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Italy blocks over 500 illegal streaming resources

May 28, 2022, at 11:48 pm

Rome/UNISputnik: Italy's Financial Guard blocked 40 Telegram channels and 500 Internet resources, including servers and sites, as part of an operation to combat piracy and illegal sports broadcasting, the law enforcement agency said on Saturday.

Italy may enforce AC temp limits in public buildings

Apr 21, 2022, at 12:40 am

Rome: The Italian government asked the parliament to introduce amendments to a draft bill on energy tariffs that would set a limit on air conditioning in public buildings at 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit) in summer and 21C (70F) in winter, Italian media reported on Wednesday.

Ukraine crisis can only be solved via dialogue, says Italy

Feb 16, 2022, at 12:13 am

Rome/UNI/Sputnik: Tensions around Ukraine can be defused only through dialogue as all major European actors are looking for ways to engage Russia, Franco Frattini, President of the Italian State Council, said in an interview with Sputnik.

Italy: Building collapse leaves 2 dead

Dec 12, 2021, at 10:16 pm

Ravanusa: At least two people died and seven others went missing after a building collapsed in Ravanusa city of Italy, media reports said on Sunday.

Seven injured as train goes off rails in northern Italy - Reports

Dec 02, 2021, at 02:22 am

Rome/UNI/Sputnik: Seven people sustained light injuries when a commuter train went off the rails in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, media reported on Wednesday.

G20: US, EU committed to negotiate carbon-based arrangement on steel, aluminum trade, says Biden

Nov 01, 2021, at 04:44 am

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States and the European Union have pledged to negotiate a new carbon-based arrangement on steel and aluminum trade after agreeing to suspend the Trump-era tariffs in the sectors, US President Joe Biden said on Sunday.

G20 leaders adopt 2022-2024 anti-corruption action plan: Declaration

Nov 01, 2021, at 04:02 am

Rome/Sputnik: The G20 leaders adopted an anti-corruption action plan for years 2022-2024 at G20 summit in Rome, according to the final declaration, obtained by Sputnik.

G20 leaders committed to strive to resume global travel in safe, orderly manner amid Covid

Nov 01, 2021, at 03:54 am

Rome/Sputnik: The leaders of the G20 countries committed on Sunday for making efforts to restart international travel in a safe and ordered manner amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the final communique obtained by Sputnik.

G20 leaders commit to limit global warming to 1.5 deg Celsius above pre-industrial levels

Nov 01, 2021, at 03:06 am

Rome/UNI/Sputnik: The leaders of the G20 countries committed on Sunday to make efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing collective greenhouse gas emissions, taking into account their nationally determined contributions (NDC), according to the Rome summit's final communique obtained by Sputnik.

Italian FM says impossible for his nation to recognise Taliban govt of Afghanistan

Sep 28, 2021, at 02:29 am

Rome: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has said it is impossible for his nation to recognize the Taliban government.

Italy investigates its own defence firm on suspicion of China takeover

Sep 08, 2021, at 11:14 pm

Rome: Police recently raided an Italy-based defence manufacturer that supplies the Italian special forces with high-tech drones over suspicion that the company was purchased by China.

Eight people injured in shooting in Italy's Trieste: Reports

Sep 04, 2021, at 11:50 pm

Rome/UNI/SPUTNIK: At least eight people were injured, one of them in serious condition, as a result of a shooting incident in the Italian port city of Trieste, national media reported on Saturday.

Euro 2020: UK PM Johnson condemns racist abuse of England football players

Jul 13, 2021, at 12:23 am

London/UNI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday condemned the racist abuse directed at three Black England players after team's narrow defeat against Italy in the final of Euro 2020.

Pakistan-Italy bridge inaugurated in Chitral

Apr 13, 2021, at 09:34 pm

A suspension bridge, funded by an Italian aid agency, in Khairabad village of Chitral district in Pakistan, was inaugurated on Monday, reported The Tribune Express. The bridge will benefit the rural communities in the area that often face connectivity issues during heavy rainfall.

COVID-19: Italy now shut shops and schools amid infection spike

Mar 13, 2021, at 02:39 pm

Rome/UNI: Italian authorities announced on Friday that shops, restaurants and schools will be closed across the country on Monday, as PM Mario Draghi warned of a "new wave" of the coronavirus outbreak.

Italy suspending UK-bound flights over new COVID-19 strain: Foreign Minister

Dec 21, 2020, at 02:05 am

Rome/Paris/Sputnik: Italy is set to suspend flights to the United Kingdom due to the new strain of the coronavirus that threatens to spread far more rapidly than its other variants, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday.

Italy announces temporary ban on Mink farming

Nov 24, 2020, at 02:27 pm

Rome/Sputnik: Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza signed a decree on Monday banning mink farming until at least March, amid fears that coronavirus mutations may affect vaccine efficacy.

Italy set to impose new anti-COVID-19 social restrictions, no national lockdown

Oct 13, 2020, at 03:35 pm

Rome/Xinhua: Italy is set to impose new restrictions on social life in an effort to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, after registering some of the highest daily increases in new cases since spring, officials said.

Italy calls for reinvigorated multilateral system to combat ‘invisible enemy’, COVID-19

Sep 26, 2020, at 03:46 pm

New York: Today the world is faced with “an invisible enemy” that has upended lives, suffocated the world economy and limited freedoms, the Prime Minster of Italy told the United Nations on Friday.

Italy Records Lowest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll in 3 Weeks - Official

Apr 13, 2020, at 11:51 am

Rome/ Sputnik/UNI: Italy has recorded 431 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, which is the smallest overnight increase in the country in three weeks, Angelo Borrelli, the head of the National Civil Protection Department, said on Sunday, adding that the total number of COVID-19 fatalities stood at 19,899.

Italian PM extends national coronavirus lockdown

Apr 11, 2020, at 12:15 pm

Rome, April 11 (Xinhua) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday announced the decision to extend the national coronavirus quarantine until at least May 3.

COVID-19 cases come down in Italy despite rising death count: Report

Mar 31, 2020, at 03:50 pm

Rome/IBNS: Amid a growing death rate, the coronavirus spread in Italy is slowing as the country has started recording fewer COVID-19 cases, a media report said.

Coronavirus fatalities cross 15000 worldwide

Mar 23, 2020, at 06:38 pm

Paris/IBNS: Total deaths from coronavirus pandemic crossed 15000, according to an AFP report.

Amid tightened lockdown, Italy records over 4825 deaths from COVID-19

Mar 22, 2020, at 09:30 am

Rome/IBNS: Even as Italy ordered a complete lockdown, the number of deaths in the country from the spread of novel Coronavirus took a gigantic leap on Saturday to reach 4,825, a number which surpassed China's death toll from where the virus outbreak commenced.

UN agriculture agency staff continue to strive for a better world amid Italy COVID-19 lockdown

Mar 19, 2020, at 01:03 pm

New York/IBNS: Italy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, with nearly 28,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 2,503 deaths, according to latest statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO).  While a national quarantine has the country in lockdown, it has not halted the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in the capital, Rome.

Kazakhstan bans entry for people arriving from Italy amid Coronavirus outbreak - Official

Mar 10, 2020, at 04:37 pm

Nur-Sultan/Sputnik/UNI: Kazakhstan has banned entry for all the people arriving from Italy, except Kazakh citizens, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, the country's chief sanitary doctor, Zhandarbek Bekshin, said on Tuesday.

Coronavirus: Death toll rise to 233 in Italy

Mar 08, 2020, at 08:41 am

Rome/UNI: As Italy is all set to quarantine nearly 16 million people, the death toll due to the deadly coronavirus rose to 233 while the total number of infections shot up by a single-day record of 1,247 to hit 5,061.

Ukraine confirms first case of coronavirus infection in man returning from Italy

Mar 03, 2020, at 05:17 pm

Kiev/Sputnik/UNI: Ukraine announced its first case of coronavirus infection in a man who returned from Italy, Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said Tuesday.

Italian tourist on Canary Islands tests positive for COVID-19, 1,000 quarantined: reports

Feb 25, 2020, at 04:12 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: Up to 1,000 people in a hotel on the  Spanish island of Tenerife were placed under quarantine on Tuesday after  one visitor tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),  media reported.

Number of COVID-19 cases in Italy crosses 100

Feb 23, 2020, at 06:27 pm

Rome/Sputnik: The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Italy's Lombardy region has reached 89, likely pushing the country's overall number of cases past 100, regional head Attilio Fontana said on Sunday.