More than 1,300 migrants brought ashore in Italy after multiple rescues
Yahoo News UK – STORY: More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore in southern Italy on Saturday … Police arrest mother for ‘leaving two children home alone for 7 weeks’.
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Italy coastguard launches multiple rescues, over 1000 migrants “in …
Reuters – Italy’s migrant sea rescue capabilities have come under scrutiny following the … Police vessels had tried but failed to intercept their wooden boat due to…
Italy toughens penalties for smugglers after migrant tragedy
ABC News – Italy’s coast guard and border police boats plucked dozens of others to safety this week in the central Mediterranean. Among them were 45 migrants,…
Italian authorities rescue 38 shipwrecked migrants
La Prensa Latina – Italy’s Finance Police rescued 38 migrants whose boat capsized Wednesday in the Mediterranean off the island of Lampedusa, the Coast Guard said.
Italy rejects any blame for deadly migrant shipwreck
ABC News – Opposition lawmakers and humanitarian groups have decried Italy’s decision to send only border police boats and not coast guard rescue boats to the aid of…
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Spotlight on ruthless smugglers, rescue failures after Italy migrant …
Reuters – However, two police boats sent out to intercept the vessel failed to locate it and turned back because of bad weather. Larger coastguard boats, better suited to…
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Re-export of weapons to Ukraine: the Swiss parliament rejected one of the proposals
7 March, 2023 Illustration for the news. 35x228mm rounds
The Upper House of the Swiss Parliament rejected the proposal to re-export weapons.
The Council of Cantons did not allow the supply of Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine.
This is stated on the websi…
The Czech Republic also requested to purchase Leopard 2 tanks from Switzerland
7 March, 2023 Leopard 2 (Pz 87) tank of the Armed Forces of Switzerland. Photo from open sources
Following Germany, the Czech government also asked Switzerland to sell Leopard 2 tanks to them.
Viola Amherd, Vice President of Switzerland, mentioned th…
What we know about the shipwreck in southern Italy that killed dozens of migrants
New York Post – Italian police arrived on the scene at 4:30 a.m., the same time that the coast guard says it received the first emergency calls related to the boat. It took the…
Ukrainian Armed Forces use OTO Melara Mod 56 105mm howitzer in Donbas
5 March, 2023 OTO Melara Mod 56 105-mm howitzer in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Source: twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa
Ukrainian gunners use the Italian OTO Melara Mod 56 105mm howitzer.
A photo from the war zone with this weapon was published b…