Italy says migrants must go to charity boats’ home nations
Migrants picked up at sea by rescue ships must be sent to the countries that support the NGO charities, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said...
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Italian PM Meloni reproaches Germany’s Scholz over migration
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has written to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz telling him she learned with “astonishment” of a German government initiative to finance...
Italian Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies of cancer months after capture
Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was convicted of multiple murders and was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, has died of cancer, officials...
Former Italian president Napolitano dies aged 98
Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, a onetimecommunist who helped to steer his country through a debt crisis in 2011, died on Friday aged 98. Condolences...
Asylum seekers in Italy told to pay to avoid detention
Asylum seekers in Italy will have to pay 4,938 euros ($5,259) to avoid detention while their request for protection is being processed, the government said...
EU chief pledges migrant action plan in Italy’s Lampedusa
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday visited the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is struggling with a surge in migrant arrivals, and...
Joint aeronautical exercise successfully completed (video)
A joint aeronautical exercise between Cyprus, Greece, France and Italy has been successfully completed, it was announced on Friday. The national guard said the exercise,...
Italy coach Crowley happy with win but admits improvements needed
Italy will need a big improvement going into their second pool game at the Rugby World Cup as coach Kieran Crowley bemoaned his side’s inaccuracy...
Italy govt targets violent teens and parents in “Baby gang” crackdown
Parents of Italian children who drop out of school could face jail sentences under new steps to counter juvenile delinquency in the wake of a...
Forty-one dead in migrant shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island (Update)
Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, the Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday, citing accounts from survivors who have...
