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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi delivers a speech during a visit to a new vaccination centre at Fiumicino Airport near Rome, on 12 March 2021, amid the covid-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. Picture: Guglielmo Mangiapane/AFP

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Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns after coalition implodes

By AFP

The internationally respected 74-year-old formally handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, whose role it is to now guide the country out of the...

  • A picture taken near Canazei on July 5, 2022 shows relatives of the missing alpinists gathering two days after the collapse of the glacier of the Marmolada mountain. The deadly collapse of an Italian glacier, causing an avalanche which killed at least seven people, is linked to climate change, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Monday. Picture: 
Pierre TEYSSOT / Teyssot / AFP

    Rescuers gather body parts after Italy glacier collapse

    Rescue teams sent helicopters and drones up for a second day after Sunday's disaster, which saw at least seven hikers killed when a section of the country's largest Alpine glacier gave way, sending ice and rock hurtling down the mountain.

    41 days ago
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    Khabane Lame goes from jobless youth to the most followed on TikTok in 2 years

    The 22-year-old created an account on the social media app after losing his factory worker job during the pandemic.

    51 days ago
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    Italy takes a shot at wooing UNESCO with 'magical' espresso coffee rite

    A shot of dark, velvety coffee is more than just a quick caffeine hit: Italy's espresso is a prized social and cultural ritual the country considers a national heritage worthy of UNESCO status.

    181 days ago
  • FILE: A tourist wearing a protective respiratory mask walks outside the Coliseum in downtown Rome on 28 February 2020 amid fears of COVID-19 epidemic. Picture: AFP

    Italy imposes new COVID-19 rules on unvaccinated

    New measures are also being enforced on public transport, with a so-called Green Pass showing proof of vaccination, recent recovery or a negative COVID-19 test now required even on local services.

    252 days ago
  • FILE: A member of the medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) arrives in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the COVID-19 cases, in the San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome, on 29 October 2020. Picture: AFP

    Italy's life expectancy drops 1.2 years over COVID

    Life expectancy at birth last year stood at 82 years, compared to 83.2 years in 2019, the Istat national statistics office said in a new release.

    343 days ago
  • FILE: Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport in Kabul on 16 August 2021, after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city's airport trying to flee the group's feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP

    Italy says it has received most Afghan evacuees in EU

    Italy's foreign minister said it had evacuated close to 5,000 Afghan citizens in recent days, speaking at Rome's Fiumicino airport as the last Italian aircraft from Kabul landed with 58 more Afghan citizens on board.

    352 days ago
  • FILE: A tourist wearing a protective respiratory mask walks outside the Coliseum in downtown Rome on 28 February 2020 amid fears of COVID-19 epidemic. Picture: AFP

    Italy reimposes coronavirus measures in Sicily

    From Monday, masks will again be required outdoors as well as indoors on the island and restaurant diners will be limited to groups of four following an increase in cases of COVID-19.

    353 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: pixabay.com

    New heat record as 'Lucifer' sweeps Italy

    The blistering temperature was recorded near Syracuse, beating Italy's all-time record of 48.5 degrees, set in Sicily in 1999, and the 1977 record of 48 degrees at Eleusis in Greece.

    369 days ago
  • Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs celebrates after winning the men's 100m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 1, 2021. Picture: Giuseppe CACACE / AFP

    Italy hails Olympic track and field heroes

    Italy saluted its 'Gods of Olympus' Monday after sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs won a shock victory in the Olympic 100 metres and high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi also took gold.

    378 days ago
  • Image: Pete Linforth on Pixabay

    Rome region website hacked, affecting vaccine bookings

    'A hacker attack is underway... all defence and verification operations are ongoing to avoid prolonging the cut in services,' the region said on its Twitter account.

    379 days ago
  • FILE: A member of the medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) arrives in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the COVID-19 cases, in the San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome, on 29 October 2020. Picture: AFP

    Mask-free and 'low risk', Italy welcomes milestone

    A third of Italy's population over the age of 12 has been vaccinated as of Sunday, or 17,572,505 people, according to the government.

    413 days ago
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    Italy targets Booking.com over alleged tax evasion

    Netherlands-based Booking.com, one of the global giants of hotel reservations on the web, has 'failed to apply the tax on brokering of rentals of private homes and guest rooms,' said police in a statement.

    431 days ago
  • A photo taken and handout on 23 May 2021 by The Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps shows a cable car that crashed to the ground in the resort town of Stresa on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region. Picture: Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico/AFP

    Italian cable car crash suspects released from jail

    Service manager Gabriele Tadini was put under house arrest, while technical director Enrico Perocchio and the head of the cable car operating company, Luigi Nerini, were released.

    442 days ago
  • A photo taken and handout on 23 May 2021 by The Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps shows a cable car that crashed to the ground in the resort town of Stresa on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region. Picture: Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico/AFP

    Italy cable car accident kills 8

    The accident, which occurred around 300 metres from the summit, may have been caused by a broken cable at the top of the system, the Ansa news agency said.

    449 days ago
  • World number one Novak Djokovic beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in front of spectators who were allowed to watch in the Foro Italico, in Rome, on 13 May 2021. Picture: @Atptour/Twitter

    Djokovic sweeps into Italian Open quarter-finals in front of Roman crowd

    The five-time Rome champion won through 6-2, 6-1 in 1hr 10min against the 48th-ranked Spaniard with the venue filled to 25 per cent of capacity.

    459 days ago
  • FILE: The regulator added it would require Google to make Enel X's app available on Android Auto, which mirrors features of an Android device, such as a smartphone, on a car dashboard screen. Picture: 123rf.com

    Italy fines Google 100 mn euros for abuse of market position

    The authority said Google, whose Android operating system and Google Play app store dominate the Italian market, had abused its market position by blocking an Enel X app for users of electric vehicles.

    459 days ago
  • FILE: This image grabbed from a video taken on November 14, 2020 off the island of Lampedusa and handout on November 15, 2020 by the Italian Coast Guards (Guardia Costiera), shows a migrant clinging to a patrol boat of the Italian Coast Guards during a rescue operation after the capsizing of the migrants' boat. Picture: AFP.

    Thousand migrants land on Italy's Lampedusa

    The arrivals sparked calls from far-right politicians for urgent action, amid fresh tensions between Italian authorities and the rescue boats who operate in the central Mediterranean.

    463 days ago
  • A medical worker holds a vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination hub outside Rome's Termini railway station on 24 March 2021. Picture: ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP

    Italy misses vaccine targets due to supply problems

    The government had said in a document published March 13 that it counted on procuring 15.7 million vaccine doses by the end of the first quarter of 2021.

    501 days ago
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