Health workers from Cuba who are expected to arrive in the southern Italian region of Calabria will receive only a quarter of their wages, Italian media reported on Wednesday, adding that a group of members of the European Parliament (EP) sent a complaint to the region's authorities

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke with key European counterparts to review the status of the ongoing security talks with Russia over the Ukraine situation and military support for NATO countries on the Eastern flank, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday

Ukraine's admission to NATO will serve as provocation of Russia, as it was promised that the alliance would not expand eastward after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Gianluca Ferrara, an Italian upper house lawmaker from the Five Star Movement (M5S) told Sputnik on Friday

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexadner Grushko and Pasquale Ferrara, the head of the Italian Foreign Ministry's department for political affairs, discussed preparations for the 2+2 format consultations of the two countries' foreign and defense ministers, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday

The European Union should push for suspending intellectual property rules for coronavirus vaccines to ramp up domestic production as manufacturers persist in delivery delays in disregard of contracts, Laura Ferrara, a European Parliament member from Italy's Five Star Movement party, told Sputnik