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Coronavirus: Austria and Italy reopen some shops as lockdown eased →

April 15, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

Thousands of shops have reopened in Austria, as it seeks to ease restrictions brought in to stem the spread of the coronavirus. BBC NEWS

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April 15, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
coronavirus, austria, italy, shops, lockdown
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‘A beautiful thing’: the African migrants getting healthy food to Italians →

April 03, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

After years of exploitation, former fruit pickers set up a co-operative near Rome selling vegetables and yoghurt. Now they are working ‘twice as hard’ to get supplies to families under lockdown. THE GUARDIAN

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April 03, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
african migrants, italy, coronavirus, cooperatives, food
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3D printing valves in Italy saves lives →

March 25, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

This is an example of how collaboration can be crucial. When one Italian hospital ran out of valves for respiratory machines needed as more and more patients were hospitalised with COVID-19, local manufacturers stepped in to 3D print replacements. ATLAS OF THE FUTURE

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March 25, 2020 /Oliver Gordon
3D printing, italy, covid-19, respiratory machines
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Italy becomes first country to make climate change lessons compulsory for all children →

November 11, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

‘I want to make the Italian education system the first that puts the environment and society at the core of everything we learn in school,’ says minister. THE INDEPENDENT

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November 11, 2019 /Oliver Gordon
italy, climate change, education, school
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