New rules to limit use of hybrid vehicles in city Car owners arriving from outside Bologna will no longer have access to the ‘T’-zone, San Francesco/Pratello area, the university area, Via Azzo Gardino and Piazza Medaglie d’Oro. Non-residents prohibited in city after May 15 On 15 May, the City Council will launch an official trial […]
Term makes it onto the official local lexicon Bologna has its very own ‘Piazzetta degli Umarells’. The term ‘umarells’ is known in Bolognese folklore as a ball-busting, grumpy pensioner and the word enters the city’s official toponymy, So, what is it exactly, or rather which type of person does it characterize? It’s generally a pensioner […]
Although the work is almost completed the testing phase will last for months with the first passenger shuttle due to begin in March 2019 The first shuttle will carry 50 people and automatically arrive at its destination. It will cover the five kilometres from Marconi to the station in 7.30 minutes with tickets costing 8.50 […]
After disastrous elections PD reaches out Led by former senator Sergio Lo Giudice, the PD has simply had enough of division and in-house bickering, which many obviously point out helped cause their near-annihilation election after election. On their dedicated Facebook page ‘Retedems’, are encouraging a more grass roots perspective – aka the Movimento 5 Stella: […]
Their trade union have made a formal complaint against the company, contracted to provide the guards canteen saying that, “Inmates eat better.” There are miserable rations, poor quality food and lacking hygiene of the premises. These are the main reasons for which the guards held an optional abstention from going to the canteen. “We would […]
Foreign baby numbers up Average age of parents rises too To be exact 3,095 neo-Bolognese came into the world in 2017. Many were born to couples over 30, which confirm the trend of the last ten years that show an increase in new-borns to foreign parents and those outside of marriage. This is the big […]
New staff includes flight attendants who speak English and Chinese Flights from Marconi will be inaugurated on June 15th Forty full-time new jobs have been created by Blue Panorama, which makes this the first tangible economic consequence for the new route between Bologna and China officially starting on June 15th. The Italian company will use […]
The project is ready but the completion date has been extended due to bureaucracy on landscape restrictions. The funds set aside in the 2018 budget amount to €545,000 for the work, plus €12,000 for legal support and €35,000 for furnishings. Shareholders meeting In the meantime, the most urgent interventions will begin such as construction of […]
Fortunately nobody was hurt in the incident and as soon as the municipal police were warned they immediately cordoned off the area under the Two Towers. The fragment of concrete fell from Garisenda Tower shortly after 3pm. A passerby saw the piece of wall suddenly drop from above and rasied the alarm. A police spokesperson […]
The future as a Bulgnaiṡ By Arlene Gonzalez-Kelsch Let me get right to it. I am an American woman trying to find employment in Bologna. I am not writing anything heartfelt or romantic at the beginning of this article (it’s coming, though) because I don’t know how many readers are going to stay with me […]
