important Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and San Nicola in Mileto to learn more about the history of the Calabrian diocese founded directly by Roger of Altavilla passing from the Greek-Byzantine to the Latin rite and becoming one of the religious landmarks of southern Italy among The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy Two not-to-be-missed festivities take place in the historic centre of Vibo Valentia: the suggestive Easter Affruntàta and the Processione delle Vare at the Church of the Rosario among the UNESCO Intangible Heritage of Calabria Here is the list of Calabrian dioceses in the province of Reggio Calabria: involving an equally well attended pilgrimage from the entire region takes place on the Feast of the Santi Medici with 24 statues in honour of the patron saint the Church of Saint Mary of Constantinople the Shrine of the Odigitria (10th century) and the great festival dedicated to the patron saint https://calabriastraordinaria.it/en/news/jubilee-2025-in-the-dioceses-of-calabria-sites-paths-and-festivities You might be interested inSites of faithA trip to Mileto in Calabria: diocese, history and antiquities2024-02-14 10:26:14 Last update: Aug 12, 2023 6:22 AMContent owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License explained how the goal is to "enhance and encourage the choice of the train also combining it effectively with other means of transport when necessary to reach the final destinations most loved by our customers" with services and promotions suited to a demand for sustainable mobility and incentives for quality tourism developed by the companies of the group's "Passengers" hub State Railways (Fs) and at the start on Sunday 12 June coinciding precisely with the activation of the summer railway timetable This was reported by the Italian FS group in a note “With the launch of the Trenitalia summer experience 2022 - highlights Luigi Corradi - our goal is to enhance and encourage the choice of the train also combining it effectively with other means of transport when necessary to reach the final destinations most loved by our customers An objective that Trenitalia also sets itself in its role as head of the Passenger division of the FS Group we look at the travel experience in its entirety to combine the virtuous and sustainable option of the train with other pluses such as comfort capillarity and thus respond to an increase in demand for summer mobility that finds a first auspicious confirmation in the reservations already registered for the next few months " There are 16 in total the Trenitalia Frecce that connect Calabria to Rome every day every day; two Frecciarossa1000 between Venice and Reggio Calabria while a couple of Frecciarossa Fast unites Milan and Reggio Calabria in less than nine hours There are six in total instead the Frecciargento that connect Reggio Calabria to the capital The night Frecciarossa is back this summer too allows you to travel at night with the comfort and services of Frecciarossa departing from Milan and stops in Milan Rogoredo The regional connection between Crotone and Sibari has also been confirmed Rossano and Corigliano Calabro in coincidence with the Frecciargento Bolzano-Sibari The fast ships of Blujet (Italian FS group) guarantee an easy interchange between the two means of transport To the Intercity offer that reach Calabria every day which consists of four pairs of Intercity days between Reggio Calabria and Rome two pairs of Intercity days between Reggio Calabria and Taranto a couple of Intercity nights between Reggio Calabria and Milan / Turin a periodic Intercity day is added which runs on weekends (Saturday from Milan to Reggio Calabria and Sunday from Reggio Calabria to Milan) the Day and Night Intercity trains bound for Reggio Calabria will also stop in Tropea two pairs of Intercity day trains and a pair of Intercity night trains between Rome and Sicily plus a pair of Intercity night trains between Milan and Sicily To discover the beauties of Calabria by train continuing to Cosenza with stops in the main seaside resorts of the Riviera dei Cedri including Praia a Mare which allows you to reach the beaches of San Nicola Arcella by bus The Tropea Line tourist service was confirmed until 11 September runs along the spectacular Costa degli Dei with strategic stops in the most beautiful seaside resorts - Pizzo Nicotera - continuing from Rosarno to Reggio Calabria along the Costa Viola On the Ionian coast there will be 13 daily connections between Reggio Calabria and Roccella Jonica and 25 between Reggio Calabria and Melito di Porto Salvo with an enhancement of the festive offer to the main beaches of the coast a combined train + bus service from the station to the international airport of Lamezia Terme "Sant'Eufemia" while the Sibari Museum Link will connect the station of Sibari to the National Archaeological Museum of Sibaritide The services on board Trenitalia vehicles are confirmed and increased The catering offer on board the Trenitalia Frecciarossa is expanding quality bar and welcome drink for those traveling in Business and Premium and first class and Executive The success of the Frecce Portal has also been confirmed information and travel services available to travelers: the portal is available on all Frecciarossa and Frecciargento trains and in the FrecciaLounge and FrecciaClub rooms with over 300 hours of entertainment completely free there is a refreshment area with vending machines for water Intercity and Regional trains can find seats dedicated to strollers For those who prefer to travel at night to have more time during the day a welcome service and other dedicated services are available on the Intercity night such as the new Frecce Summer promo offer that allows you to travel on Frecciarossa and Frecciargento with discounts of up to 60 percent on the base price Those who book a return trip on the same day on Saturdays are entitled to a special price with discounts of 70 percent for round trips from Monday to Friday in the same week Further reductions of up to 50 percent are available with the Me & You Young (for young people up to 30 years) and Senior (for over 60s) offers For group travel with family or friends with the Together offer discounts of 35 percent to 50 percent are available tickets purchased in Economy and Superconomy fare are refundable at 90 percent up to two days before departure Discounts of up to 50 percent also for traveling with the family on board the Intercity night with the Family Icn offer children up to 15 years of age travel free on board Frecce and Intercity it is possible to take advantage of the Junior offer with which children up to 15 years of age travel free every day of the week if accompanied by an adult over 25 Also in the same period it is available the Summer Offer Together with 39 euros for unlimited travel anywhere on board regional trains from 12 noon on Friday to 12 noon on the following Monday for four consecutive weekends want to discover the wonders of the Peninsula aboard regional trains the Italia in Tour offer is available: unlimited travel for three days at 29 euros (15 euros for children from four to 12 years old) or for five days for 49 euros (25 euros for children from four to 12 years old) Trenitalia is also supporting the campaign against the abandonment of dogs this year: until September 15 four-legged friends travel for free on board Frecce and Intercity every day of the week the dog on a leash now travels without time limits which can also be purchased on Trenitalia digital channels reduced by 50 percent compared to the ordinary rate Small pets travel for free in the pet carrier on board all Trenitalia trains The first 51 doctors of the Cuban brigade that has provided health care in the southern Italian region of Calabria are celebrating one year today since the beginning of its mission told Prensa Latina that all 51 experts who were joined by 120 others who arrived on August 4 have written a new page of collaboration with Italy in the health care sector and ability to face any difficulties to fulfill the assigned task the members of the medical brigade have earned during an event to honor the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution the political and health authorities of Calabria acknowledged the work done by the Cuban medical experts highlighted the performance of the Cuban medical brigade in the hospitals of Polistena they made a key contribution to our region to keep hospitals open and respond to patients adding that “When I said that I would hire Cuban doctors and today “everyone in Italy wants to imitate me.” All 51 medical experts who arrived in Calabria in 2022 cover nine specialties and have extensive professional experience as most of them have provided their services in various nations worldwide Cuba's solidarity medical assistance in Italy is a continuation of the one provided in 2020 by brigades of the Henry Reeve Medical Contingent in the northern cities of Crema and Turin, during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. (PL) Las Tunas Celebrates Baseball Championship For author Tim Parks there is joy to be had on local trains in the sultry south where the pace of life is as leisurely and bewitching as the narrow-gauge railways Suppose you have some summer days to spare Not worrying too much about timetables (no one else will) Just accepting the sun-struck languor of the hills and beaches the odd mix of hospitality and indifference that characterises the locals Travel light You have a small backpack with two or three T-shirts What we’re trying to do is divest ourselves of our ordinary obsession with organisation and control Italy’s southern railways are peculiarly conducive to this Tell yourself before starting: I will never complain about a train being late I will be steady and slow as sunshine on a stuccoed wall you could make your way by rail and ferry to Palermo and start with Sicily (the Milan-Palermo train actually boards the ferry) running along the north coast from Messina to Trapani I once spent a scorching day at the cutely named Isola delle Femmine To the south of the island there is the marvellous 2km-long tunnel that climbs in a spiral from Modica on the coast to spectacular Ragusa a lava stream of baroque facades toppling from a high ridge into rugged valleys And of course there’s the wonderful ride up the east coast from Syracuse to Messina where Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga set so many of his short stories So here’s an easier solution. Instead of attempting Sicily, take the line that snakes round the bottom of Italy’s boot, all the way from Reggio Calabria on the western toe (linked by trains to Milan) to Taranto on the eastern heel. That’s about 500km of single-track railway. As long as you keep the sparkling sea to your right and thirsty vegetation to your left, you can’t go wrong. Read moreYour daily routine is as follows On board you can use your phone to book a place in whatever upcoming town takes your fancy – nothing beats an unplanned adventure Melito di Porto Salvo on Calabria’s south coast where Garibaldi landed in 1860 to start his triumphal march to Naples where novelist Cesare Pavese was sent into internal exile for anti-Fascist activity in 1935 but it’s hard to imagine a bluer sea or whiter beach You’ll find the small stations mostly deserted It hardly matters that the ticket machine is out of order because you’ve sorted yourself on the internet diesel-driven carriage appears in a shimmer of August heat but it looks like it’s coming from another age a rattling air-conditioner just about keeps the temperature bearable A couple of hawkers with cheap merchandise to sell on the beach get their packs stuck in the swing doors One is wearing five blue sombreros on his head A group of 10-year-olds run up and down the aisle The narrow alleys of Crotone The huge chemical factory to the north – one of the endless failed attempts to industrialise the south – closed in 1990 Read moreThe centre is a labyrinth of narrow alleys climbing up and around a steep conical hill each thread of street crisscrossed above with drying laundry and inhabited below by folks playing cards and drinking wine outside the bead curtains that protect their doors At a corner a man is sharpening knives on a grindstone he turns with pedals and a chain At the top of the hill a castle houses a museum of Greek artefacts that part of Italy colonised by the Greeks in 700BC a tiny rabbit-shaped container that once held cosmetic oil for a woman’s skin Brightest of all is a gold diadem fashioned into a circle of leaves and berries whose ruined temple boasts just one standing column on the cliffs to the south of the town it’s not hard to imagine the Greek galleys at anchor in their scores conquering and trading as the British would do a couple of thousand years later there are just a few rusty fishing boats and the tinkle of a band grinding out 1960s covers in a beachside bar Corigliano Calabro Photograph: freeartist/AlamyAnd so onward into the Bay of Taranto where a much grander collection of Greek art awaits The sway of the train and play of light and shade induce a pleasant stupor Mile after mile of olive groves and kiwi plants Graffiti: Ti penso sempre amore mio (forever thinking of you In English someone has scrawled: “Boys 1978 Just a few hundred metres from the station you cross a swing bridge that divides a huge inland lagoon to the left from the open sea to the right and at once you’re in an antique metropolis of dark narrow streets and people sitting out on kitchen chairs looking in through the windows at their own TVs in rooms whose walls are nothing but bare stones piled up centuries ago Men and women call to each other across and along the streets with strange cries and coded whistles a fluid repertoire of gestures that very probably haven’t changed in many generations I know of nowhere in Italy where an ancient past seems so alive Taranto Photograph: Getty ImagesDo you want to go on There’s no line now along the west side of the bay to Gallipoli and Santa Maria di Leuca at the tip of Italy’s heel But you can take the train toward Brindisi get off at Francavilla Fontana and link up with the Ferrovie Sud Est a local network that somehow contrives never to run along the coast but will take you to Otranto just a short bus-ride from the wonderful Santa Maria if Italian State Railways tried your patience Ferrovie Sud Est will transport you into a surreal heat haze of unexpected connections and sudden cancellations in which you will very likely spend hours entirely alone with a garrulous ticket collector delighted to have found someone to talk to Everywhere signs inform you of the generous contributions of the ever beneficent EU if you’re returning home via overnight couchette from Lecce to Milan make sure you set off with a good few hours to spare Then put your head down on a Trenitalia pillow and let the rails lull you into a last Mediterranean reverie Tim Parks is author of Italian Ways, on and off the Rails from Milan to Palermo (Vintage, £9.99), available for £8.79 at the Guardian Bookshop Browse the Guardian’s selection of some of the world’s best rail journeys on the Guardian Holidays website This article was amended on 9 May 2019 to correct the statement that only Italian residents could buy tickets via the Trenitalia app has just published A Long Walk - Journeys in Calabria The book features an account of more than 40 long treks in the region in search of its landscapes Fellow environmentalist Joseph Agius interviewed him You say in this book that you were already married with young children when you went on the first of your many treks in Calabria what set off this long love affair with the region The trigger was provided by three stints of voluntary work (summer 1967 1969) organised by a group called Voluntary Service Overseas (Malta) set up by Tony Macelli and the late Fr Peter Serracino Inglott We worked with gypsies in the suburbs of Reggio Calabria and in Melito di Porto Salvo At the time of the first solo journey in the summer of 1970 wife and two children) were at the end of a two-year stay at Zermatt in Switzerland where I had been working at a high altitude solar observatory run by the University of Oxford Civita Ponte del Diavolo and Gole del Raganello Would I be right in saying that this book began as a diary The book is essentially an account of extensive travels in Calabria A ‘model’ that may well have exerted considerable influence could be Eric Newby’s A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush published in the 1970s but read in the middle 1990s after the same author’s better known Love and War in the Apennines that starts in Msida creek where Newby boarded a submarine taking his party of “commandos” to Sicily on a sabotage mission designed to help the Santa Marija convoy The original “diary” had a background: a compilation of some 250 typewritten pages of social economic and geographical data on the Calabria of the 1970s put together before many journeys had actually happened The network of “journeys” carried some reflection of that background writing To those hurriedly leafing through it this book might give the impression that it is meant for travellers and trekkers misadventures and encounters yet more interesting But what kind of audience did you have in mind when writing this account people and culture of an area of Italy which has remained comparatively unknown.  Clearly Calabria has much to offer: spectacular sea and landscapes a rich history and culture in an essentially Mediterranean setting Thus the book can serve as introduction for readers with a wide range of interests including academic ones related to archaeology Two accounts of journeys in Calabria well known locally are those by Edward Lear and Norman Douglas In what way is your book different from these apart from the fact that it is a much more recent account Edward Lear and Norman Douglas had rather specific interests as is well known made a brief passage through Calabria with interest mainly in “sketching” town and landscapes; his contacts were mainly local notabili to whom he had been given letters of introduction by the chief functionary in Reggio Douglas recorded more than one passage in Old Calabria; a man of wide interests and erudition in areas which ranged from the historical to the literary As well as of prejudices which sometimes cut him off from contemporary and historical realities he gives very limited attention to the protracted Byzantine presence in Calabria while acknowledging debts to both Lear and Douglas I tried to explore other avenues as well In this respect I confess to succumbing often to a desire to set to rights some of Douglas’s “transgressions” considering Douglas’s formidable gifts physical and mental effort did this 45-year saga involve Investment in time on the ground must amount to well over a year of continuous stay But one must reckon that with the advent of the World Wide Net one can keep both an ‘information’ presence and quick contact with people in Calabria while being physically far away While acknowledging debts to both Lear and Douglas I tried to explore other avenues as well And use of the Net has had another effect: that of decreasing justified resentment at long absences from home and days out of contact in circumstances that to the “uninitiated” appear to be The advent of the mobile phone has improved the level of communication heavily forested country where ordinary mobiles do not work The interplay of the mental and the physical can be clearly seen in the way one faces a sharp rise at the end of a long day.  You feel you need a rest before starting up; but if that rest is more than a few minutes long So to the mental effort required to resume movement is added physical pain A short stop will offer small physical relief but will require only mental effort to re-start Switching to a slow plod and not stopping is best of all heat and dehydration are the worst enemies The best use of water against the direct effects of high ambient temperatures is to rinse head and neck on arriving at a source then treat a large bandana kerchief in the same manner The relief afforded by wet shirt and bandana if fairly brief is positively heavenly.  For drinking: forest streams and the public water found in every village are the best sources In winter mere cold is usually no problem as walking with several layers under a windproof jacket and with padded trousers keeps a good body temperature; but sleeping out under tent or in huts calls for a good sleeping bag as well as a small gas stove Add to that modern protection against heavy rain and main rucksack weight starts touching 25 kg.; more if one is carrying a tent That does place some restriction on the length of winter walks especially if deep snow or ice are present This was indeed a long journey and an exhausting one but I felt that without the help given spontaneously by the Calabresi – lifts and the relationship you built with them - this would have been a different story How important was their help in this venture A somewhat tricky question to answer truthfully without being or seeming to be ungrateful and unappreciative of help received The fact is that no trip was planned without a strong element of self-sufficiency worked into it It would have been foolish to do otherwise given that practically all offers of “help” came from chance encounters But help is not any the less welcome and heart-warming for being unlooked-for And in this respect there was little to choose between older and younger generations particularly out in the countryside away from large towns my experience of Calabria would have been that much poorer Over these 45 years the social and physical landscape will have obviously changed The 'ndràngheta too (Mafia calabrese) figures quite often in your book Do you feel that the Calabresi in general have shaken off or at least loosened the grip of the 'ndràngheta As far as the physical landscape is concerned there is a clear answer on ‘improvement’ there have been serious episodes of landslip and erosion persistent efforts at afforestation and forestry control have managed to keep ahead of  natural and pyromaniac destruction certainly on the Sila but also in Aspromonte around which lie the dominant 'ndràngheta citadels But the great leap forward has been the establishment of the most extensive Italian national park: Il Parco Nazionale del Pollino straddles the Calabria-Basilicata border with a spur coming down the west coast as far south as Belvedere Marittimo Social landscapes offer a more uncertain picture the former isolation of Calabria has been broken of Calabresi out of the region has not been stemmed Despite the onslaught by the various law enforcement bodies working with an improved legal arsenal the grip of the 'ndràngheta does not look like being broken just yet Yet there is one brand-new aspect of social change which deserves mention:  the post-2000 activities of the town councils of Caulonia and especially Riace These two places have become beacons of humanity in the reception of immigrants under a scorching sun or in bitter cold and snow and very often with no sure place to sleep at the end of the day Had the writing of this book become a sort of mission you had to see through or did every trek provide some great satisfaction If anything the drive came from a desire to publicise the hardships that over the centuries the Calabresi had to put up with an effort to redress the “picture” of Il Bel Paese we have formed by more orthodox methods That is not to say that individual treks were not “satisfying” but to suggest that much of the “satisfaction” came from finding out what made Calabresi tick at work Such a demanding search requires probing the links between topography and climate which have had such a marked effect on the local character And then gaining some understanding of how the political and religious masters of the place have added their quotas of social pressures Sounding trumpets and “Gothick” Castles You say that you often spent the last hours of daylight reading Books pose a particular problem in trekking: they are heavy There is a necessary minimum of “paperweight” that needs to be carried: maps trekking manuals and books acquired en route novels were restricted to Camilleri and Sciascia and one or two Corrado Alvaro.  Recent works about Calabria and southern Italy include those by Nicola Gratteri (Fratelli di Sangue) Hagiography was represented by “Lives” of Francesco di Paola and Nilo of Rossano; books on ecology and environment And last but not least (and repeatedly) Tolkien’s The Hobbit and individual volumes of The Lord of the Rings both books involving long “treks” It is a little difficult to disentangle neatly vivid memories of places people and events.   Take the particular case of the start of the last day of the donkey journey After retreating from the extremely dangerous situation I had blundered into the previous evening (but not having the time to relate that here I leave it to the book) I had arrived at a point very appropriately called Puntone Vividdu It provided brilliant panorama of the southern flank of Aspromonte - a line-of-sight down into the course of the fiumara Amendolea with the cluster of houses of Roghudi on the crown of a hill far below and the brilliant white twists of the river bed A memorable view indeed and the setting for a memorable encounter Up the very narrow unfenced path coming up from Ghorio di Roghudi with a near-vertical drop of 200 metres to the first houses preceded by a young woman riding a donkey side saddle I nudged my donkey up the slope on the inside of the path; but on meeting the woman’s donkey shied away towards the outer edge of the path after a powerful tug on his donkey’s bit had got it back on the straight and narrow All I could do was mutter apologies and hurry down out of sight most memorable places often also carry memorable (historical) persons: Gerace – Robert and Roger d’Hautville; Stilo – Giovanni Terestis; Serra S Bruno – Bruno of Cologne and Roger; Rossano and the Patirion – Nilo and Bartolomaios; Buonvicino – S Francesco; Le Castella – Giovanni Dionigi Galleni in later life Uccialì who fought for the Turks in the Great Siege of 1565 But almost all of these places also carry glowing memories of living persons between Scilla and Palmi stands out; while between Montalto and Bova there are the quintessential landscapes of Aspromonte with Serra Dolcedorme and La Fagosa as the core From what you write one concludes that Calabria could well be a tourist destination for many of us Maltese though it does require careful planning in all cases The main problem is that of first access: the Malta-Reggio Calabria air connection has unfortunately been discontinued; the Malta-Catania is not convenient and the Malta-Bari even less so Regular sea connections only go as far as Pozzallo One hopes that both these connections will improve in the near future private transport – car or coach – is a must for almost all types of tourist That can be arranged on the spot of course There is now a small number of groups particularly in the north (Civita Individual guides take small parties in Aspromonte and on the Sila or do you still need your ‘nights out’ I have just returned from a couple of weeks in Calabria I still have some loose ends to see to; so I am planning what may well be a final trip please register for free or log in to your account Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time Comedian turned portrait artist Anh Do takes full ownership of all his creations on his Brush With Fame series “It’s all my own work,” Do told PS this week when asked about chatter within Sydney’s notoriously catty art circles that would suggest otherwise Anh Do with his art teacher Paul Ryan.Credit: Sahlan Hayes confirmed to PS he was paid by Do to help out in the initial stages of bringing the portraits to life but Anh is a bit cagey about revealing how it all comes together and he turned me down when I asked for a consultant’s credit on the show even though every other bugger involved gets one .. ultimately the show is a great success and helps put Australian art in the mainstream,” Ryan told PS Do knows better than most that when it comes to art So when you are knocking out portraits of famous Australians seemingly within a half hour or so on national television one can expect feedback – both good and bad judging by the reactions that blew up on social media after his portrait of Marcia Hines Anh Do with Marcia Hines and the portrait he painted of the singer for Brush With Fame.Credit: ABC “For art’s sake please stop,” artist Bec Juniper wrote on Facebook resulting in an avalanche of critics – some major names in the art world – chiming in some unkindly comparing Do’s artistry to everyone from Rolf Harris to Mr Squiggle it hardly made a dent on the hugely popular series the sixth season of which wraps up next Tuesday with Midnight Oil frontman and former politician Peter Garrett sitting for his portrait PS can reveal there is a good reason why both the subject and the viewer do not see much of the paintings in progress Do admitted he works on his portraits from photos he has studied in great detail well before his subjects enter the studio and that while he aims to start with a fresh canvas for the filming often he ends up presenting works he has already done – “studies” – as back-ups if he’s having an “off day” while the cameras are rolling It was Ryan who taught Do the “impasto” technique of using thick layers of paint trowled onto the canvas with a palette knife a style also used by high-profile artists such as Ben Quilty Ryan said he advised Do on the initial line drawings for the works though Do played down his old friend’s contribution when PS called “I think he may be taking a bit too much credit,” Do laughed adding he seeks Ryan’s “advice” when unsure about where a work is heading “if I’ve got the shape of a nose or face wrong” but was emphatic all the preliminary drawing and painting was exclusively his own work Sometimes there might be half an hour where they say nothing and I’m deep into painting – that doesn’t make good TV so we obviously have to edit,” Do said each portrait is at least a solid day’s work with Do revealing some sitters had asked him to “fix a few things up” after filming stopped The sitters get to take their paintings home Creative collaborations are not new for Do A decade ago the Herald revealed a ghost-writer was hired to work on Do’s bestselling memoir which picked up three awards at the 2011 Australian Book Industry Awards But publishers Allen and Unwin said Do’s final book bore no resemblance to the original manuscript handed to them by the ghost-writer former senior Herald journalist Michael Visontay Do said he was “unsure” if there will be a seventh series of Brush With Fame explaining he now has a publishing deal with Allen and Unwin to write a staggering 50 children’s books over the next three years While the pretty bikini-clad social media influencers posing for selfies on the deck of James Packer’s $200 million superyacht IJE off Mykonos have been drawing all the attention recently a couple of crew members from the giant floating gin palace also made headlines when the boat cruised past Italy a sleek black vessel worth a couple of million dollars alone somehow ran aground on a beach at Melito di Porto Salvo and narrowly missed sunbathers who filmed the incident one of the two crew had to be taken to hospital but was later released with no major injuries PS hears it sustained a few scratches but was soon back on its way to join the Packer flotilla en route to Greece lingerie queen Eloise Monaghan was celebrating the sale of her Australian-grown Honey Birdette lingerie business to the iconic Playboy empire in the US for a staggering $443million “My business partner [retail billionaire] Brett Blundy called me and asked me how it feels to turn a $100,000 investment into a $443 million business in 15 years .. I’m still pinching myself,” she told PS between sips of champagne from her Los Angeles backyard having relocated to California with her wife Natalie Monaghan to grow the business Revved up: Honey Birdette founder Eloise Monaghan and just as the deal was being closed her favourite song came on Spotify .. who didn’t want sex toys being sold in his malls and it’s only going to get bigger and better.” her former business partner Janelle Barboza unsuccessfully sued in the Queensland Supreme Court against Honey Birdette alleging breach of contract and unconscionable conduct after she sold out of the business who retains equity in the business and will stay on as its creative director She predicts Honey Birdette will top $2 billion in global retail sales in two years Monaghan laughed: “I have not big plans on how to spend it A few noses have been put out of joint around the Park Street corridors of Australia’s largest magazine house following the launch of Australian Women’s Weekly royal correspondent Juliet Rieden’s new podcast The Royal Record which promises to separate “royal fact from fiction” The podcast is an independent venture and separate from Are Media It is also being co-hosted by another former Park Street stalwart Among the senior bosses at Are Media said to have been left cold by the new venture is Woman’s Day and New Idea high priestess Fiona Connolly for whom the Windsors continue to provide a rich and often controversial seam of content Our Breaking News Alert will notify you of significant breaking news when it happens. Get it here \\u201CIt\\u2019s all my own work,\\u201D Do told PS this week when asked about chatter within Sydney\\u2019s notoriously catty art circles that would suggest otherwise he doesn\\u2019t like me talking about it .. and he turned me down when I asked for a consultant\\u2019s credit on the show ultimately the show is a great success and helps put Australian art in the mainstream,\\u201D Ryan told PS one can expect feedback \\u2013 both good and bad judging by the reactions that blew up on social media after his portrait of Marcia Hines \\u201CFor art\\u2019s sake please stop,\\u201D artist Bec Juniper wrote on Facebook resulting in an avalanche of critics \\u2013 some major names in the art world \\u2013 chiming in some unkindly comparing Do\\u2019s artistry to everyone from Rolf Harris to Mr Squiggle often he ends up presenting works he has already done \\u2013 \\u201Cstudies\\u201D \\u2013 as back-ups if he\\u2019s having an \\u201Coff day\\u201D while the cameras are rolling It was Ryan who taught Do the \\u201Cimpasto\\u201D technique of using thick layers of paint trowled onto the canvas with a palette knife though Do played down his old friend\\u2019s contribution when PS called \\u201CI think he may be taking a bit too much credit,\\u201D Do laughed adding he seeks Ryan\\u2019s \\u201Cadvice\\u201D when unsure about where a work is heading \\u201Cif I\\u2019ve got the shape of a nose or face wrong\\u201D Sometimes there might be half an hour where they say nothing and I\\u2019m deep into painting \\u2013 that doesn\\u2019t make good TV so we obviously have to edit,\\u201D Do said each portrait is at least a solid day\\u2019s work with Do revealing some sitters had asked him to \\u201Cfix a few things up\\u201D after filming stopped A decade ago the Herald revealed a ghost-writer was hired to work on Do\\u2019s bestselling memoir But publishers Allen and Unwin said Do\\u2019s final book bore no resemblance to the original manuscript handed to them by the ghost-writer Do said he was \\u201Cunsure\\u201D if there will be a seventh series of Brush With Fame explaining he now has a publishing deal with Allen and Unwin to write a staggering 50 children\\u2019s books over the next three years While the pretty bikini-clad social media influencers posing for selfies on the deck of James Packer\\u2019s $200 million superyacht IJE off Mykonos have been drawing all the attention recently \\u201CMy business partner [retail billionaire] Brett Blundy called me and asked me how it feels to turn a $100,000 investment into a $443 million business in 15 years .. I\\u2019m still pinching myself,\\u201D she told PS between sips of champagne from her Los Angeles backyard who didn\\u2019t want sex toys being sold in his malls and it\\u2019s only going to get bigger and better.\\u201D Monaghan laughed: \\u201CI have not big plans on how to spend it A few noses have been put out of joint around the Park Street corridors of Australia\\u2019s largest magazine house following the launch of Australian Women\\u2019s Weekly royal correspondent Juliet Rieden\\u2019s new podcast The Royal Record which promises to separate \\u201Croyal fact from fiction\\u201D Among the senior bosses at Are Media said to have been left cold by the new venture is Woman\\u2019s Day and New Idea high priestess Fiona Connolly Our Breaking News Alert will notify you of significant breaking news when it happens The Women’s Media Center’s research and reports shed a light on the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in the media More » WMC publishes original reporting and commentary on headline stories and underreported topics More » WMC Live with Robin Morgan is a weekly radio show and podcast in 110 countries around the globe More » WMC SheSource is an online database of media-experienced women experts who we connect to journalists More » The Women’s Media Center (WMC) media training and leadership programs seek to elevate women’s voices through media training More » WMC Speech Project is dedicated to raising public and media awareness about online harassment More » Learn more about topics like these by signing up for Women’s Media Center’s newsletter. Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account TORONTO — An accused Mafia fugitive who was hiding in Canada for seven years before his deportation to Italy was the cousin of one of two victims of a shocking double murder inside an Ontario café Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience was also involved in a mob dispute over illicit gambling in Toronto-area bars and cafés before his arrest March 10 raising questions of whether a Mafia feud played any role in the fatal 2015 shootings a man wearing a mask and gloves drove a stolen car to the Moka café on Islington Ave Get a dash of perspective along with the trending news of the day in a very readable format By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. What was not known at the time was that Voci is also known by the maiden name Maria Frascà She is named as a cousin of Figliomeni by Italian authorities When Figliomeni arrived in Canada in 2010 — before he went underground to avoid deportation back to Italy — he listed on his customs forms the address where he was staying as the home of an older male relative of Voci There is no allegation or suggestion she was anything other than an innocent victim in the shooting but her family ties to a fugitive allegedly jostling with other mobsters in a territorial dispute over gambling in cafés and bars is of interest to authorities The Moka café was home to an illegal gambling operation at the time of the shootings Police found card tables and electronic gaming machines at the café York Regional Police released surveillance video of the suspect Police then issued a Canada-wide warrant for Jason Hay The manhunt ended in August 2015 with a high-risk arrest on Highway 400 when an SUV was stopped by force Hay was charged with two counts of first-degree murder He has not yet faced trial and has a court date scheduled Monday for pre-trial motions Italian authorities tracked a power struggle in Ontario over gambling between factions of the ’Ndrangheta the Mafia of the southern Italian region of Calabria through wiretaps on mobsters’ phones making transatlantic calls The phone calls suggest Figliomeni came to Canada in 2008 to help his mob clan push its claim to gambling territory in Toronto and York region according to wiretap transcripts obtained by the Post He returned to Italy but visited Toronto in 2009 and again in 2010 Figliomeni was born in the pretty Calabrian seaside town of Melito di Porto Salvo the southernmost tip of the Italian mainland He has five brothers in Italy and an uncle and several cousins in Canada a large anti-Mafia operation in Italy named him among a long list of wanted mobsters Italy issued an arrest warrant for him and he slipped from view in Canada “It was quite a challenge for us to locate him,” said RCMP Supt who is in charge of Serious Organized Crime and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit for the Toronto area “By all appearances he kept a very low-profile Police were able to trace him to 1248 Café a premise that had been raided by police in 2016 in an illegal video gaming machine investigation Toronto police entered the café on March 10 for a Liquor License Act inspection and arrested Figliomeni on an immigration warrant He was polite and compliant but uncooperative when asked how he stayed hidden for so long When interviewed by CBSA officers he said he was purposely trying to avoid facing his Mafia association charge in Italy He refused to reveal where he had been staying saying it would cause a “big problem” if he did did not have a bank account here and had $200 in his wallet Figliomeni did not fight to remain in Canada He was placed on an Air Canada flight to Rome He was arrested to face trial on the 2010 charges York police said they were not involved in the arrest or removal of Figliomeni and declined to comment on its implication for the Moka café shooting as the case is before the courts Toronto police confirmed its involvement in the liquor inspection but referred further questions to CBSA CBSA was still not able to comment on the case transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Lo sport mi ha aiutato a riprendere in mano la mia vita quando Anna si avvicina al triathlon perché è una disciplina che si svolge all’aperto La persona più importante nel mio percorso sportivo perché è lui che per la prima volta mi ha tolto dalla poltrona e mi ha portato in una piscina” ma tutta la famiglia è importante nella sua vita “Del triathlon amo il senso di libertà che mi dà Tanti i suoi idoli sportivi: “Quelli del passato sono Pietro Mennea e Gino Bartali tra quelli del presente la mia guida a Tokyo Charlotte Bonin e Zlatan Ibrahimovic” Terminata la carriera agonistica vorrebbe poter continuare ad alimentare la passione per lo sport e trasmetterla a tanti bambini e a tutte quelle persone con disabilità che si trovano chiuse in casa Per Anna non c’è un momento sportivo più bello degli altri: “Tutti quelli che si vivono nello sport sono belli e importanti perché vogliono dire crescita”.  Cookie policy Podcast FOCUS Newsletter Tra amici lo chiamano “Ciao, come sto”. E l’aneddoto non è una buona presentazione per un commissario incaricato dal governo di occuparsi di salvare gli italiani dalla pandemia. A rivelare il soprannome è stato il direttore del Foglio, Claudio Cerasa, ospite alla trasmissione Tagada su La 7 chiedendosi come fa una persona a gestire tutte queste cose e trovare anche il tempo per apparire in televisione Domenico Arcuri è nato nel 1963 a Melito Porto Salvo, in provincia di Reggio Calabria. Il Commissario scelto dal governo Conte per gestire la pandemia è da 13 anni amministratore delegato di Invitalia, l’agenzia nazionale per gli investimenti e lo sviluppo d’impresa controllata al 100% dal Ministero dell’Economia Sebbene abbia ricevuto l’incarico di Commissario straordinario è stato anche riconfermato alla guida di Invitalia Bisogna ricordare due cose importanti su Invitalia: la prima è che la controllata di Invitalia ha salvato e adesso controlla la Banca Popolare di Bari La seconda è che il dg di Invitalia e vero braccio destro di Arcuri si chiama Ernesto Somma ed è stato consigliere economico dell’ex ministro Raffaele Fitto sconfitto alle elezioni regionali di settembre in Puglia dall’attuale governatore Michele Emiliano Dopo aver frequentato la scuola militare della Nunziatella a Napoli nel 1986 Arcuri si è laureato in Economia alla Luiss di Roma con una tesi sulla “Redditività economica e sociale degli investimenti pubblici nel Mezzogiorno” poi ha iniziato una lunga carriera tra pubblico e privato Arcuri ha iniziato a lavorare all’Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (Iri) dove si occupava delle aziende del gruppo operanti nei settori delle telecomunicazioni è diventato amministratore delegato della Deloitte Consulting Altre fonti aggiungono che in Invitalia ha guidato il piano di riorganizzazione e rilancio dell’azienda Un’azienda che oggi gestisce i principali incentivi per le nuove imprese come ad esempio Smart&Start Italia e Fondo Italia Venture per le start-up innovative Ma di protezione civile non sembra esserci molto nella provincia foggiana cara al presidente del Consiglio che Arcuri avrebbe contribuito a sbloccare” Sempre l’Espresso ha spiegato la rete di relazioni istituzionali di Arcuri: “Nei tredici anni passati a guidare l’azienda di sostegno alle imprese italiane Arcuri ha moltiplicato il suo spettro relazionale grazie all’ex moglie e al suo uomo delle relazioni istituzionali Stefano Andreani cavaliere del Santo Sepolcro ed ex portavoce del Divo Giulio Andreotti Fra una cena elegante con l’ingegnere Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone e un convegno di Confindustria Arcuri si è dovuto districare fra le numerose patate bollenti di un panorama imprenditoriale in declino” “Portato a Sviluppo Italia da Massimo D’Alema si è ricollocato senza battere ciglio con il sistema Silvio Berlusconi-Gianni Letta Con altrettanta flessibilità è tornato nelle grazie dei governanti giallo-rosa grazie al ministro dell’Economia Roberto Gualtieri dalemiano antemarcia entrato in direzione nazionale proprio nel 2007 l’anno di esordio di Arcuri fra i boiardi di Stato” E ancora: “Di lui si è parlato a suo tempo come possibile candidato al vertice di Cassa Depositi e Prestiti più di recente come amministratore delegato di Leonardo al posto di Alessandro Profumo e di ad dell’Eni al posto di Claudio Descalzi” Durante una conferenza stampa ricostruita da Il Giornale lo scorso 5 giugno Arcuri si è dato alcune “pacche sulle spalle da solo” “Ieri però ha esagerato – scrive il quotidiano – in mancanza di senso “Come ha definito la propria performance il commissario straordinario ‘Per una volta – si è autocompiaciuto – sarebbe bello se ci accorgessimo che siamo stati straordinari: i fatti hanno prevalso sulle chiacchiere per Arcuri in realtà è andato quasi tutto storto “Eppure nel complessivo disastro che è stata l’emergenza poche cose hanno funzionato così sistematicamente male come quelle gestite da Arcuri Eppure è chiaro che distribuita due mesi fa sarebbe stata scaricata da tutti gli italiani oggi la vogliono in pochi ed è di dubbia efficacia O i tamponi che Arcuri ha inseguito invano in tutto il mondo mentre in Veneto il professor Crisanti trovava un sistema fai-da-te Il commissario ha fin dall’inizio deciso che andavano prodotte in Italia e ha stanziato un fondo a disposizione di chi riconvertiva l’azienda Intanto ha iniziato a scoraggiare l’importazione con controlli infiniti rendendo difficile l’acquisto all’estero inciampando in varie figuracce come la consegna di 600 mila mascherine cinesi inutilizzabili all’ordine dei medici Il culmine l’ha raggiunto il 26 aprile quando ha fissato il prezzo di vendita a 50 centesimi mettendo fuorigioco le aziende che aveva incentivato a produrre e le farmacie risarcimenti a pioggia alle aziende e sua invettiva contro i liberisti da divano” Come ha ricostruito Carlo Terzano su Start Magazine lo scorso maggio: “Tra 10 giorni inizierà la produzione delle mascherine con le macchine che abbiamo contribuito a realizzare” Le sue dichiarazioni sono riportate anche sul sito del ministero della Salute “A metà giugno – aveva spiegato – le nostre macchine produrranno 4 milioni di mascherine al giorno; a metà luglio 25 milioni e da fine agosto in poi 35 milioni di mascherine al giorno” le cinque aziende sono: Veneta distribuzione Srl di Grafica Veneta Fab e Triboo per l’importazione di dispositivi dalla Cina “Una serie di – prevedibilissime – conseguenze Anzitutto il prezzo di Stato ha bloccato l’approvvigionamento: non si contano le farmacie che hanno deciso di ritirarle dagli scaffali per non perderci denaro Anche i produttori e i distributori preferiscono bloccare le importazioni piuttosto che venderle a ribasso aspettando equi compensi che mai arriveranno” Scrive Il Sole 24 Ore: “Il pasticcio sulle mascherine di Stato a prezzi popolari è il frutto di un mix di variabili Innanzitutto  l’effetto annuncio di un prezzo imposto che ha bloccato per troppi giorni i rifornimenti: i broker hanno smesso di lavorare per l’Italia aspettando la scelta sul prezzo che si è fatta attendere troppo e tra l’altro il prezzo finale deciso dal commissario Arcuri – 50 centesimi (più basso di tanti Paesi) – se conveniente per i cittadini ha reso meno attraente il nostro mercato I farmacisti non hanno più potuto rifornirsi vendendo così le ultime scorte che avevano (saranno ristorati – è la promessa di Arcuri - Un articolo del quotidiano fondato da Carlo De Benedetti ha mandato su tutte le furie Arcuri che ha avviato una causa per tutelare la sua “immagine e reputazione” Il Domani ha scritto che “La cifra non è stata restituita il commissario [Arcuri] ha ricevuto 1.467.200 euro in più rispetto ai limiti di legge su delega del vice procuratore generale Massimo Lasalvia (il fascicolo è passato alla magistrata Gaia Palmieri) ha acquisito dati e documenti per approfondire due questioni La prima riguarda la verifica degli emolumenti ricevuti da Arcuri e dagli altri manager di Invitalia La seconda questione riguarda una legge che permette alle società che emettono strumenti finanziari di derogare al tetto dei compensi I militari hanno acquisito tutta la documentazione per capire se gli strumenti finanziari emessi da Invitalia consentono di rientrare nelle società esonerate dagli obblighi di riduzione dei costi” “Nella mia carriera mi era capitato di incontrare soltanto persone – potenti e non – che si sentissero danneggiati dalle notizie scorrette Non mi era mai capitato di trovare qualcuno che si sente danneggiato da una notizia vera peraltro riportata in un breve articolo nel basso di una pagina Ma la legge consente ad Arcuri di chiedere danni ai giornali anche in questo caso saranno i lettori e i cittadini a valutare l’opportunità da parte di uno degli uomini più potenti d’Italia di avviare richieste di risarcimento danni nei confronti di un giornale che pubblica notizie vere sulla sua persona nel pieno di una tragica pandemia che pensavamo assorbisse ogni energia del Commissario straordinario” (Articolo pubblicato su policymakermag.it L’annuncio di Microsoft sui data center e il successo di DeepSeek sembrano segnalare un cambiamento … Mentre in Cina la corsa all’intelligenza artificiale si intensifica negli Stati Uniti Donald Trump licenzia … La nomina di Rubio nel ruolo che fu di Waltz appare come un tentativo di … Che cosa si dice e che cosa non si dice su lavoro Leggi il numero completo del quadrimestrale di Start Magazine Marzo – Giugno2025 Start Magazine è il magazine online dedicato all'innovazione ed alla crescita Start Magazine vuole parlare di crescita e sviluppo dopo anni spesi a parlare di crisi e vuole farlo partendo da una delle parole chiave più importanti: l'innovazione Fanno parte del nostro network editoriale: