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Child Seats With Alarms Now Compulsory in Italy
Sigonella Marines Help Catania Students Improve Their English Skills
From Independent Online
New legislation making alarmed child car seats compulsory was implemented in Italy after several cases of children being forgotten by parents inside cars. Passed by parliament in September 2018, the law entered into force this October. It amends Article 172 of the Italian Highway Code, making it mandatory for parents to use the special car seats for children up to the age of four. The anti-abandonment seats raise an electronic safety alarm if a child is left alone inside the car by hurried parents. A special national fund will be set up to subsidize 30 euros for each purchased device. The new legislation was deemed necessary since a number of fatal incidents occurred across Italy in recent years. At least eight such cases were registered in the last 12 years, according to Ansa news agency, citing data provided by Italy’s Emergency Medical Service 118 in September. The new rules apply to all Italian citizens and to foreigners visiting the country. Those not complying with the new law would receive a fine ranging from 81 to 324 euros and a five-point deduction from their driving license, in accordance with the points-based penalty system envisaged by the country’s highway code.
Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa 20.1, deployed to NAS Sigonella, conduct a classroom language interaction project with the students of the Catania culinary and hospitality management high school IPSSEOA “Karol Wojtyla” as part of the NAS Sigonella Community Relations Program. During the school year, Sigonella volunteers from all commands and departments help hundreds of Sicilian students from all grades improve their conversational English skills. (U.S. Navy photo by Alberto Lunetta)
Holocaust Survivor in Italy Receives Antisemitic Threats
For the past 30 years, she has been one of the more active witnesses of the Holocaust, speaking to thousands of From Jerusalem Post schools and groups all over Italy. In Italian Holocaust survivor and January 2018, Segre was appointed Senator for Life, Liliana Segre, 89, has senator for life for her contributions. been placed under police protection Since she took the position, after she received threats from farSegre has become one of the most right fanatics, security sources said well-known and appreciated public on Thursday, highlighting concerns figures in the country, working about rising extremism in Italy. tirelessly to promote not only Born in 1930 into a Jewish family Holocaust remembrance but also a in Milan, Segre was deported to message of tolerance and solidarity. Auschwitz in 1944 at the age of Along with others, she pushed for 13—one of 776 Italian children who the creation of a parliamentary were sent to the Nazi concentration commission to investigate hate, camp. Only 25 survived. "ITALIAN NEWS" continued on Page 11
