News Archive for August 2020

Here you can find articles published in August 2020. Return to full archive here

01 August
- Health warnings as Europe swelters under heatwave
- IN DEPTH: How police reclaimed a stolen Bataclan Banksy in Italy
03 August
- 'Born of tragedy': Italy inaugurates new bridge to replace Genoa's collapsed highway
- Thousands of tickets cancelled as Italy keeps social distancing on trains
- 'Paradise inhabited by devils': How Naples captured the world's imagination
04 August
- UPDATE: Who is allowed to travel to Italy from outside the EU?
- Nearly 1.5 million people in Italy have coronavirus antibodies: study
- Social bubbles and no toys from home: How Italy will reopen kindergartens
05 August
- Could Genoa's new bridge show Italy the way to overhaul its infrastructure?
- What is Italy's investor visa and how can you apply?
- Italian aviation authority tells Ryanair to follow Covid-19 rules or lose permit
- Italian word of the day: 'Appunto'
- Italian police track down tourist who snapped off statue's toes taking selfie
06 August
- Tourists evacuated from Italian Alps over fear of falling ice from Mont Blanc
- The Local offers free training on migration reporting for student and early career journalists
- Covid-19: These are the health measures for Italy's schools from September
- How Italian art experts solved the mystery of Raphael's tomb – by reconstructing his face
07 August
- Italy warns of uptick in coronavirus infections as reproduction number rises
- EU urges governments to scrap travel restrictions for couples
- What to expect when you're flying to Italy
- High alert as Mont Blanc glacier threatens to dump ice on Italian resort town
08 August
- Italian cabinet approves 25-billion-euro stimulus package
09 August
- Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat
10 August
- Face masks remain and cruise ships return: What's in Italy's new emergency decree?
- Italy plans 'housewife bonus' to get more women into work
- Italy warns of new infections brought back by Italians holidaying abroad
- Italian MPs slammed for claiming Covid-19 emergency welfare
11 August
- EU urges countries to reinstate curbs to halt coronavirus resurgence
- First cruises since lockdown to sail from Italy this weekend
- Where are Italy's new coronavirus clusters?
- Italian word of the day: 'Focolaio'
12 August
- Italian regions order quarantine and testing for people returning from holidays abroad
- Italy's biggest cruise companies won't be stopping in Venice this summer
- Knifeman threatens guard in Milan cathedral
13 August
- How Italian researchers and fishermen are working to restore Venice's lagoon
- Italy gripped by desperate race to find missing four-year-old Gioele
- Italy imposes mandatory Covid-19 testing on all arrivals from four countries
- Ten very Italian proverbs to live by
14 August
- Ferragosto: What you need to know about Italy's national summer holiday
- How Italy is reviving its historic 'wine windows' for the Covid era
- Italian word of the day: 'Canicola'
- Venice anti-cruise ship activists cheer temporary victory as liners pull out
16 August
- Migrant arrivals to Italy below earlier record despite increase
- ‘Like the moon landing’: The Tyrolian who climbed Everest alone 40 years ago
- 'Joyful contagion machines'? Italy's clubbers spark controversy
- First cruise ship sets sail from Italy since coronavirus shutdown
- Italy shuts discos and orders mask-wearing at night as Covid cases rise
17 August
- 'Truly inexplicable': Why did four million bees die overnight in northern Italy?
- Italy warned schools 'must reopen at any cost' despite new coronavirus outbreaks
18 August
- Italy's head teachers voice concerns ahead of school reopening
- Italy's Royal Palace of Caserta bans carriages after horse’s death
- Covid-19: Up to 40 percent of Italy's new cases 'linked to vacationers', expert says
19 August
- Sardinian hotel with hundreds of guests locked down over coronavirus case
- VIDEO: Three injured as driverless train derails in northern Italy
- Body found in Sicily during search for missing four-year-old Gioele
- Italy records highest number of daily coronavirus cases since May
20 August
- Italian police fine tourists €450 for carving names into Trevi Fountain
- Italian word of the day: 'Ecco'
- 'Distanced aperitivo and no hugs: How we're hosting house guests in Italy after lockdown'
- Italian cruise ship leaves Covid rule-breaking passengers behind at Naples port
- Covid-19: Italy records biggest daily rise in new cases since lockdown ended
21 August
- WHO says Europe can fight virus without lockdowns
- ANALYSIS: Is Italy really heading for a coronavirus second wave?
- Why 70 million bottles of Italian wine are being turned into hand sanitiser
22 August
- 'No autographs, please': Venice prepares for virus-safe film festival
- 'The owner isn't wearing a mask, so neither do guests': Italian hotel worker slams 'unsafe' tourism restart
- Italy registers more than 1,000 new Covid cases in a single day
23 August
- 'No more lockdowns': Italy to stay open despite rise in cases
- Sicily rows with Rome over closure of migrant centres
24 August
- Italy's daily coronavirus cases have nearly doubled in five days
- Human trials of Italian coronavirus vaccine begin in Rome
- Italy hands out first fine for not wearing face mask at night
- Amatrice earthquake: Four years on, Italy honours victims but less than 10% of rebuilding complete
25 August
- 'We're Italian too': Second-generation migrants renew calls for citizenship
26 August
- Weekend storms to bring Italy's summer heatwave to an end
- Covid-19: Italy calls summit on school reopening after teaching staff test positive
- Italian expression of the day: 'Che barba'
27 August
- Italian police report rise in attacks on officers enforcing mask rules
- The very best Italian towns to move to - according to people who live in them
- 'Absurd situation': Why teachers in Italy are up in arms ahead of the return to school
- What you need to know about Italy's language test for citizenship
- Which countries in Europe have done the best job in handling the virus crisis?
28 August
- Sicily can't shut down migrant detention centres, Italian court rules
- This is where people in Italy are becoming infected with coronavirus
29 August
- Banksy-funded Mediterranean rescue boat calls for urgent help
30 August
- Italian coastguard comes to aid of Banksy-funded rescue boat
- Nigerians attack staff at Rome Covid-19 treatment centre
- Venice Film Festival fights for impact amid coronavirus curbs and cancellations
31 August
- Four dead as storms, floods and tornadoes wreak havoc across northern and central Italy
- Escape from the city: These are the 21 cheapest Italian provinces to move to
- Italy plunges into major recession following coronavirus shutdown
- The Italian words and phrases we've learned during the coronavirus crisis