The trial in the case of the Genoa bridge that collapsed in 2018, killing 43 people, opens Thursday in Italy, involving 59 defendants prosecuted for manslaughter and undermining transport safety.
The screams of people trapped under a collapsed bridge in Genoa in 2018 still torment those who witnessed the deadly disaster, for which 59 people go on trial this week.
Italy will invest some 13.6 billion euros on a multi-year plan to upgrade the safety of its highways after the 2018 Genoa bridge disaster, the transport ministry said on Friday.
Italy's financial police have arrested the former boss of motorway operator Autostrade in connection with the deadly collapse of the Genoa bridge, officials said Wednesday.
The southern Italian region of Campania has ordered people to wear face masks anytime they're in public, even outdoors, after a rise in new cases of coronavirus.
The first major cruise ship to resume tours of the Mediterranean since the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe set sail from the Italian city of Genoa on Sunday, as the industry tries to regain ground after a bruising hiatus.
A gleaming new bridge in Genoa built after the deadly collapse of a viaduct opened on Tuesday, but critics say not enough has been done since the 2018 disaster to overhaul Italy's crumbling infrastructure.
Almost two years to the day since the Morandi highway collapsed, Italy inaugurated a brand-new bridge in Genoa on Monday – though relatives of the 43 people killed say the pomp and ceremony risk overshadowing the tragedy.
Two years after the deadly collapse of a bridge in Genoa, Italy's powerful Benetton family is relinquishing control of the company that manages Italian motorways, which will be nationalised.
Not everything in Italy has been at a standstill for the past seven weeks. Work on Genoa's new bridge, built to replace one that collapsed in 2018 with the loss of 43 lives, has continued day and night - and is now nearing completion.
Government ministers and the Autostrade per l'Italia motorway company allegedly knew as early as 2014 that the bridge, which collapsed killing 43 in 2018, was at risk, an Italian newspaper has reported.
Just over a year after the Genoa motorway bridge collapse that killed 43 people, workers have raised the first stretch of a replacement designed by famed architect Renzo Piano.
The two remaining towers of the motorway bridge in Genoa that collapsed nearly a year ago, killing 43 people, were demolished on Friday to make way for a new structure.
Experts begin the delicate task of taking apart Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge this morning, almost six months after its partial collapse during a storm killed 43 people and injured dozens.
Long-awaited demolition work has begun on the remains of Genoa's Morandi Bridge, authorities said yesterday, and rebuilding is expected to begin by the end of March.
Genoa will have a new bridge within a year, its mayor said on Saturday, as the Italian city prepared to start demolition work on the remains of the bridge that collapsed in August killing more than 40 people.
Italy's government said the EU must show flexibility over its big-spending budget because the country had to cope with a series of deadly disasters, including floods and a deadly bridge collapse in Genoa.
Thousands of Genoans marched across the northeastern Italian port city on Monday to protest their isolation following the collapse of the Morandi motorway bridge in August.
Genoans made homeless by the collapse of the Morandi motorway bridge will protest for the first time on Monday, following reports that their emergency supplies funds could be blocked.
