Buongiorno Venezia

 The works on the Calatrava bridge are speeding up. This is the first effect of the inspections. Let’s see what happens next. For the ones of you who contacted us for info about this story: we are preparing a comprehensive report which will be ready in a couple of days.  And the point is not discussing if Calatrava is a good architect or not; the point is that bridge is a nonsense, and it’s probably not his fault.

this week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

• Seaside peaks… and financial valleys
• Six restaurants trading in Blue Stamps
• A rocky cinema connexion on the Lido 
• No kidding, it’s a pizza
• Italy’s top art exhibitions

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It’s not a movie. It’s real life.

The titbit of the week is about the first results of the inspection of the works related to the fourth bridge on the Grand Canal. A name for its baptism, that has been postponed sine die so many times, should be the incapables’ bridge. Frankly this appellative, that according to the tradition has to follow the name of the designer, is not as evocative as other bridges’, but that is cruel reality: an endless yard on which citizens have to spend a fortune. With a very Italian word that unfortunately lacks in grace, a true “casino” in which technical, civil, penal and, last but not least, moral responsibilities are involved.
The verification is a sort of triumph for the angry citizens, though they are aware of being the ones and only to pay the price for it with their taxes. This ugly and useless bridge – all began with a draft on a restaurant napkin that rapidly turned into a madness story - is a great shame that, evidently, involve also the people who have neither stopped it nor borne all the well-founded criticisms.

this week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

• Calatrava: the hopeless bridge. Supervisory authority has recently published its observations on it.
• Twenty-two Academy nominations for movies screened at the 2007 Venice Film Festival.
• Dads’ attack

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for some unclear reason (restorations? lack of personnel?), the Venice Hospital will not guarantee the usual services to pregnant women, for instance it will not allow the dads to assist to the birth. Many families are protesting, and are inviting people to sign a petition; here is the link to the petition “Nascere a Venezia” (To be born in Venice). May you wish to contribute, click on the “Firma” button” (Sign). The required data to type in are: name and last name, email address (won’t be published), check the box resident “in venice” or “in the mainland”; and then you have to check the boxes to authorize the website to treat your data for statistical purposes. Your browser needs to be java-script enabled. 410 signed up till now

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this week’s issue of Buongiorno Venezia talks of:

• MOSE strikes again: the mayor strikes back
• Carnival is on the skids: unmasking the blameworthy
• No room at the Biennale: the Vatican may need divine intervention
• Bridge over troubled water: prosecutor summons Calatrava
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• A sexy traffic policewoman who seems a little wooden

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