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Stickers on self check-in keyboxes in Florence. The boxes will no longer be allowed as self-check-in is now prohibited.

Florence orders removal of self check-in keyboxes

February 21, 2025February 21, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Florence authorities have ordered the removal of self check-in keyboxes from holiday rental properties by 25 February, as part of efforts to tackle over-tourism in the city.

Andrea Delmastro who was sentenced to 8-months suspended

Delmastro sentenced over Cospito case

February 21, 2025February 21, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A Rome court on Thursday sentenced Justice Undersecretary Andrea Delmastro to a suspended eight-month term for revealing classified information regarding jailed anarchist Alfredo Cospito.

Exterior of scroll PHerc. 172. Credit: Vesuvius Challenge

X-rays and AI decipher ancient Herculaneum papyri

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Turin University will lead an international team using X-rays to decipher two papyri of an unknown work by a third-century BC Greek philosopher. The papyri were found at Herculaneum, the Roman town buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD.

New pandemic plan out for review with local regions

Government issues new pandemic plan for review

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The government said on Thursday it sent a new National Pandemic Plan to the State-Regions Conference for regional review and input.

Spyware scandal - journalists' union submits criminal complaint

Italian Journalists’ Union Files Complaint Over Spyware Scandal

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Italian journalists’ union Fnsi and the journalists’ guild OdG have filed a criminal complaint with the State Attorney’s Office in Rome. They are demanding an investigation into the alleged spying on at least one journalist using Paragon Solutions’ military-grade Graphite hacking software.

Was the G7 communiqué altered because Pope was in attendance? Image shows PM Giorgia Meloni greeting Pope Francis as he disembarks from helicopter.

Pope Francis spends a ‘good night’ in hospital

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Pope Francis had another good night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after being admitted last Friday with bronchitis-related breathing problems, the Vatican said Thursday. On Wednesday, the Vatican reported a slight improvement in his condition.

Sinner into US OPen final. Image: Sinner on X.com

WADA: Sinner Case “A Million Miles Away from Doping”

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has stated that Jannik Sinner’s case is “a million miles away from doping.” Speaking to BBC Sport, WADA General Counsel Ross Wenzel defended the decision to impose a three-month ban on the world number one tennis player.

Third day of cyberattacks by pro-Russian hackers

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A fresh wave of cyberattacks, launched by pro-Russian hacker group Noname057(16) on Wednesday, marks the third consecutive day of attacks on Italian institutions.

Google pays up in tax evasion case

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Google closes a tax dispute with the Italian tax authorities by paying €326million. The Milan prosecutor’s office, which was investigating tax evasion on Google Ireland Limited, requests the archiving of the proceedings. This is stated in a note signed by the prosecutor Marcello Viola.

The vice president and councilor of culture in Trento, Francesca Gerosa, visits the excavation site. Press Office of the Provincial Council of Trento Archive

Monumental necropolis uncovered in Trento

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italian archaeologists have uncovered a “monumental necropolis” that appears to honour an elite class from thousands of years ago, officials announced.