Italians face dying a year earlier due to the pandemic while the Covid lockdown in Spain has seen births plummet to record lows. Average life expectancy in Italy fell by a year to 82.3 years, the country’s national statistics office revealed on Wednesday. In Spain just 23,226 babies were born in December, a fifth less than … Read more
Italians overwhelmingly vote to cut the number of MPs by a third as a cost cutting measure in referendum Number of MPs will be cut from 630 to 400 and senators will also be reduced Almost 63 per cent voted for reduction, also supported by Government Coalition Vote confirmed a constitutional amendment already pushed through Parliament … Read more
Four Italian men accused of gang raping two British teenagers at a party where guests begged one of the girls’ uncle ‘not to call the police’ have been named. The men, aged between 19 and 23, were arrested following the alleged rape of the girls, both 15, in Marconia di Pisticci, southern Italy on Monday. It is believed … Read more
British holidaymakers will be treated like pariahs if they go abroad this year over fears they could be coronavirus super-spreaders. Families hoping to jet off to picturesque destinations in Italy, Germany, Spain or France face a less-than-warm welcoming from panicking locals. Incredibly the ill-feeling against British tourists is only eclipsed by their worries over whether people … Read more
Researchers have dissected the evolutionary history of Italians for the first time, revealing their extraordinary diversity dates back 19,000 years. The study shows that northern and southern Italians evolved differently over time due to contrasting environmental and ecological circumstances that resulted in the peculiarities of their gene pools. The results help to explain the differences … Read more
Italians have taken to the streets today ahead of the reopening of shops, bars, restaurants and hairdressers tomorrow, after nine weeks of lockdown. Premier Giuseppe Conte acknowledged reopening the economy brings a risk of new outbreaks of coronavirus, but said ‘we must accept it’. He said the nationwide lockdown that began in early March had … Read more
Italians can visit their relatives again while millions of people are returning to work at construction sites and factories as Europe’s longest lockdown is lifted today. Restaurants can re-open for takeaways from today and Italians are allowed to visit parks – after the country yesterday saw its lowest death toll since March 10. However, bars … Read more
My mother messages from Italy with a tiny but telling anecdote that sums up the difficulty of the situation. The assistant manager of her local Carrefour Express in Turin (like Tesco Express, only with nicer wine), is being driven to distraction by little old ladies roaming endlessly around his supermarket. He keeps telling them to … Read more
Coronavirus DISCO fever: Italians put on a musical laser light show from their balconies to keep their spirits up amid coronavirus quarantine Locals in Rome leaned out of their windows to shine the lights onto apartments Others can be heard singing, in voices which echo around residential complex The communal disco to lift spirits took … Read more
‘The worst case scenario is what will happen’: Italians record messages they wish they could have played to themselves ten days ago as they warn not to underestimate coronavirus Quarantined Italians admitted they underestimated the magnitude of infection Cases in Italy have grown exponentially in and have now almost hit 30,000 They suggest some people … Read more