News from italy

From New York to Milan on the first “quarantine-free” flight

May 2021 |
Travelers from New York arrived in Italy’s Milan Malpensa airport on the route’s first Covid-tested and “quarantine-free” flight on April 3. “It is the first ever flight from New York since the end of March 2020. It took a year to restart this...

Rome welcomes its first female traffic controller

May 2021 |
Rome welcomes its first female traffic controller to work atop the retractable podium in Rome’s famous Piazza Venezia. Cristina Corbucci claimed the coveted role, making her debut in late March. The white-gloved vigili (traffic officers)...

New Coronavirus restrictions in Italy

April 2021 |
In early March, Italy announced that it would further tighten coronavirus restrictions in three of its 20 regions, after health officials warned of the growing spread of new, highly contagious variants. "The virus is spreading rapidly across...

New discovery in Pompeii

April 2021 |
Archaeologists in Italy have unveiled a ceremonial chariot they discovered near the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The four-wheeled carriage was found near a stable where three horses were uncovered back in 2018. Experts believe it was likely used...

Italian ambassador killed in Congo

April 2021 |
Italians mourned the death of Luca Attanasio, the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was killed in an ambush with his bodyguard and their driver while taking part in a humanitarian convoy with the World Food Program in...

A landslide plunges a 100-year-old cemetery into the sea

April 2021 |
Hundreds of coffins tumbled from their resting place in northwest Italy when a landslide destabilized a 100-year-old cliffside cemetery in late February. Video showed emergency workers in boats searching for the estimated 200 coffins in the waters...

Etna nature's firepower

April 2021 |
Since Feb. 16, Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has been giving off an impressive demonstration of nature's firepower, coloring the night sky in shocking hues of orange and red. The volcano produced ash and small lava stones which rained...

"acrobat thieves" in Milan

March 2021 |
A group of robbers in Milan known as the "acrobat thieves" monitored the Instagram pages of the city's rich and famous in order to ransack their homes, prosecutors revealed last month. The group examined celebrities' photos to find entry points,...

The resignation of Ignazio Marino

March 2021 |
Rome's embattled Mayor, Ignazio Marino, has resigned following a scandal over his credit card expenses. Mr. Marino has denied allegations he paid personal restaurant bills using official funds. He offered to pay back €20,000 ($22,500) last month...
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