By Alexandra Patton A great FICO success Since opening at the end of August, FICO Eataly World has welcomed over 2 million visitors, generating a turnover of 36.2 million euros for factories, restaurants, shops, courses, services. Arrivals peaked in August, when they hit 223,000 visitors. During the summer, about two thirds of the Park’s visitors […]
Approx 21,000 disabled in the city According to the Comune’s Disability Manager Egidio Sosio, many of the disability projects around the city are stalled due to bureaucratic processes. The work to create access on to the Piazza Maggiore Crescentone (the raised platform in the middle) has been kicked back and forth for two years between […]
Mayor’s office sends out 300 letters against not being immunized The Comune has taken the unprecedented step of issuing letters to almost 300 families warning against the dangers of their children not being properly immunized. According to the ‘Lorenzin Law’: vaccinations are obligatory or children will not be permitted to go to nursery school until […]
Starting from June 2019 a new agreement between American Airlines and Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport will see the introduction of direct flight between the city of Bologna and the USA. Angelo Camilletti, American Sales Manager Southeast Europe says of the news: “I’m enthusiastic about the introduction of our first direct flight from Bologna Airport to […]
Summer time in Bologna is a revealing period for road works. It seems that they all kick off at the same moment as people escape the city. However, the most anticipated project lately has been the one that began recently in piazza Maggiore for the construction of two access ramps on to the raised platform […]
Press conference launches cross-cultural exhibition The exhibition “Art and Culture of Taiwan,” is the third edition organized by Curator of the exhibition, Andrea Liu, who for many years is President of the Chinese Association and the Chinese Overseas Association, Commissioner for the Affairs of the Overseas Community (Ministry) of the Republic of China. The exhibition […]
Local councillors celebrate opening The Randagio was one of the premises damaged substantially during the explosion on 13 of August but with all hands-on-deck they managed to clear away the debris quickly, repair most of the damage and get back on their feet in no time. Councillor for Insieme Bologna Andrea Spettoli (along with his […]
Ivo De Marinis, 53 years old has been fined many times for begging right under the archway leading to the city council offices but he neither cares nor feels threatened by the thought of more. He admits to Bologna Press that he has bigger worries on his mind: “I don’t have a home since I […]
8,000 families have benefited, among them many single people and underpaid workers. Criteria changes lead to increase in the amount of the monthly contributions Bonaccini and Gualmini: “Nobody must fall behind, Res is a new pillar of regional welfare” There are about 20,000 people and 8,000 families in Emilia-Romagna who have obtained Solidarity Income (Res) to […]
By Giorgia Ferro With the summer season, a new contemporary exhibition was inaugurated in Bologna: “Francis Bacon. Mutazioni” at Palazzo Belloni in via Barberia running from the 1st of June to the 16th of September. About 70 works, including drawings, pastels and collages, created by Bacon between 1977 and 1992. They reveal to the public […]
