The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Italy's Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, has described it as a civil war – and 18 bullets pumped into an innocent man playing cards on a Sunday morning proved him right.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Madrid - Spain and Italy clarified their spat over Madrid's immigration policies on Friday, after Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni described Spain's system as permissive, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega has...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
The local mafia in southern Italy has declared a "war on the state", Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni warns.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
The Camorra, the Naples organized crime group, has declared civil war on the state, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told the Italian Senate.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Milan - Italy's Minister of Interior Roberto Maroni has censured Catania's general manager Piero Lo Monaco for a verbal attack against Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho. I'm frankly amazed by the statements of certain Serie A managers, which sound lik...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Italy's interior minister Roberto Maroni announced on Wednesday that Catania fans will be banned from travelling to the San Siro on Saturday for their team's away Serie A game at Internazionale.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni plans to request a substantial increase in troops to patrol the country's major cities, boosting the 3,000 soldiers deployed last month to help police combat crime and improve security, Italian News Agency ADNKRONOS said on Friday. "The results have been extremely interesting. The soldiers and members of the Italian security forces have done a great job together,"...
Ruscombe Green (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
A while back I was shocked top hear that Italy's interior minister Roberto Maroni had proposed a policy of police fingerprinting of all members of the Italian Roma/Gypsy Community. Photo: Ruscombe tree I am now even more shocked to learn that according to the Guardian newspaper, fingerprinting of Roma children has already begun. Moreover, Italy's highest appeal court has, in effect, ruled that
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Milan - The Italian government Wednesday issued a ban on Napoli fans attending away games the Serie A side play this season as part of a package of measures designed to curb football hooliganism. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni announced the crackdo...
BLOGDIAL (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Catholic weekly Famiglia Cristiana hit out at the religious values of the Italian government on Monday as the furore over a plan by Interior Minister Roberto Maroni to fingerprint all children in the country’s gypsy camps rumbled on. “The ‘Catholic’ ministers of Silvio Berlusconi’s government have fallen at the first hurdle, without appeal,” said the weekly, [...] ShareThis
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
I don't think anyone is under any illusions – apart from the British media as to why Berlusconi has put 3,000 armed troops on the streets of major Italian cities. Ostensibly a measure to "help cut down crime", something claimed by both interior minister Roberto Maroni and his defence colleague Ignazio La Russo, this is nothing more than a fig-leaf, the Italians themselves being very well aware that...
Shariah Finance Watch (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
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 [...]
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) | 04/07/2008
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) | 03/07/2008
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told parliament this week the move was needed to fight crime and identify illegal immigrants for expulsion.
