A longstanding dispute between film distributors and associations that show outdoor films for free comes to a head as the industry reels from a post-coronavirus downturn.
Tag: Rome (Italy)
As Italy Reopens, Tour Guides Plead for More Aid, and Tourists
Protests were staged across the country to raise awareness about a profession that faces months of hardship amid the slow emergence from the coronavirus lockdown.
The Circus Came to Town, Then It Couldn’t Leave
One of Italy’s famed family-owned circuses has been sitting out the coronavirus pandemic in a field outside Rome.
Locals Tell Us What Top Tourist Spots Feel Like Now
Travel restrictions have turned 11 overtouristed destinations into quiet, almost unrecognizable places, even for those who live there. It’s a bittersweet experience for the people we talked to.
Rome Has Been Sacked, Conquered and Abandoned. Now It’s the Pandemic’s Turn.
The city’s turbulent history has forged an irreverent, anti-authoritarian and, in some ways, cynical character. Can that survive the coronavirus?
A Very Different Good Friday, in Photographs
The coronavirus pandemic has upended Easter events, not just in the heart of the Roman Catholic Church but all over the world.
‘We Find Ourselves Afraid.’ The Pope Confronts Coronavirus.
The virus is inside the walls of the Vatican, which has canceled public participation in Easter ceremonies, is testing scores of people and considering isolating measures for Pope Francis.
Rome’s Homeless Don’t Have the Luxury of Staying Home
How do you wash your hands without a sink? Stock up on food without money? Or shelter in place when you live on the streets? Charities in the Italian capital are struggling to respond.
They Fled Coronavirus in Europe. Border Agents Asked if They’d Visited China or Iran.
Americans returning from Italy and Spain say border control officials didn’t screen them or tell them to isolate themselves.
2 Americans, 19 and 20, Go on Trial Over Killing of Italian Police Officer
With defense lawyers and prosecutors giving widely differing accounts of the night in question, a jury will weigh the evidence over the killing of a paramilitary officer in Rome by a pair of teenagers.