The seven militants had been given refuge in France decades ago, a move which poisoned diplomatic ties between France and Italy. The arrests signal a strengthening of ties between the two governments.
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Young Italians Are Accused of Jumping the Line for Vaccines
“How can people in all conscience jump the line?” Prime Minister Mario Draghi said. “Knowing that they leave exposed a person who is over 75 to a risk, a concrete risk of dying, or a fragile person?”
How Mario Draghi Is Making Italy a Power Player in Europe
The new prime minister is leveraging his European relationships and his solid reputation to make Italy a force on the continent in a way it has not been in decades.
Italy Pushes Back as Health Care Workers Shun Covid Vaccines
Prime Minister Mario Draghi issued a decree requiring that workers in health care facilities be vaccinated, a move that will test the legal limits of his government’s efforts to stem coronavirus outbreaks.
Why Supply Isn’t the Only Thing Stymying Europe’s Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout
Bureaucratic inertia, a diffusion of responsibility and logistical problems have seriously undercut vaccination efforts. In Italy, it’s the older population that bears the brunt.
Supply Isn’t the Only Thing Stymying Europe’s Vaccine Rollout
Bureaucratic inertia, a diffusion of responsibility and logistical problems have seriously undercut vaccination efforts. In Italy, it’s the older population that bears the brunt.
Italy Heads Into Another Lockdown
The circulation of a more contagious coronavirus variant, combined with a slow vaccine rollout, led to a 15 percent increase in cases nationally last week.
Desperate Italy Blocks Exports of Vaccines Bound for Australia
The move, under new E.U. rules, is part of an intensifying global competition for doses as vaccine shortages hamper rollouts and variants raise fears of virus surges.
Italy’s New Prime Minister Appeals for Unity and Sacrifice
In Mario Draghi’s first speech as head of government, the former European Central Bank chief laid out plans for societal changes and a recovery from the pandemic.
A Giant of Europe Prepares to Head Italy’s New Unity Government
Mario Draghi presented his cabinet to Italy’s president on Friday, all but assuring that he will become prime minister at a precarious moment for the country and the European Union.