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.
An Italian judge on Thursday ordered 59 people to stand trial over the 2018 collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa and companies to pay 29 million euros to the Italian state.
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.
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.
A month after Genoa's Morandi Bridge collapse killed 43 people, the port city is tending to its wounds and those left homeless by the disaster are turning a brave face to the future.
World-famous Italian architect Renzo Piano on Friday presented his plan for a replacement for the motorway bridge outside Genoa that partly collapsed in August, killing 43 people.
Italian magistrates said on Thursday they were investigating 20 people and the company that manages the Genoa motorway bridge that collapsed last month, killing 43 people.
The demolition of Genoa's Morandi Bridge, which killed 43 people when it collapsed two weeks ago, will take just one month from start to finish, the region's governor has announced.
Italy's top football league, Serie A, has announced that all players will wear shirts bearing tribute to victims of the Genoa bridge collapse in next weekend's matches.
Investigators say the danger of the remains of Genoa's Morandi Bridge collapsing is very high, as one side of the structure leans on neighbouring houses.
The influence of the mafia in Italy's construction industry should be considered when trying to make sense of the Genoa bridge disaster, writes criminologist Anna Sergi.
Authorities in Genoa say they could order the remains of the Morandi Bridge demolished after creaks were heard coming from one of the pillars of the collapsed bridge.
