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ULTIM'ORA

The downpour ends up in the sea: Sardinia escapes the storm, the alert has been downgraded to orange.

The extreme event unloaded offshore without causing any damage to the island. Merella (Civil Protection): "We're lucky, but the system successfully tested the rescue system."
Cagliari - palazzo del consiglio regionale di via roma elisabetta messina 17-1-2009
Cagliari - palazzo del consiglio regionale di via roma elisabetta messina 17-1-2009
regional council

Commissions, the circle closes: Avs and Orizzonte Comune enter

Agreement reached in Via Roma after two days of stalemate: the majority finds a synthesis for the heads of the six council bodies, despite some tensions emerging from the scrutiny.
L'auto speronata al Poetto di Cagliari (foto Polizia di Stato)
L'auto speronata al Poetto di Cagliari (foto Polizia di Stato)
Court

Beating, chase, and car ram in Poetto: Two 18-year-olds sentenced to five years in prison.

The two young men accused of attempted multiple murder and personal injury have agreed to a plea bargain.
Guardia di Finanza
Guardia di Finanza
Financial Police

Short-term rentals and illegal housing: a flurry of fines totaling €116,000 in Northern Sardinia.

Cross-checks are being conducted online and locally to protect the market and tourists: tax evasion of 60,000 euros has been confirmed in Olmedo.
The crime

Marco Mameli's murder: witnesses who don't remember appear in court.

An injured person said he saw two people who appeared to be embracing each other.
Carabinieri (foto Ansa)
Carabinieri (foto Ansa)
Safety

Cagliari: €700 worth of clothing stolen from Rinascente: 47-year-old arrested on Via Roma

The man had removed the anti-theft plates with burglary tools and was stopped by the Carabinieri as he exited the store. The stolen goods were recovered in full.
safety

As workplace accidents rise, a regional observatory is established, with €15 million on the table.

The first seven months of the year saw 4,700 complaints on the island, two hundred more than in the past. Todde and Manca presented the organization, along with the unions, to plan prevention, training, and concrete support for businesses by 2028.
L’ospedale Brotzu di Cagliari
L’ospedale Brotzu di Cagliari
The drama

Abbasanta, doctor Sandro Congia dies after fatal bicycle fall

He was 75 years old: the accident occurred on October 18th on Via Giovanni XXIII in Boroneddu. He died yesterday at Brotzu Hospital in Cagliari.
The clash

A 70-year-old man was hospitalized after a car and scooter collided in Iglesias.

He arrived at the emergency room with a yellow code assigned to him.
The fire

Carbonia, massive fire in a barn

Firefighters intervene in Flumentepido
The inconveniences

A classroom without a bathroom leads to protests by university students in Cagliari: fifty students desert the class.

At the Sant'Ignazio University campus, a large group of third-year Law students took action. There were also complaints about waste in common areas.
Un contenitore per abiti usati in piazza IV novembre (g. da.)
Un contenitore per abiti usati in piazza IV novembre (g. da.)
Environment

Quartu: Dead animals dumped in used clothing bins

The collection service has been improved, but it's not enough: some people throw everything in the bins.
the threats

More bomb scares and chaos in European skies, Italy involved in six cases: emergency landings and fighter escort

All of them have turned out to be unfounded, as had already happened on Tuesday, regarding the two flights to Rome, the alarm raised after an email from the "fighters of the male state"
Scontri tra manifestanti e forze dell'ordine durante il corteo contro lo sgombero del centro sociale Askatasuna, Torino 31 gennaio 2026 ANSA/Alessandro Di Marco
Scontri tra manifestanti e forze dell'ordine durante il corteo contro lo sgombero del centro sociale Askatasuna, Torino 31 gennaio 2026 ANSA/Alessandro Di Marco
The investigation

The Askatasuna center in Turin was evicted, and arrests were made following clashes.

Turin police operation, involving people from other cities
midterm, the reactions

Meloni: "We'll talk about the US later." Tajani: "We've never been Trump-friendly." Schlein: "The right brings war and recession."

Renzi cites Obama, Salvini supports Vance's stance, and Vannacci draws a Trump-Meloni parallel on "broken promises."
epa13348481 US President Donald Trump departs after delivering his closing pitch the day before midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, USA, 02 November 2026. Trump also spoke about his many renovations in DC, some of which, like the reflecting pool, were mired in controversy. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
epa13348481 US President Donald Trump departs after delivering his closing pitch the day before midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, USA, 02 November 2026. Trump also spoke about his many renovations in DC, some of which, like the reflecting pool, were mired in controversy. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
United States

Trump and his defeat at the polls: "It's the high cost of living, not the war." He also discusses the new ballroom.

The president eases the blow by outlining the White House restructuring. Then he warns: "Impeachment? The Democrats would be destroyed."
(SIMBOLICA) epa10690954 Blood bags are stored in a refrigerator of a private blood bank in Caracas, Venezuela, 13 June 2023 (issued 14 June 2023). Only one percent of people donate blood voluntarily in Venezuela, according to medical estimates. But in spite of this shortage of blood donations, gay men are restricted from donating blood in many medical facilities across the country even though they are not prohibited from being blood donors by law. World Blood Donor Day is observed every year on 14 June. EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ
(SIMBOLICA) epa10690954 Blood bags are stored in a refrigerator of a private blood bank in Caracas, Venezuela, 13 June 2023 (issued 14 June 2023). Only one percent of people donate blood voluntarily in Venezuela, according to medical estimates. But in spite of this shortage of blood donations, gay men are restricted from donating blood in many medical facilities across the country even though they are not prohibited from being blood donors by law. World Blood Donor Day is observed every year on 14 June. EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ
the attack

France: Refrigerated storage units containing donor blood hacked, raising concerns in Italy as well.

Temperatures have risen from -30 to 110 degrees Celsius, but Paris assures: "The safety of supplies is preserved."
the event

Endangered cinema arrives at Cagliari's Greenwich.

The "Work, Land, Power" festival features two films dedicated to the disappearance of movie theaters.
Gary Husband
Gary Husband
Music

Drummer Gary Husband performs a free concert in La Maddalena.

Also on stage were Matthew Garrison, Rocco Zifarelli and Tom Cawley
Culture

Autumn of Books: Four Book Events in Perdasdefogu

It starts on Friday the 6th with Francesca Spanu, on November 26th there is Chiara Gatti
the appointment

Macomer: The Sardinian book exhibition kicks off

Hundreds of books from seven island publishing houses were on display, the event now in its 26th edition.
Federico Rampini (foto concessa di Claudio Sforza)
Federico Rampini (foto concessa di Claudio Sforza)
#TheInterview

The great revolution of our time? Longevity.

Federico Rampini and a hymn to the age of white hair, or rather "quicksilver"
Riismaa e coach Vitali (foto G. Marras)
Riismaa e coach Vitali (foto G. Marras)
Serie A2

Dinamo Sassari prepares for the away match in Cividale

Coach Luca Vitali: "If we match our opponents' intensity and physicality, we'll make technique count."
epa13354383 Como’s players celebrate after scoring the 0-5 goal with Como’s Maxence Caqueret (L) during the UEFA Champions League league phase match RC Lens against Como 1907, in Lens, France, 04 November 2026. EPA/HUGO PFEIFFER
epa13354383 Como’s players celebrate after scoring the 0-5 goal with Como’s Maxence Caqueret (L) during the UEFA Champions League league phase match RC Lens against Como 1907, in Lens, France, 04 November 2026. EPA/HUGO PFEIFFER
the challenges

Champions League: Como goes overboard, scoring nine goals against Lens. Napoli collapses, swept 4-1 by Porto.

It was a historic night for the Como team, who swept through France and are now fourth in the league. Allegri's team continues to slide.
M'Bala Nzola, attaccante del Cagliari (foto Ansa)
M'Bala Nzola, attaccante del Cagliari (foto Ansa)
series a

Cagliari recovers Gagliardini but loses Nzola: he also misses the Frosinone match.

The Angolan striker is sidelined, just like Fadera: he underwent medical tests.
Giovanni Ayroldi, arbitro di Cagliari-Frosinone (foto Ansa)
Giovanni Ayroldi, arbitro di Cagliari-Frosinone (foto Ansa)
the designation

Cagliari-Frosinone: Ayroldi appointed referee

The match of the eleventh day of Serie A will be played on Saturday at 3pm at the Unipol Domus
In Parlamento

Donald Trump, the midterms, and pendulum politics: who benefits?

The American vote of November 3 and its repercussions on Europe: the impact of US policy on the balance of power of the Meloni Government
Insularità
Gesico
Gesico

Gesico and the school that doesn't exist: when being born in the village already means leaving

Already from the age of three, to attend nursery school one has to reach Mandas, and in the rest of Trexenta the situation is certainly not without difficulties