Italy

Italy: Tanker explodes after accident, 2 killed, 70 injured

Aug 07, 2018 04:31

At least two people were killed and more than 70 others injured Monday when a tanker truck crashed into another truck and exploded, sending a fireball across a busy motorway in the northern Italian city of Bologna.
Britain should impose its conditions on EU: Italy’s Salvini

Jul 30, 2018 00:32

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 08:05

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 12:29

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 10:18

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 08:39

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 00:46

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 12:01

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 05:16

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 02:53

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.