Italy is debating the Zan bill (disegno di legge or draft law) which would punish discrimination and incitement to violence against the LGBTQ+ community. The Vatican voiced its concerns over the content.
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Italy hopes to produce its own Covid-19 vaccine. Those hopes received a boost on Monday. Results from Phase II of the clinical trial by biotech firm ReiThera show a strong immune response and no major side effects.
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Scientific analysis of geological data from the Marche region suggests 84 million years ago the Earth’s axis tilted to one side, and then back. This is known as true polar wander.
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Italy’s former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the founder of the co-ruling 5-Star Movement, comedian Beppe Grillo, reached an agreement on Sunday. Differences over the future of the party had arisen recently. The party can now relaunch.
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Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is Uefa’s player of the tournament for Euro 2020. The 22-year-old saved two penalties in the Azzurri’s shootout win over England.
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The horns, fireworks and shouts of celebration reverberated the length and breadth of Italy, long into the night, as Italy secured the Euro 2020 championship after a nail-biting penalty shoot out. They are champions of Europe for the first time in 53 years.
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Prime Minister Draghi’s coalition government has overcome deep divisions to agree a justice reform bill. The European Union demanded the reform as part of a deal to unlock billions of euros in recovery funds.
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Italy’s health authorities reported a slight rise in covid infections this week. The rise is due to the spread of the Delta variant according to the weekly coronavirus monitoring report from the health ministry and Higher Health Institute (ISS) published on Friday.
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If everything goes to plan, Italy could be celebrating its first winner of Wimbledon – male or female – and watching the Azzurri lift the European Championship trophy for the second time on this Super Sunday.
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Hundreds of migrants rescued by SOS Mediterranee disembarked on Friday (9th July) in Augusta, Sicily. Rome-based maritime authorities agreed to give their ship a port.
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