Catania - Deputy Minister of the Interior Domenico Manzione, replying to a journalist in Catania, said it was highly unlikely that terrorists would try to enter Europe on migrant boats.
Pesaro - The embargo on Italian agrifood products in Russia and European Union sanctions have cost 70 million euro to Marche-based firms in the first 3 months of the year, bringing the number down 42.3 percent from the previous year.
Rome - "We protect and promote human rights" is the theme of the debate to take place on Wednesday at the Farnesina (Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry). The Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, will open the debate, which is organised by…
Brussels - The EU countries have not yet agreed to take in 40,000 asylum seekers with international protection rights from Italy and Greece, as provided for under the EU immigration plan.
London - Italian diplomats based in London have just finished a two-day visit to the island of Jersey. Ambassador Pasquale Terracciano and Consul General Massimiliano Mazzanti were accompanied by Colonel Emilio Flora of the Financial Police. They met members of…
Rome - Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has condemned the Eurogroup agreement on Greece's bailout as a financial coup d'etat. "The recent Euro Summit is indeed nothing short of the culmination of a coup," he affirmed on his blog.
Vienna - Efforts to secure a long-term deal on Iran's nuclear programme are in their final stages. The latest deadline, after being put back three times in two weeks, is set for midnight on Monday.
Rome - Three members of the Islamic State-linked Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis terrorist group active in the Sinai were responsible for the attack on the Italian Consulate in Cairo last Saturday.