Poste Italiane suspends parcel shipments from Italy to US, Emily in Paris assistant director dies during filming in Venice, and more news from Italy on Monday.
Poste Italiane suspends parcel shipments from Italy to US
Italian postal service Poste Italiane announced on Thursday it had temporarily suspended the shipping of parcels to the United States due to changing US customs rules.
The Trump Administration’s rule change, which is set to come into effect on August 29th, ends the duty and tax exemption on small parcels.
As a result, postal deliveries worth less than $800, which were formerly duty-free, will be subject to the same tax rates as other products imported into the US from the EU. The change does not apply to gifts sent by private individuals worth under $100.
In a statement released on Thursday evening, Poste Italiane said it had been “forced, like other European postal operators, to temporarily suspend the acceptance of all shipments containing goods destined for the United States, starting from 23 August.”
Shipments not containing any goods and and those sent via its Poste Delivery International Express service would continue to be accepted, the carrier said.
Emily in Paris assistant director dies during filming in Venice
An assistant director on the hit Netflix series Emily in Paris has died while filming the show’s fifth season in Venice, according to Italian media.
47-year-old Diego Borella reportedly collapsed while preparing to film a scene at the city’s Hotel Danieli on Thursday evening.
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Attempts by the medical team on set to revive him were unsuccessful, La Repubblica reported.
“We are deeply saddened to confirm the sudden passing of a member of the ‘Emily in Paris’ production family,” a spokesperson from the show’s producers Paramount Television Studios told BBC News.
Facebook removes Italian group sharing non-consensual photos of women
An Italian Facebook group in which photos of women were shared with thousands of people online without their consent has been taken down, according to news reports.
Screenshots taken from the Mia Moglie (‘My Wife’) group, which had around 32,000 members before it was removed last week, showed pictures women in various states of undress, asleep or in intimate moments.
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Some of the comments reportedly praised the secretive nature of the photos and described wanting to “rape” the women.
Author Carolina Capria, who posted about the group online, said it made her feel “nauseous” and “scared”. European Greens spokesperson Fiorella Zabatta described it as “virtual rape”.
Meta, which owns Facebook, said it had taken down the group for violating its Adult Sexual Exploitation policies.
“We do not allow content that threatens or promotes sexual violence, sexual assault or sexual exploitation on our platforms,” the tech giant said.