Italy's LaStampa publishes confidential docs showing that at the end of May, Putin's emissary in Italy had private interlocution with Lega's leader Salvini where he asked if the party was going to withdraw support to Draghi's cabinet in that moment Draghi's govt coalition problems were manifest. Salvini announced he was ready for a Moscow trip (tickets anticipated by 🇷🇺embassy). The phone call is part of close relations with Putin (including Lega's MPs 'observers' in Crimea's 2014 annexation referendum).

Vienna's dead terrorist identified as 20 yr old Kurtin S., born and raised in Vienna, with Albanian roots in North Macedonia. He was one of the 90 Austrians who were prevented from traveling to Syria, was on the radar of intel service apparently being reported that weapons seized after Vienna attack came through Slovakia. Police working on a dozen of suspects, understandably very reserved

Many look at #Italy's struggle vs #COVID19 for reference. A few thoughts about the decree that is about to quarantine Regione Lombardy (10M inhabitants) + some other northern cities. First, don't forget that right now it's a draft version leaked to the press (common in Italy) with S Korea, Italy is the first democracy (+ EU member) swept by the epidemic. Its figures give indications about how the problem is transparently addressed in a non-authoritarian context. Dilemmas regarding public health capacity, people's mobility, etc

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