Thursday, 13 May 2021_Italy’s anti-trust authority said Thursday it had fined Google more than 100 million euros ($120mn) for shutting out a rival’s smartphone app offering recharging of electric vehicles.
Tuesday, 13 April 2021_Restaurateurs, gym owners and business people from various other industries have continued to stage protests across Italy demanding the government to immediately lift the ban on their activities.
The popular Houthi Ansarullah movement has praised Italy’s decision to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which have been waging a devastating war on impoverished Yemen for years.
Saturday, 30 January 2021_Public and private sector workers staged a nationwide 24-hour general strike to denounce government measures adopted to counter the spread of coronavirus in Italy.
Wednesday, 20 January 2021_On Tuesday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte won a crucial confidence vote in the upper house of the parliament with 156 votes in favor, 140 against, and 16 abstentions.
Friday, 08 January 2021_Italian top officials have reacted with indignation and strong condemnation to the US Capitol riots. Also Amnesty International has accused Trump of inciting violence putting public safety at grave risk.
Thursday, 10 December 2020 _Many of Italy's over 3.2 million civil servants staged a 24-hour strike called by the country's largest trade unions CGIL, CISL and UIL.
Tuesday, 08 September 2020_A study on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health in Italy was presented during a conference held at Rome's University of La Sapienza.
Wednesday, 02 September 2020_In Italy, the level of employment has plummeted by almost 500,000 units since February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The country is facing its deepest recession since World War Two.
Wednesday, 05 August 2020_Early on Tuesday, about 200 asylum seekers arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa via sea from Northern African countries.
Monday, 03 August 2020_Italy inaugurates a sleek new bridge in Genoa on Monday, though relatives of the 43 people killed when the old viaduct collapsed say the pomp and ceremony risk overshadowing the tragedy.
Tehran 3 July_As the pandemic in Italy has slowed down visibly in recent weeks, the country is now coming to terms with the economic toll that the COVID-19 emergency is taking.
Police in Italy say they have seized a 14-ton haul of amphetamine pills made by the Daesh terrorist group in Syria, in an operation they described as the biggest seizure of the drug in the world.
Saturday, 27 June_Soldiers were deployed to an abandoned residential complex under quarantine in Mondragone on Friday after clashes broke out between people living there.