Roberta Pinotti

The Italian Parliament has given permission to launch a naval mission in Libya's territorial waters to provide technical support to the Libyan coastguard in the fight against human traffickers, reports Mediapool. 

Italy's parliament authorized on Wednesday a limited naval mission to help Libya's coastguard curb migrant flows, which have become a source of growing political friction ahead of national elections expected early next year, Reuters reported.

Italy’s energy giant ENI is currently carrying out drilling offshore Cyprus and this could lead to a positive development for the whole of Europe.

This is what Italian Minister of Defence Roberta Pinotti said in Nicosia on Monday evening after talks with her Cypriot counterpart Christoforos Fokaides.

Three adults and a girl have been detained in the centre of Venice as suspects in an alleged jihadist cell.
Police had been monitoring the group from Kosovo for months amid concerns they were planning to join Islamist militants in Syria, reports said.

The prime minster designate of Italy has kept on several officials and lawmakers from the outgoing government of Matteo Renzi, including its ex-interior minister.

Paolo Gentiloni's government will focus on reforming Italy's electoral laws and fortifying its banking sector.

ABU DHABI - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic, as the head of the Defence Ministry's delegation during its visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), conferred with his colleagues and representatives of armed forces from the region and the rest of the world in Abu Dhabi on Monday, on the margins of the international defence exhibition and conference IDEX 2015.

BELGRADE - Thirty-three members of the Serbian Armed Forces departed for Lebanon on Thursday to join the Italian contingent of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission, the Italian Embassy in Belgrade released in a statement.

ROME - Serbia's outgoing Defence Minister Nebojsa Rodic on Monday paid an official visit to Rome, where he met with Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti to discuss ways to improve cooperation.

BELGRADE - Nebojsa Rodic, Serbia's outgoing defence minister, will pay a visit to Italy on Monday during which he will meet with his Italian counterpart Roberta Pinotti to discuss the possibilities of fostering cooperation in the defence field.