Shariah Finance Watch (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
The Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni threatened to shut down the Viale Jenner mosque in Milan. The European Affairs minister, Andrea Rochi, threatened to dismiss imams who do not recognize Israel. Italy also featured on the news when the story broke of an eleven year old who was sold by her parents to a 21 year [...]
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A top Italian minister says that misunderstandings with the European Union over a census of gypsy camps have been cleared up.Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said that he will send the EU a report by the end of the month on government plans for what he termed the ''gypsy emergency.'' Previous plans to take the fingerprints of all gypsies during the census have come under criticism for discriminating...
Islam in Europe (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Roberto Maroni, the Italian Minister of the Interior (Northern League), says that unless a solution is found by the end of August to the Islamic Cultural Institute and mosque in the Viale Jenner in Milan, it will be shut down. Maroni says he is sure a quick solution can be found for the demands of the citizens to have their street and for the mosque to have enough space. Municipality representatives...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
ROME - Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country - adults and children alike - brushing aside accusations of racism by human rights advocates and international organizations. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told parliament this week the move was needed to fight crime and identify illegal immigrants for expulsion, but also...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told parliament this week the move was needed to fight crime and identify illegal immigrants for expulsion.
IOL (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Despite criticism, Roberto Maroni has repeated his commitment.
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
OVER in Italy, Roberto Maroni, the country’s interior minister, plans to fingerprint all Romany children. It’s a repugnant idea, but one the Mail wants its readers to think about and place in context. “Is this proof Italy does need to crack down on gypsy immigrants'” asks the paper’s headline. Readers see a picture of a pickpocket dipping into [...]
Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Italy said on Saturday it had expelled 38 Egyptians as part of a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government on illegal immigration. In a statement, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, of the anti-immigrant Northern League party, said he was pleased at the expulsion of the
JURIST (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
[JURIST] A proposal by the Italian government to fingerprint the country's Roma minority drew fierce criticism from the human rights community and Roma advocates on Friday. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni announced plans on Thursday to fingerprint thousands of Roma children, saying that the process would help to reduce street begging and keep children in school. The plan would also involve fingerprinting...
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Wonder what you make of the news that Italy's interior minister has sparked criticism with a proposal that would see police fingerprinting all members of the Roma community living in camps? Roberto Maroni, of the Northern League, said the move would guarantee that those with the right to stay could live in decent conditions. Those without that right, including children, would be sent home, he said....
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
The Italian government plans to deploy 2,500 soldiers on police patrols in major cities, officials said.Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa and Interior Minister Roberto Maroni agreed to amend a bill on maintaining public safety to allow the use of the military, the news agency Ansa reported. The soldiers would be used for a six-month period, subject to renewal if both parties agree.La Russa said the...
Euractive (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
In an exclusive interview with EurActiv, Romanian Socialist MEP Adrian Severin hits out at Italy's Interior Minister Roberto Maroni for calling for the immediate dismantling of Roma camps and the arrest of their inhabitants.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Rome - Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni moved Thursday to reassure his Romanian counterpart, Cristian David, that Italy will not single out Romanian immigrants in a planned crackdown on crime. There is no problem with the Romanian community ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Rome - Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni and his Romanian counterpart Cristian David were to focus on immigration and crime in talks scheduled later on Thursday. The meeting in Rome comes amid moves by Italy's new conservative government to ti...
Shariah Finance Watch (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
ISLAM: MARONI, DIALOGUE WITH UCOII IS IMPOSSIBLE Hat tip_OSINT (AGI) - Rome, 12 May. - “It is not possible to deal with people who do not share our values” said the Italian Home Office minister Roberto Maroni in response to a question posed by journalists on the possibility of maintain a relationship of the Union of the Community and Islamic [...]
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www.italica.sm | 05/08/2008
[ Italica ] – Silvio Berlusconi was sworn in today as Prime Minister of the 62nd Italy's post-war government. His cabinet is composed by 21 members and only four of them are women. Ministers for foreign and internal affairs are respectively Franco Frattini and Roberto Maroni, justice minister is now Angelino Alfano and Ignazio La Russa is defence minister. Giulio Tremonti becomes finance minister
