Piacenza

In Bologna, people are struggling to come to terms with their strange new reality.

One woman, who runs a hotel near the Piazza Maggiore, with its grand Basilica, said she was confused by what the government is doing.

Italy imposed a virtual lockdown across a swathe of its wealthy north on March 8, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus.

The unprecedented restrictions, which will impact some 16 million people and stay in force until April 3, were signed into law overnight by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

A painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that was stolen in 1997 might have been discovered, hidden in a wall of the Italian gallery where it was taken from, officials said on Dec. 11.

After the storms and floods, an earthquake struck central Italy. The quake was felt shortly before 22:00 and had a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale, NOVA reports.

The epicenter is 8 kilometers deep and is near the city of Aquila, where in 2009 more than 300 people lost their lives in a series of devastating earthquakes.

BELGRADE - Women's volleyball club Partizan was defeated by Turkey's Vakifbank Istanbul 25-13, 25-11, 25-11 in the last, sixth round of Group E of the Champions League in Belgrade on Wednesday evening.

The Serbian team finished fourth with six defeats and two points behind European giants Vakifbank, Cannes and Piacenza.