Italy's PM Giuseppe Conte on Thursday welcomed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's announcement that the Dublin Regulation, whereby migrants must register in the EU country they arrive, will be overhauled, ANSA reported.

Schools reopened in much of Italy on Monday for the first time since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in early March, ANSA reported. Some 5.6m pupils are back in class in 12 regions, plus the autonomous province of Trento.

Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte on Monday evening signed the latest set of rules under the country's coronavirus state of emergency that introduced the sweeping restrictions of the past six months. The new decree will be valid for 30 days, until 7 October, when ministers will again decide if rules should be extended or revisited.

The Italian government has extended measures intended to stop the spread of coronavirus until 7 September, according to a decree issued by PМ Giuseppe Conte's cabinet on Friday night, dpa reported. Conte spoke of "balanced measures that do justice to the current situation," and appealed to Italians to remain vigilant about the virus

Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella and PM Giuseppe Conte on Monday took part in the ceremony for the inauguration of Genoa's new viaduct, two years after its predecessor, the Morandi Bridge, collapsed in a disaster that claimed 43 lives. The national anthem was played, the names of the victims were read out and three minutes of silence were observed in mourning, ANSA reported.

Around 200 asylum seekers landed on eight different boats on Lampedusa overnight, further complicating the already difficult situation on the southern Italian island, ANSA reported. They were taken to the island's migrant hotspot, rising the number present at the facility up to 910. In theory the structure has a capacity of 95.

Italy's Senate approved on Tuesday a request by PM Giuseppe Conte to extend until 15 October the state of emergency, expanding his government's powers to control the coronavirus health crisis, news wires reported.

Meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday Italian PM Giuseppe Conte called for rapid agreement on the EU Recovery fund. The longer we wait, the slower recovery would take place, he said, cited by ANSA.

Meeting in Madrid on Wednesday the prime ministers of Italy Giuseppe Conte and of Spain Pedro Sanchez agreed a Recovery Fund deal must be reached by the EU by the end of this month, ANSA reported.

After weeks of fraught political negotiation, the Italian government approved on Tuesday a package of measures aimed at cutting the complicated red tape that has long been blamed for crimping growth in the Eurozone’s third-largest economy, news wires reported.