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Messina Mayor Cateno De Luca (Photo credit: Cateno De Luca/Twitter)

Cateno De Luca: The Unlikely Public Face of Italy’s Coronavirus Fight

Via News Editorial Team5 years ago5 years ago07 mins

It’s a safe bet to say that not many people had heard about Messina before Italy became the flashpoint of the coronavirus pandemic with a death toll of over 15,000 and counting—the highest in the world. However, the mayor of the city of 232,000 people on the island of Sicily has put Messina on the…

New York protest "Holding hands for Catalan independence". Photo by: Liz Castro.

Europe’s Separatist Movements: What Brings Them Together and What Holds Them Apart – Spain, Scotland, Italy, and Belgium

Joshua Stein7 years ago5 years ago027 mins

LONDON (ViaNews) – “The Catalan crisis poses a threat to the European order” warned the Financial Times on October 6, following the state’s independence referendum a few days before. 3 years ago it was the Scottish vote which cast doubt and worry for many in the continent, with former leader of the Scottish National Party,…