Europe

Former Italian PM Berlusconi hospitalised since Tuesday – sources

Editorial Bureau April 7, 2021

MILAN (ITALY) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been in hospital since Tuesday afternoon for check-ups, as per two sources within his Forza Italia party, on Wednesday. One of the sources said the 84-year-old media tycoon was hospitalized for follow-up tests after

Europe

In a first of its kind deal, Russia’s Sputnik V could be made in Italy

Editorial Bureau March 9, 2021

MOSCOW (RUSSIA) – A commercial deal to produce Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 in Italy was signed by the Moscow-based RDIF sovereign wealth fund and Swiss-based pharmaceutical company Adienne. The agreement first of its kind, will need approval from Italian regulators before the production begins. However, both RDIF and the Italian-Russian chamber

Europe

Italy’s mediator grapples to renew government before meeting with president

Editorial Bureau February 2, 2021

ROME (ITALY) – Policy conflicts and disagreements over government positions have been stumbling blocks for attempts at renewing Italy’s ruling coalition as the mediator appointed by President Sergio Mattarella is expected to report back to the head of state later on Tuesday. Mattarella, the supreme arbiter of Italian politics, last week asked lower house

Europe

Italy’s prime minister close to stepping down, aims at form new government – papers

Editorial Bureau January 25, 2021

ROME (ITALY) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is close to stepping down and to later form a new government, which can count on a wider majority, national dailies reported on Monday. According to the La Repubblica newspaper, Conte said, “My aim is to find an agreement that gives a clear political perspective to the […]

Asia

Italy to go for legal action over delay in COVID vaccine to receive promised doses

Editorial Bureau January 24, 2021

MILAN (ITALY) – Italy will take legal action against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to secure agreed supplies rather than seek damages, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Sunday. “We are working so our vaccine plan programme does not change,” Di Maio said on RAI state television. On […]

Tech

Death of young girl: Italy orders TikTok to block unverified user accounts

Editorial Bureau January 23, 2021

ROME (ITALY) – Following the death of a 10-year-old Italian girl who was an avid user of Chinese app TikTok, the nation’s data privacy watchdog told the application to block the accounts of any Italian whose age it could not verify. The watchdog said in a statement that though TikTok had pledged to prohibit the […]

Europe

Italy’s Conte supports record, asserts political crisis risks affecting nation

Editorial Bureau January 18, 2021

ROME (ITALY) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, looking to salvage his government after a junior partner left the coalition, highlighted on Monday how he dealt with both the coronavirus emergency and the knock-on economic crisis. Addressing the lower house of parliament, Conte said there was “no plausible justification” for Renzi’s decision.

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Italy’s former PM Berlusconi hospitalised with heart problems, doctor says

Editorial Bureau January 14, 2021

MILAN (ITALY) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been urgently hospitalised in Monaco citing heart problems, his personal doctor told on Thursday. Alberto Zangrillo said he saw Berlusconi on Monday and decided to transfer him to a nearby hospital because he did not think it prudent to bring him to Italy, which is […]

Europe

Italy witnesses 364 COVID-related deaths on Saturday

Editorial Bureau January 2, 2021

ROME (ITALY) – Italy reported 364 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday against 462 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections plunged to 11,831 from 22,211, with far less testing than normal carried out on New Year’s day. Just 67,174 swab tests were carried out in the past day, the […]

Europe

Italy confirms 555 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, 23,477 new cases

Editorial Bureau December 31, 2020

ROME (ITALY) – Italy reported 555 coronavirus-related deaths on Thursday against 575 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 23,477 from 16,202. There were 186,004 swab tests carried out in the past day, the ministry said, up from a previous 169,045. Italy has seen an official […]