Attanasio died in hospital of gunshot wounds, a high-ranking
diplomat told AFP in Kinshasa.
The envoy s car was part of a MONUSCO UN peacekeeping mission
convoy including the EU s delegation chief, sources said.
The attack was an attempted robbery, rangers at Virunga National
Park told various media outlets including The Jerusalem Post.
The attack took place at around 10 o clock local (09:00 Italian
time), near the town of Kanyamahoro.
Several armed groups operate in the area of the Virunga
Mountains, between Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, and often target
the rangers in the park, which is famous for its mountain
gorillas.
The Italian foreign ministry confirmed the killings of Attanasio
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimets discussed the EU s policy towards the Russian Federation ahead of the EU s Council of Ministers meeting dedicated to this.
According to an industry group, the EU s passenger car market decreased 24 percent in January in comparison to the previous year same time span as Coronavirus-related restrictions remained to weigh heavily on sales across the bloc.
The number declined 8.7 percent in the eurozone in the same period, according to Eurostat.
The eurozone/euro area, or EA19, introduces member states that utilize the single currency euro while the EU27 includes all member countries of the bloc.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: EU s vaccine supply assault spectacularly backfires
31 Jan, 2021 12:00 AM
10 minutes to read
In a week for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to forget, her cajoling turned into a horrific own goal. Photo / AP
In a week for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to forget, her cajoling turned into a horrific own goal. Photo / AP
Daily Telegraph UK
By: James Crisp
Ursula von der Leyen was sitting in her converted flat next to her office in the European Commision s palatial HQ in Berlaymont when the phone started ringing. It was Friday evening, around 9.20pm, and on