Milan, Italy – With just one week to go before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin on 6 February, the United Nations and the Games’ organisers have renewed their call for a 52-day pause in wars worldwide. The appeal, known as the Olympic Truce, is a tradition dating back to…
Brussels – European Union foreign ministers were expected Thursday to agree on placing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on the bloc’s official terrorist list, following a deadly crackdown on mass protests across Iran. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the move was necessary to hold the Guards accountable: “If you…
Italy has lodged a formal protest against Switzerland following the release on bail of Jacques Moretti, owner of the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, where a New Year’s Day fire killed 40 people and injured more than 100, many of them teenagers. Background to the Case Moretti and his wife…
Two separate cable car tragedies this week have left communities in Sri Lanka and Italy grieving after deadly accidents claimed multiple lives. Sri Lanka: Monks Among Victims at Na Uyana Monastery At least seven Buddhist monks, including three foreign nationals from India, Russia, and Romania, were killed in a cable…