Italy's thread 2021

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Italy begins year of Dante Alighieri anniversary events with virtual Uffizi exhibition

 

Gallery puts seldom-seen Divine Comedy sketches on display online to mark 700 years since poet’s death

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Fri 1 Jan 2021 14.20 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/01/italy-year-long-celebration-dante-700-anniversary-drawings

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Italian government under pressure over economic recovery plan

 

Prime minister to meet with coalition party leaders as Italia Viva threatens to quit in dispute over Covid-19 fund

 

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 4 Jan 2021 14.27 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/04/italian-coalition-government-pressure-covid-economic-recovery-plan-giuseppe-conte-matteo-renzi

 

 

The usual Italian political  screwups...Will we ever learn?...No

 

Doing such a thing ( creating difficulties in the Gov't during this tough  pandemic period) is pure idiocy

Edited January 4, 2021 by umbertino

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Render unto Rome – contrite tourists return pilfered relics

 

Whether compelled by guilt or superstition, more and more tourists are returning items they lifted from Italian cultural sites

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Tue 29 Dec 2020 05.30 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/29/render-unto-rome-contrite-tourists-return-pilfered-relics

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Italy's largest mafia trial in three decades to begin against 'Ndrangheta

 

High-security 1,000-capacity courtroom has been built in Calabria, with cages to hold the defendants

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

 

Wed 13 Jan 2021 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/13/italy-mafia-trial-ndragheta-calabria

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Italy facing political crisis after ex-PM withdraws party from coalition

 

Loss of Matteo Renzi’s Italia Viva party comes as country struggles with Covid and economic crises

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Wed 13 Jan 2021 18.32 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/13/italy-facing-fresh-elections-after-ex-pm-withdraws-party-from-coalition

 

It's stupid, idiotic, irresponsible, childish, whimsical acting like that in the midst of the pandemic...Renzi is a dangerous moron

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Italian PM battles for coalition’s survival over Covid recovery plan

 

Italia Viva party’s departure deprives Conte of majority, with crunch votes on Monday and Tuesday

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 18 Jan 2021 14.42 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/18/conte-battles-for-his-coalitions-survival-over-covid-recovery-plan

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Witness claims seeing Giulio Regeni in Cairo police station before death

 

Man also alleges hearing Egyptian security officials discuss tampering with Italian student’s mobile phone

 

Ruth Michaelson and Lorenzo Tondo

Thu 28 Jan 2021 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/witness-claims-seeing-giulio-regeni-in-cairo-police-station-before-death

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Giulio_Regeni

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The little island of Procida prepares to shine as Italy’s Capital of Culture

 

The backdrop for the films Il Postino and The Talented Mr Ripley braces itself to balance tourism with tradition

 

Angela Giuffrida in Procida

Sun 31 Jan 2021 09.15 GMT

 

 

Corricella, the 17th-century port on Procida, an island in the Bay of Naples that is usually overlooked for the more glamorous Capri

Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/31/the-little-island-of-procida-prepares-to-shine-as-italys-capital-of-culture

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Dante's descendant seeks to overturn poet's 1302 corruption conviction

 

Seven centuries after the poet was found guilty in Florence, Sperello di Serego Alighieri has begun a campaign to clear his ancestor’s name

 

Alison Flood

Mon 1 Feb 2021 13.16 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/01/dante-descendant-seeks-to-overturn-poets-1302-corruption-conviction

 

Too much time on his hands evidently.......

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Deaths among Rome's rough sleepers surge as shelters turn many away due to Covid

 

About 3,000 homeless people in Italian capital sleep on the streets every night

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 1 Feb 2021 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/01/rome-covid-rough-sleeper-deaths-italy

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Italian Gov't crisis

 

 

Feb.2, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/02/italy-s-president-set-to-hear-solutions-for-country-s-political-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draghi or the heated soup – Time

 

By admin

February 1, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.italy24news.com/en/2021/02/draghi-or-the-heated-soup-time.html

 

Edited February 2, 2021 by umbertino

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Italy’s President Turns to Mario Draghi to Help Solve Political Crisis

If Draghi becomes prime minister, he would face the twin challenges of Covid-19 and a deep economic slump

 

Updated Feb. 2, 2021 6:04 pm ET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/italys-president-expected-to-ask-mario-draghi-to-form-new-government-11612300690

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Mario Draghi accepts mandate to form new Italian government

 

Former ECB chief summoned by President Mattarella after collapse of Conte’s coalition in January

 

Angela Giuffrida Rome correspondent

Wed 3 Feb 2021 14.03 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/03/mario-draghi-accepts-mandate-to-form-new-italian-government

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Carnival time in empty Venice: ‘Nobody’s thinking about celebrating’

 

Masks everywhere but few of the festive kind as businesses reckon with absence of 3m tourists

 

Angela Giuffrida in Venice

Fri 5 Feb 2021 12.32 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/05/carnival-time-in-empty-venice-nobodys-thinking-about-celebrating

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Mario Draghi secures support from key parties to form new Italian government

 

Populist 5-Star Movement and rightwing League signal support for government of national unity

 

Associated Press in Milan

Sat 6 Feb 2021 17.39 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/06/mario-draghi-secures-support-from-key-parties-to-form-new-italian-government

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Draghi

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No article available in English yet...

 

 

Barack Obama ospite per la prima volta di un programma tv italiano...B.Obama guest of an Italian TV program for the 1st time...Sun.Feb7, 2021 8:00 pm (Italian time)..On RAI (Italian state tv)

 

 

 

 

https://erreemmenews.it/barack-obama-ospite-per-la-prima-volta-di-un-programma-tv-italiano-dove-e-quando-vederlo/

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Mario Draghi's new government to be sworn in on Saturday

 

Italians optimistic as former ECB chief appoints mix of political and technocratic ministers to cabinet

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Fri 12 Feb 2021 19.52 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/12/mario-draghis-new-italian-government-to-be-sworn-in-on-saturday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Giant of Europe Prepares to Head Italy’s New Unity Government

 

Mario Draghi presented his cabinet to Italy’s president on Friday, all but assuring that he will become prime minister at a precarious moment for the country and the European Union

By Jason Horowitz

• Feb. 12, 2021Updated 4:07 p.m. ET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/world/europe/italy-mario-draghi-government.html

 

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Mario Draghi sworn in as prime minister of Italy

 

Former European Central Bank chief to lead unity government as it tackles Covid and economic slump

 

Guardian staff and agency

Sat 13 Feb 2021 12.28 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/13/mario-draghi-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-of-italy

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Whodunnit grips tiny Italian island after dozens of thefts

 

Capraia’s three police officers hunt for culprits as 400-strong population eye each other suspiciously

 

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 15 Feb 2021 16.41 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/whodunnit-grips-tiny-italian-island-capraia-thefts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postponement of ski resort reopenings prompts anger in Italy

 

Ski season postponed by health ministry until 5 March amid concerns over Covid-19 variants

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 15 Feb 2021 15.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/postponement-of-ski-resort-reopenings-italy-covid-19

Edited February 15, 2021 by umbertino

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New prime minister, Mario Draghi, vows to speed up Italy's Covid vaccinations

 

Italy recorded 336 more coronavirus deaths – the second highest rate in Europe

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Wed 17 Feb 2021 14.51 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/17/new-prime-minister-mario-draghi-vows-to-speed-up-italys-covid-vaccinations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italians want Mario Draghi to deliver 'normality' – and therein lies the danger

 

The problems Europe faces will not be solved by a return to the status quo – complete overhaul of a bankrupt system is needed

 

Wed 17 Feb 2021 10.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 17 Feb 2021 10.19 GMT

Lorenzo Marsili

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/feb/17/italians-want-mario-draghi-to-deliver-normality-and-therein-lies-the-danger

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by umbertino

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'Stop this madness': NYT angers Italians with 'smoky tomato carbonara' recipe

 

Recipe using bacon and parmesan cheese attracts ire of chefs, foodies and farmers’ association

 

Angela Giuffrida Rome correspondent

Thu 25 Feb 2021 12.19 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/feb/25/stop-this-madness-nyt-angers-italians-with-smoky-tomato-carbonara-recipe

 

Funny...I'm not angered at all.........

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Art, unlocked: Italy's museums quietly reopen – in pictures

 

After Italy’s government loosened Covid-19 restrictions in much of the country – including Lazio, the region that contains Rome and Vatican City – newly reopened museums are offering local visitors the opportunity to enjoy artworks undisturbed by the usual crowds of international tourists

 

Wed 24 Feb 2021 07.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2021/feb/24/art-unlocked-italys-museums-quietly-reopen-in-pictures

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Refugee rescuers charged in Italy with complicity in people smuggling

 

Staff of charities including Save the Children and MSF among dozens facing sentences of up to 20 years over humanitarian work

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Thu 4 Mar 2021 13.13 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/mar/04/refugee-rescuers-charged-in-italy-with-complicity-in-people-smuggling

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Italian judge extends inquiry into Yemen deaths

 

Fragments of bomb that killed family of six in air raid in 2016 were traced back to RWM Italia

 

Angela Giuffrida Rome correspondent

Wed 3 Mar 2021 17.29 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/03/italian-judge-extends-inquiry-into-yemen-deaths

 

 

Didn't read about this yet in the Italian media..........

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Italy blocks export of 250,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Australia

 

Row continues between EU and drug firm after shortfall in vaccine deliveries to bloc

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Thu 4 Mar 2021 16.53 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/04/italy-blocks-export-of-250000-astrazeneca-vaccine-doses-to-australia