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ITA, state-owned successor to Alitalia, won’t start flying until September

May 22, 2021July 13, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA), the state-owned Italian airline, will start flying in September, missing the peak summer season reported Corriere della Sera.

Berlusconi 2019 Image European People's Party via flickr.com under creative commons license

European Court questions Italy over Berlusconi’s 2013 conviction. Was it fair?

May 21, 2021July 12, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

8 years after being sentenced for tax fraud by the Supreme Court, which cost Berlusconi his position as senator, the European Court of Human Rights questions Italy. Was the former PM given a fair trial?

Italy's recovery plan hits bumpy road as unions threaten strike action

Italy’s speedy public works recovery plan hit road bump

May 21, 2021July 12, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Italian government drafted a decree to accelerate public works in line with EU rules for claiming pandemic recovery funds. Unfortunately, the recovery plan prompted strike threats from trade unions and dissention from within the ruling coalition.

Global Health Summit - temporary suspension of patents requested

Draghi at the Global Health Summit:” Italy is for the temporary suspension of patents”.

May 21, 2021July 4, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Global Health Summit in Rome is a gathering of representatives of the G20, international organisations, the scientific community and civil society. The overall theme is ” Together to protect humanity from future pandemics”. A central topic is”Free vaccines and Africa”.

All Italy either yellow zone or white zone

All of Italy classed either ‘yellow zone’ or ‘white zone’

May 21, 2021March 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

From Monday 24th May, all of Italy will be a yellow zone. The regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Molise and Sardinia will be white zones from 1st June.

Curon village, usually only the steeple is visible

Flooded Italian village Curon emerges from lake

May 19, 2021March 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Works at an Italian reservoir reveal Curon village, submerged for years.

DNA study underway to prove Columbus's heritage

Where did Columbus come from? DNA study underway to find out

May 19, 2021July 11, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Spanish researchers look to settle the argument once and for all as to the origins of Christopher Columbus. Over the past decades, various theories proposed the explorer came from Portugal or Spain rather than Italy.

Etna is stirring

May 19, 2021July 4, 2021Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Etna shows signs of awakening with a small lava flow and cloud, which have already dispersed.

Wild boar surround woman and steal her shopping

May 19, 2021March 22, 2024adminLeave a Comment

Wild boar surrounded a woman who had just left a supermarket near Rome. They steal her shopping, igniting a debate about their presence in Italy’s towns and cities. The incident came to light following a video posted on social media on Thursday. It shows the boars cornering the woman in a car park in the […]

Stolen Roman frescoes returned to Pompeii

May 19, 2021March 22, 2024adminLeave a Comment

Illegally trafficked in the 1970s, the six fragments are now back in the Pompeii archaeological park. Italy’s cultural protection police squad recovered the pieces during investigations in 2012 and 2020. Three of the first century AD relics are believed to have been removed from the walls of two Roman villas in Stabiae. That was in […]