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France’s Naval Group will supply the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with two Gowind navy corvettes in a deal announced Thursday by French President Emmanuel Macron. President Macron made the announcement at the end of his two-day trip, his first to Read more
Italy Wednesday dispatched a new envoy to Egypt more than a year after it recalled its ambassador to protest Cairo’s slowness in establishing truth about the death of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni. The new envoy, Giampaolo Cantini, landed in Read more
Italy’s Ambassador to Egypt will be returning to Cairo more than a year after being recalled for consultations in protest to the murder of Italian citizen Guilio Regeni, 28. Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said sending an Ambassador to Cairo does Read more
Qatar and Italy signed Wednesday a military deal for the purchase of seven war vessels worth $6 billion. “I am pleased to announce the conclusion of a deal between the Qatari naval forces to buy seven naval units from Italy Read more
The NATO, which backed Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall, has indicated it would assist Libya’s UN-sponsored Presidency Council to rebuild the country’s defense apparatus. The announcement was made by Jens Stoltenberg, the organization’s Secretary General at a press conference with Italian Premier Read more
Moroccan intelligence services helped Spain avert several terrorist attacks in recent years, member of the Royal Spanish Academy Luis Maria Anson Oliart said. Moroccan security services alerted on multiple occasions their Spanish peers on eminent attacks that could have a Read more
Israel, Italy, Greece and Cyprus have agreed to build the longest undersea gas pipeline in the world worth around $6.2 billion. The pipeline is expected to be completed in 2025 and feasibility studies have already been completed. The project is Read more
Italy has reached an agreement with 60 Libyan tribes to combat illegal migration following 72 hours of secret talks in Rome. Libya’s southwestern border is dominated by the Tuaregs while the Toubous are predominantly based in the southeast. The Arab Read more
Egypt and Sudan continue to express concern over the potential reduction of their share of the Nile water as Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project is about halfway complete and is expected to be operating by July 2017. Egypt has long Read more
A day before European leaders meet in Malta to discuss, among other issues, the illegal migration from Libya, the North African Country and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding meant to upgrade bilateral cooperation in many areas, including the fight Read more