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Tag: Italy
Palestine: Italy donates $1.7 million aid to UNRWA; Russia pledges $10-m
The Italian government has donated €1.5 million ($1.7 million) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) to provide health services ... Read More
Italy calls for EU sanctions on France for creating poverty in Africa
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister on Monday insisted that France’s policies in Africa have created poverty and triggered migration, calling for European Union’s sanctions on the ... Read More
Illegal Migration: Over 3,800 Tunisians Crossed to Italy in 2018
Frustration over lack of economic opportunities and social mobility has driven thousands of disenchanted Tunisians to undertake the perilous Mediterranean crossing in an attempt to ... Read More
Spanish Boat “Opens Arms” Rescues 87 Migrants Off Libyan Coast
Spanish boat “Open Arms” has rescued 87 African migrants off Libyan coast after their inflatable raft was found floating with a broken motor in the ... Read More
Italy Announces International Conference to End Chaos in Libya
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte unveiled Monday from Washington Italy’s plan to host a major conference in Rome to work on stability in the North ... Read More
HRW Slams EU Decision to Allow Libyan Coast Guards Handle African Migrants
Human Rights Watch denounced on Wednesday the European Union decision to entrust the Libyan coast guards with the task of managing the waves of illegal ... Read More
Libya: France, Italy, UK, US Welcome Return of Oil Terminals under Legitimate NOC
France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States have welcomed the announcement that Libya’s National Oil Corporation has recovered its prerogatives and is resuming ... Read More
Italy Reactivates Gaddafi-Era Deal with Libya to Curb Migration
Worried by a surge of migration attempts from Libya, Italy reactivated a Gaddafi-era friendship deal with Libya promising to offer billions of euros in aid. ... Read More
Migration Tops Italian Interior Minister’s Talks in Libya
Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who is vowing a new hardline stance on migration, on Monday used his first foreign visit to Libya to demand ... Read More
Tunis Protests Italian Official’s Statement Calling Tunisia ‘ex-detainees exporter’
The Tunisian foreign minister Monday summoned Italy’s ambassador to protest the newly appointed interior minister’s claims that the North African country is exporting criminals and ... Read More