Section: The Local (Italy)
Nato chief warns Russia after Italy meet
Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday warned that any attempt to expand territory held by separatists in Ukraine would be “unacceptable” and told Russia to withdraw 1,000 items of military equipment from Ukraine’s territory, speaking after meeting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. …read more Source: The Local...
Kerry in Rome for talks with Russian FM
Top US diplomat John Kerry met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Sunday, amid anger in Moscow over the prospect of new US sanctions and possible lethal military aid for Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
‘Sanctions against Russia are not the solution’: FM
Sanctions against Russia over the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine are essential “but not the solution” to the crisis, Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday. …read more Source: The Local...
Italy: Crimean Russians won’t get visas from us
The Italian Embassy in Kiev has denied reports that its consulates in Russia have started issuing Schenghen area visas to Crimeans with Russian passports via Moscow. …read more Source: The Local...
Child taken from couple who paid surrogate
Italy’s supreme court has ruled that a baby born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine cannot be kept by the Italian couple who paid for it and must be put up for adoption, Italian media reports said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Local...
Renzi feeling ‘positive’ over Ukraine solution
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he was “really positive” on the prospects for a solution to the Ukraine conflict after talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The Local...
Putin in Ukraine talks amid EU gas threat
UPDATED: Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Milan on Friday in the latest attempt to ease tensions over the simmering conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
