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Among the victims in Genoa is a family with a seven-year-old son. Road workers, a footballer and others also died yesterday when the fifty-year-old Morandi bridge in Genoa collapsed.

The Italian minister Danilo Toninelli (Traffic) thinks that there should be headlines at the operator of the disaster bridge in Genoa. 'In the first place, the top of Autostrade per l'Italia has to get on', said the minister. He warned that the company can also expect a substantial additional tax.

Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli says the disaster with the traffic bridge in Genoa is due to overdue maintenance. He said this to Italian state television. According to Toninelli, those responsible must pay for it.

The death toll after the collapse of a traffic bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa has increased to 31. The civil protection service has confirmed this, reports the newspaper La Repubblica. There are two children among the dead. Five bodies still have to be identified.

Italy is in deep mourning after the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa. The disaster claimed at least 26 casualties yesterday and has caused enormous havoc. Dozens of cars crashed down. The concrete debris of the bridge pierced the houses in the neighborhood. The city is torn apart.

Rescue workers in Genoa fear that the pieces of suspension bridge that are still standing, will also fail. They have indicated that buildings in the vicinity of the bridge are being evacuated.

Davide Capello from the Italian city of Savona drove over the bridge in Genoa that collapsed Tuesday morning. The road surface disappeared into the abyss in front of him. He could no longer brake and collapsed no less than eighty meters.

The Italian newspaper La Repubblica closely follows the rescue in Genoa with a live broadcast. The emergency services are still busy with man and power. Many fire engines are present and rescue workers are brought by helicopter.

'If I had not gone to the toilet, we might have driven there.' Anja Niessen (36) is still trembling from the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa.

A photograph taken at the edge of the abyss on the bridge in Genoa is already iconic. And one truck driver clearly had an angel on his shoulder, as can be seen on another photo.

A 30-year-old Italian motorist just wanted to drive over the bridge when the disaster occurred. She saw that something was wrong, but she thought about an accident. 'Then I suddenly saw dozens of people running my way. They shouted, 'The bridge collapses, flees!'

Dutchman Malik just escaped the disaster that occurred on the suspension bridge near Genoa.

The collapsed viaduct over the Polcevera river in Genoa was designed by Riccardo Morandi and was built between 1963 and 1967. The cable-stayed bridge, popularly called Morandi Bridge, had three 90-meter-high pylons of reinforced concrete. The road surface of the bridge is about 45 meters high.

The scale of the disaster in Genoa, where a large suspension bridge collapsed, is slowly becoming clear. According to police sources many cars are under the rubble and there are 'countless victims'. Ambulance services speak of dozens of deaths.

A significant part of a motorway bridge at Genoa has collapsed. Italian media report that it is still unknown whether there are victims. The Morandi bridge over the Polcevera River is to the west of the Italian port city.

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Beppe Grillo's Euroceptic Five Star Movement (Movimento5Stelle) has suffered considerable losses on Sunday during local elections in Italy. This is evidenced by exit polls of Italian media.

Northwest Italy suffers as a result of heavy rainfall by flooding. In the regions of Liguria and Piedmont applies the highest level of alert, red. At the border town of Ventimiglia since the flooding of the Roia missing a Nigerian refugee, reported the Italian news agency ANSA on Thursday.

The longest railway tunnel in the world is opened Wednesday in Switzerland in the presence of many distinguished guests, including the entire Swiss government, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

The Costa Concordia was dismantled by demolishers on the trunk after all. The cruise ship was on January 13, 2012 aground near the Italian island Isola del Giglio and capsized. Of the 4229 people on board, 32 were killed.