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Italy's vaccine cert is required for indoor dining in restaurants as well as access to sporting and cultural events from 6 August. So how does it work and how do I get it?
Italy's 'Green Pass' certificate, which comes i...
Nature reserve near Rome destroyed by flames.
Wildfires continue to rage in Italy this summer, particularly in the southern regions of Sicily and Calabria, as the country endures a heatwave with record high temperatures...
'I'm not a no-vax, I'm not vaccinated because I still have antibodies and the doctor recommended I don't do it.'
That's how Virginia Raggi, mayor of Rome, running for a second term, expressed herself regarding the...
Italy swelters in days leading to Ferragosto holiday on Sunday.
The Italian health ministry has issued its highest Level 3 heat warning for 15 cities on Friday 13 August as temperatures soar amid an intense heatwave in...
Italy faces its 'hottest week of the summer'.
Italy recorded temperatures of 48.8 degrees Celsius in Sicily on Wednesday afternoon in what Italian media say is the hottest ever registered in Europe.
The sweltering te...
Fires break out in Sicily and Calabria during intense heatwave.
Three people have died as a result of wildfires in southern Italy, burning thousands of hectares of land, as the Calabria region calls on the government to...
Spot checks will be carried out on crowded coastal areas near Rome over the Ferragosto weekend.
Rome police are to carry out random checks along the coast near the capital to see if people are in possession of the Green...
Unvaccinated workers not permitted to eat in company canteen.
Strike action has been called at a factory in the Turin province of northern Italy after employees without the Green Pass were told they could not eat in the...
Italy steps up covid vaccination campaign of teenagers ahead of return to school.
Young people in Italy aged between 12 and 18 years will be able to get vaccinated against covid-19 without booking in advance, starting f...
Tesla and Space X founder is visiting Tuscany.
Elon Musk, the tech magnate and one of the richest people in the world, paid a surprise visit to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence on Tuesday evening.
Together with his p...
Clarification comes after days of confusion in Italy's hospitality sector.
Italy’s bars and restaurants can ask customers for identification documents when they present the Green Pass but only in cases when there is "ev...
Italy's bars and restaurants not to ask for ID when checking for Green Pass covid certificate.The Italian government is moving to clear up confusion over Green Pass protocols after interior minister Luciana Lamorgese sai...
Olympic athlete met with cheers in Rome airport.
Marcell Jacobs, the Italian athlete who claimed the unofficial title of 'Fastest Man in the World' at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has returned to Rome where he lives with hi...
Roman drivers bid farewell to sampietrini on Via Nazionale.
Rome's traditional cobblestones or 'sampietrini' are being removed from the central Via Nazionale street and being replaced with asphalt.
The move is part o...
Italy braced for 'Lucifer' heatwave amid increased risk of wildfires in the week leading up to the Ferragosto summer holiday.
Italy is set to experience soaring temperatures in the coming days with the arrival of the 'L...
Italy gets to grips with new covid Green Pass rules.
20 million Green Pass certificates have been downloaded in Italy in the last three days, announced health minister Roberto Speranza on 9 August.
Hailing it as "an...
Europe's tallest active volcano wakes up local residents with a bang.
Mount Etna erupted with strong explosions at dawn this morning, 9 August, shaking the walls and floors of nearby buildings in the Catania province of...
Vatican Museums requires visitors to show Green Pass which may also be needed to attend the pope's weekly audience.
Pope Francis has his own Green Pass, the certificate showing that people have been vaccinated, tested n...
Italy ends 2020 Olympics in 10th place on the medal table.
Italy ends its Olympic adventure in Tokyo with a total of 40 medals, the most the country ever won, beating the previous record of 36 set in Los Angeles 1932 an...
Mattarella and Draghi are both on summer vacation in Italy.
Italy's president and prime minister have both opted for 'staycations' as the country's leaders take their annual summer leave in the lead-up to the Ferragosto...
Pompeii will open up newly unearthed thermopolium this summer.
The Pompeii archaeological park is to open the recently discovered thermopolium - described as a sort of ancient 'fast food' counter - to the public from 12...
Italy smashes its Olympic medal record as Marcell Jacobs wins gold again.
Italy won a gold medal - the third one today - in the 4x100m relay race at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo on 6 August.
Italy set a new national re...
Sicilian karate champ Busà wins Italy's ninth gold medal in Tokyo.
Italy's Luigi Busà has won a gold medal in the men's karate 'kumite' competition in the -75kg category, defeating Azerbaijan's Rafael Aghayev in the Tok...
Italy's new Green Pass rules came into force on 6 August.
The Pompeii archaeological park is offering free covid tests to visitors who arrive without the Green Pass which became obligatory for museums across Italy on 6...
Fiumicino airport sees gradual increase in air traffic.
Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, better known as Fiumicino, reopened its Terminal 1 on Friday 6 August.
Terminal 1 had been closed since 17 March 2020, days af...
Italy's covid health passport is now required to dine indoors in restaurants.
Italy rolls out its newly expanded Green Pass rules today, Friday 6 August, in a contentious move designed to curb the rise of covid-19.
T...
Italy to suspend teachers and block pay after five days of absence for not having Green Pass.
The Italian government is to make the covid 'Green Pass' mandatory for teachers and school staff, as well as staff and studen...
FBI and Europol cooperate with Italian police in Regione Lazio hacking investigation.
The FBI and Europol are assisting Italian police with the investigation into the cyber attack on the website of the Regione Lazio, th...
Pennacchi won Italy's Strega Prize for his novel Canale Mussolini.
The Italian writer Antonio Pennacchi died on the evening of 3 August, aged 71, the Mondadori publishing house announced.
Pennacchi, died at home in L...
Malagò responds to US and UK press coverage of Jacobs' Olympic victory.
Coverage of Marcell Jacobs' victory of the Men's 100m final in Tokyo by some US and UK media is "a source of great regret and also embarrassment,"...
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