Ukrainian refugees to be housed in apartments confiscated from tax evader

Thirty flats in an apartment complex in central Italy will be used to house about a hundred refugees who fled Ukraine. The units were confiscated from an entrepreneur found guilty of financial crimes.

'Ready to face challenges in a new country': 72-year-old Ukrainian on fleeing war

After the Russian army bombed her town, Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, Valentina Ejova decided to flee. The 72-year-old Ukrainian woman first made her way to Moldova and then to Austria. This is her story, as told to the United Nations Population Fund.

Italy: Ukrainian refugees exploited in counterfeit cigarette plant

Italian police have reportedly discovered a factory producing counterfeit cigarettes in which ten foreign workers, among them Ukrainian refugees, were exploited.

Financial police from the Rome Provincial Command carried out a raid on an alleged counterfeit

German minister: No upper limit on Ukrainian refugees

Germany's transport minister says the government will not set a ceiling on the number of refugees it takes in escaping the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, a survey showed most Germans were keen to help those who flee.

At ‘Easter of War’ Pope and others seeks peace

World leaders, statesmen, politician, top government officials, religious leaders and other organisations yesterday renewed the global call for peace and unity as Christians across the globe marked Easter.

Catholic Pontiff Pope Francis described this year’s celebration as “Easter of War”, alluding to the Russian-Ukrainian war, which has led to loss of lives and destruction of property.