Tag: Italy
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EU Arrest Warrant: Last Italian G8 prisoner again not extradited from France

For the third time, a court in France rejects the Italian arrest warrant for the anarchist Vincenzo Vecchi. The 49-year-old Italian is to be imprisoned for summit protests in 2001. France’s prosecution can appeal one last time. More than 20…
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The Bundeswehr flies the world’s largest drones over the Black Sea. When will the first one crash?

Germany is the largest contributor to five Nato “Global Hawk” drones in Sicily. The military alliance has been using them to monitor its “eastern flank” for two years. The crash of a US “Reaper” fighter drone off the coast of…
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More relocation, more Frontex: “Med5” adopt declaration in Malta

Malta, Greece, Italy, Spain and Cyprus demand more solidarity in the reception of asylum seekers. The EU interior ministers are meeting this week to discuss the issue. Five EU Mediterranean countries are calling on Brussels to show more solidarity with…
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Protests in Italy against EU patrol boats for Libya

Coast guard harassed Italian fishermen 80 kilometres off Tripoli Around 100 people demonstrated in the northern Italian Veneto region on Monday against the delivery of patrol boats to the so-called coast guard in Libya. The protests took place in front…