Italy at saturation point: ports could be blocked to stop migrants
ANSA: Italy took a formal step to protest the migrant emergency with Brussels Wednesday and said that foreign ships may be stopped from docking in Italian ports unless the situation…
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UNESCO prize winner Nicolini loses Lampedusa election
UNESCO peace prize winner Giusi Nicolini is no longer the mayor of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Lampedusa is a stepping-stone island, nearer Africa than Sicily, where most of…
Towards Italian election with a possible Grosse Coalition Renzi-Berlusconi ahead
Italy is going towards new elections to be held in September or at the beginning of October. Matteo Renzi’s Partito Democratico (Party of European Socialist), Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (European…
Former Mafia boss of bosses Totò Riina could be moved to house arrest
ANSA: Ailing former Cosa Nostra boss of bosses Totò Riina is entitled to a dignified death and so a Bologna detention review court should re-examine a defence plea for him to…