Italy

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

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Venice canals empty amid virus lockdown

Canals in Venice were almost empty on Monday morning as Italy's fight against the coronavirus pandemic continues.

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

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Watch: Travelling around the empty streets of Rome on lockdown

Rome's majestic monuments and picturesque streets are deserted amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.

03/04/2020

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

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

Parts of Italy struggle to cope with the volume of COVID-19 deaths

Some towns in Italy are running out of space to store coffins as the sheer volume of COVID-19 deaths overwhelms morgues and funeral services.

29/03/2020

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

Italy

COVID-19: EU will lose 'raison d'etre' if it doesn't help, Italy warns

EU will lose its 'raison d'etre' if it fails to help its member states and citizens during COVID-19 crisis, Italy's PM Giuseppe Conte has warned.

28/03/2020

World

Italy is 'at war' with COVID-19, says foreign minister Luigi Di Maio

"Italy is at war with a virus", Italy's foreign affairs minister Luigi Di Maio tells Euronews

27/03/2020

Italy

Join us on Reddit for a Q&A on how to cope with life on lockdown

We have Euronews journalists living in France, Italy and Spain answering questions on how to cope with coronavirus confinement.

26/03/2020

Italy

Watch: Italian mayor uses drone to scream at locals to stay indoors

'I can't wait to check all the villages on the screens,' says the mayor of Messina in Italy, who is using drones to tell people to stay indoors and respect the coronavirus lockdown

26/03/2020

Italy

Coronavirus: Italian police arrest two men for stealing 8,000 masks

The two brothers from Erchie, Brindisi, are being held for aggravated robbery and the assault of a Chinese shopkeeper.

26/03/2020

Italy

Watch: Positive effects of Italy's COVID-19 lockdown 'yet to be seen'

The positive effects of Italy's coronavirus lockdown are yet to be seen, the director of one of Milan's hospitals has told Euronews.

25/03/2020

Italy

Non-stop work and no protection: Bergamo's funeral houses say 'enough'

Before coronavirus broke out, there were around 115 funerals per month. So far in March there has been more than 800.

24/03/2020

Italy

'I'll catch you!': Italian mayors lose patience with lockdown dodgers

Many people in Italy have not been heeding the instructions to stay indoors as the country battles #coronavirus - now a number of mayors of Italian towns and cities are taking matters into their own hands

23/03/2020

Italy

Coronavirus: Italy approves use of drones to monitor social distancing

The Italian Civil Aviation Authority will allow local police to use the equipment to help enforce restrictions on assembly.

23/03/2020

Italy

COVID-19: Lombardy bans outdoor exercise in tougher lockdown rules

Lombardy authorities have issued the clearest measures yet to close loopholes being leveraged to circumvent bans on movement.

22/03/2020

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Genoa bridge illuminated with the colours of the Italian flag

The Genoa bridge was illuminated with the colours of the country's national flag on Saturday, as a sign of solidarity with the victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

22/03/2020

Italy

Italy's COVID-19 death toll likely to be higher than official numbers

The mayor of Bergamo in northern Italy claims the true number of victims of COVID-19 is likely to be much higher than the official figure.

21/03/2020

The Cube

Debunked: Video does NOT show dolphins in Venice's canals

The footage was actually captured in the port of Cagliari on the island of Sardinia.

20/03/2020

My Europe Series

Italy suffocated by coronavirus: the story of patients and doctors in the grip of Covid-19

Unreported Europe takes a look at stories from the first weeks in the country now recording the highest amount of deaths related to the new coronavirus.

20/03/2020

Italy

Italians who fled to south as north locked down spark new fears

Many student and professionals in Northern Italy headed south as the regions began to lock down. They may have gone to be with their families, but at what cost to other regions?

20/03/2020

Italy

Bergamo hospitals full as Italy's coronavirus nightmare worsens

A doctor at the centre of the COVID-19 pandemic says that patients will have to be turned away.

19/03/2020

World

Pollution levels drop as COVID-19 lockdown continues

Worldwide levels of pollution are dropping in the wake of the economic lockdown aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19

19/03/2020