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‘They are Humans’: Albania Memorializes Dramatic Exodus to Italy
This wasn't the first mass escape from Albania. A few months before, on March 6, 1991, several thousand more Albanians reached Italy after seizing cargo ships in the ports.
A year earlier, on July 1990, some 5,000 others took refuge in foreign embassies in the capital, Tirana. Thousands more crossed the land border to Greece.
Another Spy Scandal in EU: Navy Captain Arrested in Italy after Secret Meeting with Russian Diplomat
Italian police said on Wednesday they had arrested an Italian navy captain and a Russian diplomat on suspicion of spying after the two were caught swapping a document for money at a clandestine meeting.
Italy orders 2 Russian Embassy officials expelled for spying
Italy on March 31 ordered two Russian Embassy officials expelled and arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after police caught the Italian allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money.
Palinuro | Cephalonia | September 7-9
The Palinuro, a three-masted, iron-hulled barquentine that serves as a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy, will be anchored at the Ionian island of Cephalonia's port of Argostoli from September 7 to 9. The public will be able to board the historic vessel for guided tours on Friday between 4 and 7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m.
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Italy sends frigate to Cyprus's EEZ
Italy will send a frigate to the area off Cyprus island where Turkish military has been obstructing a vessel exploring for natural gas, according to a report in Italy's Republica online edition.
According to the report, the vessel, the Maestrale-class frigate Euro (F575) of the Italian Navy, is taking part in NATO's Sea Guardian maritime operation in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Rights Group Questions Italy's Work with Libya Stopping Migrants
Europe's top human rights organization asked Italy for more information on its work intercepting migrants at sea, warning that any moves to return them to Libya would break international treaties.
Italian Navy training ship docks in Piraeus
The Italian Navy's sail training vessel Palinuro is seen arriving at the port of Piraeus on Saturday. The schooner, on which cadets from the Italian Navy CPO School in Taranto, southern Italy, are currently undergoing training, will remain moored in Piraeus until Tuesday. Members of the public will be able to go aboard the vessel from 10 a.m. to noon and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday.
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Migrant crisis in the Mediterranean: What you need to know
The boat has become a symbol of the crisis in the Mediterranean: a creaky fishing boat, maybe, or a sagging rubber raft, crowded with refugees seeking a better life on a new shore.
Italy rescues more than 1500 migrants
Italian coast guard said 1,569 migrants had been rescued in 11 separate operations in the Strait of Sicily, since the number of boats departing from the Libyan coast has been rising.
The “Diciotti” vessel rescued four inflatable dinghies and a boat, bringing a total of 774 people to safety, including 125 women and five children, the coast guard said in a statement.
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Nearly 2,000 boat migrants rescued off Libya
Nearly 2,000 migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast in 11 separate operations, the Italian navy said on Dec. 3, after a break in bad weather sparked fresh attempts at the perilous Mediterranean crossing.
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