Provocation over provocation

Some of might know this signboard: 

This sign states "South Tyrol is not Italy" and it can be seen when you drive the Brennero-highway from Austria to Italy, it is still on the austrian side. So it was for a long time and is still visible to every car driver who passes by, especially the german students and tourists know it already. It was stationed by south-tyrolean activists supported by a local party here which wants the separation of the Province Alto Adige from Italy. As it is seen as a provocation towards the italian-speaking people in the region, italian activists destroyed or smeared it several times. 

Two weeks ago, the provocation of the sign was answered by another provocation as I got to know scarcely: some guys took this board, transported it to Bolzano and threw it in front of the Siegestor, which is known as the symbol for italian suppression towards the german-speaking minority. I dont want to comment this, I think as a foreigner I am not qualified for this. But I notice that these processes mirror also the intensification of the dispute on the political level. 

How the italians felt embarrassed, shows this story: they were asking over the foreign ministry the austrians if they could remove it. And they are ok with it, so now the board (or the new board) must be removed till the end of may, so it must be gone already today. For sure there will come up some new ideas for the south-tyrolean activists to get their message in the right place. 

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Jetzt ist es soweit: der italienische Rechnungshof hat wieder zugeschlagen! Vertreter der Universität Bozen wurden nun verurteilt, über eine Million Euro privat wieder zurückzuzahlen... Alleine unser Presidente, der Egger Hanns, muss anscheinend 173.100 Euro berappen, während Frau Gabriella Kusstatscher(Vize) und Frau Generaldirektorin 51.800 Euro abdrücken sollen. Um was gehts? Hier stehts.

Auch interessant: Dass der Herr Landeshauptmann (der Luis) schon vor längerer Zeit klar gemacht hat, dass er damit nicht einverstanden ist, wie man hier auf der Seite der Provinz nachlesen kann. Jetzt rauscht der Blätterwald wieder, und dieses ganze peinliche Treiben wird nun abermals dazu führen dass in der Universitätsleitung auch in Zukunft ein übertriebenes Sicherheitsdenken herrschen wird. Zum Schaden der Studenten wie ich meine....

Renon ropeway reopened

Here you can look up that the ropeway up to the Renon/Ritten(a mountain next to Bolzano) will finally be reopened the next days. This is actually really cool. But why?

- because it took more than one year longer to build it up new than promised

- because all the guys who are living up the mountain (there are really a lot)will save over 30 minutes by car

- because when you see the ground station of the railway you would think that they just started the works

- because it was built in a public private partnership (PPP)in cooperation between the Province and Leitner ropeways in Vitipeno

- because the whole technology is very new and high-performance. It is very long and can transport 550 people per hour

- it is not far from University and you can see it almost from every point from the old town center. 

I personally will for sure check it out and perhaps combine it with a nice march up to the Rittner Horn. Who wants to come with me?