umbertino Posted April 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 Italy declares own ports 'unsafe' to stop migrants arriving Decree citing coronavirus claims Italy cannot guarantee security of migrants’ lives Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo Published on Wed 8 Apr 2020 00.02 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/italy-declares-own-ports-unsafe-to-stop-migrants-disembarking 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 Lockdown keeps casualty figure low as Italian bridge collapses Two drivers slightly hurt but fall of 260-metre structure revives memories of Genoa disaster in 2018 Reuters Published on Wed 8 Apr 2020 19.57 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/lockdown-keeps-casualty-figure-low-as-italian-bridge-collapses 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 When will Italy's lockdown 'phase two' begin and what will it involve? As the Italian government plans “phase two” of the national lockdown measures, here's what we know so far about what that means, when it might happen, and how long it will last The Local 16 April 2020 10:02 CEST+02:00 https://www.thelocal.it/20200416/a-summer-without-travel-how-long-will-italys-coronavirus-lockdown-last Coronavirus: Italy launches investigation into suspicious care-home deaths Italian justice officials have launched an investigation into the suspicious deaths of nearly 200 people at one of Europe's biggest care homes, in Milan, since the start of the coronavirus outbreak AFP 16 April 2020 17:23 CEST+02:00 https://www.thelocal.it/20200416/coronavirus-italy-launches-investigation-into-suspicious-care-home-deaths Will Italy's tourism businesses ever fully recover from the coronavirus shutdown? The sector "will have to change" in future, business groups say, with tourism in Italy shut down completely due to the coronavirus outbreak AFP/The Local 9 April 2020 17:19 CEST+02:00 https://www.thelocal.it/20200409/will-italys-tourism-businesses-ever-recover-from-the-coronavirus-shutdown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 AP PHOTOS: Veterans honor Italy's WWII uprising from home ROME (AP) — Veterans of Italy's anti-Fascist World War II resistance have held marches throughout Italy every April 25 since 1945, to honor the uprising that helped end their country's Nazi occupation April 25, 2020 https://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/9876252-ap-photos-veterans-honor-italys-wwii-uprising.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 The Guardian view on Italy’s lockdown: no storybook endings After nine weeks of confinement, Italians are back in the streets. But the most difficult decisions have yet to be made Mon 4 May 2020 18.56 BST Last modified on Mon 4 May 2020 20.03 BST Editorial ‘Given Italy’s role as a pioneer in the grim endurance test of lockdown, this moment of release feels like a minor landmark.’ Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, heart of downtown Milan Photograph: IPA/Rex/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/04/the-guardian-view-on-italys-lockdown-no-storybook-endings 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Puglia crimewave points to emergence of 'fifth' Italian mafia Previously dismissed mob is characterised by ‘primitive’ forms of brutality, say investigators Lorenzo Tondo Tue 19 May 2020 12.00 BST Last modified on Tue 19 May 2020 12.01 BST Christian Vigilante’s SUV, destroyed in a bombing in Foggia in January Photograph: Alessio Mamo/The Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/19/puglia-crimewave-points-to-emergence-of-fifth-italian-mafia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 Easyjet apologises for advertising southern Italian region's 'mafia activity and earthquakes' Get a taste of real Italy by bunking down in mafia land, the ad said. But Easyjet's bid to pitch Calabria backfired, and the company was forced to apologise on Tuesday AFP/The Local 23 June 2020 15:56 CEST+02:00 The seaside town of Tropea in Calabria. Photo: sea_and_sunset/Unsplash https://www.thelocal.it/20200623/easyjet-apologises-for-advertising-southern-italian-regions-mafia-activity-and-earthquakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riace_bronzes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Italy breaks up child abuse ring 'that shared images of babies' Police say material, including photos of acts with newborns, shared on a well-known instant messaging platform Associated Press in Rome Sat 4 Jul 2020 11.49 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/04/italy-breaks-up-child-abuse-ring-that-shared-images-of-babies 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 Italian Foreign Minister demands to Cairo truth on Regeni murder PM set to speak to commission of inquiry into student's death 18 June, 18:40 http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/politics/2020/06/18/italian-fm-writes-to-cairo-demanding-truth-on-regeni-murder_5a664255-247e-44d6-a566-5ce42b1b1779.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Giulio_Regeni 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 He's from my hometown....I got to know him before he went to the States...A common friends friend....Trento is a relatively small town ( pop: 100,000) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-case-against-enrico-forti/ The case against Enrico Forti: Is he the Italian Amanda Knox? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-case-against-enrico-forti-is-he-the-italian-amanda-knox/ https://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/obsession-of-the-day/2012/05/who-framed-chico-forti http://chicofortifree.blogspot.com/p/english-version.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Milan, terrorism: propaganda Is on the web, arrested 30 year old The man, Italian, radicalized since 2015 and in contact through social networks with other extremists, is being investigated for "instigation to commit a crime aggravated by the use of the electronic means", aggravated by the purposes of international terrorism and by the use of the IT tool and telematic 8/7/2020, 08:00:13 https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2020-07-08-milan--terrorism--propaganda-is-on-the-web--arrested-30-year-old-.H14Se-kmJP.html Good they got him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Venice's much-delayed flood defence system fully tested for first time Designed in 1984 and expected to be in service a decade ago, the project is still incomplete Angela Giuffrida in Rome Fri 10 Jul 2020 15.50 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/10/venice-much-delayed-flood-defence-system-fully-tested-first-time-italy Just another Italian shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2020 Coronavirus brings tension and prejudice to Italy's beaches Tempers fray over social distancing and visitors from Lombardy tell of discrimination Angela Giuffrida in Rome Sun 12 Jul 2020 11.37 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/12/coronavirus-brings-tension-prejudice-italy-beaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 ‘Italy’s Robinson Crusoe’ despairs as eviction from island paradise looms Mauro Morandi, 81, has lived on Budelli near Sardinia since his catamaran broke down in 1989 Angela Giuffrida in Rome Wed 15 Jul 2020 15.17 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/15/italy-robinson-crusoe-mauro-morandi-evicti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 Berlusconi's party: Forza Italia ( Come on, Italy!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forza_Italia https://www.jstor.org/stable/43039789?seq=1 https://www.economist.com/topics/forza-italia-party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 I must admit that among the 3 right-wing opposition parties ( Salvini's League and Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy) Berlusconi 's Forza Italia is the most reasonable and sometimes....some of what they say makes sense to me... There...I said it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Italian village celebrates first birth in eight years Morterone’s population rises to 29 after birth of baby Denis Angela Giuffrida Tue 21 Jul 2020 14.00 BST Last modified on Tue 21 Jul 2020 14.30 BST Denis is the first baby to be born to parents in Morterone for eight years. His parents placed a ribbon on the door of their home to announce his arrival Photograph: Facebook / Comune di Morterone https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/21/italian-village-morterone-celebrates-first-birth-in-eight-years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Dozens arrested in Swiss-Italian mafia sting operation Italian and Swiss police have arrested 75 suspects in a vast operation against the 'Ndrangheta, the southern Italian mafia, seizing 169 million euros in goods The Local 21 July 2020 11:29 CEST+02:00 The joint Italy-Swiss operation was one of the largest of its kind. Photo: TIZIANA FABI / AFP https://www.thelocal.it/20200721/75-arrested-in-swiss-italian-mafia-sweep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 08:45 Italy to receive €210bn ($241.14B) from new EU fund Some EU member states have been setting out how much financial support they are likely to receive following the €750bn deal struck at the end of a marathon negotiating session on Tuesday morning. Italy will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Covid-19 recovery fund as it is one of the hardest hit countries in Europe. Giuseppe Conte, the Italian prime minister, said it would receive 28% (€210bn) of the fund, of which €81bn would be in grants and €127bn in repayable loans. Spain, which has also been badly hit, will also receive one of the highest amounts. It will receive €140bn, just over half of which (€72.7bn) will be grants and the remainder in loans to be repaid. Greece said it would be allocated €72bn, though there was no detail on what proportion of that would be in grants. France said it would get €40bn in subsidies as part of the EU package. The French government said it will set out more detail of its recovery plan on 24 August. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jul/21/coronavirus-live-news-trump-backs-face-masks-as-patriotic-eu-set-to-agree-stimulus?page=with:block-5f169a358f088024316abe9d#block-5f169a358f088024316abe9d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2020 Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism https://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-25-4-mussolini-and-the-rise-of-fascism.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist_Italy_(1922–1943) https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mussolini-founds-the-fascist-party https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/The-Fascist-era https://www.swansea.ac.uk/history/history-study-guides/what-was-the-impact-of-fascist-rule-upon-italy-from-1922-to-1945/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) Carabinieri arrested, barracks impounded at Piacenza For drug pushing, extortion, torture Redazione ANSA ROME 22 July 202014:40 News https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2020/07/22/carabinieri-arrested-barracks-impounded-at-piacenza_eff2570b-8a28-40c4-beed-1721c622a373.html Very very very very very very BAD I am disgusted as a Citizen at reading this...... Edited July 22, 2020 by umbertino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 Italian Carabinieri station in Piacenza shut over torture claims A group of Carabinieri military police have been arrested and their police station closed after investigators uncovered a raft of alleged crimes taking place in the barracks 23 July 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53510221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 'Pusher cops' lauded for drug fight in 2018 (umb's note: WTF) Six arrested for drug pushing, extortion and torture in Piacenza Redazione ANSA PIACENZA 24 July 202013:36 News https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/07/24/pusher-cops-lauded-for-drug-fight-in-2018_94c1a011-6724-471d-b27e-ab791fa1b8ff.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2020 Mick Jagger swans off to Italy after Trump controversy 13 July 2020 http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/9327 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Italy's senate votes to lift Matteo Salvini's immunity from prosecution Ex-minister faces kidnapping charges for preventing docking of migrant rescue ships Associated Press in Rome Published on Thu 30 Jul 2020 19.05 BST Matteo Salvini refused to allow 164 migrants to get off a ship in Sicily in August 2019. Photograph: Simona Granati/Corbis/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/30/italys-senate-votes-to-lift-matteo-salvinis-immunity-from-prosecution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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