Sardinia

the protest

Sestu, 51 children are not attending school: "The building is too old and far away."

Parents are protesting the closure of the school on Via Laconi, without a school assistant, and the subsequent transfer to Via Verdi.

John Lorenzo Porra

The party

Cagliari celebrates a new centenarian: Antonina Melis reaches the century mark.

Family celebration and tribute from the Municipality

I rifiuti marini raccolti a Castelsardo (foto concessa)

Environment

A major seabed cleanup in Castelsardo: 50 traps and 150kg of plastic recovered.

Around forty volunteers at work

Mariangela Pala

Traditions

Sassari, Major Celebration for the Tailors' Guild

Two days of celebrations, today the mass in suffrage of the deceased gremianti

Emanuele Floris

the alarm

La Maddalena, fire on the balcony of a house

Firefighters intervene on Via Boccone

the case

Maldini faces further trouble after the incident: "He also tested positive for drugs."

The Cagliari striker's driving licence was revoked following the results of a breathalyser test: further tests are now awaited.

environment

Stomach Pain, cleanup mission: 100 volunteers with helicopter collect tons of waste

Cabras Mayor Andrea Abis: "A complex operation to recover materials swept up by ocean currents."

Sara Pinna

the shot

Mamoiada: Thieves flee with stolen weapons

The safe containing a small arsenal of ammunition—a rifle, a pistol, and ammunition—has disappeared. A gang broke into the garage Saturday night while the owner was away.

Roberto Secci

the phenomenon

A bureaucratic mess has resulted in groups of migrants from the Monastir reception center camped at the port of Olbia.

Problems reading documents issued in Cagliari, captains deny boarding to dozens of North Africans: even those with expulsion orders are on land.

Andrea Busia

La ministra Calderone durante la cerimonia

The ceremony

Fertilia, from memory comes hope for the future: the challenge of the Network of Foundation Cities

Minister Calderone, present at the celebrations together with representatives of the administrations involved, was there to christen it.

Catherine Flowers

Maracalagonis, strada dissestata per i lavori

The works

Tyrrhenian Link, Maracalagonis calls for a Parliamentary Commission of Control and a halt to testing.

Mayor Francesca Fadda denounces destroyed roads and no compensation, and announces that the Municipality will not sign agreements without a compensation plan.

The accident

Siliqua, crash on State Road 130: three injured, one woman seriously injured

Two cars were involved, causing traffic to stall in the direction of Iglesias. Ambulances, Carabinieri, firefighters, and Anas technicians were on site.

Angelo Cucca

Monserrato, nei riquadri i coniugi Giovanni Secci e Mariolina Seguri

The murder

Secci's conviction in the Monserrato murder case will be confirmed tomorrow, along with an autopsy on his wife's body.

After the silence the other night in the Carabinieri barracks, the 81-year-old may decide to tell everything

Antonio Serreli

La Maddalena, il sindaco Lai stringe la mano a Giuseppe Marcellino (foto Ronchi)

The ceremony

At 103, Marcellino recalls the Battle of La Maddalena.

He was among the soldiers who took part in one of the first acts of armed resistance against the Germans after September 8th.

Claudio Modesto Ronchi

the drama

Palau: Man dives into the sea and fails to surface; found dead

The victim was a tourist who fell ill underwater while snorkeling after diving from a dinghy. His wife was on board.

Un mezzo della Guardia costiera (foto ufficio stampa)

the alarm

He dives for snorkeling, lost in the sea of Palau

He went out on a dinghy, dived in and never came back up: the search is underway

the controversy

Cagliari's new stadium continues to clash over the delayed tender process. The City Council: "Everything is done this week."

Farris (CiviCa24): "Continuous postponements, we're already on the eighth schedule. And the permits are being denied, the Prefect must intervene." Councilor Macciotta: "The match will be held this week." AC Milan's general manager Melis: "We'll build a state-of-the-art public facility."

Enrico Fresu

Un momento della manifestazione a Selegas

The initiative

Valentino Melis Memorial: Trexenta once again responds "present"

From the early hours, Piazza Imperiale in Selegas filled with vintage cars and motorcycles. Among this year's new features was the Vespa slow-speed race.

Severino Sirigu