Roberto Maroni

Italy to strengthen security measures, minister says

People Daily (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

Italy will take special measures to meet the new terror threat posed by attacks such as the one in India that has killed over 100 people, Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said Friday. The minister said Italian security chiefs were consulting American and European counterparts and would draft new security guidelines as soon as possible. "What happened in Mumbai was an exceptional event and requires...

Italy puts thousands of troops on the streets to fight Mafia terror

Aftermath News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008

Children walk past Italian paratroopers who patrol a street in Casal di Principe, near Caserta , southern Italy on October 4, 2008. Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said the day before that some 500 paratroopers will deploy to the Naples area at the weekend to join the fight against the local Camorra mafia and will [...]

Poker-game execution as Italy declares war on Mafia

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.

Spain and Italy 'clarify' spat on immigration

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...

Camorra 'declares war on Italy'

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.

World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Official Takes Aim at Drug Crime

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.

• Camorra 'at war with State' - Ansa

Minister intervenes as Mourinho and Catania manager bicker

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...

Catania fans banned from Internazionale clash

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.

Italian interior minister to ask for troop surge in major cities

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,"...

Challenge Italian discrimination of Roma/Gypsies

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

Italian government cracks down on Napoli fans - Summary

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...

Catholic weekly slams fingerprints

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

Where Italy leads?

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...

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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 [...]

Milan: Mosque facing closure

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...