Tag: Italy
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Protests continue across in Europe: students in Rome storm the Colosseum
Protests have continued across Europe, turning violent once again in multiple cities, including Paris, Barcelona and Rome. Many protests led by students turned violent once again with rioters looting shops and damaging public buildings. In Italy, demonstrations continued on as of early this morning, with clashes taking place in several cities. In Rome, a group…
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Home Affairs Minister in Italy discussing Malta’s security
Home Affairs Minister Glenn Bedingfield was in Italy earlier this week meeting his Defence Counterpart Minister Guido Crossetto of October 19th. The Minister made his two day-visit along with the Armed Forces of Malta Brigadier The visit concerned about security in the Mediterranean and the Minister announced that they are discussing re-writing the 1980 agreement…
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Malta’s Finance Minister warns that France and Italy will be taking tough fiscal measures to address their budget deficits
Yesterday in Parliament, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said that countries which experienced mass protests during the weekend, will probably be facing renewed protests in the coming months as their governments intend to take several fiscal measures to address their growing budget deficits and and debt. Protests and riots took place during the weekend in France…
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Why almost certainly we won’t have a bond crisis and Lesbian Hitler is wrong
Interviewed by The Economist, AFD Leader Alice Weidel told The Economist that debt in France and Germany is running so high that “we will certainly have a bond market crisis”. Alice Weidel has been instilling fear among Germans about every major challenge and issue we jointly face in Europe. We should fear Russia, we should…
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Russian diesel purchase by the US is risky and oil price went up due to the war on Iran: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gave a a scathing critique of US President Donald Trump’s pro-Putin stance earlier today during her official government communication at the Senate. The Italian Premier said that buying Russian diesel comes with great risks and noted that the oil price increased only when the US started its war on Iran.…
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Watch: Roman shipwreck found off the coast of Sicily
A Roman-era shipwreck containing hundreds of amphorae has been discovered off the coast of Mazara del Vallo in western Sicily, in what Italy’s Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli has described as one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years. The wreck is believed to date from between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC,…
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Spain imposes border controls on arrivals from Italy until the end of August in tit-for-tat border dispute
The Italian government instituted border checks on non-EU nationals arriving from Spain following the Ceuta crisis, but the Spanish government has responded by introducing border checks on all Italian passengers arriving in Spain until the end of August. The tit-for-tat border dispute began after the Italian government raised the alarm over the border incident in…
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Italy, the UK and Spain remain the favourite destinations for Maltese holidaymakers
Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain remained the three most popular destinations among Maltese residents travelling abroad during the second quarter of 2026, according to the NSO. Residents made 214,123 outbound tourist trips between April and June, an increase of 2.5% compared with the same period in 2025. Italy remained by far the most popular destination,…
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Italian-led EU force boards sanctioned shadow-fleet tanker near Pantelleria
An Italian-led European Union naval force boarded and inspected a sanctioned tanker linked to Russia’s shadow fleet west of Pantelleria on Sunday, 2 August, as European authorities intensify operations against vessels suspected of sailing under false flags and helping Moscow evade sanctions. The vessel was identified as the Toa Payoh (IMO: 9298492), a chemical and…
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The appeasement to North African dictators and why Premier Meloni is also fully responsible for what happened in Ceuta
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants to play the role of the responsible adult in Europe after hitting out at the Spanish government’s failure to control its border in its North African enclave of Ceuta where up to 60,000 Moroccans breached the border in chaotic scenes last week. First, the Italian Prime Minister called for…
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Spanish Prime Minister writes to President Von der Leyen and urges restoration of common position
In a strongly worded letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned Italy and other European countries that responded to this week’s chaotic scenes in Ceuta by demanding that Spain be suspended from the Schengen Area. The Spanish Prime Minister called on the presidents of the European Council…
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Italy calls for Spain to be suspended from Schengen after thousands of Moroccans breach the border of Ceuta
Italy has called for exceptional Schengen restrictions against Spain after thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, yesterday, on Thursday, 30 July. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said her government was considering extraordinary border-control measures, including suspending the application of the Schengen agreement with Spain. She described the scenes in…