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Italy and Libya will set up a joint commission against human trafficking
January 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy and Libya will set up a joint commission to fight back against human trafficking and illegal migration, the Tripoli government said in early-December. This announcement came after talks in the Libyan capital between Italian Interior Minister...
Pope Francis renewed a call for "wisdom and prudence" over U.S. President Trump's controversial decision
January 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
On Dec. 10, Pope Francis renewed a call for “wisdom and prudence” over U.S. President Trump’s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “The Holy Father renews his appeal for the wisdom and prudence of everyone, and raises...
Pope Francis has called for the English wording of the Lord's Prayer to be changed
January 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pope Francis has called for the English wording of the Lord’s Prayer to be changed because it implies God “induces temptation.” The prayer asks God to “lead us not into temptation.” The pontiff told Italian broadcasters he believed the wording...
Salvatore "Toto" Riina died at age 87 in prison
January 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Sicilian mafia’s “boss of bosses” died at age 87 in prison. Salvatore “Toto” Riina leader of the Cosa Nostra, was serving multiple life sentences for ordering the murders of 150 people. He died while in a medically induced coma following cancer...
Female mobster behind a reshuffle of the Sicilian mafia
January 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A female mobster suspected of being the mastermind behind a reshuffle of the Sicilian mafia after a series of high profile arrests was taken into custody in December. Mariangela Di Trapani, 49, was arrested on charges of having managed the business...
PM Paolo Gentiloni Praises Italy's Migrant Policy as U.N. Cites Humanitarian Crisis
December 2017 | Serena Scaiola
Italy is “the only country with a decent migration policy in Europe” in recent years.
Il PM italiano Paolo Gentiloni e l’economista Mario Draghi, Presidente della Banca Centrale Europea sono recentemente intervenuti dal palco in occasione del...
Two men have been arrested and charged as suspects in murder and human trafficking
December 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Two men, one Libyan and the other Egyptian, have been arrested and charged in Italy as suspects in murder and human trafficking. The Spanish ship Cantabria, which works as part of the EU’s Sophia anti-trafficking operation, brought the bodies of 26...
Newly-elected councilors from Silvio Berlusconi's coalition, was placed under house arrest
December 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Cateno De Luca, one of the newly-elected councilors from Silvio Berlusconi’s winning coalition, was placed under house arrest just days after being elected. He, along with the president of a federation of small businesses, is being accused of...
Antonio Carluccio, the "Godfather" of Italian cooking died at the age of 80
December 2017 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Antonio Carluccio, the “Godfather” of Italian cooking died at the age of 80. Carluccio helped bring Italian cooking to the U.K. He was a famous chef and restauranteur in Britain who used his knowledge of Italian food culture to also establish...
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