The video-sharing app TikTok said yesterday it had agreed with Italian authorities to block all users who gave their age as under 13, among other measures, after the death of a 10-year-old girl was blamed on a breath-holding social media challenge. Prosecutors in Palermo are investigating that case, which has […]
Italy’s president allows four days of talks over political crisis
Italy’s president gave ruling parties more time yesterday to form a new government after the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte plunged the virus-ravaged country into crisis. Sergio Mattarella said a parliamentary majority could be found based on the members of Conte’s previous coalition and tasked the speaker of the […]
Italy’s Serie A gets green light for June 20 restart
Italy’s top-flight Serie A soccer league has been given the go-ahead to restart on June 20 following the novel coronavirus stoppage, Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said on Thursday. He added that there was a possibility the resumption of the season, which was suspended on March 9, could be preceded by […]
Italy taking calculated risk in rolling back Covid lockdown, says PM Conte
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Saturday Italy was taking a calculated risk in rolling back lockdown measures from next week as the daily death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic fell to its lowest since March 9. “We’re facing a calculated risk, knowing that the epidemiological curve could rise […]
Covid-19: Italy to allow travel to and from abroad from June 3
Italy’s government on Saturday approved a decree which will allow travel to and from abroad from June 3, in a major development as it moves to unwind one of the world’s most rigid coronavirus lockdowns. The government will allow free travel across the country from that same day. Some regions […]