Hagel, Italian Defense Minister Discuss ISIL Operations
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called Italian Minister of Defense Roberta Pinotti today to discuss planned Italian contributions to the fight against terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the...
View ArticleFrance And Italy Promise To Reform, EU Leaders Vow Closer Economic Coordination
(EurActiv) — At a summit meeting in Brussels on Friday (24 October), EU leaders asked the European Commission to come up with a plan for better coordinating economic policies. With a troubled European...
View ArticleItaly: Increase In Attacks And Threats Against Journalists
With the help of Ossigeno per l’Informazione, an Italian NGO that monitors freedom of information, Reporters Without Borders has produced an overview of the decline in the situation of journalists in...
View ArticleIntegrating EU Defence And Migration Policies In Mediterranean – Analysis
By Roderick Parkes* Unparalleled in scale and loss of life, the challenge of cross-Mediterranean migration to the European Union (EU) has rightly received much attention in recent years. Around 165,000...
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Access To Higher Education And Value Of University Degree – Analysis
Governments sometimes promote reforms that increase access to education for a large share of the population. These reforms may lower the returns to education by altering returns to skills, education...
View ArticleEU Anti-Terrorist Measures Go In All Directions – Analysis
(EurActiv) — EU member states have reacted in different ways to the security threat highlighted by the Paris terrorist attacks, pointing to how difficult it would be to put in place a common European...
View ArticleDempsey Says Terrorism, Russian Aggression Threaten European Security
By Lisa Ferdinando Terrorism and Russian aggression are two “very distinct threats” to European security, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey told...
View ArticlePoliticians Must Act Now To Transform Risks Into Opportunities, Says Italy’s...
Italy’s Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, called for politicians around the world to “carpe diem” and tackle complex risks head-on. “Not to see the risks is stupid for a politician, but the transformation...
View ArticleIran, Can Be Italy’s Powerful Ally In Fighting Terrorism – OpEd
By Bahram Ghasemi* Relations between Iran and Italy have been always good, without tension and based on mutual respect, which is one of a kind in comparison to Iran’s ties with other major European...
View ArticleJournalist Blasted For Lying In Confessional, Recording Priests’ Answers
By Andrea Gagliarducci The confessional is one of the most private and privileged places in the world. So when an Italian journalist violated the bond of trust between penitent and priest, the...
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Divided Europe Mired In Crises – Analysis
Europe seeks influence, yet fails to strengthen institutions to stabilize economic and regional security. By Chris Miller* Europeans have control over their own fate, yet at no point since the end of...
View ArticlePope Francis Slams Corruption, Unemployment In Naples
By Andrea Gagliarducci Addressing the crowds in Naples’ notorious outskirts of Scampia, Pope Francis gave a verbal slap to corrupt leaders who exploit local laborers, charging that they “cannot claim...
View ArticleRepercussions Of Turkish Stream For Southern Gas Corridor: Russia’s New Gas...
By Ilgar Gurbanov* On December 1 2014, during his official visit to Turkey, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of South Stream, blaming the EU for its “unconstructive” position....
View ArticleDogs Trained To Sniff Out Chemicals Linked To Prostate Cancer
A new study involved rigorously training two three-year old German Shepherd Explosion Detection Dogs to identify ‘prostate cancer specific volatile organic compounds’ in urine samples. The dogs’...
View ArticleExploring Stigma Of Female Labor Migrants
Female labor migrants are criticized for abandoning their children in their home country. According to research, this stigma does not affect male migrants. The past few years have seen a major increase...
View ArticleNew Mediterranean Boat Tragedy May Be Biggest Ever – UNHCR
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Sunday expressed shock at the latest boat capsizing on the Mediterranean, and the hundreds of lives reported to have been lost. According to...
View ArticleThe Mediterranean Catastrophe Calls For An International Response – OpEd
By Mirjam van Reisen* Despite one of the largest humanitarian disasters of recent years unfolding on their doorstep, and another 700 deaths on April 19, the EU and its Member States seem totally...
View ArticleWhite House Says Two Hostages Killed In US Raids Against Al-Qaeda
The White House has confirmed that two hostages were killed in a recent US counterterrorism operation. In a statement, the White House said two hostages were killed in January in the border region of...
View ArticleFortress Europe’s War On Refugees – OpEd
“Rescue boats? I’d use gunships to stop migrants.” And so, the fantastically venal contributor to Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun Katie Hopkins adds her bit to the migration debate in Europe. “Make no...
View ArticleLeaders Expected To Say EU Cannot Take More Migrants
(EurActiv) — One of the messages the EU heads of state and government are expected to deliver at their extraordinary summit today (23 April) is that the Union cannot absorb any more mass arrivals of...
View ArticlePresident Obama On Deaths Of Warren Weinstein And Giovanni Lo Porto – Statement
By US President Barack Obama This morning, I want to express our grief and condolences to the families of two hostages. One American, Dr. Warren Weinstein, and an Italian, Giovanni Lo Porto, who were...
View ArticleEritrea At Center Of Europe’s ‘Clandestine’ Migration Crisis – Analysis
By Alessandro Bruno The 700 or more migrants who died in the Mediterranean, just as those on the opposite side of the Atlantic who every day die attempting to cross the border between Mexico and the...
View ArticleItaly Busts Bin Laden-Linked Terror Cell That May Have Planned Vatican Attack
Italian police have issued 18 arrest warrants for Sardinia-based terror suspects with Al-Qaeda links who may have been planning an attack on the Vatican. Two of the alleged jihadists are believed to be...
View ArticleGeneric Pledges Emerge From EU ‘Migrant’ Summit
The budget was tripled for the Triton (Italy) and Poseidon (Greece) Operations — but the both operations will continue to only patrol and not be involved in search and rescue activities — at...
View ArticleThe EU’s ‘Disappointing’ Response To Migration Crisis – Analysis
By Kristy Siegfried A closer look at the list of commitments from Europe’s leaders after their hastily-arranged migrant crisis summit in Brussels reveals no substantial change in response and few...
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