Italy Interior Minister Matteo Salvini would soon be giving the go-ahead to disembarking over 100 rescued migrants still on board the Gregoretti coast guard vessel, according to his Facebook page announcement. The boat has been in the Augusta port since July 27. Salvini made it clear that he would not let them disembark until an agreement…
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Italy PM condemns blindfolding of US suspect
Italian Premie Minister Giuseppe Conte has condemned the blindfolding of one of the two Americans students arrested in relation to the killing of a Carabiniere police officer in Rome last week. A Roma per onorare la memoria di Mario Cerciello Rega, il vicebrigadiere ucciso con modalità efferate, mentre svolgeva il proprio dovere. Un uomo generoso,…
Salvini concerned by vd Leyen election
Italy Deputy Prime minister Matteo Salvini has expressed his concern about the election by the European Parliament of Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president. “We saw a president of the European Commission indicated by Merkel and backed by Macron, Renzi and Berlusconi and the 5-Stars, leaning very far to the left on some issues…
Migrants land in Lampedusa
A vessel run by Italian NGO Alex Mediterranea has ignored an order to stay out of Lampedusa port, navigating to dock on the island after transporting 41 migrants from Libyan coast. Second rescue ship docks in #Lampedusa with 41 migrants despite Italian ban#Italy pic.twitter.com/KLdI8FehVu — Ruptly (@Ruptly) July 7, 2019 The migrants transported from Libyan coast seeking…
Alan Kurdi vessel ignores Italy refusal
The ‘Alan Kurdi‘ vessel run by NGO migrant rescue picked up 65 migrants off Libya coast. The German NGO Sea-Eye said they would also ignore the refusal of Italy to land, and navigated to Lampedusa, where they wish to drop anchor and land passengers. It is the second boat this week, which ignores the orders of…
Mediterranea captain disobeys Italy orders
The Italian NGO Mediterranea‘s Alex migrant rescue vessel carrying 54 people picked up in Libya waters on July 4 has been stopped off Lampedusa according to a landing ban issued by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, ANSA news agency sources said on July 5. “The vessel of the NGO, which by this time would have arrived in Malta…
Italian Socialist Sassoli new Europarl president
Italian MEP for a decade, former journalist David-Maria Sassoli has been elected as the new president of the European Parliament. #EPlenary #Sassoli Europarl new president:“We needed more democracy, more European parties”. pic.twitter.com/nH1vCnhx5t — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) July 3, 2019 Mr Sassoli, (63) received the support of 345 out of a total of 667 MEPs…
ISIS fighter repatriated to Italy
An Italian foreign fighter was repatriated on after being arrested in Syria, ANSA news agency reports. (Image above: illustration). Samir Bougana, (25) from Moroccan origin, allegedly first fought with militias affiliated to Al Qaeda and then with ISIS. Italo-Moroccan foreign fighter Samir Bougana has been repatriated from Syria to Italy and placed under arrest by Italian…
Italy insists Dutch assuming responsibility for SeaWatch3
Carola Rackete, the captain of the Sea-Watch 3 migrant-rescue ship, has been put under investigation by prosecutors in the Sicilian city of Agrigento, Italian media reports. 🔵 WATCH: Our 11 o'clock press conference, in the headquarters of @Stampa_Estera in Rome, with a live connection to captain #CarolaRackete on board #SeaWatch3. https://t.co/anyTjrgMEL — Sea-Watch International (@seawatch_intl)…
Salvini trades barbs with Sea Watch NGO
Italy Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has criticized the Sea-Watch NGO after it refused to take 52 migrants collected off Libya this week to Tripoli. The Sea Watch 3 vessel, which is close to the Italian island of Lampedusa, at one stage seemed to have turned towards Malta, but Salvini said it is not navigating there. 🔴Ho…