Tag: Salvini
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Fears of an early elections in Italy as coalition partners accuse each other of corruption
Italy’s coalition government seems to be veering closer to collapse after the far-right League and anti-establishment Five Star Movement allies traded allegations of corruption.
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Salvini once more under investigation for kidnapping of migrants
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is once under investigation for kidnapping migrants.
Salvini on Monday said he is being probed for allegedly abducting migrants allegedly … Read more
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France ready to take some Sea Eye migrants
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced that France is ready, along with several other European partners, to welcome 20 out of the 60 migrants … Read more
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Salvini warns that migrants taken to Lampedusa will be expelled
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned that 90 migrants who were taken to Lampedusa after the boat they were travelling on … Read more
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Alan Kurdi ship appeals to Europe for a safe port
The Alan Kurdi ship that has been eight days out at sea with scores of African migrants on board appealed to European states for a … Read more
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Salvini warns that Italy won’t stand by if France blocks Libyan peace process
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned he would not “stand by” if France were to block peace in Libya.
Salvini, speaking on the … Read more
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Italy trying to mediate in Libyan conflict
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said Monday that Italy is working on setting up talks between all aides in the Libyan conflict.
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Salvini calls for Turkey’s EU application to be definitively rejected
Deputy Italian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday called for Turkey’s application to join the EU to be definitively rejected.
Salvini, who … Read more
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Far-right parties from around Europe meet in Milan
Italy’s Lega leader Matteo Salvini on Monday is holding a meeting in Milan of far-right parties from around Europe in the hope of forging an … Read more
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‘Sea Eye’ ship heads for Lampedusa
The ship ‘Alan Kurdi’ belonging to German migrant rescue NGO Sea Eye is heading for the Italian island of Lampedusa with its 64 rescued … Read more
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Salvini says dispute with France over
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced that a dispute with France over migrants and other issues was over. Salvini said his French counterpart Christophe Castaner had … Read more
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Salvini dismisses government crisis speculation
Deputy Italian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini dismissed reports that the government is in crisis after a series of rows between his League … Read more
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Lega set to be second party in European Parliament latest projections
La Lega or the League Party of Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is set to win 27 seats in May’s European elections, according … Read more
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Kidnapping charges in SeaWatch standoff
Rome prosecutors have come to the conclusion that there are elements to proceed with kidnapping charges in the case of the SeaWatch 3 migrant … Read more
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Salvini says no change to abortion law
League leader and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Italy’s abortion law would not change amid a row with government partner the 5-Star Movement (M5S) after … Read more
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Right-wing alliance win Basilicata regional elections – 5 Stelle support halved
A right-wing alliance has ended the Italian center left’s 24-year rule in the southern region of Basilicata.
The final count of Sunday’s regional election, completed … Read more
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Italian authorities on alert after Christchurch attacks
Italian authorities have warned that there is a risk that the terror attack in New Zealand that killed at least 49 people may spur … Read more
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Salvini expresses caution over China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had a cautious approach about Italy reaching an agreement over China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), insisting it … Read more
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Diciotti – Senate to vote whether Salvini’s immunity is lifted
The Italian government is putting on a brave face ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote that could see Matteo Salvini forced to stand trial.
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Conte announces that people on board SeaWatch are to be disembarked ‘within hours’
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that “In a few hours the disembarkation of the migrants on board Sea Watch begins.”
Conte announced this … Read more
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Nutella, Barilla, Moretti and Barolo – Salvini’s ingredients in a successful strategy to sell his common-man brand in an anti-elite era
Matteo Salvini likes spreading Nutella on his morning bread. He winds down with a bowl of Barilla pasta and a glass of Barolo wine. He … Read more
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Naples Mayor ready to defy Salvini and let Sea-Watch dock in the city
Naples is ready to defy Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and let in a charity-run ship carrying 32 migrants that is blocked in the stormy … Read more
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We will close the airports as we have closed the ports – Salvini
“If someone in Berlin or Brussels plans to unload in Italy dozens of immigrants with unauthorised charter flights, they should know that there no airport … Read more
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Italy will not change deficit targets, defiant Salvini says
Italy will not change its deficit targets even if the gap between its benchmark 10-year bond yield and the equivalent German bund should widen to … Read more
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Salvini has to change tone of voice regards the judiciary
Speaking in Cernobbio, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said “I am counting on ministering for at least 5 years without being considered a killer, … Read more
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Palermo prosecutors sent Salvini’s investigation file on Diciotti case to judges
The Palermo prosecutor sent the investigation file on the Diciotti case to the court of the ministers of the Sicilian capital, asking the judges to … Read more
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Matteo Salvini on Orban, Chemnitz, Merkel and the Economy – Interview
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini says the German government has been underestimating the risk of social conflict over migration for years.
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Blair to meet Salvini to discuss Azeri gas pipeline
The Italian far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini will meet former British prime minister Tony Blair in Rome to discuss controversial plans to extend a gas … Read more
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Di Maio stresses about compactness of Italian Government on Diciotti Case
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Di Maio said that the Italian government assumes the political responsibility of the choices made on the case of the ship … Read more
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100 migrants rescued by Maltese army patrol boat as 177 remain onboard Diciotti in Sicily as Salvini insists in defying Transport Minister, Speaker of Parliament concerns and Guarantor of Human right pleas
A Maltese army patrol boat rescued 100 migrants from a boat 68 miles south of Malta early on Wednesday.
Two people had already died by … Read more
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Salvini orders change of ‘parent 1 and parent 2’ to ‘mother’ – ‘father’
Ansa: Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday said he has ordered to change “parent 1” and “parent 2” into “mother” and “father” on forms to … Read more
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Italian athlete ends up with injured cornea after being attacked “because she’s black”
ANSA: Italian athlete Daisy Osakue said Monday she was attacked at Moncalieri, near Turin, overnight because she is black.
Osakue, who holds the Italian under-23 … Read more
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Police in Rome cleared nearly 400 people from camp inhabited by minority ROMA community
Guardian: Police in Rome have cleared nearly 400 people, including dozens of children, from a camp inhabited for years by members of the minority Roma … Read more
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Italy doesn’t need EU’s charity on migrants – Salvini
ANSA: Italy doesn’t need “charity” from the EU on migrants, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Tuesday.
“If they want to give money to someone else … Read more
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“Caro nonno” Fiammetta Borsellino sends her love to her grandfather who was brutally assassinated by Mafia in 1992
“Caro nonno mi dispiace per il 19 luglio 1992. Certo se tu fossi vivo avresti capito quanto ti coccolerei. Ti voglio bene. La tua nipotina … Read more
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Italian Police hit Casamonica clan with 31 arrests
ANSA reports that the Italian police on Tuesday made 31 arrest as they hit the Casamonica Roman crime family. Six people are missing and presumed … Read more
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The Saturday Morning Briefing
Good morning,
He came, he disrupted, he conquered. Or not? For sure he conquered the headlines.
In a nutshell that’s the essence of Trump’s visit … Read more
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Salvini demands names as Diciotti heads to Trapani
ANSA: Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Wednesday that he will not give the all-clear for Coast Guard ship Diciotti to dock unless he has the … Read more
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Salvini prepares for political-football mission to Russia as he indicates his hope that France won’t make it to the World Cup final
The Local: Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini says he plans to go to Moscow this weekend to combine a visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin … Read more
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Salvini vows to stop foreign naval ships from docking in Italian ports
DW: Italy’s hardline Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, vowed on Sunday to stop foreign naval vessels that have saved migrants in the Mediterranean Sea from docking … Read more
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Italian authorities should seize League funds “wherever they may be” until it has recouped some €49 million of public money received by the party’s former leader and convicted fraudster, Italy’s supreme court has ruled
The Local: In a ruling on Tuesday, the Court of Cassation recommended a “blanket” seizure of funds from the hard-right party’s bank accounts, deposits and … Read more -
Italy is ready to provide Libya with support to guarantee security in the Mediterranean – Salvini
Italy is ready to provide Libya with “technical and economic support to guarantee security in the Mediterranean together and to strengthen investigative cooperation and security … Read more
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It feels like 1939 however, is the west’s disintegration now likelier than not?
This was the week that was. Perhaps an escalation of events which makes you realise that we are really living through an attack on representative … Read more
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Macron in favour of sanctions against EU countries which refuse to accept migrants
France 24: French President Emmanuel Macron came out Saturday in support of financial sanctions against EU countries which refuse to accept migrants.
“We can not … Read more
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Saturday Morning Briefing
Good morning,
History repeats itself as a second vessel is rejected from docking – just days after the Aquarius was stranded for a week. This … Read more
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Fresh controversy for Matteo Salvini as he claims that 10 mandatory vaccines are useless, in many cases dangerous, if not harmful
Corriere Della Sera Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, opens a new front. This time, interviewed by Radio Studio 54, he said that ” … Read more
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Italy’s government in fresh rows with France and Spain
A new day, a new controversy.
Italy said it will seize two migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean, amid a deepening row over migrants. Two … Read more
