As Europe resorts to desperate measures to contain a growing immigration crisis, the UN has condemned a move by Italy to enact stringent laws against NGOs and humanitarian groups involved in search and rescue (SAR) missions in the central Mediterranean.
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More than 1,300 irregular migrants have reached Italy’s Lampedusa island over the past two days, local media reported on Saturday.
Italian prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a Syrian citizen accused of attempting to ship to Libya and Saudi Arabia 14 tons of Captagon and three tons of hashish, which were seized in 2020 in the port of Salerno.
Italy is confirmed and consolidated, in the first 11 months of 2022, as Libya ‘s first commercial partner, according to the latest data from the Italian Trade Agency (ICE).
Italian ambassador to Libya, Giuseppe Buccino, and Resident Representative of the UN Development Program (UNDP) in Libya, Marc-André Franche, agreed on Wednesday in Tripoli to extend partnership to support free and fair elections as the only path forward to resolve the political stalemate, according UNDP in Libya.
Libyan Parliament Member, Asmahan Beloun, said the energy deal that Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s government signed with the Italian Eni company would fail due to poor infrastructure and national opposition.
The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, stressed that the immigration file remains the main issue for Italy. She stressed the…
Gilles Kepel, President Emmanuel Macron’s special envoy to the Middle East and the Mediterranean, said that small differences with Italy…
The Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, confirmed Wednesday that signing the gas agreement with the Italian energy company Eni came after lengthy negotiations in which Libya’s interest was supreme in all rounds.
The Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, revealed an upcoming visit by Foreign Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Najla Mangoush, to Rome in early February to take important new steps in the field of joint cooperation between the two countries.