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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2016 file photo, sunset is over the Italian Islands of Procida and Ischia in the Bay of Naples, Italy. Italy on Friday will open a mass vaccination campaign on small, remote islands where numbers of residents and health care services are limited. The office of Italy’s virus czar said the campaign would initially target the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily and Isola Capraia off the Tuscan coast. Other remote areas on the mainland _ isolated villages in the Alps and Apennine mountains _ might be targeted with similar campaigns. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Italy set to vaccinate small island populations in one go

By Nicole Winfield May. 06, 2021 02:29 PM EDT

Mounted police officers patrol Via del Corso main shopping street, in downtown Rome, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Italy went into lockdown on Easter weekend in its effort to battle then Covid-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy enters 3-day Easter lockdown amid vaccination snags

By Nicole Winfield And Andrea Rosa Apr. 03, 2021 03:00 PM EDT

Italian Premier Mario Draghi wears a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 as he addresses the Senate ahead of the European Council of March 25-26, in Rome, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Draghi on Wednesday decried that various interest groups are getting their members COVID-19 vaccines before adults older than 80 receive the shots. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)
Italy's PM decries 'neglecting' of elderly in vaccine access

By Frances D'emilio Mar. 24, 2021 08:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 file photo, migrants are silhouetted during the sunrise on the deck of the Ocean Viking as it sails in the Mediterranean Sea. A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, some of whom tested positive for COVID-19, is heading to Sicily. SOS Mediterranee, the humanitarian group which operates the rescue ship Ocean Viking, told The AP on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 that Italy granted the vessel permission to enter the port of Augusta. (AP Photo/Renata Brito)
Boat with 422 migrants, some with COVID-19, heads to Sicily

By Frances D'emilio Feb. 07, 2021 10:10 AM EST

This year's Giro d’Italia to start in Turin on May 8

Feb. 04, 2021 06:45 AM EST
MILAN (AP) — This year’s Giro d’Italia will start in Turin on May 8, race organizer RCS Sport said Thursday. The race will begin with a 9...

Italy's South Tyrol again flouts Rome over virus closures

By Colleen Barry Jan. 17, 2021 10:28 AM EST
MILAN (AP) — The autonomous province of South Tyrol with its German-speaking majority is flouting Rome’s decision to put it under partial lockdown starting...

A view of a specially constructed bunker hosting the first hearing of a maxi-trial against more than 300 defendants of the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, near the Calabrian town of Lamezia Terme, southern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. A maxi-trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia lost its influence. (Valeria Ferraro/LaPresse via AP)
Italy puts over 320 on trial for 'ndrangheta mob ties

By Andrea Rosa And Frances D'emilio Jan. 13, 2021 09:47 AM EST

Migrants from Eritrea, Egypt, Syria and Sudan, rest on board the Spanish NGO Open Arms vessel after having been rescued in the Mediterranean sea, about 110 miles north of Libya, on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)
Charity rescue ship with 265 migrants anchors off Italy

Jan. 04, 2021 01:27 PM EST

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte announces new restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Four regions in Italy are being put under severe lockdown, forbidding people to leave their homes except for essential reasons such as food shopping and work in a bid to slow surging COVID-19 infections and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. Premier Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday night announced what he described as “very stringent” restrictions on the so-called “red zone” regions of high risk: Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta in the north and Calabria, the region forming the “toe” in the south of the Italian peninsula. (Angelo Carconi/Pool Photo via AP)
Four Italian regions, including Milan, put under lockdown

By Frances D'emilio Nov. 04, 2020 04:21 PM EST

Demonstrators gather to protest the COVID-19 preventative measures downtown Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have again jumped to record levels amid new restrictive measures imposed by the government to curb the spread. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
France, Germany impose new lockdowns to curb virus spread

By Frank Jordans And Thomas Adamson Oct. 28, 2020 08:23 AM EDT

Riot Police fire tear gas as clashes broke out during a protest against the government restriction measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Turin, Italy, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Italy's leader has imposed at least a month of new restrictions to fight rising coronavirus infections, shutting down gyms, pools and movie theaters and putting an early curfew on cafes and restaurants. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)
Protests in Italy over new virus crackdown turn violent

By Andrea Rosa And Frances D'emilio Oct. 26, 2020 05:46 PM EDT

Italy's Filippo Ganna wears the pink jersey of the race overall leader as he celebrates on the podium after winning the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia, tour of Italy, cycling race, an individual time trial from Monreale to Palermo, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)
World champion Ganna wins opening time trial at Giro

Oct. 03, 2020 10:54 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 11, 2020 file photo, a migrant is buried in a cemetery, in Sfax, eastern Tunisia. The number of Tunisians migrating clandestinely to Italy has risen to levels not seen since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising. That's causing tensions in Italy's south, where more than 2,200 migrants are quarantining on ferries anchored offshore. (AP Photo/Houssem Zouari, File)
Tunisians fleeing economy, not COVID, cause tension in Italy

By Mehdi El-Arem Sep. 30, 2020 03:13 AM EDT

A lone pedestrian walks Old Montreal, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Latest: COVID-19 outbreak on ship off Australia's coast

By The Associated Press Sep. 28, 2020 12:55 AM EDT

FILE -- In this file photo taken on April 12, 2006, a road sign announces the town of Corleone, Italy. The Sicilian town of Corleone, made famous by the fictional Mafia clan in “The Godfather,” has ordered schools closed and a limited lockdown after a spate of coronavirus infections were tied to a big wedding there last week. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Big wedding in fictional home of 'The Godfather' fuels virus

Sep. 18, 2020 09:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 10, 2020, file photo, Alanna McDonnell mixes drinks at Velveteen Rabbit, a cocktail bar in the Las Vegas Arts District in Las Vegas. Bars in and around Las Vegas can reopen after this weekend with limited capacity, distance between customers and facial coverings all around, officials announced Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
The Latest: Positives from Brazil chief justice inauguration

By The Associated Press Sep. 18, 2020 04:49 AM EDT

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus pray while maintaining social distancing during a service at the Chogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
The Latest: As virus spikes, S. Korea tightens restrictions

By The Associated Press Aug. 23, 2020 08:46 AM EDT

Ferro upsets Kontaveit to win Palermo Open

Aug. 09, 2020 04:02 PM EDT
PALERMO, Sicily (AP) — Fiona Ferro of France upset fourth-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the Palermo Ladies Open final on Sunday to win the first tour...

Juvan upsets Vondroušová in 1st round of Palermo Open

Aug. 04, 2020 03:29 PM EDT
PALERMO, Sicily (AP) — Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan upset second-seeded Markéta Vondroušová of the Czech Republic 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of...

Top tennis resumes in Palermo with no handshakes or showers

By Daniella Matar Aug. 03, 2020 12:02 PM EDT
Tour-level tennis resumed after a five-month enforced break on Monday, and players at the Palermo Ladies Open had to handle their own towels and not shake...