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#Rome : Waited 50 minutes for a taxi. Nothing. No one. I have given up. @Roma doesn’t deserve any tourists because it doesn’t have the courage to solve this age-old problem. (Btw Rome’s taxi drivers claimed, on average, to make around €12,700 gross last year - €240 a week 🤣)

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One of those Rome projects that didn’t quite work out....

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If you haven’t visited Palermo, you should. End of discussion.

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Italy's population fell by 384,000 in 2020, following record low births and the highest number of deaths since World War II. Statistics office Istat says it is as though Florence vanished off the map.

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“I woke up at 5.30 a.m. I was so excited,” says one grandmother, overjoyed at the prospect of seeing her little grandson again as Italy started the slow process of rolling back its lockdown

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4 years

The walk home in Rome is getting complicated.

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5 years

Another image that will go down in history. The pope delivering an extraordinary "Urbi et Orbi" blessing to an empty, rain-swept St Peter's Square.

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8 years

England has lost a prime minister, soccer manager, shadow cabinet and AAA rating in just 4 days. Surely something of a record.

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Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party is claiming that GDP in southern Italy is about to overtake that of Germany and France, calling it an historic event that will silence the naysayers … I thought this might be a parody account but it isn’t…

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Which reminds me of another abandoned escalator— this time in Calabria. I don’t know if was just dumped there or if something had been expected to be built around it.

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Italy's coronavirus death toll has climbed by 837 to 12,428, slightly up on Monday's rise, while the number of new cases was largely steady, growing by 4,053 to 105,792. It is clearly going to take sometime for the curve to descend.

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Italy halts AstraZeneca vaccine for under-60s after teenager dies

Italy halts AstraZeneca vaccine for under-60s

The Italian government said on Friday it was restricting the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60, after a teenager who had received the shot died from a rare form of...

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Rome is slowly filling up once more.

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This is Italian state television RAI, in 2020, offering viewers a lesson in how to shop in a "sexy fashion". And we have to pay a licence fee to fund this rubbish....

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Rome is preparing to greet returning tourists with piles of trash. Rubbish taxes are higher here than most other Italian cities, but you would never guess it looking at the streets

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Berlusconi, on the eve of an election his bloc is expected to win, says Putin only wanted to replace Zelenskiy with a govt of “decent people” and adds that Russian forces should just have stayed around Kyiv rather than go all over Ukraine

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Always a beautiful sight. The Frecce Tricolori flying low over Rome to celebrate Republic Day.

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The Spanish Steps. Empty. Never seen that before. Not at midday.

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Putin says can provide record of Lavrov/Trump meeting to prove no secrets given (I wonder if he has a record of the Trump/Comey meetings)

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It might be late. It might have cost billions. It might have been plagued by corruption. BUT. It worked! Flood barrier successfully protects Venice from high tide

Mose flood barrier finally holds the waters back for fragile Venice

A long-delayed flood barrier successfully protected Venice from a high tide for the first time on Saturday, bringing relief and smiles to the lagoon city following years of repeated inundations.

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7 years

@realDonaldTrump Can you imagine how many would have died if these losers had had easy access to guns!! Thank God for v. strict gun control

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Astonishing. Counter-terrorism source confirms UK police stop sharing info on Manchester attacks with U.S. because of leaks @Reuters

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Italian Prime Minister Draghi has just referred to Turkey's Erdogan as a "dictator" and accused him of humiliating European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week with the sofa saga.

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Putin jokes that his foreign minister Lavrov should be condemned for not having passed on to Moscow the top secrets spilled by Trump

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Italian President Sergio Mattarella waits in line with ordinary citizens to get his COVID vaccine. He is 79 and clearly did not want to do any queue jumping, which is pretty admirable.

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"For Israel, Jerusalem is off the table, for the Palestinians it is the table. It is their Alamo" @DanielSeidemann

Hamas challenges Israel over nationalist flag march in Jerusalem

An annual "flag" march by Israeli nationalists through Jerusalem's Old City this Sunday could prove to be a dangerous test of the Islamist Hamas group's assertiveness in opposing Israeli actions in...

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Putin rides to Trump's aid in press conf with Italian pm, denounces U.S. schizophrenia, says Trump shared no secrets with Lavrov

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Italy has a whole load of problems BUT it is a wonderful place to visit -- as this great map testifies (all the countries coloured green are places where 'Italy' was the no. 1 google search for a holiday destination)

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Where the world want to go on holiday Source:

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Schools to stay closed until April 3, all leave for health care workers cancelled, shopping malls to close at weekends. Restaurants and bars can open so long as they guarantee a safe distance between customers. Decree not set in stone. Should be passed today

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Welcome to the usual Rome pavement obstacle course. The only remarkable thing here is that there isn’t a car parked on the zebra crossing.

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Italian government has not yet signed its shutdown order for Lombardy. Local politicians want clarifications. There is a lot of concern and confusion. And zero official communication.

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There is more to Venice than canals and crowds. Behind many of the facades there are hidden glories. This is Palazzo Grimani. A rare gem.

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Is there a more stunning view from a museum anywhere else in the world! ⁦ @Roma ⁩

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The wonderful Agitu Idea Gudeta, an Ethiopian migrant who built a new life for herself in Italy, has been murdered. Words fail me. Here is a story Reuters did about her in 2018.

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Italy's Salvini threatens to use strict new law on German charity rescue ship. “This is the umpteenth time Sea Watch, which is a real pirate ship, has done something like this"

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6 years

France has recalled its ambassador to Italy for consultations following recent verbal attacks from governing parties in Rome. Apparently it is the first time this has happened since World War Two. @reuters

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German Foreign Minister Maas says Trump's G7 tweet destroys trust, will take years to rebuild @Reuters

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7 years

Trying to think of another time Germany, France and Italy issued such a damning statement about a U.S. presidential decision. I can't.

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5 years

The places off-limits are: the whole region of Lombardy and the provinces of Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, Pesaro, Urbino, Venice, Padua, Treviso, Asti and Alessandria (needless to say this is unprecedented)

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4 years

So, I posted a photo yesterday of an abandoned escalator that got a lot of notice. But I don't want you to get the wrong idea. #VillaBorghese is one of the greatest parks in the world. Over the next week, I will post snaps from recent years that show it off in a better light

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So. After a week of intrigue, scheming, conjecture and conniving, we are back where we started with Mattarella as president and Draghi as prime minister. You have to love Italy, don't you?

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The temperature in a province of Siracusa, southeast Sicily, hit 48.8C today. Italian media say it is the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe. Heatwave only just starting here.

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I cannot recall any other Western leader justifying the invasion of Ukraine in this way. There has been speculation in the press that Berlusconi’s right hand man Tajani will be the next foreign minister. Whatever Meloni says, is Rome going to shatter EU unity on Russia?

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3 days before xmas, the temperature near the North Pole will be an astronomical 40-50 degrees warmer-than-normal

Pre-Christmas melt? North Pole forecast to warm 50 degrees above normal Thursday

It's not normal, and it's happening again.

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Having triggered a political crisis in Italy, Renzi found time this week to fly to Saudi Arabia for a "special conversation" with MbS. He doesn't seem to have asked him about the killing of Khashoggi.

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Could Saudi Arabia be the birthplace of our world’s Neo-Renaissance? Senator @matteorenzi , Former Prime Minister, Italy, Board of Trustees Member, FII Institute, explains why he thinks so in a special conversation with H.R.H. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. #FIINeoRenaissance

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The feeling in Rome is that #ECB ’s Lagarde has thrown Italy under a bus. Even the mild mannered president put out a statement saying Italy expected solidarity not obstacles (he might have also been referring to Austria which is blocking traffic at Brenner Pass)

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Italy’s railways desperately need investment. There have been multiple accidents and deaths in recent years. Yet now the state rail firm is buying Alitalia, that has lost obscene amounts of money over the years. Why is this happening??

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Doctor at top Milan hospital says the new coronavirus has mutated, becoming a shadow of its former self and far less lethal.

Reuters | Breaking International News & Views

Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage.

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Three years ago today, it snowed in Rome. #VillaBorghese was more beautiful than ever.

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Italy is so much more stable politically speaking than Britain. Not something I ever expected to write!

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Our @Reuters colleagues in Myanmar have been imprisoned for a year because they were doing their job so well, but the Thumbs Up gesture has become a symbol of their resolve. The Rome bureau stands by them. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo @ReutersPR

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The Colosseum tonight. (Photo released by prime minister’s office)

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Although Rome is heaving with tourists, Palazzo Barberini was semi-deserted today. Yet in just one of its rooms you will find amazing works by Leonardo, Botticelli, Messina and Bellini. Elsewhere there is one of the greatest Caravaggios, a stunning Raphael etc. CRAZY low profile

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Appalling scenes of death and destruction in Gaza's Shejaia neighbourhood. Men, women, children lying dead in streets

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One of the many wonders of Sicily - Monreale Cathedral.

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Perhaps the most bizarre sight during the Jerusalem snow storm. This place does strange things to people http://t.co/72Ytoh4luY

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Italy to resume AstraZeneca vaccinations tomorrow. @Reuters

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Germany's Merkel says experts say that 60-70% of population will be infected by coronavirus, says countries must slow the spread @Reuters

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Finding a taxi in Rome these days is about as hard as catching a cool breeze in the heat-drenched Italian capital, leaving tourists and locals fuming

Tourist deluge, heatwave lay bare Italy's taxi shortage

Finding a taxi in Rome these days is about as hard as catching a cool breeze in the heat-drenched Italian capital.

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All Italy's museums seem to be closing. I feel very privileged to have seen the amazing Raphael exhibition before the shutters came down, and am desperately sorry for the organisers who worked for years to put the show together. Hopefully they will all re-open soon. @Scuderie

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The Italian government calls ANOTHER late cabinet meeting. Yesterday's started at 10 pm. Today's is slated for 8.30 pm (they never start on time). Just wondering what is wrong with holding them during the day.

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Italy's mild-mannered president takes Boris Johnson to task for suggesting Britain was more attached to freedom than elsewhere, saying Italy was not only freedom-loving, but also serious

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"I once dreamt of becoming a doctor. Today I am homeless. They should watch out for what I could become next," 17-yr-old Gaza tells Reuters

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Israel warns reporters in Gaza it is "not in any way responsible for injury or damage that may occur as a result of" reporting from there

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Rome looking beautiful.

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Italy locks down millions as its coronavirus deaths jump. “What is happening in my city is worrying and is also upsetting, because Milan is a lively city and to see it like this today is almost a defeat for me.”

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The draft decree says people should not move around in Lombardy and 11 northern provinces (including Venice) unless their work is essential. All museums, gyms, swimming pools and ski stations in these areas must close. All religious services, including funerals, suspended

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The power of Twitter. Two weeks ago I posted a photo of a dilapidated escalator in Villa Borghese. The tweet caused a bit of a stir. Rome city council now says the eyesore will be removed and all the area around it "rehabilitated".

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Italian government considering radical measures to halt coronavirus, including banning people from entering or leaving Lombardia (where Milan is)

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Worst day yet in Italy. 368 people have died in the last 24 hours. Some 3,590 new cases came to light while 369 people were declared cured

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An Italian anarchist gives the finger to a police helicopter.

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The Italian president’s palace, better known as the Quirinale. Pretty stunning.

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A little library tucked off the beaten track in Rome’s Villa Ada.

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Italian foreign policy flounders amidst Libyan blunders. “The process by which Turkey and Russia are taking the diplomatic space is ruthless and largely irreversible. Italy is improvising alone and it is failing miserably”

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6 years

@jasondhorowitz He doesn’t appear to have a Masters or a PhD. One wonders how he has managed to get so far in Italian academia...

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Joe Biden tells Mario Draghi: “You are doing a hell of a job here! We need to show that democracies can function and that we can produce a new economic model. You are doing it.”

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Nothing sadder. Calabria, Italy.

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Getting into your front door in Rome is not as easy as it used to be….

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Italy's Conte gets a rousing send off from the Chigi courtyard, with staffers leaning out of windows and giving him a long, loud round of applause.

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The death toll in Italy from coronavirus jumped by 919 on Friday, the highest daily total recorded anywhere in the world to date. The number of new cases dipped slightly to 5,959 @Reuters

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So, "only" 756 deaths today in Italy from coronavirus, bringing total to 10,779, while new cases are up 5,217 to 97,689. That is the lowest rate of new cases since March 25, and the lowest number of deaths for two days. So maybe we might be peaking. Maybe, fingers crossed etc

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Deaths in Italy from coronavirus rose by 542 on Wednesday, a lower tally than the 604 the day before, but the number of new cases rose 3,836 compared with a previous 3,039. Good to see another fall in the number of people in intensive care -- 3,693 vs 3,792

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A complete stranger asked me in a Rome shop if it was true that foreigners will be kicked out of London. Suggests UK has image problem

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The current intelligence assessment is that the Taliban took more than 2,000 armored vehicles, including Humvees, and up to 40 aircraft potentially including Black Hawks, scout attack helicopters, and ScanEagle military drones.

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Italy registers more coronavirus deaths in one day than even China at the height of its epidemic. “I want to see the roads empty, lights off in the bars, the beaches empty, the squares deserted,” says Veneto governor Luca Zaia

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A fisherman takes to the streets of Rome as giant potholes open in the roads.

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Italy's oldest student graduates at 96. “Knowledge is like a suitcase that I carry with me, it is a treasure”

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Italian prosecutor pays a high price for taking on the mob. “I haven’t been to a restaurant for more than 20 years and haven’t gone to the cinema for more than 30 years. I am always closed away. I eat in the office. My house is a bunker."

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Italy's Draghi puts Vatican on notice over its opposition to an anti-homophobia bill. "Ours is a secular state, not a religious state"

Italy's Draghi puts Vatican on guard over anti-homophobia bill

Prime Minister Mario Draghi put the Vatican on notice on Wednesday not to interfere with a parliamentary debate over a draft law designed to combat homophobia, saying Italy was a secular state.

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Everyday a new coronavirus-linked worry: Doctors in northern Italy have reported extraordinarily large numbers of children aged under 9 with severe cases of what appears to be Kawasaki disease, more common in parts of Asia

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Italy spends considerably less on education than many of its European partners. The education minister has quit after the 2020 budget failed once again to row back on years of neglect. ⁦ @gavinjones10 ⁩

Italy education minister resigns over lack of funds for ministry

Italian Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti told Reuters on Wednesday he had resigned after failing to obtain from the government billions of euros he said were needed to improve the country's...

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Al Jazeera accuse Israel of firing at their Gaza office after foreign min Lieberman had denounced them. http://t.co/v0WJeX4j1H via @reuters

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The mild mannered Italian PM pulls the plug on his govt, but not before giving Salvini a rare verbal lashing, at the end accusing him of lacking courage. Great parliamentary drama

Reuters | Breaking International News & Views

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"Rome probably has one of the worst transport networks in the world. There is no way the city can welcome in more people without big change." @AndreaGiuricin

Tourist deluge, heatwave lay bare Italy's taxi shortage

Finding a taxi in Rome these days is about as hard as catching a cool breeze in the heat-drenched Italian capital.

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I don't get Italy's vaccination policy. So far it has vaccinated 354k 20-29 yr-olds vs 365k 80-89 yr olds. I know they are focusing on health workers BUT latest data says just 45 (forty five) 20-29 yr olds have died of COVID vs 35,508 80-89 yr olds. Surely they need priority

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Flying back to Britain for the first time in more than two years … and for the first time in decades I get an exit stamp in my passport at Rome border control. Sad.

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Governor of Italy’s Lombardy goes into self-imposed quarantine after finding out a close aide has coronavirus

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Tonight’s 6pm sing-along in Rome - Azzurro (the lyrics say “I might just catch the train and come to you”)

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I am beginning to worry about Rome’s rubbish collection teams. Have they themselves been buried alive under garbage? Perhaps we need to send out a search party...

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Coronavirus cases have almost doubled since Friday to 1,694, while the death toll stands at 34. No sign yet of the contagion slowing here.

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