Torino hosts Portici di Carta book festival amid various Italian civic events

Various cultural, social, and civic events are taking place across Italy. In Turin, the XIX edition of Portici di Carta will transform Via Roma into a massive open-air library featuring 71 bookstores and 56 publishing houses. The event includes a tribute to Dario Fo and a voucher program from the Piedmont Region to encourage book purchases.

In the realm of public health and safety, SIMEUP ETS is conducting a national campaign, ‘Una Manovra per la Vita’, providing practical pediatric life-saving training in cities like Chieti, Verona, and Teramo. Additionally, the ‘Giornata del Cuore’ in Vinovo offered cardiac screenings and prevention workshops.

Social and political activities include a meeting by the Italia del Meridione movement in Crotone to discuss regional issues, and a call from Ilario Ammendolia for political dialogue in Calabria. In Livorno, activists successfully intervened to prevent the eviction of an elderly family. Meanwhile, the ‘Ottobre Rosso’ series in Palermo focuses on environmental and housing rights, and the ‘BisBuoni’ initiative by Save the Children aims to support vulnerable children through public awareness.