The 297 passengers travelling from Italy to India who showed positive for Covid were tested using defective Covid tests. Passengers had to have a negative PCR test before boarding the planes in Italy.
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The Italian Prime Minister and the Italian Football Federation are assessing how best to move forward with Serie A. There has been an increase in infections in the top flight in recent weeks.
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Skiers heading to Italy will now need winter sports insurance, according to a new law. The travel insurance is usually an optional extra for those visiting winter resorts.
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The 14th century painter Giotto di Bondone, known simply as Giotto, died on 8th January, 1337 in Florence. He was one of the greatest artists of the early Renaissance period.
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Cristian Ghilli shot himself in a hunting accident near Pisa. He died on Thursday evening in a Tuscan hospital.
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For the second time in two days, the majority of air passengers arriving in India from Italy have tested positive for Covid, according to Indian officials. On Friday’s Rome to Amritsar flight, 173 out of 285 passengers tested positive on arrival.
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Italy is returning a fragment of the Greek Parthenon’s eastern frieze back to Greece. It was originally bought by the University of Palermo from the widow of Robert Fagan, the British consul for Sicily and Malta.
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The city of Venice has been discussing for some time ways to protect the city from overtourism. Authorities announced that in 2022 they will limit the number of tourists on day trips accessing the lagoon city.
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An Italian mafia fugitive, on the run for 20 years, was caught after detectives spotted him on Google Maps in Spain. Gioacchino Gammino was sentenced to life for a 1989 murder in Italy.
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In a bid to ‘slow the curve’ of Covid infections, the Italian government is making vaccinations compulsory for all residents aged over 50.
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