By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Italy is facing another lockdown, as the government attempts to contain a recent surge of cases, marred by the presence of .Half of Italy’s 20 regions, which include the cities Rome, Milan and Venice, will be entering new coronavirus restrictions from Monday, March 15. The measures will be effective through April 6, according to a decree passed by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s cabinet on Friday.In regions demarcated as “red zones” people will be unable to leave their houses except for work or health reasons, with all non-essential...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Italy is facing another lockdown, as the government attempts to contain a recent surge of cases, marred by the presence of .Half of Italy’s 20 regions, which include the cities Rome, Milan and Venice, will be entering new coronavirus restrictions from Monday, March 15. The measures will be effective through April 6, according to a decree passed by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s cabinet on Friday.In regions demarcated as “red zones” people will be unable to leave their houses except for work or health reasons, with all non-essential...WW…

Rome, Italy (CNN)The two Italians killed in the on Monday died in a gunbattle, and were not killed execution-style, prosecutor Alberto Pioletti told CNN on Thursday.Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and Italian carabiniere, or paramilitary police officer, Vittorio Iacovacci, after their car was attacked as they traveled in a UN convoy in the eastern part of the Central African country. A third man, Congolese driver Moustapha Milambo, was also killed.The bodies of the two Italian men arrived at Rome's Ciampino Airport overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, and were met by Prime Minister Mario...…Rome, Italy (CNN)The two Italians killed in the on Monday died in a gunbattle, and were not killed execution-style, prosecutor Alberto Pioletti told CNN on Thursday.Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and Italian carabiniere, or paramilitary police officer, Vittorio Iacovacci, after their car was attacked as they traveled in a UN convoy in the eastern part of the Central African country. A third man, Congolese driver Moustapha Milambo, was also killed.The bodies of the two Italian men arrived at Rome's Ciampino Airport overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, and were met by Prime Minister Mario...WW…

(CNN)A letter from a descendent of Italy's wartime King, apologizing for his ancestor's role in enabling Mussolini's fascist policies during , has been criticized by historians and Jewish groups after several decades of silence from members of the disbanded royal family.Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, the great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel III, wrote a letter to the country's Jewish community in which he said his family's role in rubber-stamping dictator Benito Mussolini's anti-Semitic laws caused "a wound still open for the whole of Italy."He said he and his relatives "dissociate...…(CNN)A letter from a descendent of Italy's wartime King, apologizing for his ancestor's role in enabling Mussolini's fascist policies during , has been criticized by historians and Jewish groups after several decades of silence from members of the disbanded royal family.Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, the great-grandson of King Victor Emmanuel III, wrote a letter to the country's Jewish community in which he said his family's role in rubber-stamping dictator Benito Mussolini's anti-Semitic laws caused "a wound still open for the whole of Italy."He said he and his relatives "dissociate...WW…

Rome (CNN)Italian Prime Minister will resign on Tuesday morning, his office said in a statement on Monday, heightening political turmoil in the country as it battles Covid-19. "The Council of Ministers is convened for tomorrow morning at 9 am, during which the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, will communicate to the ministers his will to go to the (Presidential Palace) and hand in his resignation," the statement read. He will then see the President Sergio Mattarella, it added. The resignation is a calculated move that could ultimately afford him another chance at forming a government.Conte...…Rome (CNN)Italian Prime Minister will resign on Tuesday morning, his office said in a statement on Monday, heightening political turmoil in the country as it battles Covid-19. "The Council of Ministers is convened for tomorrow morning at 9 am, during which the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, will communicate to the ministers his will to go to the (Presidential Palace) and hand in his resignation," the statement read. He will then see the President Sergio Mattarella, it added. The resignation is a calculated move that could ultimately afford him another chance at forming a government.Conte...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Earlier this month, there was a funeral procession in the Sicilian town of Messina, in defiance of a nationwide .It was no ordinary procession. The couple of dozen people walking behind the hearse were paying their respects to a 70-year-old scion of one of the most famiglie.Claudio Fava, president of the regional anti-Mafia committee, described it as a “real scandal, an insult to those who lost their relatives in the pandemic.”Funerals have been banned in Italy since early March as part of a broader set of restrictions aimed at curbing the...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Earlier this month, there was a funeral procession in the Sicilian town of Messina, in defiance of a nationwide .It was no ordinary procession. The couple of dozen people walking behind the hearse were paying their respects to a 70-year-old scion of one of the most famiglie.Claudio Fava, president of the regional anti-Mafia committee, described it as a “real scandal, an insult to those who lost their relatives in the pandemic.”Funerals have been banned in Italy since early March as part of a broader set of restrictions aimed at curbing the...WW…

(CNN)Earlier this month, there was a funeral procession in the Sicilian town of Messina, in defiance of a nationwide . It was no ordinary procession. The couple of dozen people walking behind the hearse were paying their respects to a 70-year-old scion of one of the most famiglie.Claudio Fava, president of the regional anti-Mafia committee, described it as a "real scandal, an insult to those who lost their relatives in the pandemic." Funerals have been banned in Italy since early March as part of a broader set of restrictions aimed at curbing the Covid-19 outbreak that has killed nearly...…(CNN)Earlier this month, there was a funeral procession in the Sicilian town of Messina, in defiance of a nationwide . It was no ordinary procession. The couple of dozen people walking behind the hearse were paying their respects to a 70-year-old scion of one of the most famiglie.Claudio Fava, president of the regional anti-Mafia committee, described it as a "real scandal, an insult to those who lost their relatives in the pandemic." Funerals have been banned in Italy since early March as part of a broader set of restrictions aimed at curbing the Covid-19 outbreak that has killed nearly...WW…