An idea to purchase Greenland from Denmark came one and a half century after the successful operation of acquisition of Alaska from Russia (1867) for an
NEWS
Italy PM Conte announces resignation
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (pictured) announced his resignation to the Senate on August 20. In his speech in presence of both political leaders Luigi Di Mayo (M5S)
Prosecutor orders seizure of Open Arms vessel
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (Socialist) has sent a vessel to escort Open Arms from the surroundings of Lampedusa to Palma, Mallorca. This gesture has been
Juncker will not attend Biarritz G7
Urgent hospitalisation prevents Jean-Claude Juncker (64), the incumbent president of the European Commission from attending the G7 summit in Biarritz (France) on August 24-26, a spokesperson said. (Image:
UK Consulate employee detained in China
The UK “extremely concerned” by reports an employee of its Consulate in Hong Kong has been detained in China, according to AFP news agency. #BREAKING UK says 'extremely
Richard Johnson – NATO military artist
“While training in Norway during NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2018, soldiers in the Alliance may have glimpsed an unusual sight: , standing beside their
BREXIT
Merkel-Johnson meeting in view
Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meeting is planned soon, a spokesman for the German government said on August 16, he added
EUROPE
Russians demand fair elections
Around 50 thousands of Moscovites expressed their solidarity with rejected the access to elections opposition politicians participating in a demonstration “For Freedom and Justice” . The
EU
Juncker will not attend Biarritz G7
Urgent hospitalisation prevents Jean-Claude Juncker (64), the incumbent president of the European Commission from attending the G7 summit in Biarritz (France) on August 24-26, a spokesperson said. (Image:
INTERNATIONAL
Will Greenland follow Alaska?
An idea to purchase Greenland from Denmark came one and a half century after the successful operation of acquisition of Alaska from Russia (1867) for an
POLITICS
Italy PM Conte announces resignation
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (pictured) announced his resignation to the Senate on August 20. In his speech in presence of both political leaders Luigi Di Mayo (M5S)
WORLD
Kyrgyz ex-President surrendered
Kyrgyzstan’s ex-president Almazbek Atambayev has surrendered to the authorities, the supporters of the former head of state confirmed to TASS news agency. “Atambayev has been
HUMAN RIGHTS
Germany: refugee status implications
Refugees who return to Syria for holidays might lose their status in Germany, the Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told the Bild newspaper. The measure is
SECURITY
Modern Tate incident caused by “schizophrenia”
The teenager charged with pushing a six-year-old French tourist boy off a balcony at the Tate Modern Gallery was a “schizophrenia” patient who had escaped
DEFENCE
Richard Johnson – NATO military artist
“While training in Norway during NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2018, soldiers in the Alliance may have glimpsed an unusual sight: , standing beside their
IMMIGRATION
Prosecutor orders seizure of Open Arms vessel
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (Socialist) has sent a vessel to escort Open Arms from the surroundings of Lampedusa to Palma, Mallorca. This gesture has been
WILDLIFE
EU joins UN in wildlife protection
World Wildlife Conference: EU pushes for better protection of the world’s most threatened species CITES #CoP18 kicks off in Geneva this weekend – maybe literally.
LIFESTYLE
Spanish Steps sitting ban
Sitting on Rome‘s Spanish Steps ( Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) is no longer allowed as the local police is imperative to apply the rules in
International Cat Day: cats forever!
International Cat Day is a full 24 hours of across the world recognition and veneration of one of humanity’s oldest and most beloved pets. The
Selfie hazard: two dead in Spain
Two young men died in a selfie accident after falling 12 meters from the seaside promenade in Orihuela, in Alicante province. The accident took place around
Grenoble: Muslim women impose burkini swim wear
With the summer weather, the debate surrounding the ban on burkini in public swimming pools has has reemerged. Muslim women defied a local municipality ban and
Negroni “cocktail of the year” 2019
On Negroni’s 100th anniversary the New York Times named it the “cocktail of the year”. The cocktail of equal parts of Campari, vermouth and gin, invented by
Caravaggio masterpiece at auction soon
Disappeared for several centuries, rediscovered in Toulouse (France) in 2014, the painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio ‘Judith and Holofernes’, the authenticity of which has
