Tag: Italy

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  Sao Paulo University to test a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Italian lab

  

  The Federal University of Sao Paulo (Unifesp) is in talks to test a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Italian researchers, the dean of the Brazilian university revealed.

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 06:44 UTC

  Italy guarantees US$ 7 billion loan to Fiat Chrysler as it merges with France's PSA

  

  Italy's government said on Wednesday it would guarantee a 6.3-billion-euro (US$7.1 billion) loan to Fiat Chrysler, as the automaker struggles with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Coronavirus has turned Italians into peddlers: record sales of bicycles

  

  Italy has seen a surge in bicycle sales since the government ended its coronavirus lockdown as people steer clear of public transport and respond to government incentives to help the environment.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  EU unveils 750bn Euro recovery package, but Italy and Spain must convince their northern partners

  

  The European Union unveiled a proposed 750-billion-euro (US$ 825bn) recovery plan Wednesday to get the continent back on its feet after the devastation wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic, as Latin America outpaced Europe and the US in the number of daily infections.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Soros warns EU survival threatened unless it issues perpetual bonds to prop weak members

  

  George Soros, the billionaire financier, has cautioned that the European Union's survival was threatened by the novel coronavirus unless it could issue perpetual bonds or “consols” to help weak members such as Italy.

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  Thermal scanning for people attending masses in St Peter's and other papal basilicas

  

  People attending Masses in St. Peter's and other papal basilicas in Rome will have their temperature checked as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Vatican said on Thursday.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  UK overtakes Italy reporting the highest official death toll from coronavirus

  

  The United Kingdom has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from the new coronavirus in Europe, figures released on Tuesday showed, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his response to the crisis.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Good news from Italy: the Genoa bridge which collapsed killing 43 people has been rebuilt as a renewal symbol

  

  The final section of a new bridge in Genoa, built after a deadly 2018 motorway collapse, was slotted into place on Tuesday, providing a much-needed symbol of renewal for coronavirus-hit Italy.

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  “Italy and Brazil: ex World Cup '82 rivals united against the coronavirus”

  

  They were rivals on the field in one of the greatest World Cup matches of all time but the former stars of Brazil and Italy have come together off it to help the South American nation fight the new coronavirus.

• Monday, March 16th 2020 - 11:18 UTC

  France, Spain join Italy in imposing lockdowns for the next two weeks

  

  France and Spain joined Italy in imposing lockdowns on tens of millions of people, Australia ordered self-isolation of arriving foreigners and other countries extended entry bans as the world sought to contain the spreading coronavirus.