Hermione Kitson

Rome

Rome Correspondent at Feature Story News

Freelance Correspondent, Rome 🇮🇹 | Former National News Presenter 🇦🇺 @7NewsAustralia @10NewsFirst

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Cleaning Italy's skies: environmentalists take on deadly urban air pollution

Dec 12, 2023 | newseu.cgtn.com | Hermione Kitson

Environmental groups are demanding urgent action to clean up Italy's most polluted cities, which also have the country's highest rate of premature deaths and serious respiratory illnesses. Italy's farming and industrial heartland, the Po Valley, has some of the worst air quality in Europe and repeatedly fails to meet EU and World Health Organisation targets.
Sicily begins rebuild after damage caused by summer wildfires

Sep 30, 2023 | newseu.cgtn.com | Hermione Kitson

Delicate repair work is underway at heritage sites on the Italian island of Sicily that sustained significant damage in summer wildfires. The flames came close to destroying Sicily's majestic site of Segesta, which was built around 420BC and is considered the best surviving example of architecture from the ancient Dorian people in Europe.
Libya rescue operation compared to an 'earthquake' disaster

Sep 23, 2023 | newseu.cgtn.com | Hermione Kitson

Italian emergency crews say the scale of devastation in the Libyan port-city of Derna is unparalleled as international relief efforts continue after deadly floods almost two weeks ago. Storm Daniel devastated Libya's eastern coast over the course of four days, causing ageing dams to burst their banks and flood waters to wash away entire neighborhoods.
Historic Pompeii house re-opens to public for first time in 20 years

May 29, 2023 | newseu.cgtn.com | Hermione Kitson
Historic Pompeii house re-opens to public for first time in 20 years

May 29, 2023 | newseu.cgtn.com | Hermione Kitson

"What we register is their surprise and amazement," said Spinosa. "After a 20-year closure, there has been a big turnout. And obviously, to have been a part of the project was an immense joy."Director Gabriel Zuchtriegel says the city frozen in time offers a crucial insight into the Roman culture.. "It talks about Pompeii, but it also gives a glimpse into daily life and urban planning and architecture and so many aspects of the Roman world in general," he told CGTN.