There were four migrant landings overnight at Lampedusa bringing a total to more than 150 migrants onto the island between Sicily and Libya, ANSA news agency reports. Migrant hotspot of the island has been already so full that the coronavirus checks were carried out on the harbour side. Quattro sbarchi in poche ore a Lampedusa…
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СOVID19: Conte security agent dies
A policeman who was part of Italian Prime Minister GiuseppeConte’s security team has died after contracting #COVID19. He was 52, and left behind a wife and two sons. #Coronavirus: a policeman who was part of Italian premier #GiuseppeConte's security detail has died after contracting #COVID19. He was 52. He leaves behind a wife and two…
EUCO: anti-COVID19 plan
The 27 EU leaders decided to offer the eurozone finance ministers two weeks to find a common economic response to the coronavirus crisis, European diplomats said. After more than six hours of discussion by video-conference, the heads of state and government of the 27 EU countries have reached agreement on a draft joint declaration to…
#COVID19: Russian military medics support Italy
The Russian Aerospace Forces are ready to fly teams of virologists and medical equipment to coronavirus – plagued Italy starting Sunday March 22, the Defense Ministry said. Russia ready to deliver doctors, medical equipment to coronavirus-hit Italyhttps://t.co/TIO3o4nVkN pic.twitter.com/TKOMLO3jcQ — TASS (@tassagency_en) March 21, 2020 Following President Putin’s instruction, Defense Minister Shoigu (pictured) gave orders to…
Ukraine tourists vandalised Vatican fresco
A video was published in the “Italy for Me” community of the Facebook social network in which the user showed the names of tourists from Ukraine scratched on a Raphael fresco in the Vatican, the RIA Novosti news agency reports. The incident caused an outrage in social media, demanding the investigation into the this appalling…
COVID19: Italy wine fair cancelled
The novel virus outbreak has heavily disrupted daily life in Italy’s most affluent and productive regions, with schools closed and many public events canceled including world famous fashion shows and top-flight football matches. We would like to advise all our followers that Vinitaly 2020 has new dates:14-17/06/2020Take note of it!#hotelbareta #vinitaly2020 pic.twitter.com/ljiwMFTKcD — Hotel Bareta…
Italy receives hundreds of migrants
A vessel with 363 migrants on board, operated by Spanish charity Open Arms has received the permission to dock in Sicilian port of Pozzallo. (Image above: illustration). 363 migrants allowed to disembark after several days in Mediterranean #OpenArms #Italy pic.twitter.com/VOPppFTFgI — Ruptly (@Ruptly) February 2, 2020 Earlier on February 1, the charity announced that they…
Italy 5-Star leader quits
Luigi Di Maio stepped down as leader of Italy’s co-governing 5-Star movement, as it seeks to stem a wave of defections that threatens the government’s parliamentary majority. Foreign Minister #DiMaio expected to quit as the leader of #Italy's 5-Star Movement #M5S.https://t.co/XYutm4J3nc — Ansa English News (@ansa_english) January 22, 2020 Luigi Di Maio stepped down on…
Floods in Italy by Sentinel-1
Torrential downpours have battered many parts of Italy this month, with extreme flooding wreaking havoc across northern Italy. The province of Alessandria is said to be one of the worst-affected areas according to Italian media, with around 200 people evacuated and 600 said to be left stranded. This multi-temporal image uses two @CopernicusEU #Sentinel1 images…
Italy faces uninterrupted migrant flows
The ship Ocean Viking has docked in the Italian port of Messina, carrying 213 migrants collected at sea.The operation happened in parallel with the efforts of the other NGOs, also transporting groups of migrants to Italy from African coast. (Imqge: illustration). UPDATE: the #OceanViking has just been assigned #Messina in Sicily as a place of…
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