High-speed rail in Italy Rete Ferroviaria Italiana is working on the necessary updates to allow trains to speed up to . On May 28th, 2018, the Ministry for Infrastructures and Transportation and the National Association for Railway Safety decided not to run the 385 km/h tests required to allow commercial operation at 350 km/h, thus limiting the maximum commercial speed on the existing Italian high-speed lines to 300 km/h. . TGV trains also run on the Paris-Turin-Milan service, but do not use any high-speed line in Italy. The following high-speed rail lines are in use. The table shows minimum and maximum (depending on stops)
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 Italy was represented by quartet Ricchi e Poveri, with the song '"Questo amore", at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 April in Paris. Broadcaster RAI chose the song and performers internally. On the night of the final Ricchi e Poveri performed third in the running order, following Norway and preceding Finland. Prior to the contest observers had rated "Questo amore" as one of the better songs in what was considered an exceptionally weak line-up. However, on the night the group gave a very mediocre vocal performance, not helped by