Italy

Italian boy infected with COVID-19 one month earlier than China's first case in Wuhan: Study

Dec 12, 2020 09:27

A new study conducted by research fellows from the University of Milan has found evidence of COVID-19 in a boy from the Milan area as early as the end of November 2019, months before the first identified coronavirus disease case in Italy and also earlier than the outbreak in Wuhan city, central China.
Media, rights groups slam Italian govt. for continued arms sales to Egypt

Dec 07, 2020 12:25

The Italian government has come under fire from human rights groups and a number of domestic media outlets for continuing to secure huge arms deals with Egypt.
Iran summons Italy’s ambassador to protest Canada’s ‘anti-human behavior’

Nov 18, 2020 02:34

Iran has summoned Italy’s ambassador, whose country represents Canada’s interests in the Islamic Republic, to protest the Canadian government’s anti-human approach and its hypocritical stance vis-à-vis civil and consular rights of Iranian nationals residing in the country.
France, Italy step up rescue efforts after fatal floods

Oct 05, 2020 11:09

French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts on Sunday after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing four people.
Italian politician launches ‘Italexit’ party to take country out of eurozone

Jul 24, 2020 08:07

A well-known Italian senator has launched a political party in a move to take his country out of the European Union, amid a rise in anti-EU sentiments over the bloc’s failure to respond quickly to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.
France, Germany, Italy threaten sanctions on violators of Libya’s arms embargo

Jul 19, 2020 05:13

France, Germany and Italy have threatened to impose sanctions against countries that are violating a United Nations (UN) arms embargo on conflict-torn Libya.
Italian cabinet approves ‘mother of all reforms’ to slash red tape

Jul 07, 2020 07:24

The Italian government approved a package of measures on Tuesday aimed at cutting the complicated red tape that has long been blamed for crimping growth in the euro zone's third-largest economy.
Refugees stranded in Mediterranean to be quarantined on Italian ship

Jul 05, 2020 04:58

Refugees stranded on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea have been scheduled to be transferred to a quarantine vessel, after the ship declared an unprecedented state of emergency.
Italy seizes 14 tons of amphetamine pills made by Daesh in Syria

Jul 01, 2020 08:58

Police in Italy say they have seized a 14-ton haul of amphetamine pills made by the Daesh terrorist group in Syria, in an operation they described as the biggest seizure of the drug in the world.
Tensions flare over virus-hit 'ghetto' in southern Italy

Jun 26, 2020 10:25

Italy sent riot police as reinforcements Friday to a council estate in the south where a cluster of coronavirus cases among Bulgarian farm workers has sparked tensions with locals.