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Diamars 23 augustus 2022

Italy’s Meloni shocks opponents Serb official visits Moscow, calls

with alleged rape video sanctions EU ‘hysteria’

(AP) — Serbia’s interior min- Vulin has said that Serbia should
ister met with Russian Foreign abandon its EU membership goal
Minister Sergey Lavrov on and instead turn to Moscow, and
Monday in Moscow in a rare he has often blasted Serbia’s neigh-
visit by a state official from Eu- bors and their leaders, calling them
rope, highlighting Belgrade’s derogatory names.
refusal to join Western sanc-
tions against Russia over its war Serbian opposition officials have
in Ukraine. been questioning the purpose of
Vulin’s visit to Moscow as a new
Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin, Serbian government is about to
who is known for his pro-Russia be formed — long-awaited after
and anti-Western stance, said he the April general election. Most
told Lavrov during their meet- believe that his trip to Russia was
ing that “Serbia is the only state in organized by Moscow as a way to
Europe that didn’t introduce sanc- pressure Belgrade to include him
tions and was not part of the anti- in the new Cabinet.
(AP) — The far-right candidate Russian hysteria.”
who aspires to be Italy’s first fe- A former education minister, Lucia Lavrov had planned to visit Bel-
male leader came under fire Mon- Azzolina, said posting the alleged rape Serbia, which formally seeks Eu- grade in June, but Serbia’s NATO-
day from opponents for posting a video “is not an official criminal com- ropean Union membership, has member neighbors have refused
pixelized video that purports to plaint, but instrumentalization’’ of for years been drifting away from to allow his plane to fly over their
show a woman being raped by an violence. its EU path and toward traditional territory.
asylum-seeker. Slavic ally Russia, as well as China.
Meloni’s allusion to security in Ital- Vulin said in a statement from Mos-
Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the ian cities is a right-wing theme in this Vulin is considered “Moscow’s cow on Monday that he “deeply re-
Brothers of Italy party that has neo- election campaign, which also hits at man” within the Serbian govern- grets the fact that Minister Lavrov
fascist roots, on Sunday evening re- immigration. She was backed by coali- ment. was prevented from visiting Bel-
posted a video on Twitter from an tion partner Matteo Salvini, the leader Vulin has been advocating the cre- grade in June by the will of other
Italian news site that was taken by a of the right-wing League party and ation of “the Serbian World” that countries, pointing out that by ban-
witness from a window overlooking former firebrand interior minister, would unite all Serbs in the Bal- ning Minister Lavrov’s official visit
the street. The woman, identified as who pledged that “defending our bor- kans under one flag led by Serbian to Serbia, all principles of interna-
Ukrainian, can be heard yelling in ders and Italians will be a duty for me, President Aleksandar Vucic. tional law were violated.”
distress. A 27-year-old asylum-seeker not a right.”
from Guinea has been arrested in the
sexual assault, according to Italian me- In a video response to Letta’s criti-
dia reports. cism, Meloni emphasized that no one
is identifiable in the video and that the
“One cannot remain silent front of center-left leader had failed to con-
this atrocious episode of sexual vio- demn the attack itself.
lence in broad daylight in Piacenza by
an asylum-seeker,’’ Meloni wrote. “A Polls show the Brothers of Italia hav-
hug for this woman. I will do every- ing a potential lead with voters over
thing possible to restore security to the Democratic Party ahead of the
our cities.” parliamentary election, but neither
have enough support to govern alone.
Her main opponent in the Sept. 25 Meloni can expect a significant boost
vote, Democratic Party leader Enrico from her coalition partners — the
Letta, countered in a radio interview League and Silvio Berlusconi’s center-
that reposting the video went beyond right Forza Italia party — while Letta
“the bounds of dignity and decency.” is aligned with much smaller parties.

Prince William, Kate relocate from London to Windsor cottage

(AP) — Prince William to Queen Elizabeth II, who south London, and Louis is
and his wife, Kate, will re- has lived in Windsor Castle just starting his formal full-
locate their family from since the beginning of the time schooling.
central London to more coronavirus pandemic. The
rural dwellings in Wind- queen’s official residence is Adelaide Cottage, built in
sor, and all three of their Buckingham Palace in Lon- 1831 for Queen Adelaide,
children will attend the don, but some British media the wife of King William IV,
same private school near reports have said the mon- is a four-bedroom home of
their new home, palace arch, 96, may now perma- relatively modest size for the
officials said Monday. nently reside in Windsor. royals.
But William and Kate will
William and Kate will move Prince George, 9, Princess retain their apartment in
from Kensington Palace in Charlotte, 7, and Prince Kensington Palace as their
west London to Adelaide Louis, 4, will all start at the official working base, as well
Cottage, about a 10-minute private Lambrook School in as their 10-bedroom coun-
walk from Windsor Cas- nearby Ascot in September. try mansion in Norfolk and
tle, palace officials said in a George and Charlotte had a holiday cottage in Scot-
statement. The move means that the family will be much closer been attending a school in land.