A cluster of coronavirus infections has broken out in a residential district of Rome as Italy moves into Phase Three of its emergency plan for the Covid-19 epidemic. At least 17 people have tested positive for the virus on Piazza Pecile in the Garbatella district of the city in recent days, prompting fears of a … Read more
The choice of Matera as 2019’s European City of Culture will have astonished Italians of a certain age, although not those who have ever visited it. Fifty years ago, the city was designated the ‘national shame’ of Italy, embodying everything that was wrong with the impoverished south. But it was not true then and is little more … Read more
Italy is best known for its picture-perfect cities, stunning lakes, incredible mountains and beautiful coastline. But its fairy tale-like forests are just as spellbinding- as these jaw-dropping images show. They were all snapped in enchanting woodland areas across Italy throughout the seasons and entered into the 2019 Experience Forests photo contest run by the Italian … Read more
Italy, the first European country to be hard-hit by the coronavirus, will allow some businesses to reopen as soon as this week while aiming to reopen manufacturing and construction from May 4, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. Conte gave the most detailed outline yet of plans to reopen the economy, in a newspaper interview published … Read more
Italy is staring down the barrel of the worst recession since the Second World War, which could bolster the far-right and damage the country’s love affair with the European Union, analysts say. Much will depend on how Rome handles the easing of the national lockdown, how quickly it manages to get liquidity to suffering businesses, … Read more