A migration deal between Italy and Albania took a step forward on Wednesday as the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of parliament, approved a draft law to ratify the agreement in Rome. According to the bill, two reception centres for migrants are to be set up in Albania in order to restrict irregular […]
Irish airline Ryanair could invest an extra €8 billion in Italy if the country scraps a local tax on air tickets, chief executive Michael O’Leary said in an interview published on Wednesday. Speaking to La Repubblica newspaper, Mr O’Leary said he wants to meet Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and ask her to “create the […]
Italy will chair the Group of Seven this year and plans to use its position to change the narrative that Russia is allegedly winning in Ukraine and that the West has grown tired of the war. Source: the Reuters agency, referencing to a source familiar with Italy’s plans concerning G7, as reported by European Pravda […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Turkey’s first astronaut along with a Swede and Italian launched Thursday to the International Space Station on a chartered SpaceX flight. The Falcon rocket blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in late afternoon, carrying the three men, all with military pilot experience and representing their homelands. Their escort on […]
ROME (Reuters) – Italy declined to take part in U.S. and British strikes overnight against the Houthi group in Yemen, a government source said on Friday, explaining that Rome preferred to pursue a “calming” policy in the Red Sea. The source, who did not want to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter, […]
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto states he has seen signals from Russia and Ukraine that it is time for diplomacy to pave the way for peace. Source: European Pravda with reference to Reuters Details: Crosetto stated in parliament that the Ukrainian counteroffensive of 2023 did not produce the desired result and that the military situation […]
Russian propagandists plan to hold an event in the Italian city of Modena on Jan. 20 about the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, with the aim of normalizing the Russian occupation there, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on Jan. 9. The Russian propagandists are reportedly planning to spread disinformation about citizens in […]
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned an event on the “rebirth” of Mariupol after Russia’s brutal siege, planned by an Italian pro-Russian association, as propaganda and a provocation, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Jan. 4, citing Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko. The Russian Cultural Association of Emilia Romagna announced on Jan. 3 that an event would be held […]
The Italian government has formally extended its military assistance to Ukraine until the close of 2024, the Italian Ministry of Defense announced on Dec. 19. The decision, outlined in a resolution adopted by the Italian Cabinet of Ministers, underscores Italy’s steadfast commitment to bolstering Ukraine’s defense efforts against Russia, the ministry said. The resolution authorizes […]
Short-term rental platform Airbnb has agreed to pay €576 million to settle a years-long dispute over unpaid taxes in Italy but said it will not try to recover the money from its hosts. In November, Italian prosecutors said AirBnb owed about €779 million in short-term rental taxes it had failed to pay on behalf of […]
ROME (AP) — The leaders of Italy and the U.K. agreed on Saturday to tackle irregular migration to Europe, pledging to intensify cooperation in the fight against human trafficking. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who held talks in Rome, were also joined by Albanian counterpart Edi Rama, who is seen […]
ROME (Reuters) – Italy, France and Germany called on the European Union to impose ad hoc sanctions against Hamas and its supporters, the foreign ministers of the three nations wrote in a joint letter to the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. “We express our full support for the … proposal to create an ad […]