Tue, 21-Oct-2025

‘I feel free’: France lifts Covid mask rule on public transport

Face masks are no longer necessary on French metros, trains, or planes as of Monday, as one of the last remaining health restrictions enforced since the pandemic began in 2020 was withdrawn. Following a significant decline in Covid cases, Health Minister Olivier Veran stated last week that masks would no longer be required on public … Read more

Massive public support propels Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra to Eurovision victory

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra

TURIN, Italy On Saturday, Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy with their entry “Stefania,” riding a tide of public support to clinch an emotional triumph that was celebrated by the country’s president. The winning song, sung in Ukrainian, blended rap with traditional folk music and was a dedication to band frontman … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2022) launched with Android 12

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Samsung has discreetly released a 2022 version of a 2020 item. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite slate has been updated and is now available for pre-order on Amazon Italy. On May 23, shipments and sales will commence. When comparing the original and 2022 edition spec sheets, the biggest difference is the Android version you get … Read more

Justice Department tells the location of superyachts seized over Russian sanctions

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Justice Department tells the location of superyachts seized over Russian sanctions As a feature of a worldwide tension mission on Russia, specialists from around the world have held onto in excess of about six superyachts having a place with very rich person oligarchs aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The yacht seizures since the Feb. … Read more

G7 leaders will conduct a video conference with Zelensky

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The world’s top industrialised nations’ leaders will hold video talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, according to a spokeswoman for the German government, which is acting as G7 chair. “The German chancellor (Olaf Scholz) will hold the third video conference since the start of the year with his G7 partners,” Christiane Hoffmann told … Read more

Swedish embassy has returned to Kyiv

Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine Tobias Thyberg declared on Twitter that the Swedish embassy in Ukraine has returned to Kyiv on Wednesday. Thyberg said, “The embassy team is back where we belong: in Kyiv, supporting Ukraine and its heroic citizens as they defend the freedom of their country and freedom in Europe.” President Volodymyr Zelensky … Read more

Italy PM urges ‘stronger’ EU that spreads east

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Tuesday stated the EU wishes to emerge stronger from the historic challenges thrown up by way of the struggle in Ukraine, which includes by way of increasing eastwards. The conflict, he advised the European Parliament in Strasbourg, changed into “a safety, humanitarian, electricity and economic crisis all rolled into one” that … Read more

New rule in Italy; Newborns to have surnames of both parents

Newborn baby grows dense thick hair all over her body

New rule in Italy; Newborns to have surnames of both parents The Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic, the most noteworthy court in Italy, decided on Wednesday that youngsters in the nation ought to be given the last names of the two guardians. The decision has upset the practice of naturally giving a kid their … Read more

Italian children should not automatically receive their father’s surname, court say

The longstanding tradition of a child automatically inheriting the father’s surname may soon be ending in Italy. Italy’s highest court ruled Wednesday that children should instead inherit both of their parents’ last names. Italy’s Constitutional Courts ruled that the paternal practice of a child automatically and involuntarily inheriting the father’s surname at birth was not … Read more

Leicester hold Roma as Feyenoord edge Marseille in Conference League semis

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Leicester City drew 1-1 with Roma in the first leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final on Thursday, thanks to Gianluca Mancini’s second-half own goal, while Feyenoord defeated Marseille in a five-goal thriller. Midway through the second half, Mancini got the final touch as he attempted to prevent Ademola Lookman from turning in a low … Read more

Raiola’s agency says death reports ‘fake news’

Mino Raiola

Mino Raiola, a football “super agent,” responded to widespread media allegations that he had died at the age of 54 on Thursday, turning to Twitter to express his displeasure with the reports. Reports of the death of Raiola, whose clients include Paul Pogba and one of world football’s current hottest properties, Erling Braut Haaland, quickly … Read more

Biden to meet Draghi of Italy as Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on

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According to their respective offices, US President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will meet in Washington next month to address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, among other concerns. The White House said in a statement that Biden will welcome his Italian colleague at the White House on May 10 prior to the G7 and … Read more

Italy announces more than 70,000 coronavirus infections, 143 fatalities

Italy registered 70,520 COVID-19 linked complaints on Saturday, versus 73,212 the day before, the health ministry said, but the daily number of fatalities reduced to 143 from 2022. Italy has documented 162,609 fatalities due to COVID-19 since its outbreak surfaced in February 2020, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the ninth worst in … Read more

Spain reopens embassy in Kyiv

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Spain reopened its embassy in Kyiv on Friday, the official stated, the latest European country to return its diplomats to the Ukrainian capital after Russia invaded the pro-Western country. Spain’s diplomatic delegation became evacuated from Kyiv to Poland the day after Russia invaded on February 24. But on Friday afternoon, a delegation led by Spain’s … Read more

Italy must stop buying Russian gas ‘soon’: minister

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Roberto Cingolani, Italy’s Ecological Transition Minister, said Thursday that the country is morally obligated to stop purchasing Russian gas “soon” because the payments are fueling the conflict in Ukraine. “I think that we will have to stop supplies of gas from Russia soon for ethical reasons,” he told the newspaper La Stampa. In an effort to … Read more

Italy’s Draghi scraps Africa trip after positive Covid test

Mario Draghi

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has scrapped a go-to oil-rich Angola and the Republic of Congo after testing effective for Covid-19, his office said on Monday. Draghi, 74, who is “asymptomatic,” was to fly to Luanda on Wednesday and Brazzaville on Thursday for talks on switching energy supplies from Russia, it said. Italian Prime Minister … Read more

Italian police bust 440-mln-euro Covid aid fraud

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Italian police said Wednesday they have got busted a chief operation to defraud a central authority scheme to assist companies at some point of the coronavirus pandemic, recuperating extra than 400 million euros ($430 million). Twelve human beings have been arrested as part of the edge in opposition to a crook community based in Rimini, … Read more

Italy PM in Algeria looking gas to reduce Russia credit

Italy PM in Algeria

 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi reached gas powerhouse Algeria on Monday as Rome steps forward in efforts to decrease its heavy reliance on Russian energy imports. Italy purchases a vast majority of its natural gas from overseas, with about 40 per cent of those imports reaching from Russia. But the war in Ukraine has provoked … Read more

Italy expels 30 Russian diplomats

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According to Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, Rome has expelled 30 Russian diplomats as part of a coordinated European response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We have dismissed 30 Russian diplomats for concerns of national security,” Di Miao told Italy’s Rai television in Berlin, according to information verified by the ministry in Rome. Di … Read more

France and Germany skirted Russia’s arms embargo in order to sell Putin weapons, which are now being used to kill Ukrainians.

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France, Germany, and Italy skirted around an arms embargo in order to supply weaponry to Vladimir Putin, who is slaughtering Ukrainians. On a day of embarrassment for the EU, it was revealed that 10 EU member nations sold Russia hundreds of millions of pounds worth of military equipment between 2015 and 2020. Bombs, rockets, and … Read more

Pre-school teacher survives miraculously

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Heart-stopping video shows the moment a Boston pre-school teacher collided with sharp rocks during a 40-foot cliff dive,’ splitting’ her foot in half and breaking her back. Jamie Brotsky, 29, followed other travellers in jumping from steep cliffs into the water in Italy’s Liguria area. But she didn’t leap far enough, and instead smacked into … Read more

Europe’s far-right in a quagmire

Europe’s far-right in a quagmire

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has plunged far-right movements across Europe into an identity crisis, as they struggle to square their loyalty to Vladimir Putin with the public’s overwhelming solidarity with Kyiv. From Germany to France to Italy, extremist groups have condemned the assault, but some have in the same breath championed President Putin’s line of … Read more

Italy’s COVID-19 case count rises again

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ROME – Reversing a trend of several weeks of improvement, Italy’s COVID-19 situation is getting worse again, the country’s Health Ministry said on Friday. This week, the transmission rate in Italy increased to 0.83 from 0.75 a week earlier. This rate, also referred to as R0, shows how many cases on average an infected person … Read more

Happy but prudent

Happy but prudent

Central Piazza Della Repubblica was filled with the usual bustle of people going to work or heading to their own activities. From this key junction located behind the central train station, a network of large streets leads to Rome’s historic centre and to its complex of historical monuments, ministries, offices and shops. Many passers-by, but … Read more

Robinho’s global warrant issued over gang-rape case

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Italian prosecutors issued an international arrest warrant for former Brazil forward Robinho and asked for his extradition following confirmation of his conviction for gang rape, news agencies reported. Judges at Italy’s top court, the Court of Cassation in Rome, upheld a nine-year sentence last month for the footballer’s part in an attack on a young woman in … Read more

Italy’s key pandemic parameters down for 4th consecutive week

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ROME – All key parameters of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy have dropped for the fourth consecutive week, data showed on Friday. The latest epidemiological survey carried out by the country’s National Health Institute (ISS) showed that the weekly incidence dropped to 672 cases per 100,000 inhabitants between Feb. 11 and Feb. 17, compared to … Read more

Covid-hit France captain Dupont ‘doing well’, could return for Six Nations

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France head coach Fabien Galthie said on Wednesday captain Antoine Dupont is “doing well” after contracting coronavirus and is likely to feature in next month’s Six Nations openers. World player of the year Dupont, 25, last played on December 11 after suffering a knee injury and then testing positive for Covid-19 with Italy heading to … Read more