Protests in Italy over new coronavirus crackdown turn violentIn the northern city of Turin, some demonstrators broke off from a peaceful protest, smashing store windows on an elegant shopping street, ...
27 Oct, 2020, 04.21 PM IST
Italy approves partial lockdown; Spain announces national curfewItaly and Spain had managed to tamp down the initial ourbreak with some of the world's strictest national lockdowns. The easing of those me...
25 Oct, 2020, 11.43 PM IST
Italy plans fresh curbs since national lockdown amid jump in coronavirus casesSperanza said businesses that come under the ban will receive some compensation, according to one of the officials. Conte's plan is aimed a...
19 Oct, 2020, 09.09 AM IST
Coronavirus at 'turning point' in Europe, hitting at-risk groupsWith newly confirmed cases reaching records, the World Health Organization warned Friday that intensive care units in a number of European ...
16 Oct, 2020, 10.40 PM IST
Italy tops 5,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time since MarchItaly was the first country in Europe to be slammed by COVID-19 and has the second-highest death toll in the continent, with 36,111 fatalit...
09 Oct, 2020, 09.32 PM IST
Saint Peter's Basilica reopens its doors after almost two monthsA handful of visitors, observing social distancing rules and wearing face mask, queued up.
18 May, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
Italy to reopen borders for tourists in early JunePrime Minister Giuseppe Conte enforced an economically crippling shutdown in early March to counter a pandemic that has so far killed more ...
16 May, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
Three nations unite to give Gujarat brothers new familyIn the midst of the national lockdown and uncertainties arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic, two young boys - 9 and 12 adopted from a spec...
06 May, 2020, 10.41 AM IST
Spain daily toll slightly up with 325 new virus deathsDespite the rise from Tuesday's figure of 301, it was the sixth consecutive day that the number has been below 400 in Spain, which has now ...
29 Apr, 2020, 04.08 PM IST
Spain extends lockdown by two weeks to May 9Spain became the second European country after Italy to report more than 20,000 deaths linked to the virus after authorities reported anoth...
19 Apr, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
Emmanuel Macron extends France’s lockdown until May 11Following Italy in extending the lockdown but announcing no immediate easing of restrictive measures as in Spain, Macron said the tense sit...
15 Apr, 2020, 12.18 AM IST
Experts favour a gradual opening up of the economyEarly lockdown may keep infection low, they say while calling for testing, isolation to be stepped up.
11 Apr, 2020, 07.28 AM IST
Clapping doesn't kill virus: Shashi Tharoor on Modi's Janata CurfewWhile calling for Janata Curfew, PM Modi had asked people to show solidarity with doctors, nurses, paramedics, municipal staff and airport ...
22 Mar, 2020, 05.21 PM IST
Ferrari suspends production over Covid-19The Italian government ordered a nationwide lockdown last week. But supply chain problems have emerged to the degree that the automaker "ca...
16 Mar, 2020, 10.22 AM IST
The impact of lockdown to contain coronavirus spread explainedLockdown aims at mitigating the risk of contracting the infection through community spread. Although blanket shutdown has its own downsides...
11 Mar, 2020, 11.37 AM IST
Students from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh stranded in ItalyThe students are a worried lot given the shortage of masks and restricted entry at supermarkets. From Tuesday, the Italian government has a...
11 Mar, 2020, 11.28 AM IST
European stocks plunge 6% on oil price tumble, Italy lockdownThe pan-European STOXX 600 fell 6.1% by 0807 GMT, entering bear market - commonly defined as a 20% drop from all-time highs.
09 Mar, 2020, 02.30 PM IST