Protesters throw objects during clashes with riot police during a demonstration against the visit of the leader of the Northern League party Matteo Salvini, in Naples, Italy, Saturday, March 11, 2017. Riot police moved in Saturday to quell violent protests in Naples sparked by the first major rally in the southern city by the anti-immigrant Northern League leader.
Category: Campania, Italy
Riot police move against Naples protests of Northern League
Riot police block a man after clashes during a demonstration against the visit of the leader of the Northern League party Matteo Salvini, in Naples, Italy, Saturday, March 11, 2017. Riot police moved in Saturday to quell violent protests in Naples sparked by the first major rally in the southern city by the anti-immigrant Northern League leader.
NATO poised to open new Naples anti-terrorism hub
NATO was set to approve a plan Wednesday for a new anti-terrorism hub in Naples, Italy, which will serve as a focal point for monitoring threats growing along the alliance’s southern doorstep, NATO’s top official said. “This will help us to coordinate information on crisis countries such as Libya and Iraq, and help us address terrorism and other challenges stemming from the region,” Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at the start of two days talks with NATO defense ministers.
Stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered in Italy to head home
In this Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 file photo, Director of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Axel Rueger, center, stands next to the paintings ‘Congregation Leaving The Reformed Church of Nuenen’, left, and 1882 ‘Seascape at Scheveningen’ by Vincent Van Gogh, during a press conference in Naples, Italy.