Deborah Cater

Globe Theatre Rome starts new season of Shakespeare

Shakespeare festival at Globe Theatre in Villa Borghese

June 29, 2021July 4, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome’s annual Shakespearean festival returns for its 18th edition from 30 June until 10 October. The city’s Globe Theatre, in the heart of Villa Borghese, has been renamed after Gigi Proietti, who died last November on his 80th birthday.

Colosseum completely opens tunnels for first time. Image by Sebastià Giralt via flickr.com under creative commons license

Colosseum fully opens underground tunnels for the first time

June 29, 2021March 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Hypogeum, or ‘backstage’, of Rome’s Colosseum is fully open to the public for the first time. The restored walkways allow visitors to fully explore the underground tunnels and chambers of the 2,000-year-old monument.

Billionaire nightclub Sardinia. Image by Sarkaloo - Gabriele Sotgiu via wikimedia under creative commons license

Briatori’s nightclub accused of negligence over Covid outbreak

June 29, 2021July 12, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Prosecutors accuse a nightclub in Sardinia of “epidemic negligence” following a Covid-19 outbreak there last summer. The nightclub, owned by the former Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore, is linked to clusters of infections across Italy.

UNESCO may put Venice on endangered list

June 29, 2021March 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

UNESCO says the historic centre is in danger if cruise ships do not dock at another port. The Italian government announced earlier this year it would ban these ships from the historic centre. The plan was for the ships to divert to the industrial port of Marghera.

Ilva plant, 2007 Image by Alberto Vaccaro via flickr.com under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Production can continue at Ilva plant despite high pollution levels

June 29, 2021July 2, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Production at the Ilva steel plant in the southern city of Taranto can continue Italy’s top administrative court ruled.

migrant farm worker dies after harvesting tomatoes

Puglia bans farm work during hottest hours after worker dies

June 28, 2021July 4, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Camara Fantamadi, a 27-year-old Malian farm worker, died after picking tomatoes in scorching sun. Regional authorities ban farm work between 12.30pm and 4pm “in conditions of prolonged exposure to the sun”.

Italy beats Austria to reach Euro 2020 quarter-finals

Italy beats Austria in extra time at Euro 2020

June 28, 2021March 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

FOOTBALL – Italy beats Austria and advances to the quarter-finals of the Euro 2020 championship with two goals in extra time.

Italy turns white, face masks no longer obligatory outdoors

All Italy turns white and masks no longer required outdoors

June 28, 2021July 4, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

As the final province in Italy reaches white status, the need for masks to be worn outdoors is over. Aosta Valley was the last to achieve the desired low level of contagion.

Digital Green Certificate launched in Italy ahead of EU

Italy launches Digital Green Certificate

June 27, 2021July 4, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Draghi signs a new decree launching the digital green certificate website. The ‘Green Pass’ will allow people who have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from covid-19 to travel more freely.