Italy received the second highest number of asylum applications in the European Union for the second year in a row, according to EU figures released on Tuesday. Source: The Local
The race to build the next generation of super-fast mobile-data networks has begun in Germany, which started auctioning off its spectrum licenses for 5G on Tuesday. Source: NPR
Misunderstandings over China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are “hard to avoid”, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday ahead of a trip to Europe by President Xi Jinping during which Italy is set to join the multi-billion dollar trade scheme. Source: Reuters
On Tuesday, volunteers onboard the Mare Jonio “rescued” about 50 people from a rubber boat off the coast of Libya, prompting Italy’s interior minister, Matteo Salvini, to say he was ready to stop private vessels “once and for all” from bringing rescued people to Italy. Source: The Guardian
