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Lashing out at Italy, France allows Ocean Viking to dock

Marseille (AFP) - France warned Italy of "severe consequences" Thursday as it agreed to take in a charity ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, after Rome refused to allow them to disembark in its ports.

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France says it will allow migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking to dock, slams Italy’s refusal

France said Thursday that it would allow a rescue ship carrying more than 200 migrants to dock on its southern coast and disembark its passengers, harshly criticising Italy for failing to take them in.

France 24

France to let migrant boat dock, has harsh words for Italy

France said on Thursday it would allow an NGO ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to dock at the port of Toulon, while harshly criticising Italy for not taking the boat in.

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People rescued in Italian waters spark row between Italy and France

French government calls Rome’s refusal to let boat carrying 234 asylum seekers dock ‘unacceptable’

The Guardian - UK

Appian Way: How to explore Rome’s original superhighway by bike

Richard Collet swaps the Colosseum for another ancient wonder: the 2,300-year-old, 600km route from the Italian capital to Brindisi

The Independent UK

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits Italy’s northeastern coast

Schools were closed and trains suspended as a precaution following the quake, which was felt 300km away in Rome

Evening Standard

Italy's rejection of Ocean Viking migrant ship 'unacceptable', France says

The Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship should dock in Italian waters as per international maritime laws and Rome's refusal to let it do so - which has caused the ship to head to France - is "unacceptable", the French government said on Wednesday.

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Italian archaeologists unearth 24 bronze statues dating back to ancient Rome ‘that could rewrite history’

The statues were discovered in San Casciano dei Bagni, a hilltop town in the Siena province

Evening Standard

Migrants come ashore at Sicily port as France points finger at Italy

Catania (Italy) (AFP) - Hundreds of migrants waiting aboard rescue ships after Italy denied them entry finally came ashore Tuesday, even as a diplomatic row broke out between Paris and Rome over another vessel seeking safe harbour.

AFP

Rome hoteliers get cold feet over heating restrictions

Rome hotels complained on Tuesday about a city decree that delayed the date homes and business can switch on central heating systems until Nov. 21 - some three weeks later than normal.

Reuters

Italy unearths exceptional haul of ancient bronzes

Rome (AFP) - Italian archaeologists announced on Tuesday the extraordinary discovery of more than 20 bronze statues created over 2,000 years ago, almost perfectly preserved in the mud of hot springs in Tuscany.

AFP

Italy ‘breaking law’ by refusing to let migrants disembark, say charities in port standoff OLD

Hundreds of migrants blocked from reaching land as Rome takes hardline stance

The Independent UK

German official: migrants should be able to disembark ship off Italian coast

Germany is in talks with Rome about the fate of rescued migrants who were stranded on a German-flagged charity vessel off the Italian coast and wants them to be given permission to disembark, a spokesperson said on Monday.

Reuters

Juve see signs of rebirth in Inter win as Lazio claim derby honours

Milan (AFP) - Juventus' long crisis showed signs of being over on Sunday after their 2-0 win over fierce rivals Inter Milan put them in sight of Serie A's top four, while Felipe Anderson fired Lazio to a 1-0 Rome derby triumph.

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Juve see off Inter as Lazio claim derby honours

Milan (AFP) - Juventus beat fierce rivals Inter Milan 2-0 on Sunday to move in sight of Serie A's top four, while Felipe Anderson fired Lazio to a 1-0 win in the first Rome derby of the season.

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Reflecting on a century of Fascism

When Fascist Blackshirts marched through the streets of Rome at the end of October 1922, their leader, Benito Mussolini, had just been installed as prime minister.

AFP

Italy accused of illegally rejecting migrants as anger mounts

Rome (AFP) - Humanitarian groups on Sunday said Italy had broken international law by refusing to let in migrants plucked from the sea as a German rescue charity said it would take legal action against Rome.

AFP

Anderson takes derby honours to move Lazio third

Milan (AFP) - Felipe Anderson won the first Rome derby of the season for Lazio on Sunday with the only goal in a scrappy 1-0 victory over Roma which moved his team third in Serie A.

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Italy accepts some migrants, not others as tensions rise

Rome (AFP) - Italy readied Sunday to allow vulnerable migrants off a second charity rescue vessel in Sicily, but sources close to firebrand minister Matteo Salvini warned those not eligible to remain would be forced back into international waters.

AFP

Child migrants need safe port as tensions rise: rescue charities

Rome (AFP) - Children rescued in the Mediterranean must be allowed to disembark in a safe port, charities said Saturday, as a stand-off with Italy over migrant arrivals intensified.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Climate Protesters Splatter Van Gogh in Rome with Pea Soup

Environmental activists tossed pea soup on a Vincent van Gogh painting Friday in Rome to protest carbon use and natural gas extraction, but caused no damage to the glass-covered painting. Security intervened immediately and removed the protesters kneeling in front of “The Sower” at the Palazzo Bonaparte to deliver a…

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Climate activists hurl pea soup on Van Gogh in Rome

Rome (AFP) - A group of activists on Friday splashed pea soup onto a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece in Rome, in a protest they warned will continue until more attention was paid to climate change.

Al Jazeera

Reporter hails work of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks in new book

Stefania Maurizi says the whistleblowing organisation is key in revealing ‘state criminality at the highest level’.

Al Jazeera

Norway insists Italy responsible for people stranded on NGO ships

Oslo rebuffs Rome’s claim it should take charge of people rescued by NGO vessels flying its flag.

Reuters

Italy demands countries take responsibility for migrant rescue boats

A row escalated on Friday over who should take care of migrants rescued by charity groups off the Italian coast, with Italy insisting that countries whose flag was flown by the boats should bear some of the responsibility and Norway disagreeing.

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