(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Wednesday congratulated Greece’s former parliament speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas on his election as president by its lawmakers in a fourth and final round of voting.  “Congratulations to Konstantinos Tasoulas on his election as President of

(Adnkronos) – Members of Italy’s lower house of parliament will grill foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Wednesday over US president Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take control of the war-shattered Gaza Strip and permanently re-locate its population elsewhere in the Middle East. 

(Adnkronos) – After two days of truce, fighting has resumed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, triggered by a dawn attack by M23 fighters and their Rwandan allies against Congolese positions in South Kivu province, according to security and

(Adnkronos) – Fear but no casualties in Morocco after the earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale recorded during the night. Local media reported that the earthquake was recorded around midnight local time in the northwestern region of Ouezzane, with its

(Adnkronos) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his country “will oppose” any US tariffs on steel announced by President Donald Trump.  Such tariffs would be “totally unjustified” and “Canadians will oppose them strongly and firmly if necessary,” Trudeau said during

(Adnkronos) – Swedish police have announced the arrest of a person in the Stockholm area suspected of preparing Islamic terrorist crimes. The Times of Israel reports.   The person is suspected of preparing a terrorist crime, aggravated participation in a terrorist organization,

(Adnkronos) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has denounced alleged “irregularities” in the first round of the presidential elections, in which he won by a narrow margin over leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez, with whom he will go to a runoff.   “There have

(Adnkronos) – The German party Die Linke (The Left) has recorded a boom in subscriptions in recent weeks, bringing the number of its members to 81,200. In announcing this, the movement itself underlined that this is the biggest increase in membership since

(Adnkronos) – Relatives of hostages held for over a year in the Gaza Strip and their supporters are blocking the highway linking Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, asking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to “abandon” their loved ones. The Times of Israel

(Adnkronos) – Where the Gulf of Mexico once was, today on Google Maps, there is the Gulf of America. At least for American users, who see the new name of the body of water as required by the executive order signed by

(Adnkronos) – Bootleg liquor has claimed victims in Indonesia. Authorities have confirmed that at least nine people have died after drinking adulterated alcohol during a party in Cianjur, in the province of West Java. Three other people are hospitalized, police said.  According

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni and Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg looked at ways of cementing “already excellent” ties during talks in Rome on Monday that centred on migration, competitiveness and security, Meloni’s office said in a statement.  “The meeting allowed an

(Adnkronos) – Tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia are rising after the Azerbaijani airliner flying from Baku to Grozny crashed in Kazakhstan last December due to the impact with “an external object”, as investigators have established. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has repeatedly said

(Adnkronos) – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has announced his resignation after opposition forces succeeded in initiating impeachment proceedings against him. Local media report that Iohannis explained that he made the decision to “spare Romania and its citizens this crisis,” stating that he

(Adnkronos) – A bus carrying 75 people plunged into a ravine in Guatemala City. At least 31 people have died, rescuers said. “So far 31 bodies have been recovered from the bus and we are working to rescue other people who are

(Adnkronos) – Rescue workers continue to operate in southwest China after a landslide buried several homes on Saturday. At least 28 people are still missing, according to media reports in the Asian giant. The official death toll is at least one dead

(Adnkronos) – Tragedy in South Korea. A teacher stabbed an eight-year-old student, who later died from her injuries. It happened in an elementary school in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, as the South Korean agency Yonhap reports. According to the reconstruction,

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni held talks in Rome on Monday with Austria’s caretaker chancellor and foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg, according to a government statement.  Schallenberg was sworn in as interim chancellor on 10 January, replacing fellow conservative Karl Nehammer, who

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Monday condemned the vandalism in Basovizza near the Slovenian border at the weekend of a monument to victims of the World War II-era massacres by Yugoslav forces.  “The desecration of the Basovizza foiba site

(Adnkronos) – Candidate countries Serbia, Albania and Montenegro may be ready to join the European Union in 2029, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday on the sidelines of a meeting in Rome on the Western Balkans.  “For Serbia, Montenegro and

(Adnkronos) – The stability of the Western Balkans region is “a priority” for the Italy’s government, and is vital for Europe’s security, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Monday ahead of a meeting in Rome of the ‘Friends of the Balkans’ group.  “The

(Adnkronos) – Career diplomat Andy Detaille is Belgium’s new envoy to Italy after he received president Sergio Mattarella’s seal of approval, the foreign ministry said on Monday in a statement.  Detaille has headed Belgium’s foreign ministry’s Directorate-General for European Affairs since September

(Adnkronos) – The party of Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti is on course to win the most seats in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections. This was stated by the electoral commission, while specifying that the numbers are not enough to form a government majority. 

(Adnkronos) – More than 100 people were trapped in a thermal resort in Fukushima, in northeastern Japan, after a snow slide blocked the entrance to several accommodation facilities. Local authorities reported this.   A first landslide occurred around 4 am local time

(Adnkronos) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has asked his ministers and other senior officials to resign, at the height of days of high tension for the government after the president denounced his team on live television.  “I have asked for the resignations

(Adnkronos) – Ecuador’s leftist presidential candidate, Luisa Gonzalez, said the first-round election result was a “statistical tie” that will send the two candidates to a runoff.  Addressing euphoric supporters in Quito, Gonzalez, of the Revolución Ciudadana party, celebrated the “victory” for the

(Adnkronos) – Eni’s current activities in and diversification plans for Ghana were the focus of talks between the country’s president John Dramani Mahama and the Italian major’s CEO Claudio Descalzi in Accra on Friday.  Descalzi highlighted achievements of the Cape Three Points

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Monaco want to hold a business forum to boost exports and investment opportunities for both countries’ companies, foreign minister Antonio Tajani announced on Friday after talks with head of state Prince Albert.  “It is an honour to meet

(Adnkronos) – Connectivity – by land and sea – and boosting bilateral language, cultural, tourism and health cooperation are the focus of foreign minister Antonio Tajani’s visit to France’s southern city of Nice on Friday, according to a foreign ministry statement.  “Ensuring