Italy’s foreign minister and the country’s top energy CEO are visiting Algeria to discuss gas supply cooperation due to the Ukraine crisis. Governments around western Europe are looking for alternatives to supply from Russia following the latter’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Italy’s Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, said on Friday the attack by Russia on Ukraine “takes us back to the darkest days of European history”.
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Travellers from non-European countries will be able to enter Italy under the same rules as EU travellers from 1st March. Essentially, the non-essential travel ban will lift.
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As the horror of the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfolded, Italy condemned Russia’s aggression. All political parties were unanimous in condemning the Russian violation of Ukraine’s sovereign territory.
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Florence’s Opera del Duomo museum has an historic exhibition of Michelangelo’s three ‘pietas’. The different versions of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of her son, Jesus, have never been shown together before.
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At a meeting in Florence today, Prime Minister Mario Draghi told businesspeople Italy will end the state of emergency on 31st March 2022. He promised a gradual return to normality.
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Climate crisis risks leading to standardised food, says minister Patuanelli. He was speaking at the “People, Planet, Prosperity” event at the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.
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The conservative newspaper Libero reported today that Berlusconi is to marry his 32-year-old girlfriend. Marta Fascina is an MP for the right-wing Forza Italia party.
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Mount Etna sent another plume of lava and ashy smoke into the Sicilian sky today. The sky above Catania was thick with smoke and the airport closed at lunchtime until further notice.
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The Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, on Monday urged Italians to leave Ukraine. Italy is on maximum alert, he said.
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