(ANSA) – BERLIN, 12 AUGUST – Drought hits the Rhine, an important commercial transport route in Germany. Today south of Koblenz, at the measuring point of the Kaub bottleneck, a water level of 45 cm was measured. As Spiegel reports, only 33 cm would be expected for Monday. The measurement points do not indicate the […]
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Migrants: two more landings in Lampedusa, 2 thousand in hotspots
(ANSA) – LAMPEDUSA, JUL 31 – 121 migrants, on two boats, rescued 5 miles from the port of Lampedusa by the Pv7 patrol boat of the Guardia di Finanza. After a first medical triage in Favarolo pier, they too were taken to the hotspot where there are just under 2 thousand guests compared to 350 […]
Migrants: 192 with three landings in Lampedusa, 600 transferred
(ANSA) – LAMPEDUSA, JUL 28 – 192 migrants arrived, on three different boats, during the night in Lampedusa. To rescue the boats, two of which were adrift, patrol boats of the Coast Guard and of the Yellow Flames. On the first 13-meter Libyan launch, which started from Zuwara, there were 88 Bengalis, Egyptians, Syrians, Pakistanis […]
Fire on the Gargano, flames extinguished with canadair
(ANSA) – FOGGIA, 07 JUN – “The wind and the temperatures helped us: the fire remained under control all night and since this morning it has been extinguished thanks to the intervention of the Canadair and the men on the ground”. This was stated by the provincial commander of the Foggia Fire Brigade, Domenico de […]
From wood barconi Lampedusa instruments for Orchestra del mare
(ANSA) – LAMPEDUSA, 12 FEB – Recovering and transforming wood from the boats of shipwrecked migrants on the shores of the island of Lampedusa that will be used in the carpentry of the Milan-Opera prison for the construction of musical instruments that will form “The Orchestra of Sea “, but also crosses to be donated […]
Migrants: two landings in Lampedusa, 183 people arrived
(ANSA) – LAMPEDUSA, 12 FEB – 183 migrants arrived, with two different boats, between last night and dawn, in Lampedusa. During the night, the Guardia di Finanza patrol boat V7007 intercepted, about a mile from the coast, an 8-meter boat carrying 83 men from Egypt, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Palestine, Morocco, Sudan and Ghana. In the group […]
>>> ANSA / Annihilation by Michel Houellebecq, the final book
(Elisabetta Stefanelli) (ANSA) – ROME, DEC 30 – MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ, ‘ANNIENTARE’ (The Ship of Theseus, page 743, Euro 23.00. Translation by Milena Zemira Ciccimarra). Speaking of ‘annihilating’ at the last Turin Book Fair, Michel Houellebecq had said only a few words: ” It is too complicated to say what it is about. It will be […]
Migrants: Alarm phone, lost contact with boat off Malta
(ANSA) – ROME, DECEMBER 25 – Contacts have been lost with a boat with 25 migrants on board that was adrift off Malta. This is what Alarm Phone claims, underlining that it nevertheless informed the rescue authorities including the Italian Coast Guard that they would be looking for the boat. The boat, the NGO writes […]
Migrants: new wave of landings in Lampedusa, full hotspot
(ANSA) – AGRIGENTO, DEC 23 – 119 migrants arrived, from tonight until dawn with three different boats, in Lampedusa. On the first 6-meter small boat, blocked at 5 miles, by the Guardia di Finanza there were 29 people, including 4 women, from Sudan, Somalia and Guinea. On the second 7-meter dinghy, intercepted 37 miles by […]
Migrants: Canaries, one dead on a boat with 18 other people
(ANSA) – MADRID, DECEMBER 07 – The Spanish authorities have certified the death of one of the 19 people traveling on board a boat rescued yesterday evening near La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. The archipelago emergency service reports. Iberian news agencies add that some of the survivors have been transported to hospital due […]