Sardinia

The checks

San Teodoro: Drunk driver uproots and steals souvenir sign from SS 125: arrested

Carabinieri patrolled the Nuoro, Baronia, and Gallura areas over the weekend, with 27 people reported and over 20 licenses revoked.

The controls

San Teodoro: Man attempts to sneak into nightclub by posing as a police officer; hashish in pockets; reported.

The man, who arrived at the venue with a flashing blue light on his car, showed security personnel a fake badge: he was unmasked by soldiers from the Siniscola Company.

Investigations underway

They enter a house in Sestu, threaten those present and steal a cell phone: the Carabinieri intervene, two arrests

A third alleged accomplice is on the run

Antonio Serreli

environment

He sets fire and flees in his car, receiving a €10,000 fine thanks to Forestry Corps drones.

Advanced aerial footage captured the mounds of burning vegetation. The blaze was quickly contained and the perpetrator arrested. The incident occurred in the Marmilla countryside.

Healthcare

Cagliari, unions: "At Businco, there's a shortage of administrative staff at the CAS." The company clarifies: "Service is active."

Meanwhile, technicians are working to reduce waiting lists. Councilor Sorgia (FdI): "Patients are being left alone."

Police

Sassari: A break-in at a pizzeria closed for vacation: thieves leave empty-handed.

This is not an isolated case. The structure suffered extensive damage.

Emanuele Floris

La perdita idrica fotografata dall'elicottero

The intervention

Water leak on the Costa Smeralda: Abbanoa arrives by helicopter to repair the fault.

The emergency-chartered aircraft, the company: "A top-down operation was necessary to speed up the August bank holiday."

The bulletin

West Nile fever: sixteen new cases confirmed in Oristano.

The virus hits two more elderly people

Sardinia

Four million liters produced and 750,000 consumers: the Sardinians' passion for beer

The cost of purchasing it is over 70 million euros (industrial or artisanal drink), equal to approximately 90 euros per family per year.

In Lotzorai

Struck by a sudden illness while cycling, he went into cardiac arrest: saved by rescuers

The victim is a 50-year-old Spanish tourist. A rescue helicopter was also on site.

Roberto Secci

Healthcare

Alarm at Brotzu: Doctor attacked in hospital by patient's relative

"We cannot get used to violence against those who care"

The numbers

Migrant arrivals in Sardinia surge: 150 percent increase by 2025

Since January 1st, two thousand arrivals on the island, last year 750

The ordinance

Arzachena, alarm raised after the discovery of a war device in Mannena: swimming is prohibited.

Temporary ban on transit and parking in the area until the cleanup operations are completed

Claudio Modesto Ronchi

The drama

Solanas mourns Michela Rubiu, the mayor: "We are shocked by this barbaric femicide."

Meanwhile, investigations continue to determine the motive for the double homicide.

Raffaele Serreli

The attack

"Victims of uncontrolled cruelty": the words of Angelo Ratti, beaten in Porto Istana.

Today the man was questioned at length by the Carabinieri and supplemented the first complaint with chats and audio which would document threats and insults received even after the beating.

Andrea Busia

The emergency

Santa Giusta, new fire. Flames also spread to San Nicolò d'Arcidano and Serramanna.

Mistral winds fan the flames in southern Sardinia. Fire also breaks out in Siniscola.

The story

Norbello, former soldier Marco Ponturo: "I'm fighting to be recognized as a victim of duty."

Discharged in 2013 after being diagnosed with colon cancer and after exposure to substances that he indicates as a possible cause of the disease, he has since then been fighting his bureaucratic battle, with the case reaching the Court of Cassation of the Labour Tribunal