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Rome, Ankara and il Mediterraneo allargato

16:35 03.05.2021 Vladislav Gulevich

Rome, Ankara and il Mediterraneo allargato

Italy and Turkey are facing an aggravation of the geopolitical rivalry in the Mediterranean. The sphere of Italy’s influence in the region is territorially overlapping that of Turkey, sparkling a variety of diplomatic scandals.Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Draghi has described the Turkish president as a dictator with whom Rome …

«Sputnik V» and Italy

12:23 25.03.2021 Anna Yershova

«Sputnik V» and Italy

Photo: RIA NovostiItaly may become the first European country to start a mass production of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V. An agreement to this effect wassignedby the Russian Direct Investment Foundation and the pharmaceutical company Adienne Pharma&Вiotech. However, without the consent of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) it will …

Italian DOC Festival – a platform for cultural dialogue between Russia and Italy

10:25 08.12.2020 Anna Yershova

Italian DOC Festival – a platform for cultural dialogue between Russia and Italy

When speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2ndItalian Documentary Film Festival in Moscow, Italian ambassador Pasquale Terracciano said that the Italian DOC Festival is primarily intended to provide the Russian audience with a better picture of Italy’s past and present with the help of six films about the country’s …

Year before COP26: countries addressing climate issues

11:36 09.11.2020 Anna Yershova

Year before COP26: countries addressing climate issues

The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly became a key challenge in 2020. However, there exists a global issue that poses an equally serious threat – climate change. According to international scientific research, 2020 temperatures are at an all-time high, greenhouse gas concentration is growing, while natural disasters are acquiring ever more devastating …

Russian army lends a helping hand to Italy

9:55 26.03.2020 Alexander Sheffner

Russian army lends a helping hand to Italy

For the past three days, Russian military transport planes with medical specialists and aid on board have been landing at an air base near Rome to help Italy in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. Critics immediately started looking for some ulterior motives behind Moscow’s move, describing it as just …

Crimea: Italian MP Vito Comencini remembers Italian deportation victims

13:15 08.02.2019 Eliseo Bertolasi

Crimea: Italian MP Vito Comencini remembers Italian deportation victims

On January 29, 1942, an estimated 2,000 Italians resident in Kerch were ordered out of their homes and sent out to Kazakhstan in what essentially was an ethnic deportation authorized by Josef Stalin in retribution for the Italian military joining the German invasion of the Soviet Union.Kerch was occupied by …

Italy making its way back to Africa

12:34 06.02.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

Italy making its way back to Africa

The countries of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia) have recently been the focus of attention of Italian diplomacy, with the need to find political partners in Africa to resolve the migrant crisis, the signing of a long-awaited peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 2018, China’s …

Italy vs France: war of elites over “yellow vests” and Libya

11:19 28.01.2019 Dmitry Babich

Italy vs France: war of elites over “yellow vests” and Libya

The disputes, which regularly flare up between the current governments of France and Italy are important for Russia, since the ideological rift between President Emmanuel Macron and the ruling Italian coalition of Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio has, among other things, have direct bearing on this country. However, there …

Libya: Blind alleys of political settlement

11:55 26.12.2018 Viktor Goncharov

Libya: Blind alleys of political settlement

An international conference on Libya, mediated by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte that was recently held in Palermo, Sicily, was looking for ways to reconcile the rival centers of power and generally stabilize the situation in the long-troubled North African nation. One of these main power centers is the Government …

Italy steps up political activities in the Mediterranean

15:14 13.12.2018 Vladislav Gulevich

Italy steps up political activities in the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean serves as a platform for Rome’s geopolitical efforts in the region which are aimed at creating a powerful configuration of strength that would leave the three main vectors of Italy’s foreign policy – the southern (directed at North Africa), the western (directed at the Atlantic) and the eastern …

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