Porti & ambiente — le notizie raccolte

Toni Ferrera Las 24jaulas marinasproyectadas frente a las costas deLa Aldea de San Nicolás y Artenaraverterán cada año unas 740 toneladas de heces y residuos al fondo marino, con el riesgo de provocar “alteraciones ecológicas importantes”, según uninformede la Comisión Autonómica de Evaluación Ambiental (CAEA) del Gobierno de Canarias. La instalación prevé producir 5.400 toneladas de lubina en una superficie de 47,2 hectáreas. Greenpeace ha convocado este domingo una protesta contra su implantación. Los técnicos del Ejecutivo regional han advertido de que la futura piscifactoría se instalaría en aguas oligotróficas, pobres en nutrientes y habitadas por especies adaptadas a esas condiciones durante miles de años. Según el informe, la acumulación de hasta 5,5 millones de lubinas al año y el consumo de unos 850.000 kilos de pienso al mes alterarían ese equilibrio ecológico y afectarían tanto a la columna de agua como a los fondos marinos. El documento repara en que el vertido masivo de residuos, sumado al aumento de la temperatura del agua asociado al cambio climático (con valores superiores a los 24 grados) podría favorecer proliferaciones masivas de la cianobacteria marina ‘Lyngbya majuscala’. Esta cianobacteria produce toxinas que causan irritaciones respiratorias, oculares y cutáneas en humanos. Y puede causar la muerte por hemorragias en aves o la aparición de tumores en tortugas. La Comisión recuerda que el impacto de una piscifactoría depende en gran medida de su emplazamiento. Según el organismo, las ubicaciones más adecuadas son las alejadas de la costa, con mayor profundidad, fuertes corrientes y fondos marinos sin comunidades sensibles. Y, según los reparos recogidos en el informe, no parece que la proyectada en el litoral norte de la isla de Gran Canaria encaje en ese perfil. Para empezar, no estaría especialmente alejada de la costa. El vértice más cercano al litoral se situaría a 840 metros. El espacio marino protegido más cercano, una Zona de Especial Protección para Aves (ZEPA), quedaría a 3,6 kilómetros de distancia, mientras que la Zona de Especial Conservación (ZEC) ‘Sebadales de GüíGüí’ se encuentra a 7,4 kilómetros al suroeste. Los propios estudios de la promotora,Gran Canaria Bass Company SL, una filial de una empresa con sede en Emiratos Árabes Unidos, reconocen que las corrientes transportarían parte de las partículas generadas por las jaulas hasta la costa, donde podrían reducir la disponibilidad de luz para las comunidades de algas de los fondos rocosos. Y, por otro lado, ocho de los 24 viveros se ubicarían a menos de 40 metros de profundidad, lo que, según el informe, incumpliría el artículo 39 del Plan Regional de Acuicultura (PROAC). Esta norma establece que las jaulas solo pueden instalarse en puntos donde la profundidad sea, como mínimo, el doble del calado de la red. En este caso, las redes tienen 20 metros de profundidad. La CAEA ha indicado también que toda la franja marítima donde se proyecta la piscifactoría está catalogada como Zona de Uso Prioritario para la Protección de la Biodiversidad (ZUPPB), según el Plan de Ordenación del Espacio Marítimo (POEM) de Canarias. Resulta que esa clasificación se solapa, no obstante, con la Zona de Alto Potencial para la Acuicultura (ZAPAC) establecida por el PROAC. La macrogranja afectaría “prácticamente la totalidad del área” de los fondos arenosos colonizados por la anguila jardinera, asociados al Hábitat de Interés Comunitario (HIC) ‘Bancos de arena cubiertos permanentemente por agua marina poco profunda’. En la zona también se han identificado múltiples ejemplares del tiburón angelote, una especie en peligro de extinción que tiene en Canarias uno de sus últimos refugios a nivel mundial. El Servicio de Planeamiento y Paisaje del Cabildo de Gran Canaria ha alertado asimismo de que la sombra proyectada por los viveros, que ocuparían 86.400 metros cuadrados, y el despliegue de las líneas de fondeo provocarían un “impacto importante” sobre el alga parda, conocida como mujo amarillo, especie catalogada como vulnerable. La Corporación insular concluye que este impacto “no se puede considerar como puntual, temporal y reversible”. Y a ello se le suma la presencia de otras algas vulnerables señaladas por Greenpeace, como la ‘Gelidium canariense’ y la ‘Gelidium arbuscula’. La Comisión advierte de un riesgo real de “escape supermasivo” de peces de acuicultura, dado que el litoral noreste de Gran Canaria está expuesto a “grandes temporales marinos”. Esos ejemplares de lubina depredarían a otras especies, según el informe, como los juveniles de boga o de vieja, de interés pesquero. Un informe de la Federación Provincial de Cofradías de Pescadores de Las Palmas señala que en Canarias se registraron 16 fugas masivas de este tipo entre 1998 y 2009, y que en 2010 llegó a escaparse el 90% de una granja en La Palma. La CAEA concluyó, tras analizar todos estos impactos, que la iniciativa debe someterse a la evaluación de impacto ambiental ordinaria, la más exhaustiva, al considerar que podría tener “efectos significativos sobre el medio ambiente”. Este procedimiento sigue en curso y puede prolongarse durante años. Como ejemplo, el proyecto de una granja de pulpos en el Puerto de Las Palmas, que fue sometido a esta misma evaluación en 2023, aún no ha concluido. Greenpeace, la Plataforma por un Mar Limpio y pescadores artesanales han alertado de los planes de Gran Canaria Bass Company SL. La empresa, creada específicamente para impulsar una granja de peces en Gran Canaria, forma parte del grupo SSB Holding, con actividad previa en acuicultura en Centroamérica y busca expandirse en países como Noruega, Escocia y Omán, además de impulsar otros proyectos en Canarias, concretamente en Lanzarote y Tenerife. El PSOE de La Aldea también ha pedido transparencia y ha reclamado las conclusiones de un estudio encargado por el Ayuntamiento para analizar “el estado actual y las posibilidades de desarrollo pesquero y acuícola” en el municipio que tuvo un coste de 15.000 euros públicos. “En La Aldea hemos percibido un rechazo muy amplio de la población. La ciudadanía entiende que el proyecto les perjudicaría en la pesca tradicional, en la construcción del muelle para la logística del transporte y por su impacto medioambiental, además de su proximidad a GüíGüí. Sería catastrófico”, señala Vanessa Santana, activista de Greenpeace. La manifestación convocada para este domingo tendrá lugar en el puerto de La Aldea, a las 10:00 horas.

There are a few things that wireless gaming earbuds need in order to fit the qualification of being specificallyforgaming. One of the biggest is low latency. Sure, you can use any wireless earbuds to game with, but hearing games on a delay isn’t fun or ideal for, you know, winning. Another is comfort. I don’t know about you, but when I play games, I’m usually playing for a while, and I donotwant crappy-fitting silicone tips clogging up my ears. Then, there are other nice-to-haves, like sound profiles for different games, features like transparency and active noise cancellation, and maybe some gamer flourishes like RGB. But just because a pair of wireless gaming earbuds checks all the requisite boxes doesn’t mean they’re beating the competition, and theRazer’s $130 Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed are proof. Razer Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed The Razer Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed are decent wireless gaming earbuds but nothing to write home about. Pros Cons Like similar wireless gaming earbuds, the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed come with a USB-C dongle that you can plug into compatible devices and transmit super low-latency audio at 2.4GHz. That’s much faster than most wireless earbuds, which use a standard Bluetooth connection, compressing audio and slowing it down. Also, like many other wireless gaming earbuds, the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed are compatible with lots of devices, but not all—PC,PS5, and theSwitchare all supported, for example.Xbox, on the other hand, is not, since Microsoft uses a specific codec for streaming audio. It’s a bummer, but not Razer’s fault in this case. The good news is, like other low-latency wireless gaming earbuds, including past Razer ones, the dongle in the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed does its job. I never felt like audio was lagging, even in fast-paced games likeFortnite.The dongle also worked fine across several devices I tested, including two different laptops, a PC, and the Nintendo Switch. That’s to be expected, but Razer does bring one small but convenient feature to the party. The case also doubles as a passthrough for the 2.4GHz dongle, meaning you can plug the dongle into the case and then your case into the device you want to stream audio to/from and charge the case while using the dongle in the same port. Basically, it’s just a way to free up a USB-C port, but it’s still nice to have. It works just as well as using the USB-C dongle alone. Another feature you may want to note is active noise cancellation (ANC), which, thanks to a new array of microphones, is supposed to be substantially better than previous generations. While I’m not encyclopedic about past Razer wireless earbuds (I have used the Xbox version of the Hammerhead HyperSpeed for Xbox), I can say from experience testing dozens of other wireless earbuds and wireless headphones that the ANC on the HyperSpeed V3 is… alright. It’s not bad, but it’s not great. I’m still able to hear stuff in my fairly quiet office, for example—coughing and some chatter. That’s a far cry from ANC in Sony’s gaming peripherals, and an even further one from non-gaming Sony wireless earbuds like theWF-1000XM6. Personally, I don’t find ANC to be the most important thing when it comes to gaming-focused wireless earbuds, but if it’s big on your priority list, you might not be blown away. The other noise mode, transparency, is something I do weigh heavily, since it’s designed to make speaking with the buds in your ears feel more natural, and speaking is likely something you’re going to be doing a lot when you’re playing online. Transparency on the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed befalls the fate of a lot of midrange/budget transparency features in wireless earbuds, in that it sounds tinny and fairly artificial. It picks up a lot of ambient noise that I normally wouldn’t hear, to the point where it feels a little distracting. Typing on a laptop keyboard, for example, feels a little too loud and upfront when I have transparency activated, though I am able to hear my own voice better, even if it sounds a little inorganic. Oh, and be careful about putting your earbuds too close to each other with ambient mode on. I had a recurring glitch where the right and left earbuds started to feed back on each other, making a really bracing squealing noise when I made the mistake of scooping them up with one hand to put them in the case. Not fun. Transparency is a difficult thing to get right, and many wireless earbuds fail, but I do feel like it’s a bigger miss when gaming is involved, since so much of your time might be spent chatting with others. And when competitors like Asus offer natural experiences with theopen-style ROG Cetra gaming earbudsthat don’t plug your ears up, it feels more deflating. On the bright side, the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed are comfortable; they fall right into your ears and stay there—or at least they did for mine. I also appreciate the looser fit since having your ears plugged up can create fatigue over longer periods of use. I’d sacrifice a little bit of passive noise cancellation for comfort in a pair of gaming earbuds any day. Like any audio device, gaming or not, you’re probably going to want your wireless earbuds to sound good. On that very obvious metric, the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed are decent—they’re not the most nuanced wireless gaming earbuds I’ve put in my ears, but they’re solid. They err on the side of treble-heavy—not a ton of low end to speak of—but you can use custom EQ in the Razer Synapse app on PC to make them a little more bass-heavy if you like, though that will require adjusting audio bands yourself. The only default EQ options that come in the Synapse app are “movie,” “music,” and “game.” In more fast-paced games likeFortnite,I found that the audio was fine by default; I was able to hear environmental noises and the audio from my teammate clearly. It’s not anywhere near as nuanced as over-ear competitors like theSony Inzone H6 Airthat I recently tested, and still a little less compelling than the Asus ROG Cetra, but it’s not bad. In more varied games likeCyberpunk 2077, I found the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed fared better. There was a greater sense of space, and they sounded just a little bit more immersive. Speaking of “space,” while I was excited to try THX Spatial Audio, I couldn’t seem to get it activated in the Razer Synapse app, even after troubleshooting and reinstalling on my PC. Instead of being able to toggle the feature on, Synapse insisted that I “download THX spatial audio,” though that didn’t seem to activate it either. I’ve reached out to Razer to troubleshoot the issue and will update this review if I hear back. Weirdly, I do think the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed work decently for music playback. I listened to a range of genres, including rock songs like Wilco’s “I’m Always In Love” and more instrumental tracks like Squarepusher’s “Every Day I Love,” and was impressed with the balance across different tunes. I doubt most people will be using these wireless earbuds as their daily driver for music, but it’s nice to know that, if you wanted to, you could get away with it. On the mic quality front, the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed are also solid, though not exceptional. My teammate inFortnitedescribed the audio quality as being decent, though by default, I sounded distant. If you’re just plugging these into your laptop or PC, just know that you may need to pull open the Razer Synapse app and bump up the mic gain in the settings. There are some other “just okay” categories, too. The battery life is just alright. In my testing, the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed dropped from 100% to 92% while playing music via Bluetooth at 60% volume, which tracks with Razer’s estimates of up to 6 hours with ANC and the microphone on. Similarly, touch controls are fine but not totally without frustration. They work most of the time, allowing you to tap to switch between Bluetooth and low-latency as well as noise modes, but sometimes they miss an input, requiring you to throw some extra taps in there to get your desired result. Surprisingly, these wireless don’t have any RGB on them, though there is an RGB element on the charging case. How very not Razer of them. There are quite a few wireless gaming earbuds out there in the world at this point, so Razer’s Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed aren’t short on competition. While that’s bad for Razer, it’s good for people buying gaming buds. Sure, they will get the job done—they have decent audio and mic quality and ANC, and the dongle works as intended—but there are other options out there that will likely impress more. If you’re okay with sacrificing ANC, Asus ROG’s $230 Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds, though $100 more expensive, have better sound and mic quality and are very comfortable to wear over long periods. There’s also the $200SteelSeries’ Arctis Gamebuds, which, though they’re a couple of years old now, still have solid sound quality and surprisingly good ANC, plus a low-latency dongle that integrates into the case just like Razer’s Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed. In this case, I do think you get what you’re paying for, which means less expensive wireless earbuds with the compromises you’d expect.

Questo articolo è gratis. Per leggerne altri, ricevere le newsletter e avere libero accesso ai contenuti scelti dalla redazione Registrati “L’Ucraina propone di porre fine a questa guerra attraverso un dialogo diretto tra noi e voi. Propongo un incontro e propongo di fissare una data precisa“. Per la prima volta dall’invasione del suo Paese nel febbraio 2022, Volodymyr Zelensky si rivolge direttamente a Vladimir Putin con una lettera aperta, pubblicata sul sito della Presidenza di Kiev, chiedendo un faccia a faccia. Una mossa, ammette lo stesso Zelensky, dovuta al disimpegno degli Usa dal dossier: “Constatiamo che gli Stati Uniti sono pienamente concentrati sulla questione iraniana, e sarebbe un errore aspettare semplicemente che la guerra in Europa torni al centro della loro attenzione”, scrive. Una circostanza di cui il presidente ucraino si era lamentato già mercoledì in conferenza stampa con il segretario generale della Nato Mark Rutte: “Purtroppo, al momento non siamo al centro dell’attenzione”. La guerra, scrive Zelensky, deve terminare “onestamente, con dignità e con garanzie che non venga ripresa”. E in questo senso, “il tentativo di stabilire una vera tregua è il modo migliore per iniziare a dialogare”: l’Ucraina, quindi, “è pronta per un cessate il fuoco completo per tutta la durata dei negoziati”. La risposta del Cremlino arriva quasi subito, attraverso il portavoce Dmitry Peskov: Zelensky, dice, “è benvenuto a Mosca in qualsiasi momento”. Nel suo testo, però, il presidente ucraino esclude esplicitamente che l’incontro possa svolgersi nella capitale russa, come già suggerito in pubblico da Putin: “Non c’è nulla che un leader ucraino possa fare nella vostra capitale, così come non c’è nulla che un leader russo possa fare a Kiev. Ci sono Paesi che tradizionalmente ospitano leader per risolvere questioni di guerra e di pace. La Svizzera, la Turchia, i Paesi del mondo arabo: molti sono in grado e disposti a ospitare un simile incontro”, scrive. Peskov ha precisato che la lettera non è stata ancora mostrata al presidente russo, impegnato al Forum economico di San Pietroburgo, lasciando così lo spazio per una risposta più articolata. Entusiasta, invece, la reazione del presidente Usa Donald Trump: “Sarebbe bellissimo se si incontrassero, devono farlo. Devono fare certi compromessi”, dice dallo Studio Ovale. Nella lettera, il presidente ucraino chiede a Putin di “non aver paura di imboccare la via d’uscita da questa guerra”: “Questa è la cosa principale che ti viene richiesta ora. Sentiamo spesso dire che tu non hai problemi con questa guerra, ma ora possiamo constatare che i russi stanno finalmente iniziando ad accettare con meno serenità questa realtà, ovvero il fatto che la guerra stia portando conseguenze sempre più negative alla Russia. Ma noi in Ucraina non vogliamo una guerra permanente. Sappiamo benissimo che la vita senza guerra è infinitamente migliore. E vogliamo raggiungere questo obiettivo”. Zelensky cita con scetticismo l’incontro tra Putin e Donald Trump nell’agosto 2025 ad Anchorage: “Abbiamo sentito che in Alaska le era stata promessa la risoluzione di alcune questioni riguardanti l’Ucraina e l’Europa. Ma può constatare di persona che le questioni ucraine ed europee non vengono decise ad Anchorage”, sottolinea. Ma in ogni caso, aggiunge, “altri partecipanti concordati potrebbero unirsi al percorso bilaterale che verrà istituito tra noi”. In questo senso, “dato che la guerra si sta svolgendo in Europa, e dato che l’Ucraina necessita di garanzie di sicurezza, mentre anche voi cercate garanzie di sicurezza per voi stessi, sarebbe logico coinvolgere coloro che possono autenticamente fungere da garanti”: l’Europa e gli Stati Uniti, quindi, “devono far parte di questo processo. Questo è ciò che potrebbe aiutare a plasmare una nuova architettura di sicurezza per la nostra parte di mondo”. “Il mondo non si è stancato dell’Ucraina, come a lungo speravate. Ma cresce la stanchezza nei confronti della Russia, persino tra coloro che, nel resto del mondo, vi aiutano a eludere le sanzioni e a mantenere a galla la vostra economia”, scrive ancora Zelensky a Putin. “Abbiamo visionato rapporti dell’intelligence che indicano che state valutando la possibilità di prolungare la guerra fino al 2027 e al 2028. Sappiamo anche che sperate che i missili balistici vi permettano di ottenere ciò che tutto il resto ha fallito. Volete trascinare la Bielorussia ancora più a fondo in questa guerra, e ora siamo costretti a prepararci anche a questo. Vediamo che state cercando di orchestrare qualcosa intorno alla Transnistria. I vostri propagandisti minacciano, in un modo o nell’altro, ogni paese confinante con la Russia. Volete davvero affrontare tutto questo?”.

Questo articolo è gratis. Per leggerne altri, ricevere le newsletter e avere libero accesso ai contenuti scelti dalla redazione Registrati L’inchiesta della Procura sugli spazi affittati dal Comune di Milano ai privati, anche nella Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, ha tra i protagonisti Rudy Citterio, imprenditore da trent’anni attivo nel business dei locali notturni milanesi. È quello di cui è convinto Massimiliano Lisa, che lo cita nei suoi esposti che, presentati un anno fa alla Guardia di finanza, hanno dato origine all’inchiesta oggi condotta dalla pm Grazia Colacicco. Citterio è descritto da Lisa come il mediatore informale che si occupa di facilitare i rapporti tra imprenditori privati e la pubblica amministrazione. Nei suoi esposti, Lisa denuncia la gestione, a suo dire opaca, degli spazi in Galleria affittati dal Comune, tra i quali quelli dove ha sede il Museo Leonardo3 da lui gestito. Nei mesi scorsi, Lisa si è candidato sindaco di Milano con la lista civica Milano libera, che ha indicato come candidato vicesindaco e assessore alla trasparenza Tiziana Siciliano, il sostituto procuratore che ha avviato le indagini sull’urbanistica milanese e che, dopo essere andata in pensione nel dicembre scorso, ha dato la sua disponibilità a candidarsi nella lista di Lisa. Nato a Desio nel 1959, Rodolfo Citterio ha avuto ruoli di vertice dentro Silb, il Sindacato italiano locali da ballo, e Fipe, la Federazione italiana pubblici esercizi, aderente alla Confcommercio. Nel 2010 è stato coinvolto (e perfino posto agli arresti domiciliari) in una inchiesta sui locali notturni milanesi e sui rapporti con funzionari pubblici, da cui è uscito prosciolto.

Questo articolo è gratis. Per leggerne altri, ricevere le newsletter e avere libero accesso ai contenuti scelti dalla redazione Registrati Nato per trasformare piazze, teatri e territori in luoghi di incontro tra benessere, arte e partecipazione, “Sportcity cult” arriva anche in Versilia. Il 5 e il 6 giugno va in scena la prima edizione del format pensato da Fondazione Sportcity in collaborazione con il Comune di Pietrasanta. L’evento avrà anche ospiti d’eccezione del mondo dell’arte, della cultura e dello sport. “Il nostro obiettivo è ‘sportivizzare‘ le città, ma ci siamo resi conto che per farlo occorre parlare anche alle coscienze: è qui che arte e sport si incontrano”. Così Fabio Pagliara, presidente della Fondazione Sportcity, presenta l’evento al Fatto Quotidiano. “Sport significa educazione e formazione ma anche cultura – prosegue -. Noi abbiamo pensato di farlo in strada, per renderlo accessibile a tutti e a tutte. Tra spettacoli, incontri, eventi, film: tutto sul palcoscenico perfetto di Pietrasanta, un museo a cielo aperto”. Per Pagliara Sportcity cult significa “contaminazione” perché “lo sport deve avere la forza e il coraggio di uscire dalla propria auto-referenzialità e la cultura è un ottimo modo per farlo”. Venerdì mattina ci sarà l’anteprima di questo laboratorio sociale, con partecipazione gratuita. Allo stabilimento Nimbus Surfing Club di Marina di Pietrasanta, si terrà l’iniziativa “Sport in spiaggia“, durante la quale si potrà partecipare a vari sport, tra cui beach volley e bocce, ma anche apprendere qualcosa in più sull’educazione al mare. In parallelo, tra le 9.15 e le 13.00, si terrà l’incontro “Lo sport in Costituzione 3.0 – Un patto fra generazioni“: alla Green House della Versiliana ragazzi e personalità del mondo scolastico, sportivo e giuridico si confronteranno su temi come lo sport a scuola, la figura dello studente-atleta, i mestieri nello sport e i luoghi di pratica sportiva. “Pietrasanta è, per natura, una città-laboratorio – ha detto l’assessore allo sport Andrea Cosci – non solo per l’artigianato ma per le idee che qui nascono, prendono forma e si perfezionano, fino a diventare eventi consolidati di livello nazionale. La Fondazione Sportcity ha colto questa nostra prerogativa e ci ha scelto come sua fucina ideale: è stato così, lo scorso anno, per ’Sportcity Edu’ e così sarà anche quest’anno con ’Sportcity cult’. Due giorni in cui la nostra città dimostrerà ancora una volta come lo sport sia cultura, incontro e crescita sociale”. L’evento clou della giornata sarà alle 18 con il taglio del nastro che darà l’avvio ufficiale a “Sportcity cult”. Sul palco di piazza Duomo di Pietrasanta ci sarà l’incontro “Tra sport e cultura”, durante il quale dialogheranno il comico Dario Vergassola, il presidente di “Cultura Italiae” Angelo Argento, Fausto Brizzi, sceneggiatore e regista e i giornalisti sportivi Jacopo Volpi e Simona Rolandi. La due giorni però avrà molti incontri e molti nomi noti al mondo dello sport e non solo. Sono attese Alessia Mesiano, campionessa del mondo di pugilato femminile nei 57 chili, e Cinzia Monteverdi, presidente dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara e amministratrice delegata di Seif. Monteverdi il 5 giugno riceverà il premio Cultura Italiae, a cura del comune di Pietrasanta. Oltre a loro, anche Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, regista e attore di cinema e teatro, e il professor Marco Macchia, docente dell’Università di Pisa e membro della Commissione Federale Antidoping della Figc. Chiuderà l’evento un ospite di eccezione: il noto pilota di Formula Uno, Giancarlo Fisichella, in un’inedita versione dj che sabato sera farà ballare la piazza della città fino a mezzanotte.

Questo articolo è gratis. Per leggerne altri, ricevere le newsletter e avere libero accesso ai contenuti scelti dalla redazione Registrati Il primo evento pubblico di Roberto Vannacci a Roma è preceduto da una conferenza stampa al Salone delle Fontane dell’Eur. Alle domande dei giornalisti sul caso di Emanuele Pozzolo, il presidente di Futuro Nazionale afferma “non ho visto il video”. Parla di “un incidente automobilistico che riguarda la vita privata e che nulla ha a che vedere con l’attività politica che stiamo svolgendo”. “Io sono un pochettino strabiliato dalla reazione che ha avuto (la vicenda, nrd) su tutte le pagine dei quotidiani”. Vannacci non gradisce essere interrotto, anche se pone domande giornalisti ai presenti. “Parla lei o parlo io”. “Ma se lo stesso incidente fosse avvenuto ad un cardiochirurgo il giorno dopo gli sarebbe stato vietato l’ingresso in sala operatoria? Se lo stesso incidente fosse avvenuto ad un professore, di liceo o di università, il giorno dopo gli sarebbe stato proscritto l’ingresso all’aula presso la quale insegna?”. Il leader di Futuro Nazionale prosegue con gli esempi, poi ai cronisti pone altre domande “mi date una definizione di ubriaco?”. Tutto questo per dire che “Pozzolo resta nel partito. Io non abbandono nessuno, nessuno rimane indietro di quelli che sono stati con me in mille campi di battaglia e non rimane indietro nel mio partito politico”.

Questo articolo è gratis. Per leggerne altri, ricevere le newsletter e avere libero accesso ai contenuti scelti dalla redazione Registrati Game over per il comune di Torre Annunziata, sciolto per infiltrazioni camorristiche su decisione del Consiglio dei ministri appena concluso. Finisce male l’esperienza della giunta a trazione Pd guidata dal sindaco Corrado Cuccurullo, che il 25 maggio aveva reso irrevocabili le sue dimissioni in polemica per le parole pronunciate venti giorni prima dal procuratore Nunzio Fragliasso durante la cerimonia di demolizione di Palazzo Fienga, l’ex fortino del clan Gionta, davanti ai ministri Piantedosi e Salvini e al prefetto di Napoli Michele di Bari. Dimissioni diventate definitive dopo 20 giorni attraversati da dimissioni di consiglieri, nuove inchieste (su due consiglieri accusati di una rimborsopoli), revoche assessoriali. Quello di Fragliasso fu un intervento durissimo, in qualche modo anticipatorio dello scioglimento, edelle sue motivazioni. Il procuratore – che nei giorni successivi era stato ascoltato in commissione parlamentare antimafia e aveva ribadito – parlava in qualità di pm che aveva partecipato alla riunione del 13 aprile del comitato per la sicurezza e l’ordine pubblico, durante la quale fu discussa la relazione della commissione d’accesso con la proposta di commissariare la città per camorra. “Ci sono ancora troppe contiguità con la criminalità organizzata, troppe ombre e troppe illegalità nel seno della stessa amministrazione comunale – disse il magistrato durante la cerimonia – ci vogliono meno cerimonie, meno dichiarazioni di principio e più azioni concrete che siano coerenti con le dichiarazioni programmatiche, solo così si potrà cogliere la cifra dell’effettivo cambiamento, solo allora potremo dire di aver voltato pagina”. Le dimissioni di Cuccurullo sono diventate irrevocabili il 25 maggio. Oggi la decisione del governo, su proposta del ministro dell’Interno Matteo Piantedosi. Ed un commissariamento per infiltrazioni malavitose è cosa ben diversa da quello per crisi politica: significa non tornare alle urne per almeno 18 mesi, e l’incandidabilità, per due turni elettorali, per gli amministratori individuati come responsabili delle infiltrazioni. Si leggeranno nelle carte della relazione. Torre Annunziata viene sciolta per camorra per la seconda volta in quattro anni, circostanza che solleva più di una domanda sulla stratificazione della presenza criminale nella realtà locale. Cuccurullo era un sindaco espressione della società civile, un docente universitario al suo primo incarico politico. Il sabato successivo alle dimissioni, aveva convocato una conferenza stampa per spiegare le sue ragioni, e per ribadire che non avrebbe ritirato le dimissioni “a meno che non avvenga qualcosa di nuovo che bilanci quel che è accaduto”. A domanda del cronista sull’eventuale fatto nuovo, Cuccurullo precisò: “Un confronto con il procuratore”. Che non è avvenuto.

Questo articolo è gratis. Per leggerne altri, ricevere le newsletter e avere libero accesso ai contenuti scelti dalla redazione Registrati L’applicazione della riforma del gip collegiale slitta a fine febbraio 2027. Lo ha annunciato il ministro della Giustizia Carlo Nordio nella conferenza stampa dopo il Consiglio dei ministri di giovedì, che ha ufficializzato la data del rinvio in un decreto-legge. La norma “garantista”, contenuta nella legge Nordio del 2024, prevede che a decidere sulle richieste di custodia cautelare in carcere non sia più un singolo giudice, ma un collegio di tre: la novità avrebbe dovuto scattare dal 25 agosto, cioè a due anni dall’entrata in vigore della legge. Un intervallo previsto per adeguare nel frattempo gli organici della magistratura. Le assunzioni promesse però non sono state realizzate, e così nei mesi scorsi l’Associazione nazionale magistrati ha chiesto più volte un rinvio della riforma, trovando alla fine il consenso del Guardasigilli. Restava da decidere l’estensione del rinvio: Forza Italia chiedeva di limitarlo al minimo indispensabile, mentre Fratelli d’Italia, con il sottosegretario alla Giustizia Alberto Balboni, proponeva addirittura un anno. Alla fine il compromesso trovato è di sei mesi: la norma “è già legge e quindi è ovviamente fuori discussione, però ha trovato delle difficoltà soprattutto nella digitalizzazione, cioè nella dematerializzazione degli atti, che rendono in un certo senso impossibile oggi l’entrata in vigore dell’attuazione concreta”, ha detto Nordio, riducendo quindi la questione a un mero problema informatico (di cui non sono stati specificati i contorni). Ma quello sul gip collegiale non è l’unico dietrofront del governo: alla chetichella, il Cdm ha cancellato anche l’emendamento che a fine 2024 aveva spostato in Corte d’Appello (senza alcun motivo razionale) la competenza a decidere sui trattenimenti dei migranti, per “vendetta” contro i giudici del Tribunale di Roma che avevano bloccato i trasferimenti in Albania. La norma era stata ribattezzata “emendamento Musk” perché approvata dopo un tweet del miliardario statunitense contro le toghe italiane, colpevoli di ostacolare il piano del governo: “These judges need to go”, “Questi giudici devono andarsene”, aveva scritto. L’intervento del governo non ha ottenuto lo scopo di avere decisioni più gradite, ma in compenso ha aumentato il carico di lavoro delle Corti d’Appello già oberate. Così ora Nordio annuncia che la competenza sull’asilo e l’immigrazione “ritorna al Tribunale circondariale”: “Fatte le valutazioni, soprattutto per quanto riguarda gli organici, ci siamo resi conto, anche dopo confronti molto costruttivi con l’Anm e i presidenti delle Corti di Appello, che questa sarebbe stata la soluzione migliore”, dice il ministro. Tramontate le esigenze di propaganda, la razionalità ha potuto tornare a galla.

Canarias Ahora La Unión de Asociaciones de la Reserva de la Biosfera deGran Canariaha recibido “con preocupación” la noticia de los proyectos para la instalación depiscifactoríasenLa Aldea de San Nicolás, solicita al Gobierno de Canarias que paralice el expediente. Según se desprende de la información facilitada por las cofradías de pescadores, el proyecto presentado por la empresa Bass Company SL se encuentra dentro de la Reserva de la Biosfera de Gran Canaria, entre las puntas de Góngora y La Aldea, en el litoral noroeste de la isla, ha destacado la Unión de Asociaciones en un comunicado este jueves. La organización señala que este lugar está dentro de la Reserva de La Biosfera de Gran Canaria siendo parte de su zona de transición, dónde se permite la actividad económica, aunque supeditada a la conservación de los valores medioambientales y culturales del territorio. La asociación asegura que el propio Plan de Gestión de la reserva de la biosfera establece que uno de los objetivos de la figura de protección es “el apoyo de las prácticas pesqueras tradicionales” y “la protección de los ecosistemas y la biodiversidad”. En este sentido, la Unión de Asociaciones, que aglutina a 24 asociaciones y agrupaciones del entorno rural y pesquero de la isla, solicita al Gobierno de Canarias que paralice la instrucción del expediente para dar cabida a los reclamos de las vecinas y vecinos y pescadores de la zona y al Cabildo de Gran Canaria “que haga valer su voz para evitar que este proyecto siga adelante”, manifiestan. La “preocupación” del sector pesquero tradicional por este proyecto es máxima y desde la Cofradía de Pescadores de Agaete, miembro de la Unión de Asociaciones, recuerdan que ya han presentado un documento de alegaciones en el que se explica con detalle la colisión de intereses entre la empresa promotora del proyecto y las familias de Agaete y La Aldea que se dedican a la pesca tradicional. Este informe, señala el comunicado, que se remitió al Gobierno de Canarias en julio de 2024, recuerda que el área es una zona de pesca tradicional desde hace cientos de años y que no se ha tenido en cuenta la actividad de las embarcaciones menores de 15 metros para delimitar el área. Además, el Plan Regional de Ordenación de la Acuicultura de Canarias (PROAC) debe “garantizar que las actividades y usos en el medio marino sean compatibles con la preservación de la biodiversidad”. De acuerdo con el informe, la asociación indica que no se ha tenido en cuenta que los fondos situados entre las puntas de Góngora y La Aldea están ocupados por amplios sebadales por lo que es una zona de cría de peces. Entre ellos destaca el Angelote, una especie en peligro de extinción que “está protegida al cien por cien con las artes de pesca tradicional”. Desde las Cofradías artesanales recuerdan que la acuicultura es una actividad “extremadamente agresiva” con el ecosistema y que presenta “grandes riesgos”. “El más evidente es el de la contaminación. El hacinamiento de miles de peces en espacios reducidos provoca la acumulación de materia orgánica (heces y restos de comida) en los fondos ahogando a los sebadales, lo que pone en riesgo el equilibrio de los ecosistemas”, aseguran. Además, advierten que este tipo de instalaciones de carácter intensivo e industrial también provocan la expansión de plagas y enfermedades como el piojo de mar y la contaminación del agua por antibióticos. “No se entiende como con la producción actual de especies producidas por piscifactoría en las islas y con el aumento de zonas de protección y caracterización de la isla como puede aceptarse un proyecto para crianza de lubina en un enclave que está situado dentro de la Reserva de la Biosfera de Gran Canaria”, han denunciado los pescadores y pescadoras artesanales. En lo que respecta al riesgo de escapes masivos, los pescadores han recordado que entre 1998 y 2010 se produjeron “un total de 16 fugas en instalaciones acuícolas de Canarias” con “graves consecuencias” para el ecosistema y la flota tradicional. El riesgo sobre zonas tan sensibles para la biodiversidad marina de Gran Canaria “es real” y la cercanía de Guguy debería ser un freno a este tipo de infraestructuras. En este sentido, el informe recuerda que “cuando se han producido escapes masivos en las costas del Sur de Gran Canaria, en unas 48 horas ya se han encontrado lubinas en el Puerto de Agaete”. El presidente de la Unión de Asociaciones, Cristóbal Sánchez, ha anunciado movilizaciones para este domingo 7 de junio para “salvaguardar nuestra riqueza natural y nuestra cultura pesquera tradicional”.

Questo articolo è gratis. Per leggerne altri, ricevere le newsletter e avere libero accesso ai contenuti scelti dalla redazione Registrati Quando mancano ormai le ultime quattro udienze del dibattimento, con la sentenza attesa subito dopo l’estate, la fine del processo sul sequestro, le torture e l’omicidio di Giulio Regeni, rischia di slittare, ancora una volta. Il motivo? Le nuove eccezioni sollevate, di fronte alla prima Corte d’Assise di Roma, dalle difese dei quattro 007 egiziani imputati. Ovvero, Usham Helmi, il generale Sabir Tariq e i colonnelli Athar Kamel Mohamed Ibrahim, e Magdi Ibrahim Abdelal Sharif, accusati del reato di sequestro di persona pluriaggravato (mentre al solo Sharif sono contestati anche i reati di concorso in lesioni personali aggravate e di concorso in omicidio aggravato). Nel corso dell’ultima udienza gli avvocati d’ufficio dei quattro agenti segreti egiziani hanno chiesto ai giudici di rivalutare le condizioni di “assenza” degli imputati, sostenendo a loro dire che non sussistano più i presupposti che avevano consentito di procedere in loro contumacia. Questo perché, a loro dire, potrebbero avere paura a partecipare al processo, per le possibili ripercussioni da parte del regime: “Il paradigma valutativo del ‘timore’ non può non applicarsi anche agli imputati, laddove viene applicato ai testimoni. Se il testimone può non comparire in giudizio perché vive il timore di quelle che sono le conseguenze della propria azione di venire a testimoniare, non può non valutarsi rispetto all’imputato se comparire in giudizio comporterebbe per lui degli effetti pregiudizievoli”, è stato rivendicato. E ancora: “Gli imputati fanno parte di quelli che sono degli apparati dello Stato egiziano e quindi l’eventuale loro comparsa in giudizio potrebbe dar luogo a quello che è un’ipotesi di infedeltà o di alto tradimento. Ragioni di timore ben più cogenti di quelle che questa Corte ha riconosciuto in capo ai testimoni”. Con la richiesta, quindi, rivolta alla Corte, di “riconsiderare le condizioni per procedere in assenza”. Una tesi stroncata dal pm Sergio Colaiocco, che ha prima denunciato la strategia ostruzionistica delle difese: “Sorprende innanzitutto che la questione, visto che mi sembra sia basata sulla sentenza della Corte Costituzionale, non sia stata posta alla scorsa udienza. Ogni volta c’è una questione nuova che sembra voler portare avanti l’arrivo delle conclusioni di questo processo”. Per poi sottolineare, nel merito delle eccezioni sollevate: “A due anni e mezzo dall’apertura del processo, la difesa ripropone una questione già affrontata. È tecnicamente inammissibile, perché è già stata decisa, non ci sono elementi o fatti nuovi”. Per Colaiocco “immaginare che rispetto al processo, di cui non abbiamo certezza se gli imputati hanno avuto notizia, abbiano comunque avuto timore, diventa una connessione logica che crea un cortocircuito dal quale non si esce”. Tradotto, “delle due l’una: o diciamo che non ne hanno avuto notizia, o dobbiamo dire che ne hanno avuto notizia e ne hanno avuto timore. Sono due ipotesi alternative. Qui è tutta un’ipotesi, di ipotesi, di ipotesi. Tutto posto sulla base di nessun dato fattuale nuovo, pertanto chiediamo inammissibilità in primis, e in subordine il rigetto”. Considerazioni alle quali si sono associati anche l’avvocata Alessandra Ballerini e il collega Giacomo Satta, legali di Claudio e Paola Regeni, i genitori di Giulio (oggi assenti in Aula): “Non c’è alcuna evidenza da cui risulti che lo Stato egiziano abbia cambiato approccio, anzi l’Egitto si è rifiutato di notificare citazioni testimoniali e dunque la circostanza che la situazione fattuale e giuridica sia mutata e che gli odierni imputati siano poi effettivamente venuti a conoscenza, mediante la notifica del decreto di citazione, è una circostanza che non solo è indimostrata, ma è smentita dall’atteggiamento che lo Stato egiziano continua a mantenere rispetto a questo processo”. E ancora: “Manca anche la prova che gli stessi siano intimoriti dalla partecipazione al processo”, ha continuato Satta. Mentre Ballerini ha ricordato come “non sono stati espressi minimamente e né potevano essere espressi i timori da parte degli imputati, questa è l’enorme differenza rispetto ai teste citati, come ‘Zeta’. Tant’è vero che l’imputato Sharif era firmatario del mandato di cattura che era costato 5 mesi di carcere e di tortura a questo testimone, che invece aveva espresso pubblicamente i suoi timori”. Parole contestate, invece, dalla difesa dell’imputato. La Corte d’Assise – ha sottolineato la presidente Paola Roja – si è riservata di decidere “in tempi rapidi”. Al momento, ha precisato, “il calendario è confermato“, a partire dalla requisitoria del pm Colaiocco, prevista per il 23 giugno nell’Aula bunker di Rebibbia a Roma. Ma è chiaro che sulle tempistiche tutto dipenderà dalla decisione della Corte rispetto alle eccezioni sollevate dalle difese, compresa la data per la sentenza. “Daremo un termine ora se ci fossero ulteriori richieste di produzioni documentali, entro il 15 giugno in cancelleria”, ha però avvertito Roja, invitando le parti a “ricomparire, per ora, senza nuovi avvisi”.

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The Kinefinity VISTA has finally been officially announced, and it will retail for $2,499 USD. However, B&H is selling it for$1,999 USD ($500 USD off) up until the 19th June. I have access to a pre-production version of the camera, so I can give you some impressions and thoughts. I am not going to show any footage, as there are still a lot of features and functionality that haven’t been enabled via firmware, so it would be a disservice to do so. I know there are some YouTube videos out there, but there’s no way you can do anything close to a proper review of this camera, as the current pre-production firmware makes the camera barely operational. I can understand that Kinefinity wanted to officially announce it before Cine Gear, but it’s still far from ready. “VISTA finally gives individual filmmakers a complete professional filmmaking experience, without asking them to choose between quality and portability. From concept to reality — this is what a personal cinema camera should be.” The Kinefinity VISTA was first shown at NAB 2026 in Las Vegas. I have seen prototypes of this camera since the start of its development. The VISTA is a very small camera with a full-frame 6K sensor that is capable of shooting in open gate. The form factor makes it suitable for handheld shooting or for being placed on a small-sized gimbal. It is also very easy to mount for vertical shooting. Kinerfinity has worked with Tilta to provide a cage solution as well as a nice little side handle. There are also options for larger side handles. Despite being so small, Kinefinity has still managed to equip it with a good amount of inputs and outputs. There are two full-sized HDMI outputs, a 3.5mm microphone input, a 3.5mm headphone jack, two built-in stereo mics, a speaker, and a 2-pin LEMO. The camera records to a single CFexpress Type B card slot, and it has a built-in 240GB SSD drive. Footage can then be offloaded via one of the USB-C ports. You can also use one of the two USB-C ports to record externally if you want to. Additionally, you can also use one of the USB-C ports for audio. The camera has 12 1/4-20″ mounting points, which gives you a lot of versatility when using it for different shooting applications. The camera has a large articulating 4-inch 6:5 Retina OLED Screen (700 nits). Kinefinity has historically offered features and functionality in a lot of its cameras that no other manufacturer was doing for a lot less money. However, times have changed, and now most camera companies are offering impressive full-frame digital cinema cameras that are very competitively priced. This has made it harder and harder for smaller companies such as Kinefinity and Z CAM to compete. As Kinefinity is a very small company compared to its competitors, it makes perfect sense for them to come up with something that is different from what everyone else is doing. The VISTA camera I was reviewing is still an early engineering sample intended for basic hardware evaluation and preliminary function testing. There were a lot of features and functions that weren’t working. As the hardware and firmware are rapidly iterating, there are current pre-production variances between the sample and the final shipping version The engineering sample I have features temporary pre-production styling. The final production units will address and optimize quite a few mechanical and hardware issues. The VISTA really is tiny, and it can literally fit in the palm of your hand. It weighs 600g / 1.32 lb (KineMOUNT, no battery); 700g / 1.54 lb (with GripBAT-2Si), and it has dimensions of 101 x 87 x 65mm / 4.0 x 3.4 x 2.6 in (excluding protrusions) for the body alone. It really is impressive that Kinefinity has been able to fit so many features in such a small camera body. The other positive aspect of the camera being so light is that it’s easy to switch it from a tripod to a gimbal or even a drone. This flexibility is what a lot of shooters are looking for in a camera, and it’s why we are now seeing so many cameras coming to market that have been designed with this in mind. Above, you can see how it compares size-wise to the Nikon ZR. Here is what some of the other digital cinema cameras and mirrorless hybrids on the market weigh (body only): With the VISTA, you can literally put on a lens and a battery, and you are ready to go. However, in saying that, if you want to add audio and other accessories, there is limited space to do so, but the cage certainly helps with that. The VISTA is lightweight, but it is very solidly made. It has been nicely designed, and it is made out of CNC-machined Aviation-grade Aluminum Alloy. It doesn’t have the plastic feel of some offerings from Sony, Panasonic, and Canon. The overall build quality of the camera, given its price point, is very good. Even though the camera I was reviewing wasn’t a production shipping version, the build quality was still good. As I mentioned at the top of the article, there will be some small improvements and cosmetic changes to the shipping version. The camera certainly feels a lot more solidly made than any of the offerings under $2,500 USD from Sony, Canon, Nikon, and Panasonic. The 4″ 700nit OLED Screen is one of the standout features. It is large and bright, and you can totally use it outdoors. Although, in saying that, I still prefer to use an EVF in bright conditions outdoors, but that’s just my preference. Even thought is is claimed to be 300nits less than the Nikon ZR’s screen, I found it to be almost as bright in the real world. In the menu, you can change the brightness setting (10-100% in 10% increments) as well as turn auto rotation on/off, and turn the Auto Off on or off when you close the screen. The screen articulates, and it offers a good amount of adjustment. My only giggling issue with the screen, and this may be because it is a pre-production unit, is that when you fold it out, it doesn’t sit completely square, and it’s on a slight angle. This may be a small complaint, but I personally find it hard to shoot when a screen isn’t aligned straight. Kinefinityholds a rather niche, but important place in the digital cinema camera space. They are a small company that has been around for almost 15 years. I actually shot with their first-ever prototype camera, theKineRAW S35, way back in 2012. The company has come a long way since 2012, and its cameras have continued to get better and better over the years. The last Kinefinity camera I reviewed was the MAVO Edge 6K, and that was a very capable camera given its capabilities and feature set. Kinefinity has arguably reached a point where they are no longer thought of as “That Chinese camera“, but rather, as a legitimate alternative to other, more well-known brands. You should never judge a book by its cover. The VISTA features a 6K 3:2 Full-Frame CMOS sensor. The physical size of the sensor is 36x24mm ø 43.3mm. From my understanding, the sensor is the exact same sensor that was used in the MAVO Edge 6K. Above, you can see the sensors used in the VISTA, MAVO S35, MAVO LF, and MAVO Edge 6K. When shooting in the full frame mode, the VISTA can shoot in a maximum resolution of 6016 x 3984 (3:2 Open Gate). The sensor on the VISTA can also be cropped or oversampled to shoot in M4/3, S16, and S35 modes. There is also a multitude of frame rates you can record at, depending on what resolution or image format size you are shooting in. In the FF mode, the highest resolution you can shoot at is 6K OG 6016 x 3984. In the S35 mode, the highest resolution you can shoot at is 4K 6:5 4096 x 3432. In the M4/3 mode, the highest resolution available is 3K DCI 3072 x 1620. In the 16mm mode, the highest resolution available is 2K DCI 2048 x 1080. In the real world, I did find that the M4/3 and S16 modes don’t have a ton of sharpness, but they are still usable. TheVISTA has a dual ISO of 800 and 5120. When you set highlight stops to 6.0, the native ISO range is 250 to 2560 on the 800 base. The 5120 base is for the range from 3200 to 20480 ISO. The VISTA supports both ISO and EI modes. More on those in a minute. The nominal value of ISO is ISO ASA, which takes effect on the RAW data, applying different gain to the CMOS imaging sensor. The default mode is ISO mode, ISO 800. The highlight level (Highlight means stops from 18% gray to ADC Clip) is 6.0 stops. As the name suggests, more highlight stops mean fewer shadow details and more noise. If you want to retain more highlight details, the recommended setting is 6.0 stops and above, or you can just use the EI mode. Changing ISO will not change highlight stops. However, the highlight stops are able to be changed from 4.3 to 7.3 stops in the menu. There is a caveat, though: depending on the number of highlight stops you choose, the minimum ISO value will change. For example, when the highlight stops are set to 6.0, the minimum ISO is 500; while for 4.3 stops, the minimum ISO is 160. Above, you can see what the minimum and maximum ISO values are for different amounts of highlight stops. You need to think very clearly before changing highlight stops in ISO mode. What you are effectively doing if you move off 6.0 stops is losing dynamic range. You might end up protecting your highlights, but conversely, you lose a lot of information in the mids and shadows. The opposite is true if you set the highlight stops too low. While you may get more information in the mids and shadows, you will lose information in the highlights. Depending on what you are shooting, altering the highlight stops can work well, but only in certain situations. The nominal EI value is similar to the settings in traditional Cine Cameras. The highlight stops follow the change of the EI value, but image brightness is adjusted by digital gain while the analog gain of the CMOS imaging sensor remains unchanged. Changing the EI will change the highlight stops and image brightness, while sensitivity and dynamic range remain unchanged. All that is happening is that the dynamic range stops above and below middle grey gets shifted. For example, the highlight stops at EI 800 are 6.6 stops, and at EI 5120 they are 7.0 stops. In this mode, you can set the camera from EI 100 up to EI 12800. The ISO and EI values can be a bit confusing. The simplest way to think about it is that when you are in ISO mode, you can change the highlight stops, regardless of what the ISO value is. With EI, the highlight stops are defined by the ISO you are using. Above, you can see what the highlight stops are for the various EI values. What is interesting is that you can clearly see when the dual native ISO changes values, even when in EI mode. At EI 2000, it is at 8.0, and then when you switch to EI 2560, it drops back to 6.0. This tells me that when you are in the EI mode, EI 500 and EI 2560 are the two base EI settings. If you really need to protect highlights, then, in theory, EI 2000 would be the best setting to use. The VISTA can record in resolutions of 6K, 5K, 4K, 3K, and 2K. In 6K Open Gate (6016 x 3984), you can record up to 36fps, and in 6K DCI (6016 x 3172), you can record up to 50fps. As a comparison, on the Kinefinity MAVO Edge 6K, when shooting 6K Open Gate (6016 x 3984) can record up to 48fps, and in 6K DCI (6016 x 3172), you can record up to 60fps. Below you can see what resolutions and max. frame rates that are available in various recording modes. From what I understand, the VISTA doesn’t have FF oversampling modes that allow you to record in 4K like the Mavo Edge 6K. There are a ton of resolution and frame rate options available when shooting in full frame. Some of the maximum frame rates are a little odd, such as 36 and 42. The VISTA will be able to record in ProRes and H.265. All of these resolutions and frame rates can currently be captured in the following versions of H.265: The biggest issue with the H.265 codecs is that they are all only 4.2.0 10-bit. As far as the bitrates are concerned, here is what Kinefinity told me: H.265 Codec, under 4K UHD 25fps Having three flavors of H.265 to choose from is nice, especially if you need to record for long periods of time on a single CFexpress Type B card or to the internal SSD. When I set the VISTA to record 6K OG at 23.98p in H.265 Normal, a 2TB CFexpress Type B card allowed me to record for 1571 minutes, which equates to just over 26 hours. The internal 240GB SSD gave me an additional 176 minutes. Unfortunately, with the current pre-production firmware, it wouldn’t display how much recording time I had available if I chose H.265 Max or H.265 High. It would only show the remaining GB available. The VISTA will also be able to record in the following flavours of ProRes: This is a decent range of options to choose from; however, you don’t get ProRes 4444 or ProRes 4444XQ options. I am a big fan of ProRes because it is very robust, and most importantly, it is an easy codec to deal with. There are plenty of recording options if you move to the S35 mode. Having the ability to shoot 4K Wide up to 90fps and 4K DCI up to 72fps is a nice option. There are also 4K, 3.6K, and 3.2K 6:5 and 3:2 options available. While ProRes 422 HQ and H.265 are going to be more than sufficient for most shooting requirements, a lot of potential buyers are now expecting internal RAW recording. Kinefinity cameras such as the VISTA, MAVO Edge 6K, MAVO Edge 8K, MAVO LF, MAVO, and TERRA 4K are good choices for anamorphic shooting, as the CMOS imaging sensors are all 3:2. The 36x24mm full-frame CMOS imaging sensor of VISTA is a pretty big canvas that allows users to easily work in a variety of anamorphic modes: The camera supports 2x, 1.8x, 1.75x, 1.6x, 1.5x, 1.33x, and 1.25x anamorphic shooting, which covers almost all anamorphic lenses on the market. When I hooked the VISTA up to a monitor via HDMI, it was interesting to see that it is only capable of outputting a 1920 x 1080 422 8-bit signal. What is perhaps a little disappointing to see is that even though the camera has two HDMI outputs, you can’t individually customize what goes out over HDMI. Like any modern-day camera capturing high resolutions and high framerates, they generate a lot of heat. That heat needs to be dissipated, and the VISTA has a large fan on the back of it behind the OLED screen to keep the camera cool. InFan Control,you have the ability to choose fromRec LoworRegular. The Core Temperature is the real-time temperature of the core processor. When the core temperature reaches up to 75 degrees, the camera will be cooled down automatically by the fan at full speed until the core temperature goes down to 70 degrees or below. Once that happens, the fan speed will return to its normal setting. You can adjust the fan speed from 25% to 100% or even turn off the fan completely. By default, the fan is set at 25% when the camera is turned on. You can turn the fan completely off, but I wouldn’t recommend doing that unless you are in a cool environment. Now, the fan inside the camera is very loud unless you have it at 25 or 30%. As I mentioned earlier, there is an option in the menu inFan Controlto set it toRec Low. In theory and with previous Kinefinity cameras, once you hit record, the noise got drastically reduced to basically nothing. However, in the pre-production version of the camera I was testing, setting it toRec Lowdidn’t seem to make any difference at all, but I am fully expecting that will be fixed by the time the camera ships. In all honesty, the fan noise is pretty annoying. Even with the fan set at 50%, it is pretty loud. At 100%, it sounds like a small hair dryer is on. Above, you can hear what the fan sounds like if it is running at its 100% max setting at a distance of 1m / 3.3′ with the screen open and the screen closed. Again, I just want to reiterate that the fan isn’t going to be running at 100% unless it is very, very hot, but I just want you to be aware of it. Look, I get it, it’s a very small-sized camera, but companies such as Nikon have been able to make cameras that don’t overheat and that are completely weather sealed. Despite the fan being pretty loud, it certainly works well, and the camera never gets very hot. I didn’t have it overheat, and I was shooting in temperatures above 30 °C. You can still have the rear OLED screen closed against the fan, and it still works well without any issues, as there is a vent on the left-hand side of the camera that pulls the air in, and then the hot air can go out on the bottom of the screen. Unlike the MAVO Edge 6K, which features a built-in e-ND that can be set to clear or anywhere from 0.6-2.4, the VISTA has no ND. While having e-ND would have been great in VISTA, there simply isn’t enough room to put it. Kinefinity does have an optional e-ND adapter that you could use with the VISTA. This is great, but because it is an adapter, you always have a minimum of 0.6 dialed in when using it. This means that you are constantly having to swap the adapter in and out when moving into different lighting conditions. You could also buy theMofage POCO II, which is available in a Kine Mount option that supports a wide range of drop-in filters: The POCO II is available in the following camera mounts: As I stated at the top of the article, I am not including any footage yet. I will do so in my full review. If you want to see what type of footage you will be able to get, below is material shot with Kinefinity cameras that utilize the exact same sensor. Above, you can see some example footage I shot with the MAVO Edge 6K. All of the footage was taken at 800 ISO. I shot in the 6016 x 2520 wide mode at 23.98fps and 59.98fps and captured material in ProRes 422HQ. If you want to see more material that was shot with the Kinefinity MAVO LF (which uses the same sensor), you can see that above. This isn’t a straightforward question to answer, as the VISTA could be used for a wide variety of applications. There is no reason why you couldn’t use the camera for anything from small jobs, all the way up to large productions. It could be a crash cam, a vehicle cam, placed on a lightweight gimbal, used as a second camera, or even as your main camera. Kinefinity is calling the VISTA a “Personal cinema camera”, and I personally think it is an attempt to get more people interested in the brand. Making an affordable, lightweight, and compact cinema camera ticks a lot of boxes for a lot of shooters. For those looking for AF and IBIS, etc, then this isn’t the camera for you. For me personally, I’m not that interested in dynamic range numbers. I’m not so concerned about the number of stops, but I’m more interested in where those stops are allocated and how the highlights roll off. There is a big difference between the usable dynamic range and the actual dynamic range. Kinefinity claims that the VISTA has more than 14 stops of dynamic range. The dynamic range of the VISTA is reasonably good, and in the real world, it actually looks better than a lot of the chart testing would suggest. What I wanted to do is compare the highlight handling of the MAVO Edge 6K against the ARRI Amira, because ARRI’s ALEV III sensor is, at least in my opinion, a good camera for dynamic range and highlight handling. It is also supposed to have the same amount of DR as the VISTA. I set up a test with a color checker chart. I exposed the ARRI Amira for middle grey, and then I had a bright window that was just below clipping. The camera was set at 800 ISO. This was my benchmark for the test. Above, you can see the ARRI C-LOG and the REC.709 images for the ARRI Amira. You can also see the IRE values for middle grey and for the brightest part of the image, as well as the waveforms. Middle grey was set at 43%, and the brightest point in the image was registering at 89%. Ok, so now let’s do that exact same test with the VISTA set at 800 ISO with the highlight stops at 6.0. What I am looking at here is how much lower I had to set middle grey to avoid highlight clipping. Above, you can see that I had to set middle grey to 33IRE to have the highlights at the same level as the ARRI Amira. Above, you can see that if I set middle grey on the VISTA at 45 IRE, my highlights have been hard clipped. Now, the VISTA has the ability to adjust the number of highlight stops. So you can actually gain more information in the highlights to produce a better result; however, the caveat with doing this is that you are going to lose a lot of information in the mids and shadows because you are allocating so many stops above middle grey. If you really want to protect your highlights, you would be better off using EI mode. Even when using the 7.3 stops of highlight handling, the highlights didn’t roll off as smoothly as those of the ARRI, and the ARRI didn’t have to compromise its mid and shadow information to do it. As another test, above you can see a shot from the ARRI Amira and the Kinefinity VISTA (both set at 800 ISO), where I am feeding their LOG images into a SmallHD Cine 13 and then using EL Zone. While this isn’t a great test, it does show you that if you expose for 1 stop over middle grey on a face, what the differences are. Above, you can see what the KineKC_NEUTM LUT looks like on a waveform. Below you can see how it compares to a standard ARRI REC.709 LUT. While the VISTA isn’t as good as the ARRI when it comes to handling highlights (few sensors, if any, are), it was still pretty impressive. Kinefinity has done a good job with this sensor, and it shows impressive amounts of dynamic range. With the curves between the ARRI and the VISTA being fairly similar, I found I could also get pretty decent results by using some of the ARRI LUTs. The form factor of the VISTA is very similar to a lot of the smaller-sized mirrorless hybrids that are on the market. It was designed to be handheld, put on a tripod, gimbal, etc. This is not a camera you are going to try to shoulder mount. If you are thinking of doing that, there are better options out there. The VISTA is nice and compact, and it could almost be described as a self-contained camera; however, for certain shooting situations, you would need to add accessories. Kinefinity works very closely with third-party companies such as Tilta and SmallRig, and there are a ton of accessories that you can use to configure the VISTA into whatever combination best works for you. More on the accessories later on. The other problem when using really small cameras like the VISTA is that it’s very easy to quickly run out of room to mount accessories such as wireless video transmitters, an assistant’s monitor, remote FIZ control units, and anything else you may need. The VISTA has 12x 1/4′-20 threaded holes, 1x 3/8″-16 threaded hole, and 1x Cold Shoe. It’s especially nice to see so many mounting holes on the bottom of a camera. Kinefinity has continued to slowly get better with the ease of use and operation of its cameras. I really think that they turned the corner with the MAVO Edge 8K, and that same ease of use has carried over to the VISTA. I’m a stickler for wanting to use cameras that are easy to control and operate. There is nothing worse on a camera than confusing menus and badly labeled or placed buttons and switches. So how does the VISTA fare? Just like all of the other current Kinefinity cameras, the VISTA runs on KineOS, which is a unified platform that makes it very easy to transition between different Kinefinity models. The true test of a well-designed operating system is that users should be able to turn the camera on and get up and running within 5 minutes of using it for the first time. Operating the VISTA is pretty straightforward and fairly intuitive. Even without a manual, you can work it out quickly. The VISTA doesn’t have a lot of physical buttons on the body of the camera, which I actually like. I personally don’t like cameras with tons of buttons. You only have three user-assignable buttons, a menu button, a scroll wheel, a joystick, a playback button, a record button, and an On/Off switch Making changes is mostly done through the touchscreen, but having physical buttons also helps if you are wearing gloves or don’t want to put fingerprint smudges on the screen. This screen is a nice size, and it clearly displays all of the camera’s relevant key information. You can make changes to the key parameters below very quickly without having to go into any menus: The three custom preset buttons can have two functions per button, so you can effectively have a total of six. The menu system certainly is a lot less complicated than some of the offerings from Sony, Canon, and Panasonic. If you are familiar with Kinefinity cameras, then you will be right at home with the operating system. For first-time users, it is pretty straightforward to work out. The Menu is divided into 4 categories: Making changes in the menu is pretty straightforward, and as I previously mentioned, it is so nice to be able to do it directly from the 4″ screen. One of the nice things I found is that you can save camera presets. You do this by going into theMenuand choosingSETTING, thenSave Preset List. These camera presets (there are 8 you can use) enable you to set the following parameters: Above, you can see some of the other options that are available in the menus. You will eventually be able to use the Kinefinity App to control and operate the VISTA. The App will display the video stream from cameras in real-time with super-low latency, if the iOS devices and camera are in a stable and good WIFI environment. This wasn’t available to test at the time of this review. The VISTA has a single Sony NP-F style battery slot that can power the camera for around 3 hours. Additionally, there is also a 2-pin LEMO. You could also use theKinefinity Active Top Handlethat has two USB-C PD ports and a Sony NP-F battery plate with a USB-C to LEMO adapter cable to extend the run times and provide hot-swapping capabilities. The great thing about the VISTA is that it has a very low power draw and allows for long run times on small batteries. The camera draws just 7.5W when shooting 4K 25p, Liveview, with the monitor brightness set to 400 nits. The VISTA boots up a lot quicker than other Kinefinity cameras. It takes around 7 seconds from the time you power it on until you get a picture up and can start to record. As a comparison, the MAVO Edge 6K takes around 45 seconds. Whether a quick boot-up time is important or relevant to you will depend on what type of work you do. The camera has preset white balance values that range from 2800K to 10800K (depending on whether you are in theSimple ListorComplete List). There are four USER WB settings, which are very handy. The white balance and the color temperature are tuned by directly adjusting RGB channels of the sensor to change the original RAW data, rather than applying a digital LUT. Although you can modify the white balance of the RAW data or change color temperature during post-processing, all the modifications are based on the data you have shot. The camera has two types of color temperature lists for white balance:Simple ListandComplete List. Simple List:This features typical color temperatures such as 2800K, 3200K, 4300K, 5500K, 5600K, 6400K, and User WB. User WB is a user-defined value, automatically generated when you do an Auto WB manually. Complete List:This mode gives you precise control of Kelvin color temperatures in steps of 100K. You can also adjust the +/- G/M tint of your white balance values. The manual WB functionality hasn’t been implemented yet, but it will work in the same way as other Kinefinity cameras. What I also like is that you will be able to bring up a white balance reference that places white and middle grey squares on the screen. This will give you a nice, easy-to-see reference so that you can check if you have your white balance correct. You will eventually be able to bring up a waveform on the display. The waveform will be displayed across the bottom of the screen and indicates the brightness of images over the horizontal direction. By default, the waveform shows the LUT KC-Neutral. The waveform will change according to whatever LUT is being used. You can also change it to show the values for LOG if you choose to. Now, again, with the pre-production version, none of these functions were available to test. You can also change the waveform to display LOG. When this is set, the waveform shows the distribution based on the LOG image. For example, if you have the waveform set to LUT, then if your waveform goes over 100% you will still probably not be clipping your image (as the VISTA only records in KineLog3. If you set the waveform to LOG, then if the information is exceeding 100% then you will definitely be clipping your image. Kinefinity recommends that the main image should exceed over 50% to avoid noise. The waveform has two key lines marked on it. The first shows where an 18% grey card should be exposed correctly, and the other shows where 90% should land on a grey card. On the VISTA, the zebra calculation is based on RAW data. This means that when your zebras are set to 90%, if you see zebras appear, your image is getting close to being overexposed. You can set the zebras anywhere from 12% to 99%. With the shutter, you can choose to set it to displayAngleorTime. Despite being so small, the VISTA has a decent amount of inputs and outputs: There are no SDI or mini SDI ports on the VISTA. While it arguably would have been nice to have seen them, at least there are two full-sized HDMI outputs, which you don’t see on small-sized cameras like this. Below you can see what the USB-C ports are capable of. USB 2.0; Camera as Host USB 2.0; Camera as Device There is a nice cage for the VISTA that is made by Tilta. On top of the cage, there is a NATO rail for attaching accessories. I used the NATO rail to run Kinefinity’s Eagle HDMI e-Viewfinder. On the side plate of the cage, you can attach theVISTA Side Handle. If you don’t want to run the top plate, it can be removed, so you just have a base and mounting points on one side. TheVISTA Side Handleis a nice compact accessory that makes the camera easier to hold. TheEagle HDMI e-Viewfinderis based on theEagle SDI e-Viewfinderthat I previouslyreviewedon the site. While that is a great EVF, it only has an SDI input and wasn’t suitable for use with a lot of smaller digital cinema cameras or mirrorless hybrids. The HDMI version works really well with the VISTA. I reviewed this EVF previously on the site, and you can see that reviewhere. The Eagle HDMI e-Viewfinder is a great option for anyone using smaller-sized cameras that only feature HDMI outputs. It retains many of the features of the SDI version, equipped with a full HD 0.7″ Micro-OLED display and excellent optical design. The viewfinder includes advanced 10-bit color processing to ensure accurate, sharp, and clear images. The EAGLE uses an innovative FPGA-based hybrid processing architecture for quick startup, rapid response, extremely low power consumption, and no additional image delay. Additionally, its fanless design allows the EAGLE HDMI to operate silently, enabling filmmakers to work in quiet environments without distractions. The Kinefinity Eagle HDMI e-Viewfinder is available in the following kits: As a reference, the EAGLE SDI e-Viewfinder retails for $1,299 USD. This is what you get in the kits: EAGLE HDMI e-Viewfinder Body EAGLE HDMI e-Viewfinder Core KIT EAGLE HDMI e-Viewfinder Pro KIT Unlike previous Kinefinity cameras that used standard 2.5″ 7mm SSD SATA 3.0 recording media and KineMAG Nano SSDs based on NVMe M.2 SSD, the VISTA uses a single CFexpress Type B card slot and a 240GB internal SSD. In theMenuunderRECORDING,you can go toSSD, and then you have options to change the SSD display from Time to Capacity, format the SSD Media, Delete the last clip, Check & Repair Clips, and select the SSD. SSD Selectcould probably be made a bit clearer. This is where you choose whether you want to use the internal SSD or the CFexpress Type B card slot. The VISTA allows you to upload a LUT to the camera. On the pre-production version of the camera, the LUT gets burnt into the footage. That won’t be the case with the production version, as the footage will always be recorded in a Log image (KineLOG3). Whatever LUT you are using at the time of recording gets saved to the same folder. This is a really nice feature because the editor or whoever is dealing with the footage knows exactly what LUT you were using and therefore has an idea of how the cinematographer intended the footage to look. The size of the 3D LUT is from 8x8x8 up to 33x33x33. Once you upload them and you reboot the camera, you can see all of the new LUTs. Currently, there are two LUTs in the camera, the KC_NEUTM.cube and the KC709. A few years ago, I had Ben Allan ACS CSI create a LUT that doesn’t so aggressively crush the blacks and mid-tones. I found this LUT was a lot nicer to use than Kinefinity’s own LUT. I love how Kinefinity includes extra information that gets recorded into your files. There is .txt file that contains all the information about your clip and camera settings, and the .cube LUT file you were using. It is nice having all of this information available. The only downside is when you import your files into an NLE, and you get all of these files showing up instead of just a single clip. Along with all the information, such as the LUT you were using that gets recorded with your clips, Kinefinity also gives you the option to fill out a full slate with all of your shooting details and information. This can be done directly on the touchscreen of the monitor. I will warn you, it is a fiddly system to use, and it takes considerable time to fill out. The VISTA uses the KineMOUNT that has an electronic contact (active) in order to support a PL mounting adapter with /i tech. This mount has to be one of the most versatile systems on the market. It allows you to put a vast array of mount adapters, including Sony E Mount, PL mount, Canon EF mount, and ARRI LPL mount. Kinefinity is one of the few cameras on the market that has a Sony E-mount option, making it compatible with a wide variety of glass (manual focus only). If you use the Canon EF mount, the iris can be adjusted using the control wheel or directly on the screen. The iris will adjust in 1/3 stop increments. If you are using an EF lens on the VISTA in the standard setting, the iris transition is not smooth, and the brightness level jumps when you make changes. Changing the aperture during recording means your shot will be unusable. If you try to change apertures very quickly, you just end up with this massive delay while you wait for the lens to catch up with what you are doing. To solve this problem, you need to activate the mode called “Enhanced Mode”. This makes the iris transition a lot smoother. You can only get to this mode by resetting the camera to its default settings. If you are using mounts with electronic connection pins, Kinefinity strongly recommends that you power off the camera when swapping different adapters to avoid damage to the camera. Kinefinity has historically released quite a few firmware updates for its cameras over the years. The VISTA is going to get new firmware updates fairly regularly after launch. On-board audio recording options have been an issue with Kinefinity cameras in the past, and that probably turned some potential customers off. The VISTA only has a single 3.5mm Stereo MIC input, but you can also utilize one of the USB-C inputs to support a wireless MIC with a UAC protocol. Kinefinity has also put in two built-in microphones, but they are realistically only good enough for recording scratch audio. It would have been nice for Kinefinity to have either come up with some sort of audio top handle or partnered with a third-party company to create one. With small-sized mirrorless cameras such as the Sony FX3/FX30/FX2, some of the Panasonic LUMIX solutions, and cameras like the Canon C50 having dedicated XLR inputs and audio modules, this does somewhat put the VISTA at a disadvantage. Currently, there are no Audio options in the menu on the pre-production version of the camera. Kinefinity will have complete audio I/O processing. They will also expand Timecode configurations beyond the current Free Run limitation to support External LTC input and Jam Sync. The VISTA does suffer from some rolling shutter, like most other CMOS sensor cameras. It is pretty pronounced when shooting 6K Open Gate and using an anamorphic lens. Rolling shutter performance is hard to generalize. It really comes down to what you are shooting as to whether you find the amount of rolling shutter acceptable or not. The VISTA is now available for preorder onwww.kinefinity.comand authorized dealers. The first production cameras are scheduled to start shipping on the 20th of June. The Kinefinity VISTA retails for $2,499 USD. As I mentioned at the top of the article, B&H is selling it for$1,999 USD ($500 USD off) up until the 19th This is a very competitive price for the camera’s feature set. It is available in KineMOUNT, Sony E mount, and PL mount. You can also get accessory packs for the VISTA. TheCore Kit costs $499 USD, while thePro Kit is $1,199 USD. So how does that price compare to the competition? Below you can see. *B&H is selling it for$1,999 USD ($500 USD off) up until the 19th June. It really depends on what your needs and requirements are. As I previously mentioned, if AF, IBIS, and good onboard audio recording options are of paramount importance, then thi sisn’t the camera for you. If you are looking for a very compact, small-sized digital cinema camera and want to use manual focus lenses, then the VISTA is worth looking at. It would also make for a good option if you need to get some discreet shots, need a very portable B or C camera, or even as a crash cam or vehicle cam. It would also make a pretty good scouting camera, especially given its full frame, S35, M4/3 and S16 shooting modes and the ability to do various open gate formats. The biggest stumbling block for owning a Kinefinity camera is arguably when it comes to after-sales service and support. If you buy one of their cameras in China, Europe, or a select few other countries, there is someone you can turn to for information and support. Unfortunately, in many other places in the world, there is no easy way of getting repairs done or receiving after-sales service. For many potential owners, this is probably the primary reason that they shy away from buying a Kinefinity camera. This really is a shame, because I think the company makes good cameras that are a nice alternative to what’s on offer from other manufacturers. What should certainly help Kinefinity is that their cameras are available from B&H. For many owners and prospective users, the Kinefinity Facebook group is one of the quickest ways to have your questions or issues about the camera answered. Kinefinity’s own Jihua Zheng is frequently posting updates and answering questions in the Facebook group. As I have mentioned previously in Kinefinity reviews, the problem you may well encounter is that clients may have no knowledge about the camera. In some cases, clients will either request a particular type of camera or want to know what you are shooting on. In the case of owning a Kinefinity, you may well be met with some resistance because the client has never heard of that camera before and could be reluctant to use it. These are real-world situations that you have to think about carefully before investing in a Kinefinity camera. The VISTA is also a great option if you already own a larger Kinefinity camera, or even if you want a small-sized B camera that would work well with some of the older ARRI cameras that use the ALEV III sensor. I have had great success in the past utilizing ARRI LUTS and color workflow with the MAVO Edge 6K and MAVO LF. There is a lot to like about the camera, and it’s good to see something that is arguably a little different come to market. Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with over 35 years' of experience working in more than 50 countries around the world.He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010.Matthew has won 51 ACS Awards, including six prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards.Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.

Sergio Soriano Laprimera visita oficialdelPapa León XIVaEspañase presenta como un auténtico revulsivo para nuestra televisión. Todos los grupos audiovisuales de nuestro país ya han anunciado los puntos fuertes de sus respectivascoberturas, modificando la programación habitual para narrar cada paso del sumo pontífice. Elviajearranca el sábado 6 de junio, con distintas paradas hasta su marcha el viernes 12. Como ya contamosen esta otra pieza,RTVEpretende ser cabecera entre los espectadores con un gran despliegue. Los principales rostros de la corporación pública ya se han sumado para dar cuenta a la audiencia de la importancia de esta visita. Por su parte,AtresmediayMediasetutilizan la carta de sus informativos como reclamo. Los programas de actualidad también tienen previsto dedicar buena parte de sus escaletas al evento. El dispositivo deRTVEpretende ofrecer todos los actos del Papa León XIV a través deLa 1yCanal 24 Horas. Como se ha mencionado previamente, estos profesionales ya están prevenidos para presentar las emisiones especiales:Pepa Bueno,Alejandra Herranz,Lourdes Maldonado,Igor Gómez,Marc Sala,Lorenzo Milá,Cristina Villanueva,Oriol NolisyGemma Nierga. · Sábado 6 de junio: · Domingo 7 de junio: · Lunes 8 de junio: · Martes 9 de junio: · Miércoles 10 de junio: · Jueves 11 de junio: · Viernes 12 de junio: Conviene destacar que la cobertura se amplía a través de los magacinesLa hora de La 1,Mañaneros 360,Directo al grano,Malas lenguasyD Corazón. LosTelediariostambién reservan parte de sus emisiones a esta histórica cita. El grupoAtresmediatambién apuesta por cubrir la visita del Papa en Madrid, incluyendo cada novedad en los habituales programas que se emiten en directo. De igual modo, los servicios informativos del grupo están ya pendientes de abordar cada última hora. Coincidiendo con los actos del pontífice en la capital,Antena 3 Noticiasamplía su emisión el próximo domingo. · Domingo 7 de junio: La retransmisión de Antena 3 Noticias tiene previsto el despliegue de distintos profesionales en los lugares clave, con una mesa de debate en plató.Mónica CarrilloyMatías Pratsson los moderadores, acompañados por Cristina Sánchez (directora de Alfa y Omega), José Beltrán (director de Vida Nueva), el sacerdote salesiano Mateo G. Alonso y la experta en protocolo Gloria Campos. Sus programas de actualidadY ahora SonsolesyEspejo Públicotambién se vuelcan con la visita a partir del lunes 8 de junio. La previsión para laSexta tiene que ver con abordar cada novedad en programas comoLa Roca,Aruser@s,Al Rojo Vivo,Más vale tarde,laSexta ClaveyEl Intermedio. Lo mismo ocurre con laSexta Noticias. Mediasettambién destaca las primeras coberturas especiales relacionadas con León XIV. La primera tiene que ver con la emisión en directo de la Santa Misa y Procesión del Corpus Christi que el Papa celebrará en la Plaza de Cibeles en Telecinco. También hay una mesa con analistas especializados. · Domingo 7 de junio: Por su parte,Informativos Telecincotiene prevista la emisión de una entrega especial conducida porMaría Casado.Darío Menor, corresponsal de la cadena en Roma y experto vaticanista; yJavier Sánchez Cervera, párroco de la iglesia de San Sebastián Mártir de San Sebastián de los Reyes, son sus colaboradores. Sus programas de actualidadLa mirada crítica,El programa de Ana Rosa,Vamos a veryEl tiempo justose vuelcan con el evento a partir de la semana próxima. Al igual que su principal competidora,Cuatroapuesta por contar las últimas horas en los siguientes programas:En boca de todos,Todo es mentirayHorizonte. Lo mismo ocurre conNoticias Cuatro.

Delfin Midstream, a U.S.-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) export infrastructure development company, has signed off on a final investment decision (FID) for the first floating LNG (FLNG) vessel destined for an LNG project under development in Louisiana, United States. ​Delfin Midstream has taken a final investment decision for the first FLNG of theDelfin LNGproject under development in Louisiana and offshore in the Gulf of America (U.S. Gulf of Mexico). While explaining that Delfin FLNG 1 will be the first floating liquefaction facility in the United States, the developer emphasizes that this is also the largest FLNG project globally, with an expected export capacity of 4.4 million tonnes of LNG per year. Dudley Poston, Delfin’s CEO, commented:“Securing FID for our first FLNG vessel is a groundbreaking milestone not only for Delfin, but also for global energy security. We are excited by our ability to support U.S. energy and maritime dominance by bringing safe, reliable, low-cost LNG exports to market. “This monumental achievement is a testament to the strength of our partnerships, meaningful collaboration across all project stakeholders and the hard work of our dedicated team. We look forward to working closely with GIP, MOL and Vitol on delivering this first phase of the Delfin LNG project.” The FLNG project, which is backed by long-term LNG sales agreements with energy companies includingVitol,Expand Energy, Centrica, andGunvor, has secured all necessary permits and licenses to begin construction, with contracts for Delfin’s first FLNG vesselexecutedwith Samsung Heavy Industries and Black & Veatch. Ben Marshall, President & CEO of Vitol Americas, noted:“This is an important investment for Vitol in the United States. Delfin FLNG 1 will deliver reliable, cost-competitive American energy to global markets. We are proud to be a part of this first for American energy alongside Delfin, GIP and MOL.” With the first vessel scheduled to begin LNG production in 2030, the U.S. company claims to be diligently advancing toward securing FIDs for FLNG vessels two and three over the coming year. Delfin sees the positive FID as a significant milestone, as it works to deliver reliable, low-cost LNG exports from the United States to customers around the world. Jotaro Tamura, President and CEO of MOL, underlined:“MOL began its investment in Delfin in 2023 and since then has seen the Company’s FLNG project rapidly progress. “We are delighted to further our strategic partnership with Delfin while continuing to leverage our significant expertise in offshore floating facilities to support the company’s essential work and expand our business in the U.S. and across the gas value chain globally.” This content is available after accepting the cookies. U.S. LNG export project nears FID: Samsung Heavy Industries in charge of first FLNG with two more on the menu The project alreadyreceived a deepwater port licensefrom the Maritime Administration (MARAD) andapprovalfrom the Department of Energy for long-term LNG exports to countries that do not have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. A group of investors led by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, including existing Delfin investors Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Vitol, and Diameter Capital Partners, have agreed to invest in the first phase of this energy infrastructure project. Mark Florian, Head of GIP Mid-Market Funds, highlighted:“We are excited to partner with Delfin, MOL and Vitol to support the construction of the first phase of Delfin FLNG, a landmark U.S. LNG infrastructure project designed to help meet growing global demand for reliable, secure energy. “Backed by an experienced management team, proven construction partners and long-term agreements with leading energy companies, Delfin FLNG 1 is well positioned to deliver cost-competitive U.S. LNG to global markets.” Delfin LNG is a brownfield deepwater port requiring minimal additional infrastructure investment to support up to three FLNG vessels producing up to 13.2 mtpa of LNG. The developer acquired the UTOS pipeline, the largest natural gas pipeline in the U.S. Gulf. Scott GoodwinandJon Lewinsohn, co-founders and Managing Partners of Diameter, said:“We are delighted to share in this milestone with Delfin after investing in the Company last year. We look forward to supporting Delfin as it develops additional U.S. energy infrastructure in the coming years.” Take the spotlight and anchor your brand in the heart of the offshore world! Join us for a bigger impact and amplify your presence at the core hub of the offshore energy community!

L a prima immagine di Baunei spesso arriva dal mare: pareti di roccia bianca che scendono a picco nell’acqua turchese, piccole cale di ciottoli chiari, profumo di macchia e rosmarino che arriva fino alla battigia. Poi si alza lo sguardo e si scopre che, sopra quelle falesie, c’è un paese arroccato, un altopiano lunare, gole profonde e antichi sentieri di pastori. Baunei non è solo una spiaggia famosa su Instagram, ma un territorio intero da esplorare, tra l’Ogliastra e il Supramonte, dove mare e montagna convivono a pochi chilometri di distanza. Preferisci ascoltare il riassunto audio? Nell'articolo Dove si trova Baunei e come arrivarci baunei Baunei si trova nella Sardegna centro-orientale, in provincia di Nuoro, all’interno della regione storica dell’Ogliastra. Il suo territorio si estende dal Supramonte fino al Golfo di Orosei, includendo la costa di Baunei e la località marina di Santa Maria Navarrese, punto di partenza per molte escursioni in barca. Per arrivare in aereo, gli scali di riferimento sono Cagliari, Olbia e – più distante – Alghero. Da Cagliari e Olbia si prosegue in auto o bus verso Tortolì/Arbatax e poi si risale verso Baunei e Santa Maria Navarrese lungo la strada interna che corre tra colline e vigneti di Cannonau. Chi arriva in nave può sbarcare a Cagliari, Olbia o Golfo Aranci e seguire un percorso simile, programmando 2-3 ore di guida in base al porto di arrivo. L’auto resta il mezzo più pratico per muoversi tra altopiano del Golgo, costa e paesi dell’Ogliastra. I collegamenti in autobus esistono, ma sono meno flessibili, soprattutto se si vogliono raggiungere punti di partenza per trekking o rientrare tardi dopo le escursioni. In estate i tempi di percorrenza si allungano per il traffico lungo la costa, quindi conviene calcolare margine extra per imbarcarsi sui tour in mare o partire all’alba per i trekking più lunghi. Il periodo migliore per un viaggio a Baunei è la primavera avanzata e l’inizio dell’autunno, quando le temperature sono più miti, i sentieri del Supramonte sono meno secchi e le spiagge del Golfo di Orosei restano godibili senza affollamento intenso. In estate il mare è al massimo della trasparenza, ma per camminare sotto il sole, lungo i sentieri che scendono alle cale, servono orari molto mattinieri e buona abitudine al caldo. SCOPRI ANCHE: SARDEGNA ORIENTALE Mare e trekking: le esperienze chiave da vivere a Baunei Cala Goloritzè Il territorio di Baunei è il regno di chi ama outdoor e natura in tutte le varianti: trekking, discese a mare, canyon, grotte, piscine naturali e falesie per arrampicare o fare abseiling. L’altopiano del Golgo, poco sopra il paese, è il punto di partenza di numerosi sentieri che attraversano la macchia mediterranea, tra lecci e rocce calcaree, fino ad arrivare alle spiagge della costa di Baunei. Le calette più note del Golfo di Orosei – come Cala Goloritzé, Cala Mariolu, Cala Biriola, Cala Luna e Cala Sisine – si raggiungono quasi tutte in due modi: a piedi tramite sentieri di varia difficoltà oppure via mare, con imbarcazioni che partono per esempio dal porto turistico di Santa Maria Navarrese o da altri paesi della costa. Cala Luna Scegliendo il trekking, si passa tra ginepri contorti, tratti di roccia e punti panoramici che affacciano su un mare color smeraldo. Scegliendo la barca, si ha la possibilità di toccare più cale nella stessa giornata, nuotare, fare snorkeling e osservare dall’acqua le alte pareti del Supramonte. Un itinerario molto amato è il trekking che porta a Pedra Longa, il grande pinnacolo roccioso che emerge dal mare poco a sud della costa di Baunei. Da Santa Maria Navarrese parte un sentiero abbastanza agevole, con scarso dislivello, che consente in poche ore di camminare a ridosso della scogliera tra profumo di cisto e mirto e viste continue sulla costa. Da Pedra Longa parte anche un percorso verso Cala Fenile, più breve ma comunque in ambiente selvatico, indicato a chi ha già un minimo di dimestichezza con i sentieri rocciosi. Su Gorropu Gli amanti delle gole possono puntare alla gola di Gorropu, al confine tra Ogliastra e Barbagia, uno dei canyon più noti d’Europa. Qui le pareti si stringono e si alzano per decine di metri creando un corridoio di roccia bianca e grigia. Esistono diversi itinerari per arrivare all’ingresso della gola, dai percorsi più facili e adatti anche a chi ha un buon allenamento ma poca esperienza, a quelli per escursionisti esperti che vogliono affrontare dislivelli maggiori o tratti più tecnici. Chi preferisce l’acqua dolce può scegliere le piscine naturali di Bau Mela, nel territorio di Villagrande Strisaili, immerse in un bosco di querce. Il torrente ha scavato il granito creando vasche, cascatelle e scivoli di roccia. In estate l’acqua è fresca e il contrasto con le rocce chiare e il verde del bosco è particolarmente netto. Un’altra zona interessante, sempre legata alle acque interne, è quella delle piscine naturali di Is Piscinas, raggiungibili da un sentiero che parte dal parcheggio della spiaggia di Coccorocci, famosa per i suoi ciottoli scuri. Bau mela Chi cerca adrenalina può provare il canyoning nel torrente Bau Mela, sempre in Ogliastra, con guide che accompagnano lungo gole strette, scivoli naturali e calate in corda, oppure l’abseiling a Pedra Longa, lungo la costa di Baunei, dove si scende in corda doppia su pareti affacciate direttamente sul mare. Per una prospettiva diversa sull’entroterra, i tour in quad e 4x4 nel Supramonte di Baunei e sull’altopiano del Golgo permettono di attraversare piste sterrate, raggiungere belvedere remoti e, in alcuni casi, concludere l’esperienza con un aperitivo o un pranzo tipico tra i pastori. Tra grotte, altopiani e borghi: cosa scoprire oltre la costa Grotta del Bue marino Baunei non è solo mare. Il suo territorio e quello dell’Ogliastra circostante custodiscono grotte spettacolari, altopiani carsici, voragini naturali e siti nuragici. L’altopiano del Golgo, raggiungibile in pochi minuti di auto dal paese, è un grande pianoro calcareo segnato da lecci, campi e antiche tracce della civiltà nuragica. Qui sono stati ritrovati bronzetti nuragici, oggi esposti al Museo archeologico di Cagliari, testimonianza di un passato in cui questa zona aveva un ruolo importante nei percorsi interni dell’isola. Sul Golgo si trova anche la celebre voragine di Su Sterru, una dolina cilindrica profonda, che colpisce per il contrasto tra la vastità del pianoro e questo enorme “pozzo” nel terreno. Grotta del Fico Lungo la Costa del Blue Marino, all’interno del Golfo di Orosei, si apre la Grotta del Fico, accessibile solo via mare. La cavità si trova a una decina di metri sul livello dell’acqua e si sviluppa per centinaia di metri all’interno della roccia. Stalattiti, colate calcaree e saloni si susseguono lungo un percorso attrezzato, ancora in parte in fase di esplorazione da parte degli speleologi. La grotta ha anche avuto un ruolo importante dal punto di vista naturalistico: per un periodo è stata frequentata dalla foca monaca, uno dei mammiferi marini più rari del Mediterraneo. Oggi l’accesso avviene tramite visite guidate, organizzate in genere nel periodo estivo, mentre in inverno le escursioni sono su prenotazione. Più all’interno, a Ulassai, si trova la Grotta di Su Marmuri, una delle grotte turistiche più imponenti d’Italia. Il percorso visitabile è lungo circa un chilometro, con una altezza media di circa 30 metri, e attraversa diverse sale in cui l’acqua, per milioni di anni, ha modellato stalattiti e stalagmiti di ogni forma. La grotta ospita la più grande colonia di pipistrelli conosciuta in Italia, con decine di migliaia di esemplari, oltre a piccoli invertebrati che vivono in un ambiente costantemente umido e buio. Lungo il tragitto guidato si possono notare le diverse fasce lasciate dal passaggio dell’acqua in epoche differenti e le zone “vive”, ancora bagnate, rispetto a quelle ormai secche. Dal punto di vista culturale, l’Ogliastra è costellata di siti preistorici: nuraghi, domus de janas e tombe dei giganti. Nei dintorni di Triei, vicino a Baunei, si trova per esempio la Tomba dei Giganti di Osono, mentre a Tortolì è visitabile il complesso nuragico di S’Ortali ’e su Monti, con torre, capanne e una tomba monumentale. Questi luoghi permettono di collegare il paesaggio attuale alle comunità che lo abitavano già tra il II e il I millennio a.C., con un rapporto strettissimo con le rocce, le sorgenti e i passaggi di montagna. Rocce Rosse I borghi dell’Ogliastra offrono un’altra faccia del territorio. Tortolì è il principale centro urbano, comodo per servizi e come base logistica. Arbatax è noto per le Rocce Rosse, affioramenti di porfido che emergono dal mare, e per il porto, punto di partenza di molte escursioni in barca. Santa Maria Navarrese, frazione marina di Baunei, combina una spiaggia cittadina con la presenza di una torre aragonese e una piccola chiesa medievale immersa tra gli ulivi. Baunei stessa, con le sue case affacciate sulla vallata, è la “porta” verso il Supramonte: da qui si entra in un dedalo di alture e gole che, passo dopo passo, conducono al mare. Sapori d’Ogliastra, tradizioni e consigli pratici Ogliastra La scoperta di Baunei passa anche dalla cucina ogliastrina, fortemente legata alla pastorizia, ai campi terrazzati e alle piccole produzioni locali. Tra i piatti simbolo spiccano i culurgiones d’Ogliastra, riconosciuti come prodotto IGP. Si tratta di una pasta ripiena con una sfoglia lavorata a mano e chiusa “a spiga”, con un ripieno a base di patate, formaggio e menta. Ogni zona, e spesso ogni famiglia, ha la sua variante: alcuni utilizzano pecorino fresco, altri un misto di formaggi vaccini e ovini, qualcuno aggiunge aglio. Il risultato è un morso dal profumo di erbe e dalla consistenza cremosa, spesso servito con salsa di pomodoro semplice. Dallo stesso ripieno nascono le coccoi prena, piccoli “canestri” di pasta fresca che racchiudono il composto di patate, formaggio e menta. Nei paesi dell’Ogliastra compaiono in panifici, pastifici e menù di trattorie e ristoranti. Assaggiare più versioni di culurgiones e coccoi prena permette di capire come una ricetta apparentemente identica cambi leggermente sapore da un paese all’altro. L’Ogliastra e l’area del Supramonte di Baunei fanno parte delle cosiddette Blue Zones, regioni del mondo in cui è stata registrata una concentrazione molto alta di centenari. Qui la longevità viene spesso attribuita a una combinazione di stile di vita attivo, alimentazione basata su prodotti semplici (legumi, pane, formaggi, vino locale) e reti sociali molto fitte. Percorrendo i sentieri, osservando i pastori al lavoro e sedendosi a tavola con piatti che hanno ingredienti di poche decine di chilometri di raggio, si intuisce come il territorio influenzi il modo di vivere. Per pianificare un soggiorno a Baunei conviene considerare almeno 4-5 giorni pieni se si vogliono alternare escursioni in mare, trekking e visite alle grotte. Chi desidera inserire anche attività più tecniche – come canyoning, speleo-canyoning o corsi di wing foil a Bari Sardo, sulla spiaggia di Planargia – può prolungare di qualche giorno per non comprimere troppo i tempi. Il budget varia molto in base alle esperienze scelte: le escursioni guidate in barca, quad, 4x4 o canyoning hanno un costo superiore rispetto alle giornate di spiaggia libera, ma permettono l’accesso a luoghi che, per conformazione del territorio, sono difficilmente raggiungibili in autonomia.

Si è infine composto il quadro delle sistemazioni per atleti e delegazioni che accorreranno a Taranto per i Giochi del Mediterraneo 2026 in programma tra il 21 agosto e il 3 settembre prossimi. Oltre alla nave Aroya, della compagnia saudita Aroya Cruises, secondo quanto appreso da SHIPPING ITALY ad accogliere gli ospiti in qualità di hotel galleggiante sarà il cruise ferry Romantika della estone Tallink. Consegnata nel 2002, la nave è in grado di ospitare fino a 2.500 passeggeri in 636 cabine (ma è probabile che venga utilizzata a capacità ridotta) e attualmente si trova ormeggiata nel porto di Paljassare, a poca distanza da Tallinn. Con l’individuazione del traghetto pare quindi chiuso il lungo iter volto a definire l’accoglienza su nave degli ospiti – atleti, delegazioni, staff – attesi a Taranto durante l’evento, avviato lo scorso settembre con una gara dal budget di 26 milioni di euro andata deserta. Nelle settimane successive era emerso un possibile interesse di Costa Crociere ad assicurare fino a due unità ‘floatel’, ma era stata infine la Aroya Cruises, con la nave Aroya, a farsi avanti nella seconda di due procedure negoziate avviate a questo scopo da Sport&Salute Spa (ex Coni Servizi Spa, controllata del Mef che promuove lo sviluppo delle attività sportive nel paese), ottenendo il contratto relativo al primo lotto per un importo – si apprende – di 16,998 milioni di euro (sui 17 a base). Con l’individuazione, ora, della Romantika, paiono scongiurati sia il rischio, per il Comitato Organizzatore, di dover ripartire l’accoglienza di parte degli atleti e dei loro staff in varie strutture di terra, con evidenti complicazioni logistiche, sia quello di dover utilizzare la Aroya alla massima capacità, con conseguenze negative in termini di comfort degli ospiti. In qualità di consulente in supporto delle società armatrici coinvolte ha agito la società di brokeraggio nvale Ferrando&Massone di Genova. ISCRIVITI ALLA NEWSLETTER QUOTIDIANA GRATUITA DI SHIPPING ITALY SHIPPING ITALY E’ ANCHE SU WHATSAPP: BASTA CLICCARE QUI PER ISCRIVERSI AL CANALE ED ESSERE SEMPRE AGGIORNATI

Durante décadas, las ciudades flotantes fueron una idea reservada para novelas y películas de ciencia ficción. Sin embargo, un proyecto de dimensiones colosales está acercando ese concepto a la realidad. Diseñado para albergar a una población comparable a la de una pequeña ciudad, esteinnovador desarrollocombina lujo, tecnología y una escala sin precedentes, con el objetivo de redefinir el futuro de la navegación mundial. El mundo de los cruceros ha experimentado una evolución constante durante las últimas décadas, pero existe una iniciativa que pretende llevar esa transformación a un nivel completamente diferente. Se trata de Pangeos, un proyecto concebido para convertirse en la estructura flotante más grande jamás construida. Inspirado en la forma de una tortuga marina, estecoloso marítimono ha sido pensado como un crucero tradicional. Sus creadores consideran que sus dimensiones y capacidades superan cualquier categoría existente, por lo que incluso han desarrollado una nueva denominación para definirlo. La propuesta nace de la mano de Lazzarini Design Studio, dirigido por el diseñador italiano Pierpaolo Lazzarini. El nombre elegido hace referencia a Pangea, el antiguo supercontinente que unificaba todas las masas terrestres del planeta hace millones de años, una inspiración que refleja la enorme escala del proyecto. Las características previstas para estagigantesca embarcaciónresultan difíciles de visualizar. Su tamaño supera ampliamente al de los cruceros más grandes que actualmente recorren los océanos. Entre las cifras más destacadas se encuentran sus más de 500 metros de longitud y una anchura cercana a los 615 metros. Además, tendría capacidad para recibir a unas 60.000 personas, una cifra superior a la población de numerosas localidades alrededor del mundo. Pero el verdadero objetivo de Pangeos va mucho más allá del transporte marítimo. La idea es crear una ciudad flotante completamente equipada, capaz de ofrecer prácticamente todo lo que sus habitantes o visitantes puedan necesitar. El diseño contempla residencias permanentes, hoteles de alta gama, centros comerciales, amplias áreas verdes, jardines, instalaciones deportivas y múltiples piscinas distribuidas a lo largo de la estructura. Incluso incluiría un puerto interior destinado a pequeñas embarcaciones, ampliando aún más sus posibilidades operativas. Además de sus impresionantes dimensiones, el proyecto apuesta por incorporar soluciones tecnológicas orientadas a mejorar la eficiencia y reducir elimpacto ambiental. Según los planes presentados por sus desarrolladores, la embarcación utilizaría un sistema de propulsión basado en hidrógeno junto con tres motores principales de gran potencia. Esta combinación permitiría impulsar una estructura de tamaño extraordinario mientras se busca minimizar las emisiones asociadas a su funcionamiento. Otro de los elementos más innovadores sería la incorporación de hidroalas. Estas estructuras submarinas permiten elevar parcialmente la embarcación sobre la superficie del agua durante la navegación, reduciendo la resistencia y mejorando el rendimiento energético. Gracias a estas tecnologías, los responsables del proyecto aspiran a convertir a Pangeos en una referencia para las futuras generaciones de transporte marítimo de gran escala. Levantar una estructura de semejantes dimensiones representa un reto tan extraordinario como el propio diseño del proyecto. Para hacerlo posible, sería necesario desarrollar infraestructuras específicas capaces de albergar un proceso de construcción sin precedentes. La ubicación propuesta para esta tarea se encuentra en Arabia Saudita. Allí sería necesario acondicionar una extensaárea marítimamediante trabajos de dragado que abarcarían más de un kilómetro cuadrado, creando así el espacio suficiente para un astillero adaptado a las necesidades de la gigantesca embarcación. Aunque actualmente continúa siendo un concepto y todavía no existe una fecha oficial para su construcción definitiva, el proyecto ya ha captado la atención de expertos, diseñadores e ingenieros de todo el mundo. La visión detrás de Pangeos es crear mucho más que un crucero de lujo. Sus impulsores imaginan una comunidad flotante donde alojamiento, entretenimiento, comercio y servicios convivan en un único espacio capaz de desplazarse por los océanos. Si finalmente logra materializarse, esta monumental estructura podría marcar un antes y un después en la historia de laingeniería naval. Su tamaño, capacidad y nivel tecnológico la convertirían en una de las obras marítimas más impresionantes jamás concebidas. Más allá de las cifras y los récords, el verdadero atractivo del proyecto reside en su ambición: demostrar que los límites de la navegación moderna todavía están lejos de haber sido alcanzados. [Fuente:El Cronista]

Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas heavyweight Petronas has joined forces with regional partners to jointly evaluate opportunities for improved and enhanced oil recovery (IOR/EOR) in offshore acreages. Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with regional exploration and production (E&P) operators, encompassing Petronas Carigali, PTTEP Sarawak Oil (PTTEP SKO), PTTEP Sabah Oil (PTTEP SBO), and PT Pertamina Malaysia Eksplorasi Produksi (PMEP), alongside University Technology PETRONAS (UTP), to advance offshore oil recovery. The partners will leverage the collective operating experience and technical expertise of Petronas Carigali, PTTEP SKO, PTTEP SBO, and PMEP, alongside UTP’s specialised research capabilities and laboratory facilities, focusing on developing fit‑for‑purpose IOR/EOR studies, supported by laboratory testing, with the potential to mature selected technologies and concepts towards pilot implementation. The Malaysian player claims that this collaboration represents a strategic, cross‑border partnership among regional E&P operators and an academic institution, underscoring a shared aspiration to enhance recovery factors, extend field life, and unlock long‑term value from offshore assets. Datuk Ir. Bacho Pilong, Senior Vice President of Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), commented:“This collaboration brings together the operating experience and research excellence of the parties to accelerate opportunities in IOR/EOR solutions. “By integrating subsurface insights, high-performance computing and operators’ capabilities, we aim to accelerate the maturation of fit-for-purpose solutions, unlock additional value from mature fields and strengthen long-term energy resilience through cross-border collaboration.” This content is available after accepting the cookies. Petronas hand-picks FPSO for Asian hydrocarbon redevelopment project The collaboration aims to enable the signatories to accelerate the deployment of innovative and practical recovery solutions, strengthen regional technical capabilities, and contribute to sustainable resource development across offshore basins. Petronas, through MPM, also unveiled the Digital Intelligence Centre (MDIC), said to mark a key milestone in its journey to becoming an organization anchored in digital innovation and intelligence. The launch reinforces MPM’s role as Malaysia’s upstream resource custodian and demonstrates its commitment to global collaboration and artificial intelligence (AI) driven innovation. MDIC serves as a unified digital platform connecting MPM and Petroleum Arrangement Contractors (PACs), consolidating workflows, data and intelligence into a single environment, streamlining processes, enhancing transparency and enabling faster, more informed decision-making across the petroleum management lifecycle. Datuk Ir. Bacho Pilong added:“This signifies a fundamental shift from navigating multiple systems and touchpoints to one unified AI-enabled platform. Our aim is to institutionalise a data-driven way of working, where decisions are powered by intelligence insights that are fast, trusted, and embedded into daily operations. “Ultimately, MDIC simplifies how PACs engage with MPM, allowing them to focus on what truly matters: high-value, high-impact work.” Take the spotlight and anchor your brand in the heart of the offshore world! Join us for a bigger impact and amplify your presence at the core hub of the offshore energy community!

On May 22, 2026, amid a surge of hunger strikes in immigration detention prisons across the United States, 300 detainees announced from their cells in Newark, New Jersey that they would not eat and would not toil for their captors until their demands were met. This sparked ten days of protest and furious retaliation from federal, state, and local authorities. What began as a peaceful vigil outside Delaney Hall Detention Center in solidarity with the hunger strikers ended with New Jersey State Troopers encircling, brutalizing, and arresting scores of people. The series of events leading up to the strike and culminating in a marathon of violence has been densely packed. Consequently, the fog of war has obscured key details, including the complex dynamics at play between protesters and mutual aid workers, between experienced anti-ICE activists and the local terrain, between the government of New Jersey and federal mercenaries. Here, a participant in mutual aid efforts at Delaney Hall over the preceding months—who was on the ground for much of this wave of protests—recounts how the clashes unfolded. You can donate to support families impacted by immigrant detentionhere. I am a volunteer with Eyes on ICE New Jersey, a mutual aid collective that has been providing aid and hospitality to the detainees held captive in Delaney Hall—which is one of the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in the Northeast—and to the families that travel to visit them. Eyes on ICE is a coalition of volunteers and a preexisting network of aid organizations, includingMovimiento Cosecha,Pax Christi New Jersey,First Friends of New York and New Jersey,Mami Chelo Foundation, and others that have emerged over decades of advocating for those subjected to an increasingly archaic immigration system. Established immigrant justice and faith-based communities with aligned advocacy goals converged on Delaney Hall soon after it reopened in May 2025. Despite the forceful retaliation of federal and local police, the protests continued, only slowing down after thearrests of faith leadersandNewark Mayor Ras Baraka. Over the following weeks, protesters self-organized and refocused their efforts—shifting to assisting detainees and their families through networks of aid distribution, lawyers, and advocates, seeking to catch people before they fall through the cracks. At the same time that the aid group was being built, a ring of concertina-topped mesh-fencing sprang up around the prison. As the weather grew colder, the government of Essex County, the county that holds the detention facility,erected a permanent white tentto house Eyes on ICE. That tent has come to be called the “Radical Hospitality Zone.” The “Radical Hospitality Zone,” where Eyes on ICE volunteers built a space for visitors coming to see people incarcerated in Delaney Hall. Volunteers who do not have professional careers in advocacy participate by helping to maintain a community at the prison gates. Some of us cook or battle inclement weather. Others offer child care, collect donations of groceries and diapers, assist visiting families with transportation, or beautify the tent that houses us with art and music. All of us work together to document the detainees and their captors. Delaney Hall Detention Center is situated in one of the busiest shipping hubs in the country. Located directly behind Newark Airport, the private prison shares the same square mile with multiple incineration plants and a busy commercial road. Periodically, a train screams by loaded with trash to be incinerated or animal carcasses for reprocessing at the facility across the street. The prison is about the size of a Costco, with a 1000-bed capacity. It is operated by GEO Group, one of the largest private prison contractors in the world. GEO Group has a poor human rights track record and is quick to dismiss anyinquiriesor criticisms. TheNew Jersey Globereportsthat the prison is often at maximum capacity; volunteers do their best to count the number of captives inside the tinted windows of the vans that come and go. Some of the people who are released tell us they were arrested just days earlier, usually by accident or as a consequence of racial profiling. Others have been in the system for months, “…transferring between detention centers in Louisiana, Texas, and then back to Delaney, seemingly with the dual purpose of keeping them hidden or underrepresented in the legal system, while also creating excuses for GEO Group (owner of Delaney and often the largest private prison company in the states) to run up quite the tab with the obsequious federal government.” -The Puddle at Delaney Hall The facility is built on a filled-in portion of marshland and river. Backfill and debris from old construction form the foundation for Delaney Hall and the rest of the Ironbound neighborhood. The Ironbound is a historically redlined neighborhood, meaning it has long been home to Black, brown, and immigrant communities. Consequently, the Ironbound was zoned for heavy industry, and the 16-mile stretch of land that Delaney Hall sits on has come to be known as “Chemical Corridor” due to rampant environmental contamination from every form of industry imaginable. In short, it is desolate. There are no homes nearby and a single bus line serves the area. This was the arena for the week of state violence that shook the country. On May 22, Gabriela Soto, whose husband Martin Soto was then held in Delaney Hall, announced that a protest had begun within the prison. During the early hours of the protest, she publicly shared a phone call with Martin. The privilege of speaking on the phone with detainees has since been revoked for all families, along with all other forms of visitation. During that call, Martin announced that he had coordinated with up to 300 other detainees to begin a hunger and labor strike to draw attention to inhumane living conditions and lack of due process under the law. Detainees in Delaney Hall are forced to do all the work to maintain their own prison, receiving $1 per day in return; they regularly report receiving extremely poor quality food, including spoiled food. There are also consistent reports of mistreatment, unsafe living conditions, medical neglect, and sexual assault. Navigating the legal procedures around their detention is difficult; at best, these are intentionally opaque. Starting months before the strike began, Eyes on ICE volunteers and participating organizations received a series of handwrittenlettersfrom detainees. In March, a letter arrived captioned with a large “S.O.S.” and undersigned by 300 detainees from across various cell units. They detailed horrendous conditions, rapid transfers and deportation hearings, and other forms of torture. Many called specific judges out by name for their cruelty. The strikers demanded that New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill come to Delaney Hall to meet with them and witness the conditions in the prison. They also called for the very young, very old, and medically infirm be released from the prison; an end to coercive pressure to sign voluntary deportation papers; and a meaningful review of cases and habeas corpus filings. Gabriela Soto’s announcement precipitated a coordinated call for all Eyes on ICE volunteers and their communities to participate in a 24/7 vigil in solidarity with the strikers. May 22, 2026: the hospitality tent outside Delaney Hall. Gabriela Soto holds a sign she made with her family as she announces the hunger strike. That vigil began immediately after Gaby made her announcement at noon on May 22. At 2 pm, family members of the detainees who were on strike reported that they were unable to communicate with their loved ones. The detainees typically had access to tablets that could make video calls, but the prison guards had revoked the communication privileges of the units that were on strike in retaliation. This information was confirmed by a person detained in the striking unit 2a/b. About to be deported, he used his final phone time to validate this detail. While other detainees in other units had agreed to the strike, 2a/b was the unit Martin Soto was held in, the unit that had initially announced the strike. By 6 pm, the number of protesters at the vigil had swelled to between thirty and forty people. There were several local media vans on scene. The story garnered a brief mention in the evening news in relation to the other strikes across the country. Outside Delaney Hall on the evening of Friday, May 22. As protesters chanted and sang into the night, detainees could be seen silhouetted in the windows closest to the street—waving, dancing, and placing heart-shaped cutouts against the opaque glass. Their response drove home that the vigil was cutting through their isolation. As the evening went on, a few detainees were released, as usual, one or two at a time, often as a consequence of paying bail. The volunteers carried out their intake process and made sure they were safe and had access to transportation and legal advice. The protest lasted through the night and into the following days without incident. Guards and protesters exchanged insults, but neither side deployed anything stronger. On Saturday, May 23, Gaby shared that her husband Martin, now seen as the primary instigator of the strike, had been offered release if he would call off the strike. According to Gaby, he said, “I don’t want to talk, put me back into my cell.” The alarm system for the building was set off for the day and night, a tactic that Eyes on ICE volunteers have witnessed as a means of psychologically torturing the detainees. The alarm is about the volume of a fire alarm in most high schools, but left on for the entire day and night to prevent sleep. Though guards initially denied him entry, Senator Andy Kim was eventually able to enter the facility. He spent several hours inside, speaking to dozens of detainees. In a speech he made afterwards, joined by Representative Rob Menendez, Kim confirmed most of the claims of the strikers, including the poor food and water quality, unacceptable sanitary conditions, and reports of mistreatment and medical neglect. Another night passed without incident as the protesters maintained a continuous presence. On Saturdays and Sundays, the facility is open for visitation and families are allowed in. Families continued to come for regular visitation throughout the weekend, bringing children and elders. This gave a familial air to the protest, with children chalking on the driveway leading to the gates and sometimes leading chants. On Saturday evening, Martin’s cell mates reported that ICE agents or guards came to the room to remove Martin to solitary confinement. Each twenty to thirty or more people inside. All thirty of Martin’s cellmates grouped around him and locked arms, refusing to let him be punished for his role in the strike. At about 4 pm on Sunday, May 24, Gaby approached the prison for a scheduled visit with Martin. Once she was inside the fence but had not entered the facility itself, she saw two ICE agents physically carry her husband out of the prison and throw him into the back of one of the white vans used for detainee transfer. Later, when she was eventually permitted to talk with him, she discovered that guards had lured him into leaving his cell by reassuring him that he was going to be released. He followed them to a second room, where ICE officials attempted to interrogate him, then prepared him for transfer and tossed him into a van. A call went out to Eyes on ICE volunteers and to various other leftist and aid groups as far afield as New York and Pennsylvania. Because Delaney Hall receives detainees from a large area, this was not just New Jersey’s fight. The message of Eyes on ICE was simple: “They’re retaliating against the strikers, and we won’t let them disappear even a single one until their demands are heard.” Elected officials who had been planning a congressional oversight visit that week were notified. The US representative for New Jersey, Rob Menendez, arrived later that night for an unannounced visit. He had visited a week prior but had left with the impression that the prison had been prepared in expectation of his inspection. Menendez was allowed into the gates of the prison, but was barred from entry for fourteen hours while a cleaning crew came to dispose of whatever they did not want him to see. He remained in the courtyard in the rain that whole night, trying to check vehicles for transfers and relaying information to protesters outside the gate. The blocking action started immediately with the legal protection of afederal judge’s court order—put in place pending the review of a previously filed Habeas petition barring Martin’s removal from the facility. With the blocking action in place, protesters formed a barrier from orange plastic water tanks commonly used as construction barriers. About 150 protesters stood behind the barrier by 8 pm on Sunday night. Outside Delaney Hall on the evening of May 24. As the night wore on, the crowd thinned to about 75 people, but they successfully stopped each attempted transfer from the facility. Eyes on ICE volunteers attempted to persuade the crowd to respect the property boundaries and refrain from physically obstructing the personal vehicles of GEO Group employees. Newark Police were dispatched several times to escort the transport vans past the crowd; people clearly and calmly explained to them that they were participating in an illegal removal. They disengaged at about 11 pm. Spirits were high, but several protesters argued over tactics. Many did not understand why volunteers asked that GEO Group vehicles be allowed to leave. The crowd did their best to inspect non-transport vehicles as they exited, but some protesters wanted to limit all vehicle movement in and out. Volunteers with Eyes on ICE repeatedly explained their reasoning for not wanting to engage with the police. Many volunteers had been present for the previous year’s protests at the facilities’ opening and did not want a repeat incident. At several points, GEO employees lurched their vehicles through the crowd, hitting people and almost pinning one against a barrier. At 1:30 am that night, a light rain began to fall. Protesters were formed in two groups, one by the main gate composed of between forty and fifty protesters and a smaller group of about ten by a secondary unused gate a hundred yards to the south, called gate five. It had been almost two hours since the agents attempted any transports, and the energy of the protesters was settling for a night’s vigil. Suddenly, approximately twenty ICE agents stormed from the south gate, armed with pepper spray. They shoved through the newly assembled barriers and sprayed several people in the smaller group of sentries. The ICE agents grabbed those who attempted to defend the barrier and threw them to the ground. One woman in her sixties remained at the barrier; three agents shoved her to the ground, picked her up, and threw her back down with considerable force about ten feet away. She was taken to the University Hospital about an hour later for broken ribs and trouble breathing. As soon as they had cleared a pathway, a convoy of ten unmarked vehicles, mostly Jeep compasses, sped out of the facility headed north toward downtown Newark. Later, a suspicion was confirmed that one of the vehicles carried Martin Soto, illegally transporting him to Elizabeth detention center—a smaller ICE facility. Once the vehicle carrying Martin and an escort vehicle were clear of the main body of protesters, the remaining eight cars turned around in the entrance of the Essex County Corrections Facility, a medium-security state prison right next to Delaney Hall. The feds sped recklessly through the protesters on the street, narrowly missing several. They stopped their cars in a line directly in front of the south gate and deployed from their vehicles, one to two agents emerging from each car. Most agents were armed with telescoping batons, and about five carried large cans of pepper spray (likely MK 38, supplied bySafariland). The protesters at the north gate began responding to the ICE agents. Gaby was taken into the hospitality tent and instructed not to leave, as she was four months pregnant. Some protesters stayed behind at the north gate to ensure that the agents were not acting as a decoy. The rest rushed south. Just as they arrived to find that the crew at the south gate had been beaten and sprayed, the agents resumed spraying. However, the parallel parked vehicles on the street partially screened the protesters, and a truck returning from the port with a large shipping container in tow was stopped, further blocking the spray. Some protesters and independent photographers ran into the street to confront or photograph the agents. They were sprayed and chased back to the sidewalk, where agents hit several people with batons and sprayed several more at point-blank range. The entire encounter lasted about three minutes from the ICE agents exiting the gate to the moment they returned to their vehicles and sped south for the night. The pepper spray had severe effects, as most of the protesters that evening lacked adequate PPE. Representative Menendez maintained that he did not see the agents move Martin from the back of the van that he was believed to be in, but Menendez did not claim to have been watching it the whole time. Graffiti directing people in New York City to show up outside Delaney Hall in Newark. The events of the previous night marked the escalation that set the tone for the following week. A continuous presence of volunteers and protesters maintained the vigil throughout that night; the following morning, approximately ten protesters remained outside the gates of Delaney Hall. Governor Mikie Sherrill was due to arrive at 10 am to attempt entry and give a press briefing at the facility. Menendez remained inside the gates, still barred from entry. At about 7:30 am, a group of ICE agents could be seen staging down Doremus Ave, the road on which Delaney Hall is located. The agents were joined by a BearCat—a police armored personnel carrier. The roughly twenty agents were armed with pepper spray; the agent in the turret of the BearCat sported a FTC PRO pepperball gun. The agents dispersed the last few protesters and tore down the temporary barriers, lifting them into the dumpster beside the south gate. They then staged in front of the gate, standing across from a slowly growing crowd of protesters and journalists. Governor Sherrill arrived with more media in tow to cover her press briefing. She unsuccessfully attempted to enter Delaney Hall, then delivered a speech in front of the gates. Her speech frustrated protesters, as she offered few details about how the strikers’ demands might be met. She also misrepresented some details of the demands and the operations of the facility, suggesting that she had only a superficial understanding of the conflict. The governor departed by 11 am, and tensions between protesters and ICE agents mounted quickly. ICE agents attempted to clear a path through the crowd for a steady stream of transport vehicles. Senator Kim attempted to intervene, negotiating with the ICE agents and the gathering crowd to allow vehicles to pass if he could check them for transfers. Some protesters continued blocking vehicles. For the most part, Kim was denied access to the transport vehicles. While Kim stood between protesters and the agents, still negotiating, a transport approached from the gates. The crowd pressed forward and the agent on the turret of the BearCat opened fire indiscriminately. Afterwards, Kim reported that he felt the sting of something hitting him in the back, and then a chemical burn in his lungs and eyes. The agents also deployed pepper spray, striking many people, including Kim and several of his staffers, who required eye flushing afterwards. Kim eventually gained entry to the facility after personally calling the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Markwayn Mullin. This was possible only because of congress is the source of funding for all DHS operations, which secures them legal power of oversight. Afterwards, Kim was able to confirm that Martin Soto had been transferred. After the melee, the pressure of the crowd diminished as protesters and volunteers regrouped. Throughout the day, reports returned from family that the strikers were being collectively punishment. Most of the strikers were prevented from communicating with anyone outside, including with lawyers or with commissary accounts needed to purchase supplemental food. Some prisoners were forced to stand for extended periods of time, and many were threatened with transfer. Visitation was canceled indefinitely. The strikers reported that they were frustrated that people outside Delaney Hall were focusing on the conditions in the prison, emphasizing their desire for freedom, due process, and the closure of the detention facility. The agents who had attacked the crowd eventually reentered the facility. The rest of the afternoon and evening passed without incident. Throughout the afternoon and evening, protesters built a barricade, tearing up cement bricks from a retaining wall between the prison and the sidewalk. They employed additional scrap metal and refuse from the adjacent train tracks to reinforce the barricade. Once again, at 7 am, ICE agents reinforced by a BearCat deployed from the south gate. Using pepper spray and batons, they cleared a path through the crowd of about twenty protesters. Confrontations between protesters and ICE agents continued. By 4 pm, the crowd had grown to about 60 protesters. As the number of protesters grew, more agents appeared, forming a line. They pulled up three vehicles branded with ICE logos. These vehicles are typically not used for regular immigration enforcement operations; they first showed up in Minneapolis during a retaliatory rampage Greg Bovino led on January 13. They staged the vehicles in front of the gates, with the agents shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk facing the protesters assembled in the street. As the sun set at 8 pm, the shoving match between agents and protesters settled into a 30-minute rhythm in which agents repeatedly lunged forward across the five feet separating the two lines. First, some agents would deploy pepper spray while others charged forward holding their batons horizontally as a bar at chest height. Once in contact with the arm-locked crowd, they would shove people to the ground, often swinging the batons at people’s knees. Sometimes this push coincided with vehicles leaving or entering the south gate, but often, there were no vehicles coming; it was as if they were adhering to a schedule. The agents deploying the pepper spray repeatedly sought to pull protesters’ protective masks and goggles away from their faces in order to spray directly into their eyes and mouths. At first, the medics treating those impacted by the pepper spray were baffled by how long the effects lasted and how resistant the spray was to decontamination with soap solution. They eventually concluded that ICE had switched to a pepper-gel formulation, likely to compensate for the persistently windy conditions on Doremus Avenue. Three individuals were marked for capture in the course of the night, and agents repeatedly broke through the line of protesters in twos or threes to chase them down. ICE agents incapacitated one of these individuals with a taser, and slammed the other two to the ground. All three were carried through the prison gates. One of the detainees was a volunteer with Eyes on ICE, marked with a red cross and explicitly operating as a medic. The agents flashed their flashlights at him repeatedly, and one protester reported hearing a confirmation of location and target from the agents immediately before they attempted to detain him. Eight agents surrounded and tackled the medic about twenty yards outside the conflict line, and carried him face down back to the prison. Later that evening, all three of the people that ICE had captured that day were left under a bridge about two miles away with all of their possessions. The medic was still marked with his red cross. One of the detainees reported being locked in an unventilated van for almost seven hours with his hands restrained and a possible concussion. Clashes continued through the night, with the agents using copious amounts of pepper spray. By morning, when many of the protesters had dispersed, the BearCat returned. During an outdoor recreation period, one of the detainees called out to the protesters: “Libertad, libertad, libertad!” Guards were observed mocking the prisoners and attempting to goad them into a confrontation, threatening them with large canisters of what volunteers suspected to be tear gas. The detainees who were still able to call their lawyers reported that the labor strike had forced the prison administrators to clean the bathrooms themselves. The strikers were not allowed to leave their rooms, and there were reports of a strong chemical odor emanating from the ventilation pipes. One ambulance left the facility that evening. One of the hunger strikers was released. Once again, the ICE agents adhered to the 30-minute intervals, repeatedly pushing protesters back, often into heavy traffic. Doremus Avenue serves as an industrial artery, with large cargo trucks comprising much of the traffic. ICE agents repeatedly shoved protesters into the wheels of passing trucks. The agents appeared to be attempting to coordinate their attacks with the passing of traffic. The agents mostly used their batons as barring tools to secure space while other agents swung the batons at the knees of protesters. In the course of the day, several protesters required transport to the hospital, suffering nerve and bone damage from beatings or vehicle strikes. The same woman who had been the first casualty of Sunday night required a return trip to the hospital. She was unable to walk. That evening, protesters intensified their defensive strategy, employing shields constructed from traffic cones. More experienced anti-ICE activists from the Twin Cities, Los Angeles, and Chicago arrived to share tactical experience. Activists from Minnesota reported shock at the intensity of violence on display at the gate. Demonstrators confront ICE agents outside Delaney Hall on Wednesday, May 27. Governor Sherrill held a press briefing on the afternoon of Thursday, May 28, announcing a need for DHS to step back from crowd control functions at the gate and declaring that the state police would take their place the following day. She also announced the establishment of a “First Amendment Zone” to “protect” the protesters. During the day, prison officials spray-painted a line marking the boundary of the property of Delaney Hall. In fact, apart from the private property of the prison, the entire sidewalk and street is public property, and should legally require no special demarcation regarding where people’s rights begin and end. At about 1:30 pm, advocates and family members began receiving calls from detainees relaying that about forty guards from the Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT) had entered their unit and began beating selected targets among the strikers, with ICE agents joining in. This retaliation occurred when CERT entered the striking unit 2a/b to remove a detainee who had been translating for the strikers’ communications with advocates outside. The strikers, gathered in a common area between cells, locked arms around that person. The agents and CERT team beat them and deployed CS gas in the hallways to drive the strikers back into their rooms. Then they opened each door in the unit and sprayed a heavy dose of pepper spray into the poorly ventilated rooms. Four ambulances carried away severely injured detainees later that afternoon, and nearly all of those in the striking women’s unit (unit 1) were transferred out of the prison. The contact between the line of ICE and the line of protesters replicated the established pattern of the previous day, intensifying at sundown, then becoming less frequent in the early morning as the number of protesters dwindled. During the day, the agents used batons less, opting for direct hand-to-hand confrontation. They would grab demonstrators’ clothing or PPE and use it to throw the protester to the ground. The agents appeared to be rotating on a nightly basis; Thursday night’s agents were visibly larger than their predecessors. They bodily lifted smaller protesters in order to throw them at the ground or into oncoming traffic. They continued to use batons, spray, and pepper balls, but to a lesser degree. Once again, a number of protesters were injured and required medical attention. ICE agents prepare to brutalize protesters outside Delaney Hall on Thursday, May 28. On Friday, May 29, reports began filtering in that strikers were eating again. The strikers communicated a new demand that outside medical treatment be offered to the members of unit 2a/b who had been beaten. A number of Facebook groups announced a counter-protest at the prison planned for Saturday at 10 am. Pro-ICE counter-protesters had been appearing in growing numbers throughout the week, though never exceeding a handful. They typically arrived during the day and stood with the ICE agents, antagonizing the protesters. Newark Police, in coordination with New Jersey State Police, began staging at the two roads intersecting Doremus about a half mile north and south of the prison. They put new barriers in place. The ICE agents were still visibly staged at the mouth of the south gate. An additional line of state and local police formed between the protesters and the ICE agents, facing the protesters. They conducted a few arrests, but much of the day passed without conflict. All non-commercial traffic was blocked from Doremus Avenue, forcing protesters and volunteers to park on the perpendicular roads, Roanoke Avenue and Wilson Avenue. As 9 pm approached, the crowd of protesters, holding steady at about one hundred people, received warning that they would be subject to arrest if they remained. State Police in riot gear closed off both ends of the street. At about 9:30 pm, a third line of State Police in riot gear appeared 300 yards north of the gathered protesters. The protesters formed their own line, facing north, and waited to see what sort of assault was coming. Assuming a shield wall formation, the police began shooting mortar-fired tear gas behind the assembled protesters, into the direction that they were ordering the protesters to disperse. The police advanced, attacking the protesters with flash-bang grenades and less-lethal 40 mm foam rounds. Throughout the confrontation, they also used stinger pellet rounds, while ICE agents fired pepper balls from their position on the flank of the retreating protesters. The CS gas was largely ineffective, as the wind was blowing the gas from the south to the north, where the police line was formed. Mounted horse units moved in front of the advancing shield wall and charged the slowly retreating protesters. A photo supplied by a protester showing spent munitions that the New Jersey State Police fired at demonstrators on the night of May 29. State Police fired tear gas directly at independent media journalists, hitting at least one person. Reporters from national media outlets suddenly disappeared into their vehicles and did not film the advance. It is possible they were instructed to do so ahead of time. As the protesters made contact with the shield wall of police, some shoving took place. The protesters eventually dispersed, retreating to their vehicles. Police arrested some of them. It was eventually learned from the police that the goal of the action was to open space for a shift change at the prison. The New Jersey Attorney General released a statement about the clashes between State Police and the protesters, characterizing the protesters as the instigators. Absurdly, they accused the protesters of attacking the police with tear gas, directly contradicting ample video documentation of what actually happened. A Department of Homeland Security vehicle damaged during a protest outside Delaney Hall on May 29. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced a 9 pm curfew, calling for “order” in the streets. Newark Police erected metal corral barriers in front of their line facing the street and created a separation between the designated spaces for protest and counter-protest. Over two hundred people assembled, despite the ban on parking on the entire street. Several hundred police were present as well, from multiple departments, both local and state. All this time, the volunteers at the hospitality tent had been organizing to receive people as they were released, as between one and three detainees had been released each day over the preceding three days. Volunteers also continued organizing peaceful protest events including prayer circles, singing, and dancing. Conflicts continued between volunteers and protesters who wanted to block vehicles. Multiple chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America had been called to the protest by the Eyes on ICE volunteers, with the request to train and assist in marshalling the crowd. At the most, between twenty and thirty individuals participated in the counterprotest. About eight of them claimed to represent the Proud Boys, arriving in shirts and masks branded with their signature logo. One carried a bottle of bear mace. No physical confrontations occurred and they eventually left at about 2 pm. Outside Delaney Hall on the afternoon of Saturday, May 30. Photograph byFizzy Fox Photographer. The rest of the day passed without incident until the 9 pm curfew. Once again, the State Police staged to the north; but this time, they deployed the shield wall to the south of the crowd. They advanced on the crowd the same way they had the previous night, firing tear gas over the heads of protesters while throwing gas canisters and flash-bang grenades in front of them. Horse units deployed again, but this time, the protesters were less willing to give ground. Police pushed the protesters back to the part of the street directly in front of the south gate. At that point, Newark Police were attempting to hold the barrier fences between the police line and the street, perpendicular to the advancing shield wall. None of the local police were equipped with PPE; they began choking and covering their faces with their uniforms as clouds of gas wafted into their line. Protesters grabbed the dividing fence and pulled it away from the police, repurposing it as a barrier between themselves and the advancing shield wall. The Newark Police retreated into the prison gates. This time, protesters clashed more directly with the State Police, pushing back with makeshift shields and holding on to the barriers that they had pulled away from the local police. The police used same crowd control weapons again, eventually forcing the crowd of people north toward Roanoke Avenue. They made about a dozen arrests as the crowd retreated and inflicted severe injuries on several protesters, primarily by means of rubber bullets and other less-lethal rounds but also by slamming their shields into protesters. A confrontation outside Delaney Hall on the evening of Saturday, May 30. Photograph byFizzy Fox Photographer. As the line of conflict moved past the hospitality tent, the police targeted several volunteers with Eyes on ICE and its affiliated aid organizations for arrest. The protesters slowly backed down Doremus until they reached the intersection of Roanoke and Doremus, where a second shield wall of riot police was waiting. The police stopped there and faced the remaining protesters for almost half an hour while the protesters led chants and gave speeches. Someone started a fire using the tires and debris scattered over the road. The protesters chanted “When the streets get hot, ICE MELTS! When the streets burn, ICE MELTS!” as they prepared for what appeared to be a kettling action. The confrontation fizzled when a person in a wheelchair, accompanied by someone pushing it, approached the police line and began asking to be let through. Both people identified themselves as press; one was an Associated Press photographer and the other, aNew York Timesreporter. Both were displaying press credentials on lanyards. The person in the wheelchair informed the police that their knee was broken and they needed to pass the shield wall to reach immediate medical attention. The police were silent. This encounter lasted for ten minutes, with the protesters offering to back up to convince the police to open a passage for the injured person. With no audible instructions from the police, the journalists continued to plead; eventually, the police opened a small hole in their line. The injured person asked several times if it was safe to approach; the police gave no discernible answer. Eventually, without instruction from the police, the two passed through the opening. Police issued warnings to the remaining protesters, arresting and charging a few of them. A fire down the street from Delaney Hall on the evening of Saturday, May 30. Far fewer protesters arrived on Sunday, May 31. The entire street was closed to nonessential traffic. Those who did show up stood at the intersections with Roanoke to the north or Wilson to the south. For the first time, police did not let in volunteers to receive released detainees. At midday, Governor Sherrill held a press briefing, announcing a coordinated effort to cooperate with local police to take over and eventually close Delaney Hall through legal means. As the curfew approached, between fifty and sixty protesters gathered at the intersection of Wilson and Doremus, facing the State Police at the new roadblock. Some protesters pleaded with the police to reconsider their actions, informing them that the protesters were unarmed and holding their hands up to demonstrate this. At one point, people on foot who had traveled to Doremus to visit friends in the Essex County Corrections Facility walked into the middle of the standoff and, not knowing what exactly was going on, joined the protesters. They down sat in front of the protesters, who gave them helmets to protect them from less lethal munitions. All of the medics departed, pleading with the protesters to do the same, arguing that they had sustained too many injuries and arrests to remain in danger. At about 10 pm, the police began firing rubber bullets sporadically. Officers could be seen coordinating to target specific protesters. Some protesters began singing, “All that we are saying is give peace a chance,” hands raised in the air. Police received the order to advance and began rushing toward the protesters, shooting rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades. The protesters turned and ran. Synchronizing their movements, the police encircled the retreating crowd with a shield line. They formed a half circle around the protesters, backing them up against a wall. For ten minutes, they periodically picked off protesters at the edge of the kettle. Four police officers seized one of the people who had happened upon the protest while on their way to visit the Essex facility, dragging him into the wall of shields in a seated position. The wall of police closed around him, concealing the officers as they beat and pepper-sprayed him. The police closed in three steps in unison. Then they announced that individuals with “verified” press credentials would be allowed to leave. An officer checked press passes as at least ten independent journalists left the kettle. After pushing the journalists to a distance of over a hundred yards away, the police mass-arrested the remaining detainees. They made a total of sixty-four known arrests that night, including mutual aid volunteers. All the arrestees were held overnight and released with court summonses after twenty hours in custody. Most of the charges were “disorderly persons” and resisting arrest. Demonstrators use traffic cones to attempt to extinguish tear gas canisters on the night of May 30. We recommend immersing canisters in water to extinguish them; you can learn about how to do so safelyhere. The next day, Mayor Baraka announced that he would not be participating in cooperation with the State Police or ICE. He cited the misuse of police force, claiming that it was putting Newark’s own officers in danger. Governor Sherrill also made an announcement, presenting a plan to close Delaney Hall by bringing a lawsuit against GEO Group for illegally barring state inspectors from accessing the facilities’ medical units, bathrooms, and sleeping areas. She characterized the Eyes on ICE volunteers who had been rendering mutual aid and legal assistance to detainees and their families as “peaceful protesters, there for the past year,” implying that the Radical Hospitality Tent was some sort of state-sanctioned, palatable protest center. This is how her remarks were reported on outlets like Fox News. She also announced that she would be handing management of the street over to the Newark Police and withdrawing most of the State Police. On Monday, as a limited number of Eyes on ICE volunteers were allowed back to the tent, they discovered investigative units from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations inside, ransacking it. The agents had overturned everything inside the tent; many items were missing including diapers, an electric cooler, announcements of prayer gatherings posted on a bulletin board, and personal possessions. The hospitality tent still stands, though it will take professional cleaning crews to decontaminate it of CS gas residue. The volunteers are exhausted, but those who were arrested have been released, albeit with charges. Eyes on ICE continues working to ensure some degree of independent monitoring at the detention facility as well as supporting detainees and their families. New Jersey is still reeling from the week of vicious retaliation for the strike from both the state and federal governments. Narratives about the protests are regularly misrepresented in corporate news outlets. Nonetheless, centrists who were mostly sympathetic to the volunteers before this week have experienced collective disillusionment with state authority, especially with their Democratic governor, Mikie Sherrill. It remains to be seen whether conditions will improve for the detainees in Delaney Hall. Yet their story has been elevated to a national audience, forcing another discussion about police violence and immigration enforcement. For now, ICE continues to operate from their field office in downtown Newark at 614 Frelinghuysen Avenue. An increasing number of people have been released from the facility, including some who managed to obtain the attention of congresspeople on oversight visits. Many of those released have expressed profound gratitude for the nationwide expressions of solidarity, and the solidarity of the protesters, which they could hear from within their cells. The strike at Delaney Hall has sparked strikes in other facilities around the country. Visitation is set to resume soon with new restrictions. The people who stand at the gates of Delaney Hall, day in and day out, will continue to stand there. Many will continue working to dismantle the unjust immigration system, as they did before the opening of Delaney Hall. Anti-ICE protesters will regroup and converge on the next flashpoint, wherever that may be. Their numbers will likely be bolstered by new companions from New York and New Jersey, who will add their recent experience defying ICE to the movement’s collective memory. The fight will continue as they refine their tactics and strategies.

Questo articolo è gratis. Per leggerne altri, ricevere le newsletter e avere libero accesso ai contenuti scelti dalla redazione Registrati Si sono avvalsi della facoltà di non rispondere Safeer Ahmed e Ali Raza, i due cittadini pakistani di 31 anni fermati con l’accusa di omicidio plurimo aggravato per la morte di quattro braccianti agricoli avvenuta ad Amendolara, nel Cosentino per i quali in serata è stato convalidato il fermo. I due indagati sono assistiti dagli avvocati Giovanni Brandi Cordasco Salmena e Giulia Montilli e, al momento, non hanno rilasciato dichiarazioni agli inquirenti. Uccisi perché si erano lamentati di dover vivere in 10 in una stanza. Sarebbe questo il movente della strage dei braccianti di lunedì ad Amendolara, secondo quanto emerge dal decreto con cui il Gip ha disposto il carcere per i due presunti assassini. La lite sarebbe scoppiata la mattina dell’omicidio tra una delle vittime e Safeer e a raccontare l’episodio agli investigatori sarebbe stato un conoscente di Raza, dopo averlo saputo dallo stesso. Nel corso della lite, Safeer avrebbe riportato una tumefazione allo zigomo tanto che l’altro indagato ha chiamato le forze di polizia per sedare la rissa. Ullah Ismat Qiemi, 19 anni, e il più grande Waseem Khan, 29, sono morti insieme. Con loro anche Amin Fazal Khogjani, 28 anni, e Safi Iayjad, 27. (Nella foto da sinistra Qiemi, Khogjani e Iayjad) Per gli inquirenti è stato un quadruplice omicidio “di una brutalità inaudita”, che sarebbe stato “premeditato” e “organizzato secondo un piano ben predefinito”. Gli inquirenti stanno lavorando per definire il ruolo dei due fermati e per chiarire se l’episodio si inserisca in un contesto più ampio legato allo sfruttamento del lavoro agricolo. Una delle piste principali riguarda infatti il caporalato e le dinamiche di controllo dei lavoratori nei campi del Sud Italia. “La Calabria, e anche una parte della Lucania, ha un contesto, e non lo scopriamo oggi, meritevole di attenzione sul fenomeno del caporalato. È evidente che una delle piste è anche questa”, ha spiegato il procuratore D’Alessio. Il magistrato ha inoltre sottolineato come il sistema di sfruttamento non sia sempre riconducibile a forme “pure” di illegalità, ma spesso si inserisca in dinamiche più complesse: “Oggi, però, chi lavora nel caporalato non è un lavoratore ‘in nero’ puro. Sono persone che formalmente stanno a posto e molto spesso si trovano a dover operare su due contesti: da un lato, il contesto minaccioso e di sfruttamento delle condizioni di vita, spesso da parte di connazionali; dall’altro, l’ipocrisia di nostri concittadini che utilizzano nelle loro attività queste persone pagandole quattro soldi”. Le indagini hanno già ricostruito alcune fasi dell’azione grazie alle immagini di videosorveglianza di un distributore di carburante e alle testimonianze raccolte sul posto. Un elemento ritenuto decisivo dagli investigatori è la testimonianza di un carabiniere della Forestale che aveva fermato poco prima il minivan per un controllo. Dal video si vedrebbero i due indagati intervenire per impedire la fuga dei passeggeri: uno di loro scendere dal veicolo e aprire il cofano, l’altro rompere la maniglia di uno sportello e bloccare fisicamente i braccianti all’interno, mentre il mezzo veniva avvolto dalle fiamme. Solo una delle cinque persone a bordo è riuscita a salvarsi, rompendo un finestrino e fuggendo con un braccio fratturato. Il superstite, identificato come Taji Mohammad Alamyar, ha denunciato l’esistenza di una presunta “mafia pakistana” e ha raccontato che i colleghi sarebbero stati uccisi dopo essersi ribellati ai caporali. L’uomo è ora sotto protezione. Gli investigatori non ritengono al momento che il superstite abbia avuto un ruolo nella dinamica dell’omicidio e continuano a cercare eventuali complici o figure di raccordo che possano aver favorito o coordinato l’azione. Parallelamente, la Procura sta verificando i rapporti di lavoro dei braccianti e degli indagati nelle aziende agricole tra Scanzano (Potenza) e altre aree del Sud Italia, per chiarire se il gruppo fosse inserito in circuiti di intermediazione illecita o sfruttamento lavorativo. L’ipotesi degli inquirenti è che i due fermati possano essere stati caporali o intermediari, oppure braccianti a loro volta inseriti in un sistema più ampio di gestione della manodopera migrante nei campi. Un quadro ancora in fase di definizione, mentre si attendono le decisioni del gip sulla convalida del fermo.

Δείτε περισσότερα άρθρα μας στα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης Hello, I’ll start with a little behind-the-scenes story that was discussed and “read into” more than anything else the other night: the photo of Adonis at an event marking Masoutis’ 50th anniversary, sitting at the same table as Androulakis and little Zoe, who were clearly looking elsewhere, visibly frozen. First of all, how it happened: Minister Adonis was seated at a neighboring table with Karamanlis of Rafina, Stournaras, and Masoutis. At one point, he says to the “supermarket man,” “Watch this, just for fun… so that someone might actually notice your event online. I’m going to sit for five minutes at the next table with Takis (Theodorikakos), who’s sitting with Androulakis and Zoe. Just wait and see what happens when they spot me next to them.” And that’s exactly what happened, to the point that a flustered Nikos (no, now he’s not merely angry…) leaked a line to the media saying that “he wasn’t sitting next to Adonis”… as if someone had said he was sitting with Haris Doukas! The rest you know, you read it, and of course you understand what’s going on in poor little PASOK. If you’re wondering why so many politicians were at Masoutis’ event, I have the answer. Because of their size and the nature of their business, supermarkets hire hundreds of employees every year, seasonal workers and so on. As you can imagine, every politician wants a little favor, a little appointment, despite all the things we hear these days and naturally laugh about. Meanwhile, no matter how much goodwill people may have, and no matter how much bullying pollsters endure, at best poor Nikos comes out in third place ahead of President Maria, but that’s as far as it goes. Yesterday, one of those rumors that sweep through the political scene started circulating: that Kasselakis is going to PASOK. The older generation used to say that being insulted is good because it means people take you seriously; being mocked, however… Yesterday I learned (though how could I verify it?) that Nikos is holding consultations in general, and one of the people involved is Laliotis, who in any case practically lives at Charilaou Trikoupi (as if it were his own home), tucked away in some small office. Of course, I have no idea what he’s telling him, but whatever he’s telling him… In the midst of this wonderful atmosphere that is PASOK, the Political Council meets on Friday. Now, some people may be saying that Nikos is going to get rid of Haris, but however great the human temptation may be, I don’t think Nikos will take that step. His people say he will try to speak in a somewhat more “transcendent” way and refer to the party’s political plan that needs to be promoted. But if he hears Haris, in his own remarks, repeating what he said on Sunday on Mega, he’ll be waiting for him around the corner, and I can see the mayor not getting away unscathed—unless that’s exactly what he wants. Another problem for Haris is that his influence within the party organs has diminished since he fell out with Christodoulakis, who is trying to create his own political pole. As for the other “top figures,” no need for me to tell you: Geroulanos is completely disillusioned and sees no prospects for upward momentum, while Diamantopoulou is acting the most composed, though she does have a special fondness for Haris, because he takes every opportunity to look after her as well. K.M. has several trips ahead of him these days: today to Bulgaria, then Montenegro, and from there to Boston—which is why he will miss the baptism of the son of his former associate Elpidoforos Papanikolopoulos, whom he married to Evina Giakoumatou, on Saturday in Psychiko. I’m told, however, that he has personally taken charge of the issue of the party’s new secretary and that the names being discussed in the recent past are no longer in the picture. Now, he may send a message over the weekend from the United States and tell his sphinx-like associates, “We’re done, this is the one,” or he may tell them on Monday when he returns. In any case, the official announcement within the party will be made on Wednesday, when New Democracy’s Political Committee meets. I wrote yesterday that Tasos Hatzivasileiou, who unfairly left the government because of the OPEKEPE affair, is expected to return to the government lineup. The most likely position is the one Miltiadis Varvitsiotis held in the previous government: responsible for European Affairs, though logically as a deputy minister rather than an alternate minister. After all, preparations are needed for Greece’s upcoming EU Presidency in the second half of 2027, and there is work to be done. Amid reports that launching his own party is already a settled decision, Samaras is preparing to travel to Heraklion on Friday afternoon to speak at an event organized by the think tank “Noima-Crete,” which will take place at the Chamber of Commerce. The think tank is run by physician Grigoris Paspatis, a long-time New Democracy candidate and old friend of Samaras, though generally an institutional figure, and by Fragkiskos Lambrinos, who comes from the PASOK camp and is the son of former Heraklion mayor Vasilis Lambrinos. The speech will have a broad theme, and Samaras is the first former prime minister to accept the think tank’s invitation, obviously because he will also have the chance to speak in proud Crete, especially in Heraklion, where New Democracy has suffered a setback because of the OPEKEPE affair. Invitations were sent to all MPs from the prefecture, but I hear that all three “blue” MPs will be absent. Avgenakis does not have particularly warm relations with Samaras, while Kostas Kefalogiannis has another commitment, and Maximos Senetakis considered attending because of his friendship with Lambrinos, who is also his lawyer, but ultimately will not be present. It will, however, be interesting to see which New Democracy figures go to listen to the former prime minister, who yesterday at Tagaras’ funeral kept his distance from Mitsotakis. Kyriakos Pierrakakis’ presence yesterday at the Élysée Palace was primarily focused on a meeting with the new Secretary-General of the French Presidency, Pierre-André Imbert. However, attention was drawn by his brief conversation with Emmanuel Macron. It was not the first time the two had exchanged views, even briefly, and many recalled that during the recent French business mission to Athens, Macron publicly referred to the Greek minister twice. And since I mentioned the French president, it is worth noting that Pierrakakis’ visit to Paris confirmed something else as well: the relationships the Greek side has developed with Macron’s inner circle continue regardless of the individuals involved or the offices they hold. The day before yesterday, the Finance Minister and President of the Eurogroup was among the first to meet Emmanuel Moulin on his first day as Governor of the Bank of France. The relationship between the two men has been built over the recent period, when Moulin served as Secretary-General of the French Presidency and was one of Macron’s closest collaborators. And yesterday, as I already told you, Pierrakakis once again passed through the doors of the Élysée Palace for an extensive meeting with Moulin’s successor, Pierre-André Imbert. Thus, within just two days, he met both the man who left the most powerful office in the French Presidency and the one who succeeded him. Ahead of this year’s European Commission Rule of Law Report on Greece, Minister of State Akis Skertsos flew to Brussels, met with Commissioner McGrath, and listed the progress Greece has made—documented and measurable—on last year’s four recommendations from the European Commission. Without tiring you with details, I’ll simply say that 28 of the 39 reforms and investments related to the rule of law under the Recovery and Resilience Facility have been implemented. In fact, over the last four years Greece has improved its performance in similar important reports by other reputable, independent organizations assessing the state of the rule of law (OECD reports on anti-corruption, Transparency International, The Economist, and the Council of Europe). But Akis Skertsos also dismantled, with arguments, the claims made by Laura Kövesi in the letter she sent to the Commission. He cited three specific points to the responsible Commissioner: First, that the Greek state has consistently supported and responded positively to all requests from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for institutional strengthening, including increasing the number of prosecutors from 7 to 13, introducing financial incentives, providing administrative support, tightening penalties through regulatory interventions, and so forth. Second, regarding the issue of renewing prosecutors’ terms, which Kövesi requested, Skertsos stated the obvious: it is a legal disagreement between the independent Greek judiciary and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, into which the government cannot intervene while respecting judicial independence and self-governance. As for accelerating procedures involving political figures, there had been public agreement from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office itself, expressed by Ms. Kövesi when the proposal was presented to her, as well as agreement at the technical level from her associates regarding the final version of the legislation that was passed. In essence, the measure does not affect the powers of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office at all; it merely speeds up the handling of such cases and elevates the rank of the investigating judge reviewing the evidence to that of an appellate-level judge. And third, he referred to developments from the past week that led, on the one hand, to the closure of 2 out of 13 cases and, on the other hand, brought to light an expert report reducing by nine-tenths the estimated scope of the damage to the level of simple misdemeanors. This report, which was not submitted in a timely manner to the relevant parliamentary committee, raises questions regarding both the formal and substantive safeguarding of the fundamental right—and obligation—to a fair trial. An obligation from which, naturally, not even the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is exempt. In short: “the treasure turned out to be coal.” The next major deal with Greek—and not only Greek—flavor that is rapidly approaching (as a certain soul used to say about President Tsipras) is CVC’s sale of marina management company D-Marin. The process has been advanced by Goldman Sachs, and there is serious interest from major names, with sources speaking of a deal comparable in scale to CVC’s sale to Blackstone—the world’s largest alternative asset manager—of its stake in Skroutz, which valued Skroutz at €635 million. Blackstone’s Greek portfolio already includes Hotel Investment Partners, a stake in Fraport Greece, and more. In D-Marin’s case, sources speak of a valuation approaching €1 billion. The company, which generates annual profits of roughly €70 million, currently manages 26 marinas. In Greece, it manages the Zea Marina in Piraeus, the Lefkada Marina, and the Gouvia Marina in Corfu. Banks have been forced to change the dates for dividend ex-dates and distributions, as the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) has not yet provided the formal approvals required for the payouts. In Eurobank’s case, the dividend ex-date is being moved from June 8 to June 10, while payment is postponed from June 12 to June 15. Since the adjustment is minor, the bank has received informal notification from the supervisor and is awaiting the official letter. The same applies to National Bank, as it appears that similar assurances have been received from the SSM. Accordingly, the ex-dividend date moves to June 10 from June 5, while payment shifts to June 15 from June 12. For Piraeus Bank, where the ex-date for the capital return had been scheduled for June 9 and payment for June 15, the new ex-date is August 3 and the payment date August 7. The change was necessary because the bank is carrying out a capital return, a process that requires 40 days following publication in the General Commercial Registry (GEMI). As for Alpha Bank, there is no issue because its annual general meeting will take place on June 26, when the dividends will be approved. This is the last year in which Greece’s systemic banks require SSM approval before proceeding with distributions. Tomorrow, June 5, marks the end of the public subscription period for Lamda Development’s corporate bond. According to the timetable, trading of the bonds will begin on June 10. The size of the issue is expected to reach between €330 million and €350 million. The company will use €320 million to repay a bond issued in 2020, with the remainder allocated to financing needs. According to the prospectus, the listed company’s main shareholders, Consolidated Lamda Holdings S.A. and Brevan Howard Capital Management, hold 44.76% and 8.6% of total shares respectively. At the same time, the prospectus revealed that the major agreement with the ION Group remains subject to the successful completion of due diligence by the investor and the finalization and signing of contractual documents, a process expected to conclude by the end of July. The deal concerns the acquisition of land for the development of an International Research & Innovation Center at Hellinikon, an investment exceeding €1.5 billion by the ION Group, with completion targeted for 2030. Lamda is expected to receive €450 million from the transaction. According to information, shipping company Seanergy, owned by Stamatis Tsantanis, is next in line to enter Euronext Athens through a bond issuance that will trade in the Main Fixed Income Securities Market. The company has established a strong presence in U.S. capital markets, remaining listed on Nasdaq since 2008. It focuses exclusively on Capesize vessels while simultaneously renewing its fleet. In recent years, it has made substantial investments, more than doubling its fleet size. Meanwhile, strong Capesize freight rates continue to create favorable conditions for further expansion. Private equity firm Partners Group has imposed withdrawal limits on its Global Value SICAV fund, which manages approximately AUD 8.6 billion. The fund now allows withdrawals of up to 5% of net assets per quarter because redemption requests increased to around 9.8% during the second quarter. This development follows broader nervousness across evergreen and semi-liquid private market funds, particularly in private credit, where other major asset managers have also restricted withdrawals. Partners Group acquired Pharmathen from BC Partners in July 2021. Pharmathen develops and manufactures generic pharmaceuticals and operates two production facilities approved by U.S. and European regulators, with headquarters in Greece. The transaction was valued at approximately €1.6 billion, making it one of the largest private equity deals ever completed involving a Greek company. Partners Group manages €170 billion in assets, of which €80 billion is in private equity. Thirty years after its listing on the Athens Stock Exchange, PROODEFTIKI S.A. is under surveillance status despite having neither negative equity nor overdue liabilities. The problem is simply that the current management has been unable to issue financial statements for the previous year despite the company’s insignificant economic size. On June 2, the Athens Single-Member Court of First Instance issued another ruling (Decision 3,623/2026) regarding an injunction application filed by Char. Koutounidis, holder of 1,741,372 registered shares (7.16%), ordering the convening of a General Assembly on July 2, 2026, with the sole agenda item being the election of a new Board of Directors. The current board, led by Chairman Georgios Kontolatis, refused to convene the assembly within the 20-day deadline following notification of the request (January 30, 2026) and also attempted to challenge the applicant’s shareholder status. The court explicitly rejected that claim as “substantively unfounded.” Clearly, there is extensive backstage maneuvering. National Financial Services LLC, acting as custodian, represents Koutounidis as the beneficial owner and is in open conflict with the current management over a financing agreement with LDA Capital. The General Assembly of April 21, 2026, had already recorded the majority shareholders’ disapproval of the management. The new July 2 meeting, now ordered by the court, appears likely to put a final period to the matter. The return of international oil prices to the $100-per-barrel range has created an extremely favorable environment for refinery stocks, as heightened geopolitical concerns and limited crude supply are boosting refining margins. This has been reflected on the Athens Stock Exchange, where both HELLENiQ ENERGY and Motor Oil have been breaking one record after another, each posting gains exceeding 26% since the beginning of the year. HELLENiQ ENERGY was the star performer of yesterday’s session, rising 2.3% to €10.54. These are price levels not seen since June 2008—an 18-year high. Breaking through the €10.50 threshold opens the way to new technical resistance levels. The next immediate target is €10.56, the closing price of June 13, 2008. If surpassed, the path toward €11 becomes open, a level not seen since January 2008. After a powerful rally fueled by its strategic moves in the circular economy, Motor Oil continued its upward trajectory, gaining another 0.5% to close at €39.58. This represents yet another all-time high, with the group’s market capitalization expanding further to nearly €4.4 billion. Motor Oil is now setting its sights on breaking through €40, a target considered only a matter of time given the strong news flow and robust cash generation supported by current conditions in the oil products market. This summer has brought a record for the Greek mutual fund market. Despite geopolitical tensions and interest-rate uncertainty, assets under management in Greek mutual funds have exceeded €32.1 billion. For the first time in more than two decades, the market has surpassed the €32 billion threshold and is now just €2.35 billion away from the all-time record set in 1999. From 2020 to today, mutual fund assets have nearly quadrupled—from €8.09 billion to €32.19 billion over six years. Since the start of 2026, assets have increased by more than €2.76 billion (+9.36%), with net inflows of €1.64 billion. In the past week alone, Greek investors purchased mutual fund units worth €58.43 million. During the first five months of 2026, total market net inflows reached €1.57 billion, down 42% compared with the same period last year. Banking sources describe this slowdown as normal after three years of average annual net inflows of around €4.5 billion. Others, less optimistic, see signs of household liquidity fatigue and uncertainty arising from global geopolitical disruptions. Greek equity mutual funds now represent just 13.20% of total assets, far below the 40.92% share recorded in 1999. At Posidonia, Maria Angelicoussis’ appearance at the Capital Link Leaders’ Summit, on a panel discussing the global energy market, did not go unnoticed. Not only because of the significance of the Angelicoussis Group today, but primarily because her remarks suggested she is looking beyond the current crisis. While many focused on tensions in the Middle East and the implications of a closure of the Strait of Hormuz, she chose to highlight the resilience of the global energy system. Maria Angelicoussis did not describe a system bending under the weight of geopolitical developments, but one that adapts, seeks alternative routes, and finds new balances. Calmly and without dramatic rhetoric, she explained why the energy market has managed to absorb the shock despite major disruptions in oil and LNG prices. Particularly noteworthy was her emphasis on the growing importance of the United States as an LNG exporter to Europe and Asia. At the opening of Posidonia 2026, Melina Travlou’s speech was delivered in a restrained tone but carried strategic depth and clear intended recipients. Officially, the message from the President of the Union of Greek Shipowners concerned the importance of shipping to the global economy and the need to protect freedom of navigation. Behind the scenes, however, her remarks were interpreted as a reminder that the sector does not accept being treated merely as a regulated industry but as a critical infrastructure of international power. References to maritime tensions in areas such as the Red Sea and the Middle East served as a clear message to governments and institutions that shipping now stands on the front line of geopolitical instability rather than at its margins. On the European front, her reference to shipping competitiveness was interpreted as a discreet but firm warning to Brussels that green transition policies cannot proceed without conditions ensuring a level playing field globally. Likewise, regarding decarbonization, the implication was unmistakable. The sector is investing, but it does not control the critical tools of the transition: fuels, technology, and infrastructure. This “control gap” has now become the industry’s primary pressure point toward governments and the energy market. With a Champions League flavor—albeit in a shipping-industry version—Giannis Xylas’ ARISTON continues to write its own golden history on the pitches of the Posidonia Football Tournament. The team of the well-known shipping company won the Posidonia 2026 championship, confirming its complete dominance of the competition. It was the fourth title in the last five tournaments. The customary closed-door meeting of government borrowers is taking place these days in distant, cloudy Riga, Latvia, away from media and cameras. It is the World Bank’s Government Borrowers Forum (GBF). The first notable piece of news is that next year the GBF will convene in Athens. Public debt managers from around the world are meeting this year under particularly tense conditions. The macroeconomic environment leaves little room for optimism. Governments and the private sector are expected to borrow $29 trillion from bond markets this year. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury stands at 4.5%. Central banks have significantly reduced their holdings of government bonds, leaving markets increasingly dependent on price-sensitive investors—hedge funds, private investors, and institutions—with the accompanying risk of greater volatility. European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, a Latvian, also addressed the gathering. One clear message emerges from Riga: volatility in bond markets is no longer viewed as a cyclical phenomenon but as a structural feature of the global economy. At this time next year, the GBF will be held in Athens to symbolize a major transformation. Greece, which spent a decade sitting in the seat of the bankrupt debtor, is returning to the core of the developed economies as host, with a clear agenda focused on deepening capital markets through the Savings and Investments Union and promoting the digital euro as a tool of Europe’s strategic autonomy. Suddenly, Greece is acquiring strategic importance within the European mining industry. The Association of Mining Enterprises (SME) celebrated its first century of presence in the Greek economy. At yesterday’s General Assembly, President Konstantinos Yazitzoglou described Europe’s dependence on Asian monopolies for rare earths and critical minerals, as well as a global struggle that is reshaping supply chains in real time. The market is changing. Hellas Gold (Eldorado Gold), through its Skouries project in Halkidiki, is entering the production phase, placing Greece on Europe’s copper production map. Greece is now positioned as Europe’s third-largest gold producer. Metlen is moving ahead with gallium production, a rare-earth-related critical material essential for semiconductors and defense technology. Before the end of 2026, Greece is expected to begin production of two critical and strategic minerals: copper and gallium. At the same time, a new legislative framework is taking shape in Europe, while the United States is implementing new critical-mineral security plans and accelerating the energy transition. All of this is generating demand that traditional suppliers can no longer reliably satisfy. The industry’s demands in Greece focus on the Mining Operations and Exploitation Code (KMLE), which is currently regarded as outdated, and on stronger spatial-planning legal certainty, which companies consider insufficient. At the same General Assembly of the Association of Mining Enterprises (SME), held yesterday at the Royal Olympic, the president of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), Spyros Theodoropoulos, spoke in particularly strong terms. He repeated a personal experience from a few years ago, when he met a European Commissioner who told him clearly that she was not concerned about the deindustrialization of Europe: “I do not want heavy industry in Europe.” Today, Europe is paying the consequences of that policy choice: deindustrialization, energy dependence, and loss of strategic autonomy. Europe is three to six times more expensive in energy than its major competitors. Member states apply different support models for businesses depending on their energy mix. While Europe is still debating, its competitors are accelerating. In a recent meeting of major European companies, it was found that only 6% of ongoing investments are located in Europe. Greece is at a disadvantage compared to countries with lower debt, as it has less fiscal space to subsidize industrial energy costs. It is not only a matter for Brussels, but also a matter of fiscal suffocation due to years of excessive debt. Theodoropoulos concluded with a strategic proposal that goes beyond the usual calls from industry: he urged mining companies to step outside their sector and speak to society, to build social legitimacy. “Tourism has done it,” he said. Industry, until now, has remained silently burdened by guilt. For many years, “smart money” aggressively bought cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin as the undisputed leader. Yesterday, Bitcoin fell below $66,000, reaching a low of $65,710, losing more than 45% compared to its all-time high of $126,200 in October 2025. At the same time, Wall Street was hitting new records, led by Nvidia. Crypto is falling, Artificial Intelligence is winning. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a record eleven consecutive sessions of outflows, totaling around $3.45 billion—the longest streak in their history. Smart money appears to be searching for its next paradise, which currently seems to be Artificial Intelligence. Technical analysts say the crypto market moves with an 84% correlation to the Dow Jones index. Yesterday, forced liquidations reached $1.8 billion. The Fear & Greed Index dropped to the 20 level. For Bitcoin, the next technical threshold is $65,000, followed by a possible slide toward $60,000. Jensen Huang of Nvidia took the stage at Computex Taipei and said just five words: “The next trillion-dollar company.” Next to him stood Marvell Technology CEO Matt Murphy. Huang praised Murphy’s company as an essential pillar of the AI infrastructure era. Marvell’s stock surged 32.52% in a single session—the largest daily gain in its history. His argument was simple and compelling: every computational problem is distributed across thousands of chips that must communicate with each other. Connectivity is now essential. That is exactly where Marvell excels. Its networking and optical interconnect chips are the “hydraulic infrastructure” of large data centers—unseen, but indispensable. Nvidia had already committed a $2 billion investment in Marvell, integrating it into its NVLink Fusion alliance. Marvell itself had projected that custom chip development could exceed $10 billion in annual revenue by 2029. The stock has already gained 230% since the beginning of the year. Jensen Huang’s endorsement simply accelerated the trend. The AI revolution has now entered a new phase: demand is no longer focused on raw computing power, but on communication between chips. That is the new highway of wealth and dominance. Explore related questions

Energy services provider Expro has expanded its over two-decade-long collaboration with a“global operator”through a new contract extension for subsea completion and intervention services in the Gulf of America(U.S. Gulf of Mexico). The deal includes the deployment of Solus, Expro’s shear and seal valve, said to be designed to provide an additional layer of safety and reliability during subsea operations, supporting well integrity in challenging offshore environments, with the company to also provide subsea landing string services. The new agreement will run for up to five years and has an estimated total value of up to $25 million. Daniel More, Vice President Subsea Well Access ofExpro, said:“This contract represents the continued strength of our long-term relationship with the global operator and underlines their confidence in Expro’s subsea capabilities. We’re extremely proud of the success we’ve achieved together and look forward to supporting their ongoing projects in the Gulf of America with safe, reliable, and efficient subsea services.” Take the spotlight and anchor your brand in the heart of the offshore world! Join us for a bigger impact and amplify your presence at the core hub of the offshore energy community!

Jasmine Energy (JEL), a subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International, has signaled a revision in the timeline for a multi-well drilling program off the coast of Oman, which will be conducted with a nine-year-old jack-up rig from Texas-headquartered Northern Offshore, a builder and operator of jack-up rigs. Rex International’s indirect subsidiary, Masirah Oil Limited (MOL), has revealed that an updated schedule for its drilling program, coveringthree development wells, at theYumna fieldin Block 50 offshore Oman will be disclosed in due course. The firm inked amulti-well drilling contractin January 2026 for the 2017-builtEnergy Emergerjack-up drilling rig, operated by Northern Offshore Drilling Operations. The same jack-up was also used during the oil and gas operator’s 2024 drilling campaign. Block 50 is an approximately 17,000 square-kilometer offshore concession in the Gulf of Masirah, east of Oman. Thefirst oilwas achieved in February 2020, while the field development plan approval and declaration of commerciality (DOC) for the Yumna fieldwere obtainedin July 2020. MOL, which is an indirect 87.5% subsidiary of Jasmine Energy, is the operator and holds a 100% interest in the block. Take the spotlight and anchor your brand in the heart of the offshore world! Join us for a bigger impact and amplify your presence at the core hub of the offshore energy community!

Kikilias underlined that Attica, from north to south and from east to west, has these days “been filled with people from the shipping industry who have come from every corner of the world to honour Posidonia,” which he described as a landmark event for global shipping. He stressed that “the entire maritime ecosystem is located in Piraeus: companies, traditional Greek shipping, shipowners, seafarers, and all those working in the most important sector of the Greek economy.” Together with tourism, services, and real estate, shipping constitutes one of the key pillars of Greece’s GDP, contributing approximately 200,000 well-paid jobs and accounting for around 7–8% of national GDP. The minister highlighted the global position of Greek-owned shipping, which represents approximately 20%–21% of global tonnage and 61% of the fleet controlled by European Union member states. As he noted, “this did not happen overnight. It is the result of tradition, hard work at sea, in ports, and in trade. It is a culture deeply intertwined with the Greek people, through which they have progressed and prospered.” He also made special reference to the importance of reconnecting the younger generation with maritime professions, stressing that shipping today is linked to the revival of shipbuilding, the upgrading of port infrastructure, and the creation of new professional opportunities across shipping, energy, and international trade. Kikilias also emphasised safety as the foremost priority, particularly for the port of Piraeus, from which nearly 11 million passengers depart annually for the Greek islands. “Safety is top priority,” he underlined, referring to Greek citizens, island residents, and the millions of tourists passing through the country’s largest port. He further stated that the cooperation between COSCO and the Greek administration at the Port of Piraeus represented a highly significant investment, undertaken at a time when the country was facing severe economic challenges and limited investment capacity. “Greece continues to move forward both in terms of Greek-owned vessels and the Greek flag fleet. The 5,800 ships are not a number that can go unnoticed. We are proud of our global first position, but this leadership comes with responsibility,” he said. Regarding the international environment, the Minister stressed that global trade must remain free, and that the ability of ships, seafarers, captains, engineers, and all maritime professionals to travel freely around the world is vital for the global economy. He noted that “the first concern of the political leadership of the Ministry is always the safety of seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf,” underlining that the current situation once again highlights the critical importance of shipping and the sea for the shared global future. With respect to discussions at the IMO on carbon emissions, the Minister stressed that, given the global nature of shipping, a global agreement is required. As he stated, “every country and every major international stakeholder must make the maximum possible effort to achieve a realistic agreement this coming autumn, one that will work to the benefit of all.” Concluding his remarks, Kikilias thanked the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Fang Qiu, for the cooperation and the invitation, and wished “fair winds” to all seafarers and maritime professionals. “Above all, I wish them safety and quality in their work. We are bound by tradition, and as Greeks, we will never cease to be people of the sea,” he concluded. Για να εμφανίζονται περισσότερα άρθρα τηςΝαυτεμπορικήςστις αναζητήσεις σας εύκολα και γρήγορα, πρέπει να προσθέσετε το site στις προτιμώμενες πηγές σας. Μπορείτε να το κάνετε πηγαίνονταςεδώ.