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Italy beaches getting 'anti-coronavirus' ready in bid to save holiday season from pandemic

Private-beach owners are ramping up efforts to adapt their tourism spots to social-distancing rules in a bid to save the 2020 holiday season from the Covid-19 pandemic

26/04/2020

Italy

Italy and Portugal celebrate Liberation Day under lockdown

Italy celebrated Liberation Day on Saturday, marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the fascist dictatorship of war-time ruler Benito Mussolini.

25/04/2020

Italy

Italian towns are being disinfected with truck-mounted snow cannons

The cannons are usually used for covering the ski slopes in snow.

24/04/2020

Italy

Bookstores reopen in Italy, providing a glimpse of the new normal

Some book stores opened again in Italy this week following two months of lockdown - but there are still strict measures in place to prevent the spreading of coronavirus

21/04/2020

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Advantage innovation! Tennis players take to roof for practice

These youngsters have come up with a bright way of keeping up their tennis practice!

20/04/2020

Germany

Germany mass-testing for coronavirus antibodies

Germany has become the first country in Europe to undertake mass-testing for coronavirus antibodies in an attempt to learn more about the spread of the virus

19/04/2020

Italy

Venice considers a new tourism model after COVID-19 lockdown

The Italian city of Venice is considering adopting a new model of tourism after coronavirus quarantine emptied its streets and waterways

19/04/2020

Italy

Mediterranean rescue charities disagree on whether to work during pandemic

Doctors Without Borders fell out with SOS Mediteranee after it put its rescue ship Ocean Viking into port in Marseille.

18/04/2020

Italy

Trainee doctor slayed as domestic violence reports jump amid lockdown

Lorena Quaranta was murdered just three weeks into Italy's lockdown. Authorities say it highlights a worrying increase in domestic violence across Europe amid confinement.

16/04/2020

World News

'Wish you were here': Tourism sector 'hardest hit' by COVID-19

Millions of jobs are at risk as lockdown has all but ground tourism to a halt, says the World Travel & Tourism Council

16/04/2020

Italy

Italian bridge collapses injuring only one thanks to lockdown

One man was injured and another walked away from the scene but on a normal day this could have been a disaster, and thoughts of Genoa prevail.

08/04/2020

Italy

Italy ups COVID-19 stimulus spending to €750bn - nearly half its GDP

Italy is trying to spend its way out of the COVID-19 crisis, but the EU's second-most indebted country is already in financial hot water.

07/04/2020

Spain

Hope for Europe as Spain records lower COVID-19 cases for fourth day

Spain and Germany have recorded consecutive days of fewer coronavirus infections, while Italy has seen a fall in deaths, and Austria has announced plans to lift the lockdown.

06/04/2020

Italy

Italian doctor treats coronavirus patients at home

One Italian oncologist has shown how to ease pressure on intensive care beds in hospitals by treating people at home.

04/04/2020

Italy

Coronavirus: Baskets of solidarity lowered from Naples balconies

Naples residents are lowering baskets packed with essentials from their balconies - allowing those in need to collect food while maintaining social distancing

02/04/2020

World News

Keep what you sow: Fruit growers struggling amid coronavirus lockdown

From restaurant closures to staffing problems, coronavirus has been a big headache for fruit and vegetable growers.

01/04/2020

World

Italy's COVID-19 numbers 'stabilising' but more testing is needed

“Things are getting slowly much much better. I believe Italy needs at least two more weeks of lockdown and then we will see,” Italy’s deputy health minister tells Euronews.

01/04/2020

Italy

‘More dogs around than people’: Life in lockdown from a bench in Milan

The abundance of green areas in my neighbourhood has made 'quarantine' more bearable, says Alessio Dell'Anna, a journalist based in Milan.

31/03/2020

Italy

Juventus players to forgo €90m to help club through coronavirus crisis

Players and manager agreed to give up four months worth of their salary to help Juventus through the coronavirus crisis

29/03/2020

World News

Covid-10: Europe battles with the coronavirus

As Italy builds a field hospital, Spain further clamps down on non-essential activities and France carries out its largest medical evacuation of the coronavirus patients on French territory, Britain's bask in the warm weather.

29/03/2020