(Adnkronos) – Italy’s conservative premier Giorgia Meloni has congratulated Bart De Wever, who was on Monday sworn in as Belgium’s new prime minister after seven months of political negotiations followed inconclusive national polls last June.  “Congratulations and best wishes to my friend

(Adnkronos) – Italy is moving ahead with its multi-billion euro Mattei plan to accelerate Africa’s economic growth, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said Monday, announcing he will visit Egypt later this month.  “We are moving forward on the Mattei plan, we are working

(Adnkronos) – Bilateral ties, international cooperation, domestic, regional and global affairs and Georgia’s stalled European Union membership bid were at the centre of talks Monday between Italy’s envoy Massimiliano D’Antuono and the Caucasian country’s foreign minister Maka Botchorishvili.  “Amb.@maxdantuono met Maka Botchorishvili,

(Adnkronos) – Thirty Palestinian minors suffering from cancer will be brought to Italy for treatment as part of Italy’s ongoing efforts to protect Palestinian children, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told a summit taking place at the Vatican on Monday.  ”Thirty Palestinian children

(Adnkronos) – Koryo Tours, a British tour operator based in Beijing but specializing in tourism to North Korea, has announced the opening of bookings for a trip to the border city of Rason, to celebrate the birthday of former leader Kim Jong

(Adnkronos) – A Pakistani policeman was killed in the northwest of the country while he was on his way to join a team tasked with conducting polio vaccinations. Pakistani police reported this to Afp. The attack came on the day of the

(Adnkronos) – One person died and four others were injured following an explosion that occurred in the ‘Scarlet Sails’ residential complex in north-west Moscow. The Ria Novosti news agency reports citing emergency services. The cause of the explosion is currently unknown. 

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump announced last night that he will hold talks with the leaders of Canada and Mexico “tomorrow morning”, after signing punitive tariffs of 25% towards both countries.  Trump also anticipated to reporters his intention to implement duties

(Adnkronos) – Norwegian police have stopped a ship with a Russian crew suspected of being involved in the latest damage to a cable in the Baltic Sea between Latvia. This was announced by the police in Tromso, in northern Norway, stating that

(Adnkronos) – Overwhelmed with criticism for having promoted a provision against immigration that would have been supported by the AfD, the leader of the CDU, Friederich Merz, reacted with ill-concealed annoyance to the request of the leader of the Greens in the

(Adnkronos) – Jean Marie Le Pen’s tomb, who died on January 7, was vandalized. According to what was reported to Le Figaro by a police source, last night, unknown persons vandalized the tomb of the founder of the Front National and father

(Adnkronos) – A 5.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. No tsunami warning was issued. Initial data from the meteorological agency spoke of a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, later corrected to 5.9. The tremors occurred around 6 pm local

(Adnkronos) – Former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, an exponent of the Law and Justice party, has been arrested following his refusal to testify before the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the Pis government’s use of Israeli Pegasus software against political opponents.

(Adnkronos) – Italy and other EU countries should buy more US goods to avoid a trade war, foreign minister Antonio Told Politico.eu in an interview on Friday.  “If Europe wants to avoid a trade war with (US president) Donald Trump, who is

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani has issued a call for calm and dialogue in Serbia on Friday as hundreds of striking students continued a two-day march from Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad, where they plan to blockade three

(Adnkronos) – European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and the bloc’s enlargement commissioner Marta Kos will take part in a meeting on the Balkans in Rome on 10 February, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday.  Tajani made the announcement in

(Adnkronos) – Italy and Serbia will work together to help rebuild war-shattered Ukraine, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told reporters at a press conference Friday in Belgrade with Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic.  “We have spoken in depth about cooperating with Serbia for the

(Adnkronos) – The Ugandan army (Updf) announced today that its troops deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo will adopt “an advanced defensive posture” as the M23 rebel advance in the region continues. In a statement, the Updf says that “the aim

(Adnkronos) – 67% of Germans would like Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Spd to join forces with the Cdu to see the draft law on migrants approved. 20% disagree. This is according to an Insa poll conducted yesterday for Bild.   76.4% of respondents

(Adnkronos) – The Mexican government has sent a letter to Google challenging the tech company’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps in the United States, in line with the announcement by the new

(Adnkronos) – “I cannot deal with, let alone start a negotiation on the canal. The canal belongs to Panama.” These were the words of Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, in response to US President Donald Trump’s statement that the United States would

(Adnkronos) – The Social Democrats of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) are evaluating the possibility of taking legal action in the event that the Bundestag – called today to examine the actual bill – approves the new immigration measures, after the first

(Adnkronos) – As a shaky truce between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah enters its second month, families who continue to return home to their villages in southern Lebanon are “facing immense challenges”, the UN warns.  “As the ceasefire enters its 2nd

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is attending a business forum in Belgrade on Friday in which over 400 companies from Italy and Serbia are taking part as the two countries look to ramp up already strong trade and economic ties.  The

(Adnkronos) – A Ukrainian man has been arrested in Slovakia on charges of planning a coup against Prime Minister Robert Fico. The Ljubljana police reported this, adding that the suspect was placed in administrative detention awaiting deportation to his country. Polish police

(Adnkronos) – “Guantanamo is a black mark on the honor of our nation, this massive expansion in the field of mass detention is morally indefensible raises significant concerns for civil liberties.” Thus the Democratic deputy, Jerry Nadler, condemns Donald Trump’s announcement for

(Adnkronos) – French troops are also leaving Chad. The French Armed Forces handed over the last base in the country to local authorities during a military ceremony held in N’Djamena after Chad pulled out of the security and defense cooperation agreement with

(Adnkronos) – At least 30 bodies recovered following the crash between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter. A law enforcement source told CBS, adding that “investigators are focusing on why the helicopter was flying in that location and at that

(Adnkronos) – An extraordinary meeting of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) dedicated to the situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is scheduled for tomorrow in Harare, Zimbabwe. Radio France Internationale reports. 

(Adnkronos) – There is a “risk” that the shooting murder of Salwan Momika, an Iraqi Christian refugee who repeatedly burned the Koran in Sweden, is linked to “a foreign power”. This was stated by Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kritstersson during a press