Government officials in Rome are fuming at Josep Borrell for his push to appoint former FM Luigi Di Maio as the EU special envoy chief to the Persian Gulf, saying the Commission ignored Italian voters.
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InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/04/20
There are two investigations in Italy, looking in to the delayed disembarking of migrants involving former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini as defendant. The cases are now being heard by preliminary investigative judges in Sicily.
The two investigations involving former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini are underway in front of preliminary investigative judges in Sicily.
The first involves the Open Arms rescue ship, and was opened by the Agrigento prosecutor s office but later moved to the Sicilian capital Palermo, with an indictment of the League party leader, Matteo Salvini.
The second concerns the Gregoretti ship, and is being heard in Catania in eastern Sicily. In this case, the preliminary investigative judge Nunzio Sarpietro is expected to announce his decision on May 14.
Why Macron rules out official apology for colonial atrocities in Algeria? Abdus Sattar Ghazali 01 Feb 2021
French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out issuing an official apology for colonial abuses in Algeria, his office said on January 20. There will be “no repentance nor apologies” for the occupation of Algeria or the bloody eight-year war that ended French rule, Macron’s office said, adding that the president would instead take part in “symbolic acts” aimed at promoting reconciliation.
The 1954-62 Algerian war of independence continues to strain relations between the two countries nearly 60 years later.
Also on January 20, an historian commissioned by the president with assessing “the progress made by France on the memory of the colonization of Algeria and the Algerian war”, submitted his findings. The report by Benjamin Stora recommended the creation of a “memory and truth” commission to address abuses committed in the no