Italy’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday issued a tally of the road blockades: 1,339 people identified, 71 reported to prosecutors. Dump la Repubblica Napoli. A report to prosecutors, not a conviction. A protest, not a state of siege.

The same statement, relayed by Il Fatto: 242 administrative fines. A different register from the 71 criminal reports. Overnight the Viminale escorted transport vehicles, 500 in Campania alone. Piantedosi called prefects and police chiefs: watch for criminal infiltration. A warning to watch, not a court finding.

la Repubblica: the Casertano blockades lifted in the afternoon. Il Fatto, later: on the motorways yes; in industrial and interport areas the pickets remain; trucks with slashed tyres, so they cannot leave. Two clocks on how empty the ground is.

Mayors Gaetano Manfredi (Naples) and Vito Leccese (Bari) want an earlier meeting. The airports of Reggio Calabria and Crotone, after the dump, without fuel. Il Fatto, in the evening: a list of five airports, with Bari, Catania and Palermo on limited supply; Aeroporti di Puglia, also in the evening: Bari and Brindisi, a precautionary NOTAM, operations regular. We do not mix the lists.

The haulage associations in the Albo, after yesterday’s meeting with Salvini, asked the Viminale to lift the remaining pickets. A request, not a law. The University of Naples moves to distance teaching from Thursday, 22 October, after Il Fatto. Dump la Repubblica. The rewrite rests on Repubblica Napoli and on Il Fatto’s live file.

Image: Palazzo del Viminale, Rome, 30 August 2021, Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The ministry, not a Campania blockade.

Sources consulted: Blocco tir Sud Italia: tutti gli aggiornamenti di oggi — Il Fatto Quotidiano.