With the return of calm seas, migrant smugglers launched dozens of boats from Tunisia during the weekend and some 1,200 people ended up on a tiny Italian island while several were reported missing at sea, the Italian Coast Guard said Monday.
Coast guar…
Lampedusa, Italy, Apr 24 (EFE).- Some 1,200 illegal migrants on Monday arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on 35 boats that apparently set out from Tunis on a journey during which three of the vessels sank and dozens of people are missi…
Pope Francis will hold an audience with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on 27 April ahead of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Hungary.
Source: European Pravda, citing ANSA, an Italian news agency
Details: The Vatican said that Shmyhal will meet t…
Last Monday a Tunisian coastguard operation off the coast of the port town of Sfax, 250km (200 miles) south of capital Tunis, intercepted 372 migrants attempting to leave the shores of the north African country in small and unseaworthy boats.
The coast…
The G7 countries have not managed yet to seize Russian money for Ukraine’s recovery.
There is a possibility that the funds will return to Moscow after the war.
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has more than US$300 billion in Western accounts….
In an effort to prevent people from trying to cross the English Channel in tiny boats, which is a frequent cause of tension between the two nations, the interior ministers of France and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement that would increase po…
Guido Crosetto, The Italian Minister of Defence, advocated bringing Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table, mediated by China.
Source: Libero Quotidiano citing Crosetto in an interview with La Stampa; Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to the he…
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The G7 countries are discussing the possibility of expanding the sanctions regime against Russia, including a ban on almost all exports to Moscow.
Source: Kyodo
The decision may be made during the G7 summit to be held in May in Hir…
At the meeting of the Contact Group on the Defence of Ukraine on Friday, the Minister of Defence of Latvia, Ināra Mūrniece, announced the decision to hand over all Latvian Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile systems to Kyiv.
Source: European Pravda
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Ukrainians and foreigners will hold action against the Russian ecocide in Ukraine on International Earth Day.
People from all continents will form a human unity chain on 21-23 April to draw attention to Russia’s crimes against the environment during th…