Italy has opened its first so-called sex room inside a prison following a landmark Constitutional Court ruling recognising the right of inmates to hold private and intimate meetings with their spouses or long-term partners. The inaugural visit took place on Friday at a correctional facility in the central Umbria region, where a male inmate received … Read more
ITALY has pledged to play a crucial role in preserving the fragile ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, according to statements made by the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani. Tajani’s comments were made during a meeting on Friday with newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Beirut. The … Read more
AN Italian Navy ship brought a second group of migrants from Egypt and Bangladesh picked up in the Mediterranean to its offshore asylum processing centre in Albania on Friday. In spite of a court challenge hanging over the new Italian scheme. The eight men were travelling on a boat from Africa to Europe when the … Read more
ITALIAN Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expressed a desire on Thursday to increase the number of African students studying in Italy, a statement that could intensify existing tensions within Italy’s ruling coalition over immigration and citizenship policies. Tajani, a member of the centre-right Forza Italia party, highlighted the importance of welcoming more African students during … Read more
THE government of Italy unveiled a near US$6 billion plan to support African development at a one-day Italy-Africa plan in Rome on Monday. African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina (www.AfDB.org) joined 25 African leaders and European Union officials at the summit. The summit—which took place as Italy assumes the Presidency of the G7 … Read more