Tag: Italy
Italy’s 5-Star rules out alliance with far-right in EU Parliament
BRUSSELS: Italy's 5-Star Movement on Tuesday ruled out an alliance with far-right parties in the European Parliament after May's EU elections, but remained undecided...
Navy chief calls on Italian defence chief
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi during his official visit to Italy called on Italian Chief of Defence General Staff General Claudio...
Italy tightens eligibility for migrant protection
ROME: Italy's populist government is making it harder for migrants to be approved for humanitarian protection.
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini told reporters that the government...
US, France, Italy, UK condemn violence in Tripoli
PARIS: The United States, France, Italy and Britain on Saturday condemned what they called an escalation of violence in and around the Libyan capital...
Italy mourns victims of Genoa bridge collapse with state funeral
GENOA: Italy mourned the victims of the collapse of a motorway bridge in the northern city of Genoa with a state funeral on Saturday,...
22 dead and 8 injured in Italy bridge collapse
MILAN: Italian deputy transport minister Edoardo Rixi says the number of victims in the Genoa highway bridge collapse has risen to at least 22...
Migrants’ return to Libya by Italian boat could breach international law,...
ROME: A rescue operation in which an Italian towboat rescued more than 100 migrants and returned them to Libya earlier this week may have...
1,500 migrants have died in Mediterranean in 2018, Italy deadliest route:...
GENEVA: For the fifth straight year at least 1,500 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and Italy being the...
Migrants disembark in Italy after EU offer ends standoff
ROME: Hundreds of migrants finally disembarked in Italy from two ships on Monday after other European Union countries agreed to accept more than half...
Italy rescues migrants, asks other countries to host them: source
MILAN: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is trying to find countries willing to take in some 450 migrants rescued from an overcrowded ship in...
Italy has pledged no new spending on military: PM Conte
BRUSSELS: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday he had made no promises to increase Italy's defense spending after US President Donald Trump...
Italy stops ship with migrants, turns up pressure on EU allies
ROME: Italy has refused to allow a commercial vessel flying an Italian flag to bring ashore rescued migrants, apparently keeping up a hardline policy...
EU migration policies seen building blocks for ‘Fortress Europe’
BRUSSELS: Deals on migration agreed in the European Union and Germany may end up more about rhetoric than reality but they indicate a shift...
Germany, Austria, Italy plan talks to ‘shut’ southern migrant route
VIENNA: Germany, Austria and Italy will hold talks next week on how to "shut" the southern migration route into Europe and plan to work...
Italy shuts out another migrant rescue ship
ROME: Italy's new government barred a migrant rescue ship from docking at its ports on Friday, in its third such refusal this month, hours...
Italy to close ports to NGO migrant ships ‘all summer’
ROME: Italy's hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini announced Friday that Italian ports would be closed "all summer" to NGO ships which rescue migrants trying...
EU cuts migration deal after marathon talks, differences remain
BRUSSELS: European leaders reached a deal on migration in the early hours of Friday after tense and lengthy talks, but the pledges made to...
