Tag Archives: Italy

Monica Rossana Bellini faces charges of criminal association, corruption and money laundering in the biggest scandal to rock EU politics in decades. Source link

Matteo Messina Denaro liked designer clothes and expensive sun glasses. He loved video games and had a taste for luxury foods. He was also a ruthless killer who once claimed to have murdered enough people to fill a cemetery. Source link

South Korea also announced that it will limit flights and suspend applications for tourist visas from China Source link

The Pope presented Mother Teresa Prizes to three people: a homeless man who shares his alms, a Syrian Franciscan priest and an Italian industrialist who builds schools and brings clean water to the poor. Source link

The Ocean Viking, a Norwegian-flagged vessel, had picked up 234 migrants at sea near the Libyan coast before spending weeks seeking a port to accept them. Norway’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it would accept 20 of the migrants. Source link

German bishop Georg Baetzing spoke at the end of a week of talks between Pope Francis and Vatican officials on one side, and Germany’s bishops on the other. Source link

Berlusconi was charged with paying an Italian singer US$162,000 to lie in a previous trial where he was accused of paying to have sex with a 17-year-old dancer. Source link

If convicted, Saviano could face up to three years in prison but under Italy’s legal system a fine of at least €‎500 or a suspended sentence are more likely. Source link

The two countries are set to agree a deal as soon as Monday to ramp up joint efforts to stop illegal migrants from making crossings of the English Channel. Source link

Minister tells NGO boats carrying migrants to stay away from Italian ports and return to international waters; Pope Francis calls for EU to help take in migrants arriving across the Mediterranean. Source link