Coronavirus in Italy
3 June marks a major step in Italy's coronavirus emergency timeline.
Italy welcomes visitors from the European Union and Schengen area countries from 3 June as the country makes a tentative return to international touri...
New coronavirus infections and fatalities continue to fall steadily in Italy.
Italy registered 178 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours on 1 June, the lowest daily rise since 26 February, reports Italian news ag...
Unrestricted travel between regions from 3 June sparks debate among Italy's local governors.
Italy has confirmed that unrestricted travel between regions can resume from 3 June as planned, the same day that the country...
Rome to hand out massive fines for dumped masks and gloves.
Rome is to issue fines of up to €500 for those caught dumping used protective masks or plastic gloves on the streets of the capital during the coronavirus pand...
Rome struggles on after the trauma of lockdown and a lost spring
By Andy Devane
Lockdown in Rome was a dark time with little light. The eeriness of the situation was summed up perfectly in Quarantine Mood, a short film...
Italy cancels Festa della Repubblica parade in Rome.
Italy's Frecce Tricolori fighter jets are conducting a nationwide tour ahead of the 74th anniversary of the nation's proclamation as a republic on 2 June.
The tour...
Volunteers proposal sparks division in Italy's coalition government.
Italy’s coalition partners are divided over a proposal to recruit 60,000 volunteers to enforce social distancing measures among crowds in the country'...
Reports of price hikes at bars, restaurants and hairdressers in Italy.
Italy's consumers are being charged €2 to €4 more than before the coronavirus emergency as bars, restaurants and hairdressers add a 'covid tax' to t...
Pope blesses faithful in St Peter's Square for first time in nearly three months.
The public returned to St Peter's Square in the Vatican to receive a blessing from Pope Francis at midday on Sunday 24 May for the first...
City gives Rome businesses more outdoor space to help them get through 2020.
Rome's restaurants, bars and bookshops will be granted the use of up to 35 per cent extra public space outside their premises throughout 2020,...
Italy to celebrate national day with aerial display by Frecce Tricolori.
Rome has cancelled the military parade that traditionally marks the Festa della Repubblica, a national public holiday on Tuesday 2 June, due to th...
The Lazio Region has thanked Rome street artist Harry Greb for his 'Abbraccio' (hug) mural dedicated to victims of covid-19.
The mural, described as a "significant and powerful gesture" by regional health councillor A...
Police in Rome to curb gatherings on first post-lockdown weekend.
Rome police are to patrol areas of the city associated with nightlife during this weekend - the first after Italy eased its lockdown restrictions on 18 M...
Rome summer music festival at auditorium moves to 2021.
The 2020 edition of Roma Summer Fest, Rome's annual programme of live concerts at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, has been cancelled, organisers have announced....
Italian premier calls on Italians to take staycation in Italy.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has invited Italians to spend their summer holidays in the capital - which she described as "a safe city" - as Italy's battered to...
Italian airports to reopen to domestic and international flights.
All Italian airports will start reopening again from 3 June, with flights permitted between regions as well as to and from foreign destinations, announce...
Rome residents can sunbathe and swim at beaches in Lazio from 29 May.
ROME. Sunbathing and swimming will be permitted at beaches throughout the Lazio Region from 29 May, following an order signed by regional president N...
Summer rock festival in Rome cancelled due to coronavirus.
Rock in Roma, an annual rock music festival held each summer in Rome, has been called off due to covid-19 pandemic, organisers announced on 18 May.
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Italy promises transparency as part of a "safe and concrete tourism plan" says Di Maio.
Italy is "ready and prepared" to welcome back European tourists from 3 June onwards, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio told counterpar...
Rome urges residents to keep their distance with signs on street pavements.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has launched a new street campaign to remind people to maintain social distancing measures, saying: "We can be close...
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