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

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

Ren Leen 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.

Europe

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 […]

Europe

Italy sets out on vaccinations against COVID-19 in Rome

Editorial Bureau December 27, 2020

ROME (ITALY) -Almost 10 months after the first Italian patient tested positive for the new coronavirus, Italy on Sunday vaccinated the first residents against COVID-19. Three health workers at the Rome Spallanzani hospital were inoculated shortly before 0700 GMT with the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, a statement by the commissioner for the epidemic […]

Europe

Italy looks forward to EMA approval of Pfizer-BionNTech vaccine

Editorial Bureau December 15, 2020

ROME (ITALY) – Italy’s Health Minister on Tuesday said he is hopeful about the European Medicines Agency (EMA) giving its green light to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the earliest, in order to get started with vaccinations in Europe before the end of 2020. “I hope that EMA, in compliance with all safety procedures, will […]

Europe

Italian govt mulls new pandemic curbs for the holidays

Editorial Bureau December 14, 2020

ROME (ITALY) – Italy is mulling tougher nationwide pandemic curbs during the Christmas and New Year holidays amid rising concerns over a possible spurt in cases in January. In the wake of some curbs, which were put in place last month, being eased, shoppers flocked to many city centres on Sunday. There were 484 coronavirus-related […]