Italy

Britain should impose its conditions on EU: Italy’s Salvini

Jul 30, 2018 05:02

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, a far-right politician known for his eurosceptic views, has called on Britain to impose its conditions on the European Union as it seeks to leave the bloc, saying otherwise it would be the EU which could come out having “swindled” the United Kingdom.
Italy: Roma ‘forcibly’ evicted from Rome camp

Jul 27, 2018 12:35

Police in the Italian capital have cleared a camp housing the minority Roma community despite a European Union court ruling against the eviction.
Italy seeks to relocate 450 refugees to other EU states

Jul 14, 2018 16:59

Italy seeks to relocate 450 refugees waiting off its shores to other countries of the European Union as Rome struggles to stick with its policy of banning humanitarian rescue ships from docking at its ports.
Desperate refugees search for seasonal jobs in Italy

Jul 12, 2018 14:48

A recent influx of refugees into the Piedmont region of northern Italy means that up to 400 are now sleeping rough in the town of Saluzzo, according to local authorities.
China, Italy to build solar power plants in Iran

Jul 08, 2018 13:09

Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China and Italy to construct solar power plants in the central province of Yazd.
Italy's closure of ports to worsen refugee crisis: MSF

Jul 07, 2018 05:16

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned that Italy's decision to close its ports to humanitarian rescue boats would entrap more refugees in Libya's detention centers and in the hands of traffickers, where they face torture.
Malta detains second charity ship as death toll at sea rises

Jul 02, 2018 16:31

For the second time in a week, Malta has detained a humanitarian vessel that normally rescues boat refugees off the coast of Libya, where two shipwrecks have claimed the lives of as many as 200 people in recent days.
Italy’s far-right interior minister urges Europe-wide alliance against refugees

Jul 02, 2018 09:46

Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has called for the formation of a Europe-wide alliance of like-minded far-right parties to “defend their borders” against an influx of refugees into the continent.
Italy refuses third refugee ship to dock, sparking new dispute with Malta

Jul 01, 2018 07:23

The Italian government has once again closed the country’s sea ports to a rescue boat carrying 60 refugees stranded at sea off Libya, igniting yet another dispute with Malta over who should allow the boat to dock.
Italy calls for refugee centers south of Libya

Jun 25, 2018 19:04

Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has called on a visit to Tripoli for processing centers to be set up south of Libya's borders as a way to block attempts by refugees to cross the Mediterranean.