guardian news Italy looks set for fresh elections as it enters third month without government

[umbertino]

5 minutes ago, Indraman said:

 

Thanks Umbertino for your honesty and clarification. I know Immigration is a "hot-button" subject in most Countries in the world right now, especially in the United States of America.

 

Indy 

 

It certainly is, Indraman ..And I do understand that our thoughts and opinions about the issue depend much (obviously) on what goes on in our immediate Country / reality and of course also on our very sensitivities on the subject.....

 

Best

[umbertino]

Germany, Austria and Italy to consider 'closing' southern migrant route

 

German interior minister promises refugees will not be sent over Bavarian border to Austria as search for EU-wide deal continues

 

Jennifer Rankin

Thu 5 Jul 2018 16.34 BST Last modified on Thu 5 Jul 2018 18.44 BST

 

 

 

Newly arrived immigrants are kept behind a cordon as the wait to be registered at an asylum centre in Berlin in 2015

Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/germany-austria-and-italy-to-moot-closing-southern-migrant-route

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Salvini vows to end all migrant arrivals to Italy by boat

 

Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday said he wanted to put a complete stop to migrant arrivals in Italy by boat

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

6 July 2018

08:49 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180706/matteo-salvini-migrant-arrivals-boat

[umbertino]

Italian politics articles - Politico

 

https://www.politico.eu/tag/italian-politics/

[umbertino]

Five Italian Unesco sites you won't have heard of

 

With 54 spots on the Unesco World Heritage list, Italy is the most Unesco-rich country in the world. But how many of Italy's Unesco sites have you heard of?

 

 

Patrick Browne

patrick.browne@thelocal.com

3 July 2018

08:50 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

 

Pics

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180703/five-italian-unesco-sites-you-wont-have-heard-of

 

 

 

Unesco

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO

[pokerplayer]

How is your country running with out a Gov't for 3 months ? There may be a simple answer I just don't understand it or does the old group retain power till elections are held ?

 

  pp

[umbertino]

11 minutes ago, pokerplayer said:

How is your country running with out a Gov't for 3 months ? There may be a simple answer I just don't understand it or does the old group retain power till elections are held ?

 

  pp

 

Hello dear PP....We have  been having a Gov't ( an alliance between 2 Parties) since June 1...

 

I do not like it as it's leaning too much on the right wing ( esp. one component of the alliance while the other party has more different souls inside.....).....

 

I sincerely hope the 2 Parties argue roughly and so we'll go to polls again ....In the hope something much better will come out ....

 

That's my personal opinion, obviously...

 

Thanks for asking, Dear Canadian Friend....Wish you and yours a fantastic weekend

Edited July 7, 2018 by umbertino

[pokerplayer]

Thxs Umbertino. I'm not well versed in politics. Mind most times that's a good thing  

 

Good luck at the polls.

 

   pp

[umbertino]

4 minutes ago, pokerplayer said:

Thxs Umbertino. I'm not well versed in politics. Mind most times that's a good thing  

 

Good luck at the polls.

 

   pp

 

Thank you, Dear...I do agree Politics can be boring at times...Still it's able to spark some passions.....Depends on the Politicians ....If they're good People, honest, competent, etc......

 

 

Sorry ran out of pluses ( as usual)......

Edited July 7, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Salvini to demand closure of Italian ports to 'international mission' migrant ships

 

Italy wants to prevent ships operating for "international missions" from bringing migrants rescued off Libya to Italian ports, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Sunday

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

8 July 2018

17:17 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180708/salvini-to-demand-closure-of-ports-to-international-migrant-ships

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy and Libya agree to reactivate friendship treaty to quell migration

 

Italy and Libya on Saturday (July 7) agreed to reactivate a friendship treaty signed a decade ago that allows migrants to be returned to Libyan territory (umb's note: where they will be imprisoned  in an attempt to  extort money to them and their families, they will be raped, tortured and  even murdered, sold again and again to various trafficker gangs....All of that being a notorious fact...)

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

8 July 2018

09:38 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180708/libya-and-italy-agree-to-reactivate-friendship-treaty-to-quell-migration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy needs migrants to pay for pensions: social security chief

 

Italy needs more migrants in order to pay for the population's pensions, the country's social security chief said Wednesday, drawing the ire of anti-immigration interior minister Matteo Salvini

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

5 July 2018

09:56 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180705/italy-needs-migrants-to-pay-for-pensions-social-security-chief

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Italian Catholic priests go to war with Salvini over immigration

 

As far-right League party’s xenophobic rhetoric spreads across the country, priests call for tolerance

 

Angela Giuffrida and Lorenzo Tondo

Mon 9 Jul 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/09/italian-catholic-priests-go-to-war-with-salvini-over-immigration

[umbertino]

Italy's Matteo Salvini wants to go to Russia this weekend to meet Putin, again

 

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini says he plans to go to Moscow this weekend to combine a visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin with the World Cup final

 

 

The Local

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

9 July 2018

15:04 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180709/italy-matteo-salvini-russia-vladimir-putin

 

 

Matteo Salvini literally worships Vladimir Putin....the same way Silvio Berlusconi used to......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forget the coffee, what will Starbucks do to Italy's environment?

 

An association of Italian activists has something to say about Starbucks coming to Italy – but it has nothing to do with the taste of their coffee

 

 

Jessica Phelan

news.italy@thelocal.com
jessicalphelan

4 July 2018

12:53 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180704/starbucks-italy-environment-plastic-disposable-cups

 

 

"Comuni Virtuosi" means  " Virtuous Municipalities"

Edited July 9, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Salvini says he wants European association of nationalist parties as Italy leaves migrants stranded at sea

 

• James Badcock, Madrid
• Our Foreign Staff

1 July 2018 • 8:54pm

 

 

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/01/salvini-says-wants-european-association-nationalist-parties/

 

 

Everytime he speaks on TV ( on most channels...every day...) he keeps repeating " I'm a Father, I am a Father..." and gives out all that penniless Rethoric on the fact he is a dad....

 

I'm deeply sorry for his children.......Having such a father is indeed disgraceful....

[umbertino]

 

The worst ( and most wicked) Interior Affairs Minister Italy has ever had ( so far...)

 

 

And certainly one of the worst Gov'ts ever  in this Country.......

 

 

Acts of racism are multiplying in this Country...Every day...That can't be just coincidental....They ( racists) feel sorta protected right now......

 

 

Congrats, Mr. Salvini!!!! Something  to be really proud of.......And you're a father.....OMG

Edited July 10, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italian deputy prime minister blasts NGO for calling him fascist, bans migrant ships

Reuters

June 16, 2018 · 10:15 AM ED

 

https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-06-16/italian-deputy-prime-minister-blasts-ngo-calling-him-fascist-bans-migrant-ships

 

 

 

 

In Italy's elections, the fascists did scarily well

 

By Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Updated 2038 GMT (0438 HKT) March 5, 2018 ( day after the elections)

 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/05/opinions/italian-elections-future-opinion-ben-ghiat/index.html

 

 

 

 

Not to Be Outdone by Trump, Italy Flirts, Dangerously, With Fascism

 

A Mussolini-style census of Roma people, proposed by Italy’s new hardline interior minister, was met by outrage. But Matteo Salvini's racist, unconstitutional pandering to his base has already paid off - and another red line has been crossed

 

 

Ariel David

Jun 20, 2018 3:41 PM

 

 

 

 

https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-italy-s-dangerous-flirtation-with-fascism-1.6195806

[umbertino]

Rise of Italian populist parties buoys anti-vaccine movement

 

Backlash against sportsman’s post about his young daughter highlights lingering distrust

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Wed 11 Jul 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

A protest in Rome in June last year against proposals for compulsory vaccinations...Sign say "No compulsory vaccination" & " Freedom of choice"

Photograph: Simona Granati/Corbis via Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/11/rise-of-italian-populist-parties-buoys-anti-vaccine-movement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m a doctor in Lampedusa. We can’t let these migrant deaths go on

 

In the Mediterranean we’re witnessing a slaughter of innocents. I have seen the suffering, and I am ashamed of the Italian government’s response

 

Wed 11 Jul 2018 06.00 BST

By   Pietro Bartolo

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/11/pietro-bartolo-lampedusa-doctor-migrant-deaths-mediterranean-slaughter-innocents

 

 

umb's note: This Sicilian doctor is famous because his work with migrants ( usually he takes care and attends them  as soon as they disembark in the little island of Lampedusa , which is  close to Sicily)....A doc / film on him and his medical work has been made maybe 2 years ago.....

Edited July 11, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Ötzi’s last supper: mummified hunter's final meal revealed

 

Scientists say iceman ate ‘horrible-tasting’ high-fat meal of ibex before his murder 5,300 years ago

 

 

Thu 12 Jul 2018 16.00 BST

Ian Sample Science editor

 

 

Scientists sample the stomach of Ötzi the iceman, who died in eastern Alps 5,300 years ago

Photograph: M.Samadelli/urac/Southtyrolarchaeologymuseum

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/12/otzis-last-supper-mummified-hunters-final-meal-revealed

 

 

Ötzi's body is ( or at least it used to be for exhibition) in Bolzano which is just 35 miles away from my hometown

 

A female friend of mine ( Professor of Archaeology and more, which I do not remember right now at the University of Trento and  also at the Univ. of Milan) is one of the major world experts on this very subject and she held conferences about it in many Countries including many US Universities

[umbertino]

Italy's interior minister refuses to let migrants on coastguard ship disembark

 

Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said over 60 migrants on board an Italian coastguard ship that docked in Sicily on Thursday were "not authorized to disembark", pending an investigation into a reported mutiny

 

Umb's note: with allegedly 2-3 People involved? A mutiny??? What happened seemingly  was that some folks realized the ship had changed route and so they were scared as hell they were getting taken back to the Libyan hell they tried so much to escape from...Probably some got alterated because of that...Of course if some objective accountability gets evidenced and proven   the judicial system will judge them and punish them...But that's a judge's job and task, not a (racist) Interior affairs Minister's...JMHO

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

12 July 2018

17:44 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180712/italy-interior-minister-refuses-to-let-migrants-on-coastguard-ship-disembark

Edited July 12, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italy-Germany-Austria migrant deal

Interior ministers reach agreement in Innsbruck, Austria

 

Redazione ANSA Innsbruck

12 July 201812:05 News

 

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/07/12/italy-germany-austria-migrant-deal_78df1f96-a1e5-4177-8c54-1b82b397f7d0.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy downplays German promises for migration deal

 

Latest update : 2018/07/12

 

 

 

German Interior Minister Seehofer said he was confident Berlin and Rome would reach an agreement to return migrants by the end of July. But Italy wants a broader EU border security deal first

 

 

 

http://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/10585/italy-downplays-german-promises-for-migration-deal

 

Edited July 12, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Ship "Diciotti" heading for Trapani, Sicily

 

Coast Guard ship carrying 67 migrants

 

Redazione ANSA Trapani

12 July 201812:07 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/07/12/diciotti-heading-for-trapani_ac92a28b-8ecb-46ff-b6db-8a90521b6f68.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coast Guard Ship Diciotti Arrives in Trapani Carrying Alleged 'Violent Hijackers'

 

The Italian Coast Guard vessel Diciotti docked at the port of Trapani on Thursday, July 12, carrying 67 migrants who were rescued from the coast of Libya, including a group who allegedly threatened crew members of the ship that initially saved them.According to a report from Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, several of the migrants on board the Diciotti had threatened crew of the private vessel Vos Thalassa, which rescued them from Libya over the weekend of July 8. After the Diciotti docked in Trapani, the 67 migrants on board the ship were unable to dock until the ones involved in the alleged violence were identified.“Before I give any authorization, I am waiting to know the names, surnames and nationality of the violent hijackers who must get off the Diciotti in handcuffs,” Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said, as reported by ANSA. “I won’t authorize the disembarkment until I have guarantees that the delinquents who hijacked a ship with violence will spend some time in jail and then be taken back to their own countries.”According to The Telegraph, police entered the ship and questioned those involved in the threats, allegedly two men from Sudan and Ghana.The latest update in Agenzia Giornalistica Italia’s report indicates the men were identified by 9:30pm, about seven hours after the ship first docked, and the disembarking of the other migrants was about to commence.This footage shows the Diciotti arriving at the port of Trapani. Credit: marioddo via Storyful

 

 

https://www.msn.com/id-id/video/hiburan/coast-guard-ship-diciotti-arrives-in-trapani-carrying-alleged-violent-hijackers/vi-AAzZIHJ

[umbertino]

Not several...It has just now been confirmed it's 2 migrants alone who were really afraid to be taken back to Libya....It's not clear as of  yet what they really did ( if there were threats, verbal and/or physical towards the ship's personnel or not...But the ship capt. called for an Italian Coast Guard ship to come for help....And the Coast Guard ship took on board all 67 migrants and headed for Trapani, Sicily)....

All facts will have to be investigated and proved...The two were taken away by police  as soon as they reached port

Edited July 12, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Will get to bottom of Diciotti case says Salvini

ANM (Nat'l  association of magistrates) says: don't meddle

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

13 July 201812:27 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/07/13/will-get-to-bottom-of-diciotti-case-says-salvini_0d53f668-ebe3-495e-a0fb-0d60db7339bb.html

 

 

 

 

 

Migrants disembark coast guard ship in Sicily after reports of violence

 

Dozens of migrants were permitted to disembark from an Italian coast guard ship in Sicily late on Thursday, after they were held at the port over suspicions that some had been involved in a reported mutiny

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

13 July 2018

08:48 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

Migrants disembark from the ship, escorted by police. Photo: Alessandro Fucarini/AFP

 

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180713/migrants-allowed-to-disembark-in-sicily-after-reports-of-violence

 

 

According to Italian media the standoff was resolved after a call in the afternoon from President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (umb's note: thus..skipping Interior Affairs Minister Matteo Salvini's crazy action ie: to prevent  an Italian  Military ship from entering and docking at an Italian port.....Total insanity...Fascists will be fascists always trying to use their arrogant & violent ways no matter what.....Thank God for our President Mattarella's intervention....About time)

 

Edited July 13, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Boat with 450 migrants mustn't come to Italy - Salvini

 

Will get to bottom of migrant 'mutiny' (previous boat case...see above articles before this one) vows interior minister

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

13 July 201816:54 News

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/07/13/boat-with-450-migrants-mustnt-come-to-italy-salvini_411ded32-1381-4feb-ac17-614bfd528974.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

About Ship Diciotti case ( now resolved)

 

Italy Minister Blocks Migrants on Ship in Government Tug-Of-War

 

By Reuters

• July 12, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/07/12/world/europe/12reuters-europe-migrants-italy.html

[umbertino]

New row brewing between Italy and Malta over migrant arrivals

 

Italy and Malta appeared to be heading for another spat over migrant arrivals after the Italian interior minister on Friday said he would not allow a ship carrying over 400 (umb's note:450 People exactly as per latest news) to dock

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

14 July 2018

10:47 CEST+02:00

 

Italy’s Interior Minister and deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. Photo: AFP

 

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180714/new-row-brewing-between-italy-and-malta-over-migrant-arrivals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telling migrants to “go home” is racism, rules Italy's top court

 

In a landmark decision, Italy’s highest court has ruled that telling migrants to “go away” is racism

 

 

Elaine Allaby

news.italy@thelocal.com

13 July 2018

17:30 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

The Court of Cassation (Italy's Supreme Court) in Rome. Photo: Andreas Solaro / AFP

 

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180713/italian-court-rules-telling-migrants-to-go-home-illegal