Section: Italy
State of Palestine in Overtime
Israeli soldiers and police blocking Palestinians from one of the entrances to the old city in Jerusalem. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPSBy Joseph ChamieUNITED NATIONS, Apr 9 2015 (IPS)The large majority of countries, and most of the people in the world, already recognise Palestine as an independent state.Among the member states of the United Nations,...
Italy Ukrainian asylum seeker boom
Italy saw a huge spike in Ukrainians applying for asylum in 2014, according to data released by Eurostat last week and analyzed by The Local. …read more Source: The Local...
Opinion: Foreign Policy is in the Hands of Sleepwalkers
In this column, Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and publisher of Other News, takes a recent scathing report from the House of Lords that the United Kingdom “sleepwalked” into the Ukraine crisis to argue that recent history shows the West having entered a number of conflicts without...
Hold the Rich Accountable in New U.N. Development Goals, Say NGOs
A man lives in the makeshift house behind him in the Slovak Republic, a member of the EU. Photo: Mano Strauch © The World BankBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Mar 23 2015 (IPS)When the World Economic Forum (WEF) met last January in Switzerland, attended mostly by the rich and the super-rich, the London-based charity Oxfam unveiled a report with an...
‘Made in Crimea’ Prosecco angers Italians
Fake Prosecco is being produced in Russia-annexed Crimea, bursting the bubble of an Italian export boom, farmers’ association Coldiretti has said. …read more Source: The Local...
Opinion: The Exceptional Destiny of Foreign Policy
In this column, Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and publisher of Other News, analyses the incongruences in U.S. and European foreign policy as pressure builds up for military confrontation over Ukraine.By Roberto SavioROME, Mar 19 2015 (IPS)For a long time, citizens of the United States...
Mixed Prospects for LGBT Rights in Central and Eastern Europe
Billboard for the referendum called to strengthen a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption in Slovakia in February. It says: WE ARE DECIDING ABOUT CHILDREN’S FUTURES. LET’S PROTECT THEIR RIGHT TO A MOTHER AND FATHER. Credit: Pavol Stracansky/IPSBy Pavol StracanskyBRATISLAVA, Mar 15 2015 (IPS)Lesbian, gay,...
More Fighter Jets in Nicaragua, Second-Poorest Country in the Americas
Nicaraguan soldiers unloading election materials from an Antonov 26 military plane, part of Russia’s cooperation with the country. Credit: Courtesy of the Nicaraguan armyBy José Adán SilvaMANAGUA, Mar 14 2015 (IPS)Nicaragua, the second-poorest country in the Americas, is tapping into its depleted coffers to upgrade its ageing military fleet...
Parolin: International indifference takes its toll on Ukraine and Syria
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Italy to join Ukraine crisis call with Obama
The White House on Tuesday said President Barack Obama will hold a secure video conference with European leaders to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and other “global security issues.” …read more Source: The Local...
