News Archive: transport and infrastructure

07, 2009 September:

Canal traffic

Venice may have no cars but it has plenty of boats and their number has been on the increase over the past years. So much so that the usually tranquil canals of Venice now at times resemble the more chaotic traffic of Rome or Milan...

26, 2009 August:

Two-ticket hoax

A story published in the Italian press about a woman, Anna Delluci, suing the budget airline EasyJet after check in staff told her she was "too fat" to board a flight has been revealed to be a hoax...

28, 2009 July:

Sat nav blunder

A Swedish couple eager to visit the beautiful island of Capri, an island off the coast of Naples, ended up in Carpi - a delightful but far less glamorous little town in the province of Modena and miles away from any sea...

21, 2009 July:

Waterworks

Venice's gondolas are a symbol of the city, attracting millions of tourists each year to its scenic waterways and now one woman has changed an age old tradition and become the first female to qualify as a fully fledged approved Venice gondolier...

01, 2009 July:

Life in the fast lane

Ferrari has opened its first factory store in Italy at McArthurGlen's Serraville Designer outlet near Milan...

23, 2009 June:

Bridging the gap

Work on building the world's longest suspension bridge across the Messina Strait will start next year, the CEO of the contracting company has said...

Rebellion on water

Some 72 gondoliers who blocked Venice's Grand Canal in a series of protests between 2003 and 2005 are facing a total of 173 years in jail...

19, 2009 May:

New Zurich to Milan link

An accord to build a new rail link between Italy and Austria under the Brenner Pass has been signed in Rome...

15, 2009 May:

Da Vinci flying high

Airline Alitalia has confirmed that Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport at Fiumicino will be the new private carrier's main hub...

01, 2009 May:

Art attack

A stunning collection of frescoes that once adorned the walls of Ancient Roman buildings in Pompeii has gone on show in Naples...

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