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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Giuseppe Conte

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte updates the Parliament on the coronavirus emergency in Rome, March 25, 2020. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
January 26, 2021, 3:07 pm
Italian premier quits in tactical move amid crisis over handling of pandemic
Giuseppe Conte hands resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, setting off scramble for new political allies as he tries to form third government
By Nicole Winfield
Supporters hold Italian flags during a center-right coalition rally of the Lega, Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia parties for the regional elections, on September 18, 2020, in Florence, Tuscany. (Carlo Bressan/AFP)
September 20, 2020, 6:27 am
Italy defies virus to hold elections, as far-right plots seismic change
Some medical officials decry decision to go through with vote which will test center-left government, due to concerns over pandemic
By Ella Ide
A funeral procession in Montepagano, central Italy, May 12, 2020. (AP/Domenico Stinellis)
May 18, 2020, 4:58 am
US and European leaders weigh the risks of reopening without a vaccine
Health experts caution world could be years away from widespread vaccinations; while Trump beams optimism, British and Italian PMs issue dire forecasts
By ELANA SCHOR, Mike Stobbe and Michael Kunzelman
The colors of the Italian flag are projected onto the Palazzo Senatorio building on Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio) in Rome, on April 26, 2020 during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection.(Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP)
April 27, 2020, 3:14 am
Conte unveils plan for Italian life to ‘coexist with virus’ after lockdown
Italian PM to allow walks in parks and visits to relatives as country emerges from the world’s longest coronavirus lockdown; schools to return only in September
By Dmitry Zaks
A police officer (L) stops a scooter rider to check traveling permits on a deserted road in central Rome during the country's lockdown following the COVID-19 new coronavirus pandemic, March 25, 2020 . (Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP)
March 26, 2020, 7:50 am
Italy’s slowing infections seem to boost the case for lockdowns
Global policymakers are watching closely, as they weigh the potential health benefits of imposing national stay-at-home policies against the devastating economic side effects
By Dmitry Zaks
A man plays guitar on the balcony of his home during a flash mob launched throughout Italy to bring people together and try to cope with the emergency of coronavirus, in Milan, Italy,March 13, 2020 (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
March 14, 2020, 5:42 pm
Locked down Italians sing from balconies, dance the ‘Macarena’
Following social media call to bring social solidarity through music, neighbors also applaud at their windows in appreciation of health workers fighting the disease
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Police officers and soldiers check passengers leaving from Milan main train station, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
March 10, 2020, 1:55 am
Italian PM locks down entire country to stop virus; 60 million told to stay home
Conte bans almost all travel; pubs, eateries and cafes to close at dusk; ski resorts shut; schools and universities to remain closed amid skyrocketing infections, 463 deaths
By Colleen Barry and ANTONIO CALANNI
A sign advises that Colosseum will be closed, following the government's new prevention measures on public gatherings, in Rome, March 8, 2020. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
March 8, 2020, 9:21 pm
Italy’s virus death toll jumps to 366, second-highest after China
As fatalities nearly triple, PM Conte signs quarantine order for country’s northern regions, putting some 15 million people into lockdown
By Agencies
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he departs from Hudson Yards, in New York, September 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
September 29, 2019, 4:58 pm
In Rosh Hashanah message, Boris Johnson vows to defend Jews from anti-Semitism
Amid rise in incidents, UK PM calls increasing anti-Semitism a ‘terrible blight on our country’; joins other world leaders in wishing Jews a happy new year
By ToI Staff
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (R), flanked by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (L), delivers a speech at the Italian Senate in Rome on August 20, 2019, as the country faces a political crisis. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
August 20, 2019, 7:11 pm
Italian PM resigns after far-right leader pulls support
Giuseppe Conte says Matteo Salvini’s bid to initiate new elections stems from ‘personal and party interests,’ frets over his call for ‘full powers’
By Duncan Crawford
People take part in a Liberation Day march in Rome, Italy, Thursday, April 25, 2019. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
April 25, 2019, 9:37 pm
As Italy marks liberation anniversary, some glorify Mussolini
Deputy premier visits Rome’s main synagogue, says more work must be done to fight racism and anti-Semitism
By AP
Rescues work among the debris of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, August 14, 2018. (Luca Zennaro/ANSA via AP)
August 18, 2018, 11:09 am
Italy buries bridge collapse dead amid outrage
Government blames viaduct operator for accident that killed at least 38 people in the city of Genoa
By AFP
Demonstrators hold a banner reading 'Against Violence, Fascist, Racist, Sexist, Solidarity to the victims of Macerata' during an anti-racism demonstration following last Saturday’s attacks in the Italian city of Macerata when six Africans were wounded in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree by a right-wing extremist, in Milan, Italy, February 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
August 4, 2018, 9:52 am
Italian Jewish leader criticizes minister’s plan to abolish anti-racism law
Family Minister Lorenzo Fontana of the far-right League party claims the legislation is used by ‘globalists;’ prime minister says its ‘sacrosanct’
By AP and ToI Staff
This combination of pictures shows US President Donald Trump, left, on July 22, 2018, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on February 6, 2018. (AP Photo)
July 31, 2018, 9:39 am
Rouhani adviser says any talks with US must include return to nuclear deal
Hamid Aboutalebi’s comments come after Trump offers to begin talks with ‘no preconditions’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) speaks during a meeting as part of an European Union leaders' summit focused on migration, Brexit and eurozone reforms on June 28, 2018 at the Europa building in Brussels. (AFP/Ludovic Marin)
June 30, 2018, 12:14 am
Cracks emerge in European Union’s migrant deal
European Council president warns there’s no guarantee agreement to curb migration will work, and France, Austria rule themselves out of hosting migrant centers
By Damon Wake
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