Section: The Local (Italy)
Italian court gives Ukraine soldier 24 years for journalist deaths
An Italian court on Friday sentenced a Ukrainian former national guard commander to 24 years in prison for the murder of a photographer and his translator in the early days of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
The Italian football hooligan who fled house arrest to become a pro-Russian fighter in Ukraine
Speaking Russian with a strong Italian accent, Andrea Palmeri attracts attention in Lugansk, the separatist-held province in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
Italy busts two Ukrainians smuggling migrants on yacht
Italian police Friday said they had arrested two Ukrainian nationals on suspicion of smuggling 16 Syrian refugees into the country by yacht from Turkey. …read more Source: The Local...
Masterpieces stolen in Verona heist found in Ukraine
Paintings including masterpieces by Rubens and Tintoretto that were stolen from a Verona museum last year have been found in Ukraine, Italy’s culture minister said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Local...
Renzi and Putin discuss Syria and energy deals
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the situation in Syria and potential energy projects with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, the Kremlin said on Friday, after Rome briefly held up extending EU sanctions on Moscow last month. …read more Source: The Local...
Italy may be sanctioned for migrant ID failure
Italy may face EU sanctions for failing to identify and register thousands of migrants who have arrived on its shores in recent months. …read more Source: The Local...
‘Heartstealer’ Silvio says Crimea split ‘democratic’
Ex-Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has revealed that the Russians have given him a special nickname following his recent visit to Crimea. …read more Source: The Local...
Berlusconi sparks probe for vintage wine quaff
There’s never a dull moment whenever Silvio Berlusconi and Russian President Vladimir Putin get together. Not only has Italy’s former prime minister been banned from entering Ukraine, but he is now embroiled in a probe after swigging a vintage bottle of wine with Putin in Crimea. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukraine bans Berlusconi over Crimea visit
Ukraine’s National Security Council has banned Silvio Berlusconi from entering the country for three years following his brief visit to Crimea last week. …read more Source: The Local...
Old pals Berlusconi and Putin reunite in Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy’s billionaire former leader Silvio Berlusconi on Friday met for informal talks in Crimea which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, an official said. …read more Source: The Local...
