Sixteen year old Desiree Mariottini’s body was found this week in a derelict building in Rome. The area in which she was discovered is widely known for drug trafficking, and it is a drug overdose that Italian investigators say killed her. Investigators believe that she was drugged by multiple individuals and then gang raped, before she overdosed on the cocktail…. Read more »
Although Viktor Orban’s government has targeted the CEU’s liberal founder, George Soros, it insists it wants the US-registered university to stay. But sources say it has failed to honour a deal on the CEU continuing to issue American-accredited degrees. The CEU wants a response by 1 December. Rector Michael Ignatieff insisted CEU would maintain some sort of presence in Budapest… Read more »
The body of Desirée Mariottini, 16, was found in a derelict building in an area of Rome known for drug trafficking. She had been drugged and gang raped. Right-wing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini hailed the arrests, condemning those behind the murder as “worms”. It would not go unpunished, he said. Mr Salvini, who leads the anti-immigration League party, has spearheaded… Read more »
Irish voters are heading to the polls on Friday where they will be asked to vote on removing the offence of blasphemy from the constitution. The referendum, which takes place on the same day as Ireland’s presidential election, will ask the public whether to remove the word “blasphemous” from Article 40 of the constitution, which reads: “The publication or utterance… Read more »
Traffickers should no longer be allowed to determine who comes to Europe, the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, has said, as he suggested thousands of police officers could be on standby in the Mediterranean ready to guard the continent’s borders. “There are 700,000 illegal migrants – they need to go home,” said Babiš. Last year, 618,780 non-EU citizens were found to… Read more »