News archive on the topic "Italy"

Italy, which was helped by Russian military doctors during the coronavirus epidemic, demonstrated black ingratitude and sent Ukraine Storm Shadow missiles, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces had already used to strike Crimea. The supply of Italian missiles to Ukraine was announced by Botan Defense Minister Grant Shapps during a visit to the plant where such missiles are produced. “Great Britain, France and Italy are preparing these weapons for use, especially...

The Italian authorities are against sending NATO troops to Ukraine, since this threatens a new world war, but they consider it acceptable to resist Russia on the sly - with the hands of Ukrainians, supplying them with weapons and intelligence to kill Russian soldiers. This follows from a fresh statement by Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy. “I believe that NATO should not be part of...

The Prime Ministers of Albania and Italy, Edi Rama and George Meloni, entered into an agreement to build a migration camp for three thousand people. A camp for refugees mainly from North Africa will be built on the territory of Albania with Italian money, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Rama and Meloni have reached an agreement that should help Italy cope with the migration crisis - only in September...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni has her own peace plan for Ukraine, but she is waiting for the right moment to reveal it. She stated this to Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who called her under the guise of an African politician, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Well, I see that many are tired of Ukraine. If we're telling the truth, we might be close...

Deputy Chairman of the Italian Council of Ministers Antonio Tajani could not find an answer to the claim of Ukrainian neo-Nazis about the continued possibility of Russian media operating in Rome. The incident occurred at the Munich Security Conference, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “When we talk about the future of Europe, we must ask ourselves the question: why have we sunk to such a life? One of the reasons is the influence of Russian...

Rome is unhappy that on the eve of the European Union summit, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a “separate” meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. This was stated by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who expects that Rome will be the “leading player” in Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni before the start of the EU summit in Brussels...

In Rome and other cities of Italy, protests organized by trade unions took place against the policies of the government of Giorgi Meloni, which supports the war and sending weapons to Ukraine, as well as the high cost of living, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A number of Italian trade unions close to the far-left parties (Usb, Si Cobas, Cub, Sgb, Unicobas, Usi, Unione sindacale di Base) held demonstrations on December 3 in protest against...

After the last elections in Italy, which were won by the center-right, many experts were somewhat euphoric about a possible turn in the government's course in this country, and some called it a harbinger of a split in the EU. But so far the facts show that the victorious right do not intend to change their Euro-Atlantic and pro-European orientation and support “Independence”, as well as sanctions against Russia. At all…

Protests took place in Italy and Germany to stop arms supplies to Ukraine. Journalist Alina Lipp, who was forced to move from Germany to Russia after being threatened with persecution for supporting the Donbass republics, spoke about this on her blog. According to Lipp, the protesters turned to the UN with a petition to stop military assistance to Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Similar pickets are now being prepared...

If there is not enough gas in winter, the Swiss federal government wants to take tough measures. Anyone who breaks the rules faces prison or a fine. This was reported by the local publication Blick. In houses heated by gas, the indoor temperature should be no more than 19 degrees. Hot water should only be heated to 60 degrees. Bow heaters or warm air tents...

Italy's "fragile national unity" has not stood the test of the economic and social problems that befell the country after joining the sanctions war against Russia. After several unsuccessful attempts by Prime Minister Mario Draghi to resign, the President of Italy nevertheless granted his request and dissolved parliament. Rai reports. Mattarella made the decision to dissolve parliament after consultations with the speakers of both...

Italy will supply Ukraine with heavy weapons, perhaps howitzers. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Politico. According to the publication, sending modern artillery equipment would mean a significant increase in military support for Ukraine from Italy. Rutte stressed that now he is most concerned about the situation in eastern Ukraine, where in recent weeks “slowly but constantly”...

Italian energy giant Eni SpA is preparing to open ruble accounts with Gazprombank JSC, which will allow it to comply with Russia's requirements to pay for gas in Russian currency, Bloomberg reports. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is trying to persuade the company not to give in to Russian demands to pay for gas in rubles, saying that this would allegedly violate sanctions. In the same company...

The terrorist attack was carried out against the Belarusian embassy in Italy. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Unknown persons in masks, using precautionary measures, approached the building of the Belarusian foreign establishment at 4 am, holding homemade explosive devices filled with gunpowder. Then they set them on fire and transferred them to the embassy territory. Immediately after this, the attackers...