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Meloni with Marcvo Bucci who with the centre-right coalition held Liguria

Centre-right coalition secures Liguria

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni expressed satisfaction on Tuesday after her centre-right coalition held Liguria in regional elections held on Sunday and Monday.

Marco Bucci De Comune di Genova, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148330651

Liguria regional election – poll puts Bucci ahead

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

In the Liguria regional election, turnout reached 45.94%, a drop from the 53.42% seen in the 2020 election, final figures revealed Monday. Early projections indicate centre-right candidate Marco Bucci is leading centre-left rival Andrea Orlando.

Snoopers cloned President Mattarella's email

Snoopers clone Italian President’s email

October 27, 2024October 27, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A gang of snoopers, allegedly led by former supercop Carmine Gallo and Fondazione Fiera Milano President Enrico Pazzali, reportedly accessed police databases. They aimed to gather sensitive information on business, political, and showbiz figures, according to wiretaps released on Sunday.

Beppe Grillo, founder of 5-star movement

Grillo claims right to make M5S “extinct”

October 26, 2024October 26, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Stand-up comic Beppe Grillo, co-founder of the populist 5-Star Movement (M5S), claimed on Saturday his right to dissolve the party.

Libra takes first 16 migrants to be processed in Albania Credit: https://www.seaforces.org/ The Libra is back in action taking migrants to Albania under a new repatriation scheme

Judge receives death threats over Albania migrant decision

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

One of the judges who rejected the detention of the first group of migrants sent to a newly opened processing facility in Albania has reported receiving death threats.

Conte and Grillo fall out over future of M5S

Conte not renewing Grillo’s contract with M5S

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Giuseppe Conte, leader of the 5-Star Movement (M5S), has announced that his relationship with the movement’s founder, comedian Beppe Grillo, has “irreversibly broken.” Conte confirmed he will not renew Grillo’s €300,000-a-year consultancy contract as the party’s ‘guarantor’.

Still from video by Giorgia Meloni reflecting on her government's successes in the last two years

Meloni pats herself on the back

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

In a video posted on social media, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni says she has not spared herself during her two years as PM. She also says she is satisfied with the government’s results to date.

Judiciary of Italy By Vittorio Pesce - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9377161

ANM asks for respect for judicial independence

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The National Association of Magistrates (ANM) has called for respect for judicial independence, stating the government cannot expect judges to make decisions aligned with its interests.

Gangs smuggling migrants Credit: UNHCR/Oualid Khelifi

Italian police help smash gangs smuggling migrants

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni vowed to defend Italy’s borders from criminal gangs smuggling migrants and reaffirmed that only legal migrants would be allowed to enter the country.

Global Peace Index 2023, shows list of safe countries, or those ranked by peaceability Credit: By Unknown author - https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/#/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146817011

Migrant measures must align with EU law

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet will approve a decree later today to address the legal issue over 12 migrants detained at an Italian-run centre in Gjader, Albania. A Rome court had refused to validate their detention, citing that Bangladesh and Egypt, their countries of origin, are not considered safe countries.