Jan
The Committee’s decision responded to a joint complaint lodged by four survivors – three Syrians and a Palestine national – who lost their families in the accident. The plaintiffs recounted the incidents of 10 October 2013, including the vessel’s plea to Italian authorities for urgent assistance. Several hours later, Italian authorities told the vessel that […]
Nov
Italy has added more regions to its coronavirus high-risk “red zones” as cases across the country hit a new daily record. Campania and Tuscany will join other regions placed under the strictest lockdown measures from Sunday. Authorities in Campania, which includes Naples, have warned that the health system there is close to collapse. Friday’s announcement […]
Oct
Italy’s far-right chief Matteo Salvini stands trial Saturday for allegedly illegally detaining migrants at sea, in a case that could see him jailed for 15 years or serve him a political win. Prosecutors in the Sicilian city of Catania accuse Salvini of abusing his powers as then-interior minister to block 116 migrants from disembarking from […]
Jul
Nearly 200 migrants and refugees rescued by a humanitarian aid boat in the Mediterranean Sea began to leave the vessel in Sicily late on Monday after spending nine days on the ship. The migrants regained dry land at Porto Empedocle on the Italian island’s western coast. Police escorted them a short distance to another vessel, […]
Apr
Organised crime groups offer support to quarantined families who have run out of cash. As Italy struggles to pull its economy through the coronavirus crisis, the Mafia is gaining local support by distributing free food to poor families in quarantine who have run out of cash, authorities have warned. In recent weeks, videos have surfaced of known […]
Apr
Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic and will not let charity refugee boats dock, the government has ruled. The decision was taken late on Tuesday after a ship operated by the German non-governmental group Sea-Eye picked up some 150 people off Libya and headed towards Italy. “For the entire duration […]
Apr
In Italy, the country most affected by the corona virus epidemic, patients were hospitalized and kept on the streets, while funerals were stacked in the hospital corridors. The terrible images from Italy, where the number of people killed by the corona virus reached 15,362 and the number of cases reached 124,632, once again revealed the […]
Mar
The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has asked the EU “not to make tragic mistakes” in its management of the coronavirus crisis, warning that if it does, “the whole EU project will lose its raison d’être”. In an interview published by the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore on Saturday, Conte said the coronavirus pandemic could […]
Mar
The number of coronavirus cases in Italy is probably 10 times higher than the official tally, the head of the agency collating the data said on Tuesday as the government readied new measures to force people to stay at home. Italy has seen more fatalities than any other country, with latest figures showing that 6,077 […]
Mar
Tunisian Trade Minister Muhammed el-Museylini: Italians seized medical alcohol loaded ship. Museylini: All Europe countires are afraid from the Coronavirus. And they are stealing the medical equipments. Minister Museylini did not share information the from where ship was coming. But before Tunisian authorities announced that China would send them medical supplies.
