Sources: Herald Sun
The number of population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Italy reaches 27.1 million, or 50% of its total population. 2021-07-19
Italy opens vaccinations for anyone over the age of 12 after the European Medicines Agency approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people between the ages of 12 and 15. 2021-06-3
India surpasses Italy in COVID-19 deaths, becoming the fifth-highest. 2020-07-31
The Department of Health and Social Care reports 737 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 10,612. The UK becomes the fourth country in Europe, after Italy, Spain and France, to surpass 10,000 deaths from COVID-19. 2020-04-12
Two police officers are killed and another is wounded after a Dominican suspect opens fire on them at a police station in Trieste, Italy. 2019-10-4
Italy's economy falls into recession for the third time in a decade after declining GDP growth in late 2018. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte blames the recession on external factors, including trade tensions between the United States and China. 2019-01-31
Two people die and 38 others are hospitalized after a fire erupted in a building in Reggio Emilia, Italy. 2018-12-9
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) rescue vessel "Aquarius" 2 ends migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, citing sustained attacks on search and rescue by European governments, particularly Italy. 2018-12-7
Dozens of people die in eastern Europe and Italy in recent days as a result of a cold snap with cancelled flights, frozen rivers, and traffic accidents. 2017-01-9
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is re-routed to Rome via Portugal on her return flight home from the United States, and is now stuck in Bolzano, Italy. 2010-04-17