Italy: The women taking on the mafia
Italy's southern Puglia region is the territory of the Sacra Corona Unita, also known as the "fourth mafia". Less well known than Cosa Nostra, the Camorra or the 'Ndrangheta, the criminal group…
New citizenship controversy in Italy
Citizenship claims on the basis of blood ties will be limited to two generations, whereas previously going back four generations back could secure a passport.…
Italy and Libya’s murky migrant deals
Opposition groups in Italy are accusing the government of freeing the head of Libya's judicial police because it relies on Libyan security forces to check the flow of African migrants crossing the…
Italy blocks DeepSeek over data privacy concerns
Italy's data protection agency has moved to block the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek after its developers failed to hand over information about how personal data is collected and whether it's stored on…
‘Baby gangs’ of Italy: Naples police clamp down on youth violence
Since the end of the pandemic, Naples, in the South of Italy, has seen a worrying increase in youth violence. Groups of adolescents, known as “baby gangs”, are getting involved in illegal…
Migrants recount mistreatment in Italy’s detention centres
The first group of migrants intercepted in Italian waters arrived in Albania as part of Rome's controversial scheme to process asylum seekers outside the EU.…
Germany warns Italy’s UniCredit against Commerzbank takeover
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned against a "hostile takeover" of Commerzbank, after Italy's UniCredit revealed it had significantly increased its stake in Germany's second-largest bank, from 9 percent to 21 percent.…
Italy cracks down on Naples’ money printing industry
On the outskirts of Naples, at the feet of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy lies one of the largest productions of counterfeit Euros. According to Italian authorities which recently shutdown an illegal…
EURO 2024: Netherlands Vs France match Preview | The Nutmeg
The Euros began with a bang and this week we have two games. Spain versus Italy and The Netherlands are up against France. Ayomide Sotubo and Ifeoluwa Johnson preview the two games…
For neo-fascist groups in Italy, Mussolini’s legacy still resonates
In Italy the government of Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, has been criticised for being complacent about the rise of neo-fascism. Since the arrival of Meloni…
Italy: Court drops charges against migrant rescue ship crews
The case had been noted as an extreme example of European governments' efforts to thwart NGOs helping migrants in the Mediterranean.…