Flegrean Chronicle

Ischia – Knives, machetes, contraband cigarettes and even a stolen cell phone: the Carabinieri ensured a strictly guarded Easter Monday on the islands in the Gulf of Naples, with an extraordinary service involving patrols on land and at sea. The crimes discovered: from thefts to clandestine weapons In Procida,...

Tragedy on Easter Sunday in a farmhouse in the province of Avellino, where a 74-year-old woman, resident in Pozzuoli, lost her life due to a sudden illness. The elderly woman was on a trip with her family in the Scampata area, in the territory of Ariano Irpino, when she...

Serrara Fontana - Yesterday evening, law enforcement officers put an end to a series of violent acts that culminated in the arrest of a 48-year-old man of Neapolitan origin. The man, already known to the police for specific precedents, was arrested on charges of violence, threats, injuries and insult to...

Pozzuoli– A new seismic swarm affected the Campi Flegrei area in the early hours of today, Sunday 20 April. The Vesuvius Observatory reported it, recording the start of seismic activity at 03:53 (local time) with a sequence of about twenty earthquakes. The two largest earthquakes...

Beneath the waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea, a stone's throw from Ischia, lies a geological secret that could rewrite the history of the Campi Flegrei. A team of researchers from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) and the National Research Council (CNR) has discovered a previously unknown volcanic caldera,...

An anonymous envelope, a bullet inside, and a clear and disturbing message: this is what happened in Bacoli, where this morning a letter with an intimidating content was delivered to the Municipal Police Headquarters. The episode was made public by the mayor Josi Gerardo Della Ragione, who reported...

Bacoli - Bradyseism weighs like a millstone on tourism in Campi Flegrei. Easter 2024 marks a 20% drop compared to last year, an alarming figure that the mayor of Bacoli, Josi della Ragione, brought to the attention of the Minister of Tourism. The shadow of bradyseism "The bradyseism issue certainly does not...

Pozzuoli – The Cgil Napoli e Campania accuses the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, of creating "uncertainty and disorientation" with his statements on the possible relocation of the Air Force Academy of Pozzuoli due to bradyseism. The criticism comes after the words of the minister during the swearing-in of the students in Caserta, in...

During a joint operation aimed at preventing and repressing environmental crimes in the so-called Land of Fires, the military personnel of the Carabinieri Forestry Unit of Pozzuoli, together with their colleagues from the Forestry Unit of Naples and the Labor Inspectorate Unit (NIL), discovered an irregular waste disposal activity attributable to...

Naples - A 42-year-old woman from Pozzuoli, already known to the police for previous crimes, has been hit by a ban on residence in the municipalities of Naples and Caserta, issued by the GIP of the Court of Naples at the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The woman is seriously suspected of the crime of attempted...

Naples - The Metropolitan City of Naples has allocated 500 thousand euros for the installation of forced ventilation systems in schools in the Campi Flegrei, an area affected by an anomalous concentration of CO2. The decision, taken during the last session of the Metropolitan Council, aims to guarantee the safety of students and school staff,...

The diocesan dormitory of Forio will not close: the volunteers of Mensa del Sorriso prevented this, even ready to occupy it in order to prevent the homeless of the island from going back to sleeping on the streets. The news of the possible closure of the structure, active since January 2025 at the Reception Center "Giovanni...

A violent beating has shaken Pozzuoli, where a 60-year-old man was attacked in Largo Santa Maria delle Grazie, suffering serious injuries. The State Police have arrested two young men, a 22-year-old and a 24-year-old, both residents of the city, seriously suspected of attempted murder. The episode occurred in the afternoon...

Ilia Batrakov, the 41-year-old Russian arrested this morning by the Carabinieri of the Ischia Company, is accused of aggravated voluntary homicide. The order, executed on behalf of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Naples, was issued by the GIP of the Neapolitan Court at the end of an investigation by the IV Section "Protection of the Weak" which...

Naples – For the third consecutive week, data from the Vesuvius Observatory confirm a reduction in the rate of ground uplift in the Campi Flegrei. In the area of ​​maximum deformation, corresponding to the Rione Terra in the historic center of Pozzuoli, the rate has dropped to about 20 millimeters per month, after having reached peaks...

In the Campi Flegrei there is a phase of great housing emergency: this was reported by the president of the City Council of Naples, Enza Amato, who spoke today during a meeting at the Pd of Naples on the theme of the "Right to Housing", with the participation of Marco Furfaro of the national secretariat of the party. There are 165...

Naples – They call themselves "car guards", but they don't do anything on guard at all. The illegal car park attendants in the Coroglio area, in Bagnoli, now only demand protection money for a parking space. And those who refuse to pay risk having their car vandalized. It happened to a group of kids...

Ischia – There will be three students from the Liceo Statale “Giorgio Buchner” of Ischia who will wear the blue jersey at the next edition of the IYPT, the International Young Physicists' Tournament, also known as the "Physics World Cup". The prestigious international competition, reserved for high school students, will take place in Lund,...

Pozzuoli – Gaia Caputo had already been the victim of violence by her ex-partner Claudio Amirante, well before the brutal attack that took place in recent days at the Pozzuoli lookout. For investigating judge Leda Rossetti, it was an attempted murder, and the man must remain in prison. The investigation continues for...

Procida – Surprise operation by the Carabinieri of the local station, in tandem with the Municipal Technical Office, in the tourist heart of the island: the picturesque Marina di Corricella, famous for its restaurants and breathtaking views. Objective: to combat illegal building. During checks in various commercial premises, the military discovered illegally installed structures:...