Covid: Italy to require all workers to show 'green pass' certificate - BBC News

Italy is to make it compulsory for all workers to have a Covid "green pass" - proof of vaccination, a negative test or recovery from the virus.

Alarma en Italia: ¿Llegará una nueva variante del Covid resistente a todas las vacunas?

 

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Euro 2020: Italy crowned European champions, again | Al Jazeera

Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shoot-out win.

Accidente mortal en los Alpes italianos 13 muertos y dos heridos al caer una telecabina

 

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Libya coastguard warns Italians against ‘illegal’ fishing in its waters | Al Arabiya English

Libya’s coastguard on Sunday warned against “illegal” fishing in its waters, denying Italian claims it had wounded a fisherman as it fired shots during an operation against four boats from Sicily.

Italy To Start Using J&J Vaccine Wednesday If EU, National Regulators Approve - Reports - UrduPoint

Italy is ready to introduce the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the national immunization campaign on Wednesday, provided it was approved by the European Medicines Agency and Italian drug watchdog AIFA, Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing sources.

Italy expels Russians after spies ‘caught red-handed’ – EURACTIV.com

Italy expelled two Russian officials on Wednesday (31 March) after an Italian navy captain was allegedly caught red-handed selling secret documents to a Russian military officer.

Covid: Italy introduces quarantine for EU travellers - BBC News

The Italian government is to introduce a mandatory five-day quarantine for EU travellers amid a third wave of infections in a number of countries.

Italy, France and other EU states to restart AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine use after EU regulator's blood clot review — RT

 

The rollout of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine will resume in Italy from Friday, Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said, as a handful of EU nations announced returns to the jab after the bloc's drug regulator reaffirmed it was safe.

Covid-19 : toute l'Italie sera reconfinée pour le week-end de Pâques

 

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Covid-19: Australia asks European Commission to review Italy's vaccine block - BBC News

Australia has asked the European Commission to review Italy's decision to block the export of 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to the country.

Italy’s Conte survives close Senate vote, pledges to forge ahead | Al Jazeera

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has narrowly won a confidence vote in Italy’s Senate, the upper house, allowing him to remain in office after a junior partner quit his coalition last week in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Italy's government plunged into crisis as former PM Renzi pulls support - france24

 Italy's former premier Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday he was pulling his party's ministers from the cabinet, effectively leaving the ruling coalition without a majority in parliament.

Italy imposes partial lockdown for Christmas, New Year holiday - Global Times

Italians will have to spend much of the Christmas and New Year holiday in a nationwide "red zone" in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced in a nationally televised press conference on Friday evening.

Turkey, Italy eyeing $30 bln trade volume - AA

Turkey and Italy are aiming to reach a bilateral trade volume of $30 billion from the current $20 billion, the Turkish trade minister said on Dec. 10.

Italy plans to vaccinate 1.7 mln people by end-January - Global Times

Some 1.7 million Italians will get vaccinated against coronavirus by the end of January 2021, the country's Extraordinary Commissioner for the COVID-19 Emergency Domenico Arcuri said at a press conference here on Thursday.

Italian study suggesting COVID predates China outbreak sparks scepticism | One America News Network

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian study supporting the case that the novel coronavirus was circulating outside China earlier than thought has sparked doubts among some Western scientists who called for further tests.

COVID-19 may have appeared in Italy earlier than thought: study - Global Times

The coronavirus may have been circulating in Italy since September 2019, three months before it first emerged in China, according to a study released Sunday by the National Cancer Institute (INT) in Milan.

Italy launches new aid package for businesses, workers amid strict anti-virus measures - Global Times

The Italian government announced on Saturday it has issued a new decree increasing aid to families and businesses stricken by the latest anti-COVID-19 restrictions.

Italian Deputy PM Demands EU Border Protection 'Before Taking a Single Migrant'

Ahead of the gathering of EU interior ministers, Italy’s Matteo Salvini is bargaining with his German counterpart, Horst Seehofer over the idea of returning migrants to the country where they were registered. After debates in Germany which threatened the coalition, Seehofer is trying to push his proposal at the European level.