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Macron: crackdown on 1961 Algerian protest ‘unforgivable’

 

French president attends memorial for those killed and lays flowers at bridge over the Seine

 

Kim Willsher in Paris
Sun 17 Oct 2021 13.49 BST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Great movie about French occupation of Algeria and specifically the capital Algiers...Directed by Italian Gillo Pontecorvo
 
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Rome mayoral election won by centre-left, exit poll suggests

 

Roberto Gualtieri has a clear lead over his rival Enrico Michetti of the far-right Brothers of Italy

 

Mon 18 Oct 2021 15.15 BST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
About time for Rome to have a decent mayor...Let's hope.....The fact he was economy minister in a very recent past might help.....
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Thousands protest in Rome against fascist groups after green pass riots

 

An estimated 200,000 people descended on Rome on Saturday to call for a ban on fascist-inspired groups, after protests over Italy's health pass system last weekend degenerated into riots

 

AFP
16 October 2021
19:20 CEST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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‘I need to work’: Italy’s green pass rule triggers rise in Covid jab uptake

 

Rule that pass must be presented to access workplaces forces hand of many vaccine-hesitant Italians

 

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Matteo Salvini objects to Richard Gere as witness in kidnap trial

 

Italy’s far-right former interior minister goes on trial for refusing to let Spanish rescue ship dock in Sicily

 

 

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Boy who survived cable car crash must be returned to Italy, Israeli judge rules

 

Eitan Biran has been at centre of custody battle since allegedly being abducted by maternal grandfather and taken to Tel Aviv

 

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‘Disgraceful’: Italy’s senate votes down anti-homophobic violence bill

 

Bill would have made violence against LGBT people and disabled people, as well as misogyny, a hate crime

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
Wed 27 Oct 2021 17.15 BST
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Heavy rain causes flash floods in Sicily – video

 

At least two people have died after a powerful storm battered Sicily, leaving parts of the Italian island submerged. Streets were flooded and many vehicles were stranded in Catania, and power cuts were reported in the city centre

 

Wed 27 Oct 2021 09.05 BST Last modified on Wed 27 Oct 2021 14.55 BST

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5 minutes ago, coorslite21 said:

Biden in Italy.....How is the local press responding?

Thanks for your imput... 

CL

 

I just posted an article by Italian news agency ANSA in the politics & environs thread.....You're welcome, coorslite

 

 

Public opinion seems to respond well to his ( and other G20 leaders) visit in Italy

Edited by umbertino
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G20: Draghi, Biden united on pandemic, climate challenges

EU defense useful for transatlantic security agree leaders

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‘I could count all its teeth’: Italian couple find burglar is endangered brown bear

 

Midnight visit by Marsican bear follows sighting in neighbouring village fountain

 

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Italian prosecutor’s claims against Guardian reporter flagged by human rights watchdog

 

Calogero Ferrara’s libel suits against Lorenzo Tondo marked as potential intimidation on Council of Europe ‘safety platform’

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels
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Italian ‘maxi trial’ results in conviction of 70 ’Ndrangheta suspects

 

More than 350 people linked to organised crime are being tried, with biggest names yet to be judged

 

Agence France-Presse
Sat 6 Nov 2021 20.45 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
That's the most powerful and most dangerous crime organization in Italy  and one of the most dangerous in Europe
 
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Italy issues arrest warrant for grandfather of cable car crash survivor

 

Prosecutors say alleged abduction of Eitan Biran, who was taken to Israel, was ‘premeditated strategic plan’

 

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Israeli court halts return to Italy of boy who survived cable car crash

 

Maternal grandparents in Israel have appealed in latest round of custody battle with paternal relatives

 

AP in Jerusalem
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‘It was mind-boggling’: Richard Gere on the rescue boat at the heart of Salvini trial

 

Exclusive: the Hollywood actor, who lawyers have listed as a key witness, describes scenes of desperation on the Open Arms vessel

 

Fri 19 Nov 2021 14.00 GMT

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/19/richard-gere-open-arms-rescue-boat-heart-of-salvini-trial

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Man who murdered Meredith Kercher released from jail in Italy

 

Rudy Guede freed after completing 13 years of 16-year sentence for 2007 murder of British student

 

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Italy poised to tighten Covid rules for unvaccinated with ‘super green pass’

 

Rules expected to take effect over next week would bar unvaccinated people from range of activities

 

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Matteo Salvini: ‘I refuse to think of substituting 10m Italians with 10m migrants’

 

Exclusive: Far-right politician is in campaign mode and says he has no regrets about draconian policies he introduced when he was interior minister

 

Thu 25 Nov 2021 12.37 GMT

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/matteo-salvini-interview-far-right-migration

 

 

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

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Man arrested over alleged kidnap of boy who survived Italy cable car crash

 

Gabriel Abutbul Alon accused of helping remove Eitan Biran, six, from Italy during bitter custody battle

 

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