Italy should work toward having Russia's Sputnik V vaccine approved within the European Union as soon as possible, Elia Rossi, the mayor of the Monte Grimano Terme commune in the Italian region of Marche, told Sputnik in an interview

Anastasia Levchenko - Italy will produce the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for countries that have already authorized its use, but will be ready to manufacture doses for internal consumption once the shot is greenlighted on its soil, Vincenzo Trani, the president of the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce (CCIR), told Sputnik

Changes in the composition of the Italian government are very likely amid the ongoing heated debate over the country's recovery plan, Michele Geraci, Italian economist and former undersecretary of state at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, told Sputnik

A committee representing about 500 relatives of those who died of COVID-19 in Italy has initiated a legal claim against the regional and national authorities for an inadequate response to the pandemic, with hearing set to take place in April 2021, the committee's lawyer, Consuelo Locati. told Sputnik