Ferrero gobbles US ice cream giant Wells
(ANSA) – ROME, DEC 7 – Italy’s premier candy maker Ferrero on Wednesday said it was buying US ice cream giant Wells Enterprises. The Ferrero Group and Wells Enterprises today announced an agreement for Ferrero to acquire Wells, its operations and its strong ice cream…
COVID-19: Italy registers 64,861 new cases, 190 more deaths
(ANSA) – ROME, AUG 2 – Italy has registered 64,861 new COVID-19 cases and 190 coronavirus-linked deaths in the last 24-hour period, the health ministry said on Tuesday. That compares to 18,813 new cases and 121 deaths on Monday. The ministry said that 354,431 COVID…
COVID-19 Rt number back over 1 after more than 2 months
Epidemic in a phase of expansion again, incidence up 62% to 504 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants. Italy’s COVID-19 Rt transmission number has risen back over 1 for the first time in two and a half months, according to the latest coronavirus monitoring report of…
Ukraine: Zelensky thanks Italy, Rome shd be among guarantors
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday thanked Italy for its support in the war against Russia and reiterated that Rome could be among Kyiv’s security guarantors after the conflicts ends. In any negotiations with Russia, he said “we need guarantors of future security, and we…
facemask obligation may remain for public transport, hospitals
ROME, JUN 14 – Health Undersecretary Andrea Costa said Tuesday that the obligation to wear facemasks on public transport and in hospitals and care homes in order to prevent COVID-19 contagion could be extended until September. He told Radio Capital that the obligation may remain…
Ukraine: We’ll rebuild it says von der Leyen in Rome
ROME, – Europe will help rebuild Ukraine after the devastation of the Russian invasion, European Commission President” Ursula von der Leyen” said in launching the June 9-12 New European Bauhaus sustainability event at Rome’s MAXXI modern art museum on Thursday. “This afternoon we will have…
Draghi says ‘satisfied’ with results of EU summit
Premier Mario Draghi on Tuesday said Italy was “satisfied” with the results of a two-day EU summit on Ukraine that included a partial ban on Russian oil imports excluding pipelines and an EC study on an energy price cap that Rome fought hard for. “It…
Researchers map DNA of Pompeii resident for first time
Italian researchers have mapped the DNA of a Pompeii resident for the first time, paving the way for a genetic map of the population of the Roman city buried and preserved by Vesuvius in 79 AD. The subject was 35 when the inferno engulfed him…
Ukraine: Support with EU Draghi tells Zelensky
Premier Mario Draghi had a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Friday in which Draghi assured the Ukraine chief of the Italian government’s support for Kyiv in coordination with the rest of the European Union, and in which they discussed the prospects of freeing…
