CDE News - The Dispatch

Hungarian and Polish PMs to meet Italy’s League leader to discuss new alliance

The prime ministers of Hungary and Poland will meet the leader of Italy's rightist League party on Thursday for talks on forming a European political alliance, Hungarian state news agency MTI said on Tuesday.…

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Row in Italy over pork-free tortellini

In Italy there is an ongoing polemic regarding Muslim-friendly pork-free tortellini that were ordered by the diocese of Bologna. The diocese of Bologna, which had ordered Muslim-friendly pork-free tortellini for…

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Salvini announces Italian Pride protest for October 19th

Lega leader Matteo Salvini announced tha a demonstration against the M5s-Pd government will be held on October 19th in Rome. He said that the 19th will be a great day…

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Political parties ask for more time in Italian political crisis

After two days of political consultations, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Thursday evening that the parties had asked for more time, adding that next week the consultations will continue.…

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Macron says Italy deserves leaders who are up to the task

French President Emmanuel Macron has said Italy deserves leaders who are up to the task, describing one of the party chiefs in Rome’s collapsed government as the “great loser” for…

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Has Salvini isolated himself? – Analysis (MaltaToday)

On 8 August Salvini triggered a political crisis in the middle of the summer lull by calling for fresh elections but now he risks being sent back to the opposition benches.…

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Salvini’s use of the rosary beads and invocation of Catholic religion for his populist politics hurts – Gozo’s Bishop Grech

Gozo Bishop Mario Grech has said that it ‘hurts’ to watch Italy's Home Affairs Minister Matteo Salvini brandish rosary beads and invoke European saints while insisting on putting a stop…

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Salvini is sorry, but now the ‘frittata’ (omlette) is done – Everyone is the creator of his own destiny – Di Maio

"Salvini is now sorry, but now the 'frittata' (omelette) is done. Everyone is the creator of his own destiny. Good luck." In a Facebook post, the vice-premier and M5s leader…

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Salvini says that Minister Toninelli is not up to the job

Italian Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini told Radio24 on Tuesday that Transport and Infrastructure Minister Danilo Toninelli "does not seem to me to be up to the job…

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Italian government wins confidence vote

The Italian government on Monday won a confidence vote in the Senate on a decree targeting charities operating migrant rescue ships, in a victory for Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and…

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Open Arms ship rescues more migrants

The Open Arms NGO said Friday that one its ships saved 69 people in the Mediterranean overnight and it called for the vessel to be assigned a port of safety.…

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Salvini once more warns about the possibility of early elections

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's government could collapse and early elections called if the 2020 budget law does not feature big tax…

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Salvini accuses Germany of ‘blackmail’ over migration

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini accused Germany on Thursday of "blackmail" in the latest spat between the two countries over migrants rescued at sea. According to German media, Salvini wrote in…

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Salvini bans the Alan Kurdi from entering Italian waters

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has banned the Alan Kurdi rescue ship carrying forty migrants from entering Italian waters. The Alan Kurdi is run by German charity Sea-Eye and…

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Di Maio tries to avert Italian government crisis

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio called for a meeting on Friday with government partner and co-deputy PM Matteo Salvini in a peace offering following mutual recriminations that raised…

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Rescue ship Alan Kurdi heading to Lampedusa

The German humanitarian group Sea-Eye has said one of its ships is on its way to the Italian port of Lampedusa with 65 rescued migrants on board and possibly another…

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Head of Italian magistrates union says Salvini should explain his ‘judgement’ of judge Vella in Rackete case

The head of the Italian magistrates union, the ANM, said Salvini should explain where the judge who released the Sea-Watch3 skipper, judging her innocent of ramming a police boat, went…

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New controversy between Malta and Italy over saved migrants

The Italian NGO run Mediterranea migrant rescue ship carrying 54 migrants rescued off Libya Thursday has been stopped off Lampedusa according to a landing ban issued by Interior Minister Matteo…

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Salvini considers border wall in northeast Italy

Italian Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he is considering the idea of erecting a border barrier in northeastern Italy. "The Balkan route (for migrant flows) has reopened,"…

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ECHR rejects Sea Watch appeal

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected a request presented by migrant search-and-rescue vessel Sea Watch 3 for the ECHR to implement interim measures asking Italy to allow…

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Italy holds Netherlands, EU ‘responsible’ for Sea Watch 3 issue

Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini said he is holding the Netherlands and the European Union "responsible" for the fate of 42 migrants on board the Sea Watch 3. The Italian…

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Sea Watch kidnapping case against Salvini shelved

A Catania probe into Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for allegedly kidnapping migrants aboard the Sea-Watch3 NGO rescue ship in January has been shelved. About the case, Salvini said that…

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Salvini says will quit if government can’t cut 10 billion euros in taxes

Deputy Italian Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday vowed to quit the government unless he was able to push through tax cuts for at least 10 billion euros. Salvini has…

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Salvini should be given Nobel Peace Prize – AFD

German MP Beatrix von Storch reckons Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for his "great contribution to the security and stability of Europe."…

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Italy lets 10 stranded migrants disembark, moves to ban rescue ships from its waters

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini allowed 10 of the 53 migrants stranded on the Sea-Watch 3 rescue ship to disembark but pressed ahead with plans to ban such boats…

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Sea-Watch is ‘using’ migrants – Salvini

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Friday launched a fresh attack on the Sea-Watch NGO after it refused to take 52 migrants it rescued off Libya this week…

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Former senior Italian League party official arrested on corruption charges

Italian police on Wednesday arrested Paolo Arata, former League party energy consultant and former Forza Italia (FI) MP, and his son Francesco, on suspicion of corruption. The pair are accused…

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Italy shuts Mineo migrant camp in Sicily

Interior minister Matteo Salvini announced the closure of a reception centre for asylum seekers in Sicily. The decision to close the Mineo asylum camp in Sicily came after the number…

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Boys who averted a tragedy on hijacked bus to get Italian citizenship

Italian news agency ANSA reports that the two Egyptian boys who helped avert a massacre on a hijacked bus near Milan in March will receive Italian citizenship. The citizenship proposal…

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Italian centre right win Ferrara in post-war first

The Italian centre right won the northern city of Ferrara, traditionally a stronghold for the left, for the first time in the post-War period after Sunday's runoffs for local elections…

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Italy’s Lega close to deal with UK’s Farage in the European Parliament

Italian Lega MEP Marco Zanni said that the Italian party is close to reaching an agreement with Nigel Farage's Brexit party for an alliance at the European level. Zanni said…

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Europe Votes: Huge win for Salvini in Italy, M5S falls to 3rd place

Matteo Salvini, Lega Party, got a big boost in the European Parliamentary election to become the No. 1 party in Italy, after winning more than 30 percent of the vote,…

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M5s Di Maio warns Lega’s Salvini about ‘too much tension’ on the streets ahead or European elections

There is "too much tension" in the streets, 5-Star Movement (M5S) and Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio told fellow Deputy Premier and League leader Matteo Salvini Monday, urging him to…

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Berlusconi wants EPP to form alliance with far right

Silvio Berlusconi has joined Hungary's Viktor Orban in calling on Europe's conservatives to form an alliance with the far right. Italy's ex-prime minister is running for a seat in this…

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NGO-run ship Mare Jonio seized

Italian Finance police seized the NGO run ship 'Mare Jonio' on Friday after the search-and-rescue ship picked up 30 migrants in the Mediterranean. The finance police boarded the ship to…

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New controversy as Salvini refuses to let Italian Navy ship with migrants dock

Italian Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Thursday that he will refuse to assign a port for a Navy ship to dock in after it rescued dozens of…

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Fears of an early elections in Italy as coalition partners accuse each other of corruption

Italy’s coalition government seems to be veering closer to collapse after the far-right League and anti-establishment Five Star Movement allies traded allegations of corruption. The allegations are directed against the…

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Salvini once more under investigation for kidnapping of migrants

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is once under investigation for kidnapping migrants. Salvini on Monday said he is being probed for allegedly abducting migrants allegedly held on a ship stopped…

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France ready to take some Sea Eye migrants

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced that France is ready, along with several other European partners, to welcome 20 out of the 60 migrants stranded off Malta aboard the…

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Salvini warns that migrants taken to Lampedusa will be expelled

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned that 90 migrants who were taken to Lampedusa after the boat they were travelling on was intercepted, will be expelled…

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Alan Kurdi ship appeals to Europe for a safe port

The Alan Kurdi ship that has been eight days out at sea with scores of African migrants on board appealed to European states for a safe port, saying the health…

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Salvini warns that Italy won’t stand by if France blocks Libyan peace process

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned he would not "stand by" if France were to block peace in Libya. Salvini, speaking on the Italian radio station Rtl 102.5,…

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Italy trying to mediate in Libyan conflict

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said Monday that Italy is working on setting up talks between all aides in the Libyan conflict. Salvini said that Italy is talking…

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Salvini calls for Turkey’s EU application to be definitively rejected

Deputy Italian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday called for Turkey's application to join the EU to be definitively rejected. Salvini, who is also leader of the…

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Far-right parties from around Europe meet in Milan

Italy's Lega leader Matteo Salvini on Monday is holding a meeting in Milan of far-right parties from around Europe in the hope of forging an alliance of nationalists ahead of…

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‘Sea Eye’ ship heads for Lampedusa

The ship ‘Alan Kurdi’ belonging to German migrant rescue NGO Sea Eye is heading for the Italian island of Lampedusa with its 64 rescued migrants among them a new…

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Salvini says dispute with France over

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced that a dispute with France over migrants and other issues was over. Salvini said his French counterpart Christophe Castaner had recognized that Italy had been…

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Salvini dismisses government crisis speculation

Deputy Italian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini dismissed reports that the government is in crisis after a series of rows between his League party and its coalition partner,…

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Lega set to be second party in European Parliament latest projections

La Lega or the League Party of Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is set to win 27 seats in May's European elections, according to new set of projections…

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Kidnapping charges in SeaWatch standoff

Rome prosecutors have come to the conclusion that there are elements to proceed with kidnapping charges in the case of the SeaWatch 3 migrant rescue ship The ship had…

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Salvini announces that migrants have hijacked cargo ship and is directed towards Malta or Lampedusa – Updated

UPDATE: The Armed Forces of Malta established communications with the Captain of Motor Tanker ELHIBRU 1 when it was about 30NM away and still proceeding towards Malta. The Captain repeatedly…

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Salvini says no change to abortion law

League leader and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Italy's abortion law would not change amid a row with government partner the 5-Star Movement (M5S) after 40 League MPs filed a…

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Right-wing alliance win Basilicata regional elections – 5 Stelle support halved

A right-wing alliance has ended the Italian center left's 24-year rule in the southern region of Basilicata. The final count of Sunday's regional election, completed at midday Monday, showed the…

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Italian authorities on alert after Christchurch attacks

Italian authorities have warned that there is a risk that the terror attack in New Zealand that killed at least 49 people may spur copycat attacks or reprisals in…

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Salvini expresses caution over China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had a cautious approach about Italy reaching an agreement over China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), insisting it is necessary to protect the…

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Diciotti – Senate to vote whether Salvini’s immunity is lifted

The Italian government is putting on a brave face ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote that could see Matteo Salvini forced to stand trial. The Senate will on Tuesday decide whether or…

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Conte announces that people on board SeaWatch are to be disembarked ‘within hours’

The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that "In a few hours the disembarkation of the migrants on board Sea Watch begins." Conte announced this while there is still expectations of the…

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