Tag: Italy

Palestine: Italy donates $1.7 million aid to UNRWA; Russia pledges $10-m

January 23, 2019

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

January 22, 2019

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

September 10, 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

August 10, 2018

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

July 31, 2018

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

July 26, 2018

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

July 12, 2018

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

July 9, 2018

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

June 26, 2018

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’

June 5, 2018

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