According to the Catania Public Prosecutor’s Office, 24 thousand kilos of hazardous waste were illegally dumped in Italian ports. Salvini: “I did well to close the ports”. The NGO’s reply: “disturbing and instrumental attack” Source Repubblica
World Policies
The 94 passengers were rescued by a passing container ship last week as they were en route to Italy. After being returned to Libya they have refused to get off the ship. Source: Deutsche Welle
China has released a policy white paper boasting of its protection of ethnic cultures in Xinjiang, and defying mounting criticism that it is undermining the religious and ethnic identity of Muslim minorities through mass internment and indoctrination in the far western region. Source: South China Morning Post
Bulgaria is the latest EU-member state to clarify that it will be not back the UN pact on migration, due to be signed next month in Marrakech, claiming it puts the national interest at risk. Source: Balkan Insight
Police in Spain and France have smashed a criminal ring suspected of smuggling hundreds of Palestinians into Europe through fraudulent asylum claims, Spanish police said on Sunday. Source: The Local
Authorities in northern Greece have reported a sharp increase in migrant crossings at the country’s land border with Turkey along with a rise in arrests of smuggling suspects. Source: Ekathimerini
Foreign nationals will be allowed to join the British army despite never having lived in the country, ministers will reveal as part of plans to help stem a worsening recruitment crisis in the armed forces. Source: The Guardian
According to the Catania Public Prosecutor’s Office, 24 thousand kilos of hazardous waste were illegally dumped in Italian ports. Salvini: “I did well to close the ports”. The NGO’s reply: “disturbing and instrumental attack” Source Repubblica
Protesters angry over high fuel prices blocked access to fuel depots and stopped traffic on major roads Monday after the government refused to back down on fuel taxes following a weekend of demonstrations across France. Source France 24
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron met in Berlin Sunday to discuss defense, the eurozone and more, pledging to continue Franco-German collaboration on strengthening the “foundation” of Europe. Source: Politico
Head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin said Abe and Putin should meet at least three times in the next six months. Source: TASS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his coalition partners on Sunday not to bring down the government, citing security challenges ahead and hinting at future Israeli military action against its enemies. Source: France24
More than 400 people were hurt, 14 seriously, in a day and night of “yellow vest” fuel price protests around France that claimed one life, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Sunday. Source: France24
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony in Istanbul on Nov. 19 to mark a key milestone in the TurkStream project, according to statements from their offices. Source: Hürriyet Daily News
More than 1,000 people rallied in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, to protest against a landmark agreement with neighboring Greece over the country’s name. Source: Radio Free Europe
Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Monday it was halting drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni allies, responding to a demand from the United Nations. Source: France24
The United States said it would oppose on Friday for the first time an annual resolution at the United Nations calling on Israel to rescind its authority in the occupied Golan Heights, drawing praise from Israeli officials. Source: Reuters
North Korea’s leader publicly inspected a new weapon for the first time in nearly a year, state media reported on Friday, while it also decided to release a U.S. prisoner, sending conflicting signals at a time of sensitive negotiations. Source: Reuters
Turkey warned energy companies on Sunday against working with the Greek Cypriot government in carrying out exploratory drilling in the eastern Mediterranean, saying such activities could damage regional stability. Source: Reuters
Russia may launch settlements with Iran in national currencies in order to continue bilateral cooperation despite the US sanctions against Tehran, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with the Anadolu news agency on Sunday. Source: TASS
Asia-Pacific leaders failed to agree on a communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Sunday for the first time in their history as deep divisions between the United States and China over trade and investment stymied cooperation. Source: CNBC
Refiners in Japan and South Korea are looking to resume Iranian oil imports from January after receiving waivers from U.S. sanctions on Tehran, sources familiar with the matter said. Source: Reuters
Tehran has expressed hope that the Iran nuclear deal can be saved despite the US pulling out of the agreement. Iran’s statement came during a visit of the British foreign minister to Iran. Source: Deutsche Welle
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has launched a new hydroelectric station that had been vehemently opposed for years by the late leader of neighboring Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov. Source: Radio Free Europe
At least three tankers loaded with liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russian LNG facility Yamal have arrived in the United States recently, according to Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Source: Oil Price
Iraq restarted exports on Friday of Kirkuk oil, halted a year ago due to a standoff between the central government and Kurdistan’s semi-autonomous region, after a new government in Baghdad agreed a tentative deal with Erbil. Source: Reuters
A long-awaited project led by France’s Total SA that will help double liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from Papua New Guinea has come another step closer, with the government agreeing to set financial terms early next year. Source: Reuters
US energy giant ExxonMobil has started exploring for oil and gas in block 10 of Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the country’s energy minister, Giorgos Lakkotrypis, said on Friday. Source: Ekathimerini
Eurozone officials on Thursday essentially gave the green light for the suspension of planned pension cuts in January by not expressing any objections to the Greek government’s intention to scrap those reductions. Source: Ekathimerini
