August 23, 2020 Italy’s daily coronavirus cases top 1,000 for first time since May; vacationers contributing to surge Italy reported over 1,000 daily coronavirus infections on Saturday for the first time since easing a strict countrywide lockdown in May as citizens return from summer vacations.
August 18, 2020 Italy, EU pledge support for Tunisia to help slow migration As growing numbers of migrants cross from Tunisia to Europe, Italy is sending $13 million to the African nation’s government to stem the migration and help the country’s young democracy as it copes with an economic decline worsened by the virus pandemic, according to a report.
August 11, 2020 Italian man gets fined over rooster’s constant early-morning crowing Cock-a-doodle-doos are not welcome in Italy. Or at least that’s how it seems to be in small towns like Castiraga Vidardo, where an 83-year-old man received a fine over a rooster’s incessant early-morning crowing.
August 8, 2020 Austrian tourist taking photo with 200-year-old sculpture breaks its toes The tourist, who took the photo at an art museum in northern Italy last week, has apologized.
August 7, 2020 Palermo sets example for the return of tour-level tennis The only player who tested positive for the coronavirus was withdrawn from the tournament without ever setting foot at the venue.
August 7, 2020 Pope Francis names six women to Vatican council in historic shift Pope Francis appointed six women to oversee the Vatican's finances on Thursday, making them the most senior female officials who have ever served there.
August 5, 2020 Tourist snaps toes off 19th century statue while posing for photo: report An Austrian tourist damaged a plaster model of a 200-year-old sculpture in Italy last week while trying to take a selfie with the artwork, according to multiple reports.
August 3, 2020 Emeritus Pope Benedict falls ill after return from visiting late brother in Germany Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper reported Monday.
August 2, 2020 96-year-old Italian man, a WWII veteran, becomes country's oldest graduate He completed a three-year degree starting in 2017.
July 28, 2020 Andrea Bocelli says coronavirus lockdown 'humiliated and offended' him, even though he tested positive Legendary opera tenor Andrea Bocelli, who survived COVID-19 this spring, is getting major blowback in Italy after he said the coronavirus lockdown made him feel “humiliated and offended” by depriving him of his personal autonomy to come and go as he pleased.
