Tag: Italy
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Austria and Italy connected beneath the Alps as Brenner Base Tunnel’s main railway tubes break through
The two main railway tubes of the Brenner Base Tunnel have been connected beneath the Alpine border between Austria and Italy, marking one of the most important milestones in the construction of the major European railway project. Workers broke through the final rock barriers in the eastern and western tunnel tubes almost simultaneously on 28…
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Striscia La Notizia disappears from Italian television after 38 years
Striscia La Notizia appears to have reached the end of its run after 38 years of satire, investigations and political ridicule on Italian television. Mediaset has not formally announced the programme’s definitive cancellation. However, Striscia has been omitted from the company’s schedules for the 2026–2027 television season, while its social-media accounts have stopped being updated.…
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The EU boards its first Russian shadow fleet tanker
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas announced that on Monday 20th July, the EU has boarded the vessel, South Star suspected of carrying a false Cameroonian flag and conducted an inspection of the vessel. However, the EU did not seize the vessel. The vessel is suspected of being part of Russia’s shadow fleet network and was…
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Italian Prime Minister calls for full accountability to everyone on Bolognas incident: reiterates that police violence is always unacceptable
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for a full and impartial investigation into the death of Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan-born man who died while being restrained by police in Bologna on Sunday. Police were called to the Pilastro neighbourhood after receiving reports that Fakir was behaving aggressively and damaging a vehicle. Witnesses said…
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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni goes to Palermo to beef up security: Giovanni Falcone’s car lent to Fondazione Falcone
The Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has travelled to Palermo, Sicily and convened a Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security involvign both the police and armed forces to coordinate the increase in security in Palermo following repeated attacks by organised crime on businesses in the city. Sicily has recently been gripped by several attacks…
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Italy joins Libya talks in Washington
Ambassador Fabrizio Saggio, the Italian National Security Advisor to the Italian Prime Minister, represented the Italian government in Washington for talks on Libya’s reunification alongside President Trump’s Envoy for Africa, Massad Boulos, and Benghazi’s Deputy Military Commander, Saddam Haftar. The absence of representatives from Tripoli remains conspicuous, and it is unclear what these talks are…
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Italy busts Mafia ring with Maltese suspect: Maltese Police bust big cocaine shipment
It was a busy week for both the Maltese Police and the police in Sicily, who conducted two large and separate operations this week. The Maltese Police, together with Customs officials, seized a shipment of up to 113kg of cocaine that was headed to Libya. The drugs were discovered in a container at the Malta…
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11 immigrants die in shipwreck off Maltese coast
Grim news started the week this morning as the Armed Forces of Malta confirmed that 11 people died in a shipwreck off the Maltese coast after a boat carrying irregular migrants capsized east of Malta. The incident took place approximately 50 nautical miles east of Malta, outside territorial waters, according to a statement issued by…
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni demands an apology from the Israeli government over treatment of Italian detainees
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has issued a scathing condemnation of the Israeli government, particularly of Israeli Interior Minister Ben Gvir after the latter published a video in which the Israeli police are seen humiliating and manhandling Italian activists of the Gaza Sumud Flotilla flotilla. Up to 29 Italian citizens have been arrested by Israel…
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UK and Italy turn to Russian oil as oil in the open market remains above $100
The UK and Italy are temporally renewing their purchases of Russian oil seeking cheaper oil imports as inflation gets sticky in Europe due to the consequences of the war in Iran. Inflation in the UK went down in April at 3% from 3.4% in March but is still relatively high. The UK’s Department for Business…
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Italian political leaders praise Italian hero who stopped terrorist rampage in Modena
Italian political leaders have praised Luca Signorelli after he helped stop the suspect behind a violent rampage in the northern Italian city of Modena yesterday morning. The incident took place on Via Emilia in central Modena when a 31-year-old man identified as Salim El Koudri, drove a car at high speed into pedestrians before attempting…
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“Russian art is blood” – Pussy Riot storm Venice Biennale as Russia bombs a kindergarten in Ukraine
Protest groups Pussy Riot and Femen stormed the Venice Biennale yesterday protesting against the participation of Russia in the international arts event. Russia was welcomed to the show for the first time this year after it was expelled following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The EU has reacted by cutting its funding to the…