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Luxottica Eyewear Empire Founder Leonardo Del Vecchio Dies

Leonardo Del Vecchio, who founded eyewear empire Luxottica in a trailer and turned an everyday object into a global fashion item, becoming one of Italy's richest men in the process, died on Monday, the eyeglass company said. He was 87. "EssilorLuxottica announces with deep sorrow the passing of Chairman Leonardo…

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Ray Ban eyewear empire founder Leonardo Del Vecchio dies

Leonardo Del Vecchio, who founded eyewear empire Luxottica and turned an everyday object into a global fashion item, has died in Italy

The Independent UK

Proposed price cap on Russian oil moves closer at G7 summit

Western leaders hope to tighten vice around Vladimir Putin without causing backlash at home or in global south

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Italy's Draghi backs large investments in gas infrastructure in developing countries

Large investments in gas infrastructure in developing countries are needed, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said as leaders of the Group of Seven rich democracies unveiled projects on energy and infrastructure financing on Sunday.

Reuters

History turns full circle as G7 alarm bells ring over energy once again

First meeting in 1975 grappled with the oil shock – now it is Russia’s war in Ukraine creating angst

The Guardian - UK

Putin’s war is forcing Italy to rethink its historic ties to Russia

The head of Italy’s industry lobby, Carlo Bonomi, traveled to Kyiv recently to demonstrate the business community’s support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.

Tribune News Service

Italy's 5-Star leader pledges to support Draghi despite schism

Italy's 5-Star Movement is not considering leaving Mario Draghi's government, party chief Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday, dismissing suggestions he could withdraw after his group broke in two.

Reuters

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Analysis-Macron's EU standing takes hit from parliament mess - but who else to lead?

President Emmanuel Macron has suffered a bruising setback in France's politics but may yet stay out ahead in a three-way race as Europe's informal leader, not because of his own mandate but because of the weakness of his German and Italian rivals.

Reuters

Italy's 5-Stars in chaos as Di Maio splits, forms new group

Italy’s political landscape has shifted after Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio formalized his departure from the 5-Star Movement

The Independent UK

Italy's Foreign Minister Di Maio quits 5-Star Movement

Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday he was leaving the 5-Star Movement to form a new parliamentary group backing the government of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

Reuters

Italy's Draghi gets backing for government line on Ukraine

Premier Mario Draghi has secured parliamentary backing to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia

The Independent UK

Doyle McManus: War in Ukraine is a battle of wills and economic pain — and the West is showing fatigue

I was in the hills of northern Italy last week, mostly on vacation but also curious to see how the war in Ukraine has affected life next door in Europe.

Los Angeles Times

Medvedev Mocks French, German, Italian Leaders In Kyiv As Fans Of Frogs, Liverwurst And Spaghetti

Former Russian president and staunch Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev derided French, German and Italian leaders who visited the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as “fans of frogs, liverwurst, and spaghetti”.

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Italian foreign minister accuses own party of 'immaturity' over Ukraine

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio on Sunday accused his own 5-Star Movement party of undermining government efforts to support Ukraine and weakening Rome's standing within the European Union.

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Gas rationing is getting closer for Europe

Throughout the entire Cold War and in the decades since, Russia was a stable supplier of gas to Europe. That changed this week.

The Guardian - UK

France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine

Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea

Daily Mirror

Russian state TV in chilling suggestion Macron should have been bombed in Kyiv

TV anchor Yevgeny Popov somehow managed to link the French, German and Italian leaders being in Ukraine as proof that there was no 'war' but only a limited Russian military operation

AFP

Russia gas squeeze threatens Europe's stockpiling plans

Paris (AFP) - With France becoming the latest country to be cut off from Russian natural gas, and supplies sharply reduced in Italy and Germany, Europe's summer stockpiling plans are looking shaky.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine moves step closer to EU membership as it is granted candidate status

President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was ‘the first step on the EU membership path that’ll certainly bring our victory closer’

Al Jazeera

European Commission backs Ukraine for EU candidate status

Commission gives a fast-tracked opinion on membership of the bloc before a summit of EU leaders on June 23-24.

The Guardian - UK

International investigators visit war-torn areas near Kyiv – as it happened

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Reuters

EU backs Ukraine's membership bid to 'live the European dream'

The European Union gave its blessing on Friday for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova to become candidates to join the bloc, reaching out deep into the former Soviet Union for what would be a major geopolitical shift following Russia's Ukraine invasion.

AFP

EU to give fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine membership bid

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - The European Commission will meet Friday to give its fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine's bid for EU candidacy, a step closer to membership for the country a day after the bloc's most powerful leaders visited Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine, Moldova set to get initial EU nods on membership path

The European Commission plans to recommend that Ukraine and Moldova be granted candidate status in a symbolic step forward in the lengthy process to become members of the European Union.

Crikey

Germany, France, Italy bring Kyiv EU hope

French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Olaf Scholz and Italy’s Mario Draghi have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv.

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