Tag: Italy
Coronavirus cases slump in China, surge in South Korea, Italy
China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, but world health officials warned…
Coronavirus: Hundreds to be quarantined in northern Italy
At least 250 people are set to be quarantined and thousands advised ordered to stay indoors as authorities in northern…
Compulsory quarantine in Italy as 3 new coronavirus cases discovered
Three persons have tested positive in Italy for coronavirus, the northern Lombardy region said on Friday, leading to a call…
Car rams into crowd, kills 6
Six persons have been reportedly killed as a car rammed into a crowd of German tourists in northern Italy, local…
Italian police bust two Nigerian mafia gangs, arrest 32
Two Nigerian mafia clans operating in Italy and abroad to traffic and sell women into sex slavery and prostitution have…
Italian police seize 31,000 Yaba ‘madness drug’ in massive raid
The Italian Carabinieri police corps said that more than 31,000 pills of Yaba, known as the `madness drug,’ have been…
New Italian government allows migrants disembark from boat
Italy on Saturday agreed to allow rescue ship Ocean Viking to disembark 82 migrants on southern islands Lampedusa after six…
Why Italian governments collapse so quickly
What is it that makes Italian governments so fragile? Part of the problem, according to expert observers, is a characteristic…
Salvini derails Italian govt, PM Conte to resign
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday he would resign, lashing out at far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for pursuing…
Inside MAPHITE the Nigerian Mafia gang in Italy
The Italian police have given graphic details of how a Nigerian-made Mafia, code named MAPHITE operated before the latest crackdown…
Italian police arrest 19 Nigerian mafiosi in major crackdown
Italian police said Thursday they have arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob, including the leaders of a clan,…
Italy widens probe into alleged obstruction in Nigeria graft case
Italian prosecutors are widening an investigation into suspected obstruction of justice by officials of oil group Eni, sources said, threatening…
Netherlands overcome Italy, reach Women’s World Cup semi-finals
The Netherlands reached the Women's World Cup semi-finals for the first time thanks to two second-half headers against Italy in…
Netherlands make first World Cup semi-finals after seeing off Italy
The Netherlands reached their first semi-finals of the women's World Cup on Saturday after beating Italy 2-0 in Valenciennes.
EU set to fight Italy over debts
The European Union looks increasingly likely to impose disciplinary procedures on Italy over the management of its huge public debt,…
Italy, Catholic Church partner to assist 600 refugees
Italy has accepted to take in 600 asylum seekers currently living in Ethiopia, Niger and Jordan, who will be looked…
Photos: See beautiful Nigerian lady killed in Italy
The Nigerian lady killed in Italy has been fully identified by people who knew her: She was Blessing Benedicta Daniel,…
‘Let us in, we are not fish’: Migrants stranded at sea tell Italy, others
After two weeks stranded at sea and battered by winter storms, migrants onboard a rescue ship are growing frustrated as…
Italy shuts ports against migrants
Italy on Saturday closed its ports to hundreds of migrants rescued off Libya who face a chilly Christmas at sea…
Italy working ‘discreetly’ to help Pakistani woman in blasphemy case
Italy is working “discreetly’’ to help Asia Bibi, a Christian woman at the centre of a blasphemy case in her…
Man holds workers hostage for hours to protest Mafia sentence
Workers at a post office in northern Italy were held hostage for about seven hours on Monday by a man,…
Italian optimism wanes after Portugal loss
The optimism which followed Roberto Mancini’s appointment as Italy coach in May quickly drained away, following their 1-0 loss to…
Migrants treatment: Italy protests ‘unjust’ UN criticism
Italy on Tuesday protested against what it called “unjust” criticism by the UN over the treatment of migrants, saying the…
Bridge collapse: Italy magistrates investigate 20 suspects
Italian magistrates are investigating 20 people for alleged manslaughter after 43 people died when a motorway bridge collapsed in the…
7 Italians arrested for beating up teenage African migrants
Seven people have been arrested in Sicily for an unprovoked attack in August on a group of teenage African migrants,…
U.S., UK, others welcome Libya’s ceasefire accord
The Governments of the United States of America, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, have welcomed the result of the…
Migrants rejected by Italy were tortured, raped – UN
African migrants rejected by Italy in a standoff with the European Union on Aug. 15, said they had been held…
Genoa bridge tragedy “absurd and avoidable’’ – Transport Minister
The collapse of a motorway bridge in the Italian city of Genoa that killed 43 people was “absurd and avoidable,’’…
Italy threaten not to return 177 migrants to Libya
Italy threaten not to return to Libya 177 migrants at the centre of a diplomatic stand-off if the European Union…
35 people killed as bridge collapses in Italy
A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa, killing at least 35 people as vehicles plummeted…