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A Sea-Watch rescue ship arrived in Lampedusa Saturday carrying 44 migrants rescued from an abandoned oil rig in the Mediterranean. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Sea-Watch, a non-profit sea rescue group, said the migrants were on the oil rig ‘Didon’ after taking refuge to escape a storm. The presence of the migrants on the oil rig, in the […]

Published on 04/04/2026 – 14:41 GMT+2 The escape of Roberto Mazzarella, head of the eponymous clan that controls Naples, ended in a luxury resort in Vietri sul Mare, in the Salerno area. Carabinieri on Friday night arrested the boss, who had been wanted since January 28, 2025, after having escaped a European arrest warrant for […]

Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria have asked the EU for energy companies to help alleviate the burden on consumers and taxpayers triggered by the war in the Middle East, using the extra profits that companies are accumulating thanks to rising fuel prices. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The five Ministers of Economy and Finance wrote this in […]

Marking his first Good Friday as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross through all 14 stations of the way of the cross at the Colosseum, a feat not seen by a pope in decades. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “I think it will be an important sign because of what the pope represents, a spiritual leader […]

Published on 03/04/2026 – 16:17 GMT+2 The new mayor of Paris pledged on Friday to stop sexual violence in schools and pre-schools, saying authorities in the French capital had suspended more than 30 school monitors suspected of sexual abuse since January. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING School monitors recruited and trained by the city help look after children […]

As the war in the Middle East continues to tighten global oil supplies by 12 million barrels per day, the European Union is scrambling to address soaring energy bills and encouraging people across the bloc to reduce driving. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The level of alert across the EU27 intensified when Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen shifted the […]

Published on 03/04/2026 – 12:34 GMT+2 Sweden’s coastguard said it boarded a vessel subject to EU sanctions on Friday, suspecting it of an environmental crime after an oil spill in the Baltic Sea. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Flora 1 tanker vessel was boarded after an oil spill stretching 12 kilometers was detected early on Thursday east […]

Three Greek cabinet members resigned on Friday in a burgeoning EU farm subsidy scandal that has heaped pressure on the country’s conservative government, state TV ERT reported. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The channel said the ministers of agriculture and civil protection had resigned, alongside a deputy health minister, with the government spokesman set to make announcements on […]

Published on 03/04/2026 – 4:57 GMT+2 US Vice President JD Vance will visit Hungary on Tuesday and Wednesday, during the final week of campaigning ahead of the country’s general election, the White House has announced. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Vance will hold talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and deliver remarks on the “rich partnership between the […]