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Record-breaking marijuana plantation in the Nuoro area: names of those arrested

Approximately 50,000 plants are irrigated with 23 kilometers of pipes: water theft is also a concern. The operation was launched under the guise of industrial hemp production.
La conferenza stampa sul sequestro (Foto: Fabio Ledda)
La conferenza stampa sul sequestro (Foto: Fabio Ledda)
Senzatetto a Cagliari
Senzatetto a Cagliari
social policies

Cagliari: The City Council is looking for hotel and B&B rooms to keep homeless people off the streets.

All places in dedicated facilities are occupied: urgent call for applications addressed to owners of accommodation facilities
the operation

Four reports of garbage and animal carcass fires in Cagliari and its province.

Forestry Corps cracks down on illegal waste disposal
L'abbraccio della mamma per Alberto Trentini e dei figli Gianna e Corrado per Mario Burlò (Ansa-Palazzzo Chigi)
L'abbraccio della mamma per Alberto Trentini e dei figli Gianna e Corrado per Mario Burlò (Ansa-Palazzzo Chigi)
Rome

Trentini and Burlò have returned to Italy. They embraced their families: "It was really tough."

Prime Minister Meloni and Foreign Minister Tajani also welcomed the two compatriots freed from Venezuela after more than a year.
Sangue in via Ramai dopo una rissa
Sangue in via Ramai dopo una rissa
security alarm

Sassari, bloodshed and violence in the historic center. Residents: "We're desperate."

Exasperated residents: "Every night there are fights and beatings, we're scared."
fight against drug dealing

Hashish blocks and ready-made doses: 32-year-old drug dealer arrested in Quartu

The man, stopped by the Carabinieri in the middle of the night, was placed under house arrest
the controls

Uninsured cars: Local police crack down in Pula

Police Chief Madeddu: "We will also intensify vehicle inspections in 2026."
L'intervento degli artificieri
L'intervento degli artificieri
the investigations

Bomb near the Quartucciu church, carabinieri hunting for images

The military is trying to trace videos that could lead to the person who placed the World War II bomb on a wall.
Giardino dei Papi in via Cilea
Giardino dei Papi in via Cilea
Environment

Sassari: The Popes' Garden has been cleaned and secured.

Green maintenance continues in the Santa Maria di Pisa neighborhood.
Immagine simbolo, foto Ansa
Immagine simbolo, foto Ansa
The alarm

Cattle on the tracks, Forestry Corps intervenes: tragedy averted on the Cagliari-Golfo Aranci highway.

Livestock along the Macomer-Abbasanta route, where several passenger trains were due to pass shortly thereafter. The immediate blockade of the trains prevented the worst.
Francesca Fadda
Francesca Fadda
the announcement

Maracalagonis, Fadda breaks the ice: "I'm running again for mayor."

The mayor: "Another five years in office to continue our work and the results we've achieved."
(foto Anas)
(foto Anas)
duck

State Road 131, work underway at the Paulilatino junction: ramps closed until January 21st.

The measure to allow the installation of crash cushions and motorcyclist safety devices
alarm in Romagna

Two earthquakes in the Ravenna area have left people in fear and on the streets.

Magnitudes of 4.3 and 4.1 were recorded by the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). No damage has been reported so far.
Un incidente sulle strade della Bolivia (Foto d'archivio - Ansa)
Un incidente sulle strade della Bolivia (Foto d'archivio - Ansa)
South America

A minibus driven by a 13-year-old crashes into a tree, killing 11 in Bolivia.

The tragedy in the Santa Cruz department. "Many of those on board had been drinking."
the yellow

Missing woman near Rome: homicide investigation underway

There is no trace of a 41-year-old woman, who has not been heard from since January 8th. The Carabinieri have seized the house.
Un sistema di lancio russo (Ansa)
Un sistema di lancio russo (Ansa)
the war

The US condemns the Russian Oreshnik missile launch in Ukraine at the UN.

Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Tammy Bruce: "This constitutes a dangerous and inexplicable escalation."
USA

The White House warns Tehran: "Trump isn't afraid to use the military, Iran knows it."

"Air strikes are one of many options available." More than 600 people have reportedly died since the protests began.
the festival

Éntula opens 2026 with "The Crow's Nest," in conversation with author Piergiorgio Pulixi.

The new events of the fourteenth edition of the widespread literature festival will take place on Tuesday 13th in Cagliari and Thursday 22nd in Sassari.
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini
at the Ariston

Laura Pausini co-hosts the five-night Sanremo Music Festival

The announcement by artistic director Carlo Conti
Gli Awake For Days durante un concerto (foto Awake)
Gli Awake For Days durante un concerto (foto Awake)
the project

From international festivals to the Nuoro Music High School: Awake For Days recount their journey.

The Nuoro band's experience becomes a traveling training project designed for Sardinian students.
Sara Pireddu
Sara Pireddu
TV

Sara Pireddu: "And now, my Sardinia, this is really... 'Your Business'"

Twenty-seven years old, from Macomer, he represents the island in the Rai 1 quiz show.
Mount Urpinu

Cagliari: The Via Leo kindergarten is reborn.

After years of waiting and with an investment of three million euros, it has reopened its doors
Il Frogheri
Il Frogheri
The clash

"Solve the stadium problem or Nuorese will leave."

The club president hands over the keys to the facility to the municipality but the mayor returns them to him
L'esclusione di Trapani rende nulla la vittoria della Dinamo (foto G. Marras)
L'esclusione di Trapani rende nulla la vittoria della Dinamo (foto G. Marras)
Basketball

Trapani excluded from the championship: Dinamo's victory invalidated

The decision by the sports judge brings Sassari back to 10 points in the standings.
Facebook

Cagliari's "Never Say Goal" formation, Gialappa's dusts off their most unlikely lineup ever.

Apinù between the posts, Parrasanna and Nagasella leading the defense, Passacarragnu dictating the tempo and the eternal Franco up front
Gli atleti premiati da sinistra Maltoni, Pistidda e Falchi (foto concessa)
Gli atleti premiati da sinistra Maltoni, Pistidda e Falchi (foto concessa)
the awards ceremony

Se.Sa Boxing Porto Torres: Sporting merits for Maltoni, Falchi, and Pistidda

The awards ceremony for young boxing athletes who distinguished themselves in 2025 will be held at the Country Resort Congress in Arborea.
In Parlamento
Donald Trump (foto Ansa/Epa)
Donald Trump (foto Ansa/Epa)

Donald Trump and Spheres of Influence: Between Foreign Policy and Old Alliances

The question is who would benefit from a new international order based on spheres of influence rather than on shared rules that the European Union has guaranteed over time.
Insularità
Tyrrhenian Link (foto Terna)
Tyrrhenian Link (foto Terna)

Terna: installation of the western branch of the Tyrrhenian Link completed

In just over three months, approximately 480 km of submarine cable was laid between Termini Imerese (Palermo) and Terra Mala (Quartu).