The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Italian orienteering athlete Mattia Debertolis has died in hospital after competing at the World Games in Chengdu, China, organizers said on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/12/more-sports/italian-athlete-dies-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #orienteering#worldgames #china #chengdu #italy
skykiss ♾️🇺🇦 Vote Midterms
@skykiss@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

So Trump is allowing a war criminal terrorist with an arrest warrant on U.S. soil.

The convicted criminal is giving mass child kidnapper mass murderer war criminal Putin a huge gift: the legitimacy of touching down on US soil at the invitation of a US president. A reward for the full-scale invasion of a sovereign, democratic country that the United States and its European allies support.

#Ukraine #europeanunion #eu #nato#usa
skykiss ♾️🇺🇦 Vote Midterms
@skykiss@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

The mass child kidnapper mass murderer wanted by The International Criminal Court “for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) & that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation”*

Putin will be safe; Trump protects child traffickers.

#Ukraine#usa #press #media #news #europeanunion#Uk#France#England#Deutschland#Italy#Spain#Baltics #nato
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Italy's competition watchdog has imposed a €1 million fine on China-founded online fast fashion retailer Shein for misleading customers about the environmental impact of its products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/05/companies/italian-regulator-shein-greenwashing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #italy #shein #greenwashing #fastfashion
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Prato, a city near Florence that is Europe's largest apparel manufacturing center, has turned into a battleground for warring Chinese mafia groups seeking to control it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/crime-legal/italy-fast-fashion-chinese-mafia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #china #fastfashion #apparel #fashion #italy #organizedcrime #smuggling
franco_vazza
@franco_vazza@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Did you know? In the northern Italian region of #Trentino there's this kind of pasta, actually a sort of gnocchi, literally called "Priest-stranglers" (strangolapreti). Curiously, a bit more south (Emilia Romagna/marche) you find another different kind of pasta, called "Priest chockers" (strozzapreti). #Italy as strong catholic roots and equally strong anti-clerical roots, and all comes out in interesting mixes over the dinner table. #cooking #food

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MV Louise Michel
@louisemichel@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Ain’t no rest for the wicked
How Libyan militias tail us at sea with EU and Italian support

During our most recent time at sea, we were once again followed by heavily armed Libyan militia boats.

These militias are involved in trafficking, slavery, and the detention camp system.

None of this is new. It’s been documented for years.

Yet news has come out that the Italian army has trained Eastern Libyan forces on its own military bases.

The same forces that just deported 700 Sudanese people back to a war-torn country.

We’re tired of saying it: #Libya is not safe.

But the #Meloni government keeps backing both sides of Libya, hoping it will help her control migration.

The people endangering lives keep getting money, boats, and praise.
Meanwhile, @seawatchcrew, @dakini_sar, and @resqship were detained for doing the work #Italy and the #EU refuse to do.

We want freedom of movement for all, and an end to support for Libyan militias.
MV Louise Michel
@louisemichel@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Ain’t no rest for the wicked
How Libyan militias tail us at sea with EU and Italian support

During our most recent time at sea, we were once again followed by heavily armed Libyan militia boats.

These militias are involved in trafficking, slavery, and the detention camp system.

None of this is new. It’s been documented for years.

Yet news has come out that the Italian army has trained Eastern Libyan forces on its own military bases.

The same forces that just deported 700 Sudanese people back to a war-torn country.

We’re tired of saying it: #Libya is not safe.

But the #Meloni government keeps backing both sides of Libya, hoping it will help her control migration.

The people endangering lives keep getting money, boats, and praise.
Meanwhile, @seawatchcrew, @dakini_sar, and @resqship were detained for doing the work #Italy and the #EU refuse to do.

We want freedom of movement for all, and an end to support for Libyan militias.
Proletarian Rage
@prolrage@todon.nl  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
#Germany and #Italy want to continue #GazaGenocide:

"#EU member states could not rally the support necessary to suspend Israel from the Horizon #Europe fund in response to the war in #Gaza. The proposal needed a qualified majority of member states to pass it. But two of the largest countries - #Germany and #Italy - said they need more time to examine it.

A European Commission proposal to deny #Israel partial access to the EU's €95 billion Horizon Europe research fund failed to garner the necessary qualified majority support when EU ambassadors met in #Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the issue.

If agreed, Israel would lose access to €200 millions' worth of future grants and investments in Horizon's European Investment Council (EIC) which specialises in so-called disruptive technologies.

...The Commission's motion to suspend Israel's participation in Horizon is in response to an EU report finding the country had breached #humanrights obligations in the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

After this finding the two sides came to an agreement that Israel would "substantially" increase access to civilians for food and medicine within the enclave to prevent the EU taking action for the breach.
However, the EU says there has been no material improvement for Palestinians.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/30/eu-fails-to-agree-israeli-suspension-from-research-fund-over-gaza