https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Immuni contact-tracing app, designed to help Italy manage phase two of the coronavirus crisis, went nationwide on Monday, June 15th. https://www.thelocal.it/20200605/italy-to-begin-testing-immuni-contact-tracing-app-in-four-regions Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:13:41 +0200 italy-to-begin-testing-immuni-contact-tracing-app-in-four-regions The lockdown rules are being relaxed but they've not been removed altogether. Here's what you're still not allowed to do in Italy at the moment. https://www.thelocal.it/20200603/the-14-things-you-still-cant-do-in-italy-from-june-3rd Wed, 03 Jun 2020 17:04:26 +0200 the-14-things-you-still-cant-do-in-italy-from-june-3rd Italy's top tourism site, Rome's famed Colosseum reopened Monday to a few hundred local residents. https://www.thelocal.it/20200601/in-photos-romes-colosseum-reopens-to-visitors-after-three-month-shutdown Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:35:08 +0200 in-photos-romes-colosseum-reopens-to-visitors-after-three-month-shutdown The Italian government's decision to allow travel between Italy's regions from June 3rd is not without risk as the coronavirus pandemic is still ongoing, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20200601/easing-italys-lockdown-is-a-risk-were-taking-health-minister Mon, 01 Jun 2020 18:30:04 +0200 easing-italys-lockdown-is-a-risk-were-taking-health-minister The Italian government has confirmed that unrestricted travel between regions can restart from Wednesday June 3rd as planned, with health experts urging caution. https://www.thelocal.it/20200530/italy-confirms-travel-can-restart-between-all-regions-from-june-3rd Sat, 30 May 2020 13:02:00 +0200 italy-confirms-travel-can-restart-between-all-regions-from-june-3rd One of Italy's top health experts has suggested Italy's regions may be fudging the infection data to avoid having to shut down again, sparking a furious row as the country prepares to restart travel from June 3rd. https://www.thelocal.it/20200529/italian-regions-accused-of-tampering-wth-coronavirus-data-as-italy-reopens Fri, 29 May 2020 12:42:19 +0200 italian-regions-accused-of-tampering-wth-coronavirus-data-as-italy-reopens Italy has given the green light to resume Serie A the weekend of June 20th, and the Coppa Italia on June 13th. https://www.thelocal.it/20200529/italy-confirms-serie-a-can-resume-season-on-june-20th Fri, 29 May 2020 11:17:54 +0200 italy-confirms-serie-a-can-resume-season-on-june-20th Following reports of large crowds gathering outside bars in Italy, here's how reopening is going around the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20200527/how-crowded-are-italys-bars-and-cafes-after-reopening Wed, 27 May 2020 14:32:13 +0200 how-crowded-are-italys-bars-and-cafes-after-reopening The northern Italian regions of Lombardy, Liguria, and Piedmont are not ready to safely remove travel restrictions on June 3rd, according to a new study by GIMBE, Italy's Group for Evidence-based Medicine. https://www.thelocal.it/20200528/italys-lombardy-liguria-and-piedmont-regions-are-not-ready-to-reopen-claims-new-study Thu, 28 May 2020 20:18:11 +0200 italys-lombardy-liguria-and-piedmont-regions-are-not-ready-to-reopen-claims-new-study With beaches in Italy now gradually reopening region by region, here's exactly where you're allowed to sunbathe under lockdown phase two. https://www.thelocal.it/20200526/where-and-when-can-we-go-to-the-beach-again-in-italy Tue, 26 May 2020 13:26:57 +0200 where-and-when-can-we-go-to-the-beach-again-in-italy Ahead of the Colosseum and Pompeii, the towering Greek temple complex at Paestum near Naples is the first Italian archaeological site to reopen to tourists after the coronavirus lockdown. https://www.thelocal.it/20200525/we-must-focus-on-another-type-of-tourism-how-one-italian-site-is-welcoming-back-visitors Mon, 25 May 2020 11:22:52 +0200 we-must-focus-on-another-type-of-tourism-how-one-italian-site-is-welcoming-back-visitors When will gyms reopen, are schools restarting, and when can we go for a swim? Here are the key dates in 'phase two' of Italy's coronavirus lockdown. This article was last updated on May 25th. https://www.thelocal.it/20200427/timeline-italy-what-will-reopen-first-phase-two-lockdown-covid-19-coronavirus Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:41:32 +0200 timeline-italy-what-will-reopen-first-phase-two-lockdown-covid-19-coronavirus Amid concerns that Italy's lockdown restrictions are being lifted too quickly, The Local asked one of Italy's top health experts just how safe the reopenings really are. https://www.thelocal.it/20200522/interview-italys-reopenings-put-economic-interests-ahead-of-health-protection Fri, 22 May 2020 13:36:29 +0200 interview-italys-reopenings-put-economic-interests-ahead-of-health-protection As crowds gather outside bars on summer evenings, Italian authorities are pleading with people to avoid gatherings and wear masks. https://www.thelocal.it/20200521/not-the-time-for-nightlife-italys-pm-warns-partying-could-fuel-second-coronavirus-wave Thu, 21 May 2020 19:54:36 +0200 not-the-time-for-nightlife-italys-pm-warns-partying-could-fuel-second-coronavirus-wave People can "probably" travel freely around Italy again from June 3rd, depending on regional risk, Italy's Regional Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20200521/travel-between-low-risk-italian-regions-may-be-allowed-from-june-3rd-minister Thu, 21 May 2020 15:43:32 +0200 travel-between-low-risk-italian-regions-may-be-allowed-from-june-3rd-minister In Alba, Piedmont, you can now have a three-course gourmet meal delivered to your door for 35 euros ($38) https://www.thelocal.it/20200512/michelin-starred-restaurant-in-italy-offers-gourmet-deliveries Tue, 12 May 2020 18:31:24 +0200 michelin-starred-restaurant-in-italy-offers-gourmet-deliveries Regional governments will be allowed to reopen bars, restaurants, hairdressers, barbers and beauty parlours to open from Monday, May 18th after the national government gave local authorities the go-ahead on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20200512/italy-speeds-up-reopening-of-businesses-under-lockdown-phase-two Tue, 12 May 2020 11:08:51 +0200 italy-speeds-up-reopening-of-businesses-under-lockdown-phase-two Life in Italy under phase two turns out to be much as it was before lockdown - but with added stress, and few positives for the moment, writes Clare Speak from Bari in southern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20200505/why-the-end-of-lockdown-in-italy-isnt-really-that-great Tue, 05 May 2020 18:41:46 +0200 why-the-end-of-lockdown-in-italy-isnt-really-that-great Milan is a coronavirus time "bomb" at risk of a new wave of contagion, an Italian virologist has warned, with "a very high number of infected people" now moving around. https://www.thelocal.it/20200508/milan-a-ticking-timebomb-for-new-coronavirus-outbreak-virologist-warns Fri, 08 May 2020 15:32:51 +0200 milan-a-ticking-timebomb-for-new-coronavirus-outbreak-virologist-warns As different Italian regions continue to enforce their own rules, we look at the various measures being taken, and why. https://www.thelocal.it/20200507/why-the-coronavirus-quarantine-rules-arent-always-the-same-around-italy Thu, 07 May 2020 12:06:15 +0200 why-the-coronavirus-quarantine-rules-arent-always-the-same-around-italy