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The Italian government has approved a long-delayed, 55 billion-euro ($59.6 billion) stimulus package aimed at helping Italy's battered businesses and struggling families survive the coronavirus crisis. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte had promised to introduce the measures last month, but repeated rows within his increasingly shaky coalition ov...

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As the world's most beautiful ghost town begins to emerge from quarantine, Romans are stepping slowly out into the spring sunshine, greeting their home city like a long-lost friend, relishing with new eyes its faded grandeur, its ruins, fountains and noble palaces. Over the last two months, nature has reclaimed the city: the once-thronged piazze ar...

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L’emergenza sanitaria mondiale provocata dalla diffusione della pandemia di Covid-19 ha reso indispensabile il rispetto di rigorose procedure di prevenzione e controllo dei contagi. La risposta alla necessità di indossare le mascherine protettive è iMask, un innovativo dispositivo di protezione, personale e medico, che coniuga design e vestibilità,...

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The Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (the National Chamber of Italian Fashion) has announced the organization of the first-ever entirely digital Milan Fashion Week. The new-format event, which is set to run July 14 -17, will focus on 2021 collections and pre-collections for both men and women. Hot on the heels of news that London Fashion Week w...

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After a young employee at Nino’s Trattoria in Waterbury fell ill during the COVID-19 pandemic, his co-workers collected money to get him through the tough time in the form of a money pizza. The employees at Nino’s are facing struggles of their own during the pandemic, but they took the time to take care of one of their own. Rich Murray, 22, was wor...

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Most of Italy's nearly 4,000 museums are set to reopen this month, several weeks after they closed at the start of the national coronavirus lockdown on March 10. But for most tourists, seeing some of the world's greatest cultural treasures - even months after museums reopen - will require a virtual tour. Last week, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe C...

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The first case of the coronavirus infection in Italy was identified on February 20 at the hospital of Codogno, in the province of Lodi. Within two weeks, the whole country was subjected to some of the toughest quarantine measures taken outside of China. Today, after two challenging months of sacrifice and loss, and with the most critical stage of t...

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Starting today, first responders throughout the Washington D.C. Metro area can stop by any of the 40 local Paisano's Pizza restaurants during their shift for a free meal as a thank you for their tireless work protecting communities during this time. Paisano's, known throughout the region for pizza, subs, pasta, salads, wings and more, will offer an...

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Italians could be encouraged to leave cities and move to abandoned villages to lessen the risk of future pandemics. Some of the country’s best-known architects are among those urging policymakers to incentivise an exodus to the nation’s numerous ghost towns, according to AFP. Italy, which as of May 7 had the second highest Covid-19 death rate in Eu...

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“The Sopranos” have gotten rebooted — sort of — for the pandemic. Creator David Chase dusted off his keyboard to write lines envisioning how the Italian mobsters — and the people who love them — will deal with the coronavirus crisis. Original cast members Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa unveiled the scene on their recently launched “Talking S...

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