Gianluca Mezzofiore

Senior Foreign News Reporter

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Gianluca Mezzofiore is a senior foreign news reporter at International Business Times UK.

At the beginning of 2012, Gianluca was shortlisted at the Online Media Awards 2012 for Best Campaigning/Investigative Journalism for his articles on "Cyber Warfare and the Rise of the Hacktivist".

His back catalogue includes breaking news, features and exclusives on the Bahrain uprising; the 969 movement of Buddhist monk Wirathu and the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar; the far-right Golden Dawn party in Greece; Russian LGBT rights; Eritrea's refugees in the Sinai; Turkey's Gulen movement and Bangladesh's factory disasters.

He is also the producer, writer and reporter of IBTimes UK's special report: Battle for Bosnia: Fighting to Remember the Balkan War Genocide.

Gianluca's portfolio includes The Independent, the i newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, the Evening Standard and VICE Italia.

Gianluca Mezzofiore

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Bosnia Floods: Serbs, Croats and Muslims Unite to Battle Deluge

Bosnia flooding causes 2,100 landslides and dislodges mines from 1992-1995 war

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Turkey Can Help 'Soma and Somalia', Boasts Erdogan

PM responds to criticism over Turkey's worst mine accident that claimed 301 lives.

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Prince Andrew Boycotts Bahrain PR Conference in London

Duke of York was meant to be keynote speaker at Bahrain's regime-funded event.

Bahraini Pro-Democracy Activists Stage Protest against King Hamad

Bahraini Pro-Democracy Activists Stage Protest against King Hamad in London

Prince Andrew has withdrawn at the last minute from a controversial Bahraini-funded promotional conference in London promoting the Gulf Kingdom as a place of freedom and tolerance.

Albert Schnez, Heinrich Lübke

Nazi SS Veterans Formed Secret Army to Fight Soviets in East Germany

After World War II defeat, Nazis created 2,000-strong army to protect West Germany from Communists.

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste of Australia stands in a metal cage during his trial in a court in Cairo

Al Jazeera Egypt Trial: Three Lawyers for Imprisoned Journalists Quit

Lawyers for Greste and Mohammad leave trial accusing Al Jazeera of exploiting case to 'defame' Egypt.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (2nd L), with his wife Mary Pat Christie (L), and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his daughter Michaela Cuomo (R), meet during the dedication ceremony in Foundation Hall, of the National September 11 Memorial Museum

9/11 Memorial Museum Drop Simon and Garfunkel Song Over Bridge Row

Classic by Simon and Garfunkel would have hinted at Bridge scandal involving New Jersey governor.

Turkish Coal Mine Explosion Kills Over 200

Soma Coal Mine Disaster: 14 Workers Died in Only Underground Refuge Chamber

Mine that employed 6,500 workers had only one emergency chamber and not enough oxygen to go around for miners

Yusuf Yerkel

Yusuf Yerkel: Erdogan Adviser Who Kicked Soma Protester was London PhD Student

Adviser caused uproar on social media after photograph emerged of him kicking protester in town where coal mine disaster killed 282 workers.

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) walks during his visit to Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa, after a coal mine explosion

Turkey Soma Mine Disaster: Angry Protesters Force PM Erdogan to Take Refuge in Shop

Eight relatives of dead workers in Soma coal mine disaster arrested for shouting insults at Erdogan

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Turkey Coal Mine Explosion: Police Open Fire on Protesters

Countrywide marches and sit-ins against company that owns Soma mine turn violent in Ankara

Relatives of miners who were killed or injured in a mine explosion react as rescuers work in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa

Turkey's Coal Mine Explosion: Ruling AKP Accused of Ignoring Safety Warnings

PM Erdogan's party dismissed 29 April motion to investigate accidents in Soma mines.

Nikolaos Michaloliakos gestures to supporters

Golden Dawn: ADL Anti-Semitic Poll Puts Greece Higher than Iran

Anti-Semitic attitudes shared by quarter of respondents in global poll

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GCHQ Faces Legal Complaint for Hacking Computers and Phones

Government's spy agency activities equivalent to house-breaking and wiretapping, privacy campaigners claim

A demonstrator looks on with a sign reading "I am against the military courts for civilians

Imprisoned Al Jazeera Journalist Elshamy in Hunger Strike 'Could Die Within Few Days"

Al Jazeera Arabic journalist is in a critical condition at an Egyptian prison after 112 days of hunger strike.

Dr Ala'a Shehabi

British-Bahraini Activist Hails 'Damning' Verdict on HMRC over Spyware Export

Ala'a Shehabi tells IBT UK that UK government should be held accountable for spy technology exports to repressive regimes.

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Israel's Ex-PM Ehud Olmert Sentenced to Six Years in Prison For Bribery

Former Israeli premier was convicted of reciving bribes in Holyland case

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) greets Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Bahrain's Prince Nasser Could Lose Immunity in England and Wales over 'Torture' Allegations

Judicial review launched after allegations that son of Bahraini king tortured three prisoners during 2011 uprising.

FinFisher Spyware

HMRC Hid Information on Export of Gamma International's Spyware FinFisher

Revenue & Customs acted irrationally by refusing to reveal status of spyware allegations probe, says High Court

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) stands next to President Shimon Peres

Netanyahu Wants Dictatorship in Israel, Says President Peres

Feud between Israel's two top politicians intensifies as Netanyahu urges scrapping of presidential powers

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Greece's Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party Allowed to run for European Elections

Six Golden Dawn MPs are in prison waiting trial for the party's alleged criminal activities.

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Photos Emerge of RAF Serviceman Posing 'Thumbs-up' with Dead Taliban Fighter in Afghanistan

RAF is investigating pictures that showed UK serviceman in Afghanistan kneeling next to body of insurgents.

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Ukraine's 'Inglourious Basterds': How Jews Fight Anti-Semitism with Baseball Bats

Ex-IDF soldiers and martial arts experts form self-defence group to combat anti-Semitic attacks

A municipality worker paints over graffiti daubed in Hebrew on a wall of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem

Price Tag Attackers Target Jerusalem Church Ahead of Pope Francis Visit

Anti-Christian graffiti sprayed over walls of Romanian Orthodox Church in latest retribution defacement.

Ukrainian soldiers stand guard beside an armoured personnel carrier at a checkpoint in Mariupol,

Ukraine Victory Day: 20 Feared Dead in Mariupol Clashes

Video producer shot in stomach during street violence between pro-Russia separatists and Ukraine troops

Turkey's first directly elected president will be a more powerful figure than the current largely ceremonial role, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Tuesday as saying, boosting expectations he may run for the post in August.

Turkey's Erdogan Eyes Putin-Style Presidential Bid

Paranoia permeates key AK party meeting over presidential candidate for first direct elections in August

Lebanon's former President Amin Gemayel

Italy-Beirut Mafia Connection Could Embroil Lebanon Presidential Hopeful Amine Gemayel

Wheeler-dealer who organised plot to shelter Mafia-convicted businessman in Beirut is married to niece of ex-Lebanon president.

A Ukranian flag falls after it was thrown by pro-Russia protesters from the top of the district council building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine

Pro-Russian Rebels in Donetsk Snub Putin Over Referendum Call

Donetsk People's Republic separatists defy Russian president's softer stance on Ukraine

Russian servicemen drive armoured personnel carriers on the outskirts of the city of Belgorod near the Russian-Ukrainian border

Nato Dismisses Putin Claims of Russian Troop Withdrawal from Border

Russian president takes softer line on Ukraine crisis and urges separatists' autonomy referendum postponed

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad cheer upon the release of their comrades by rebels in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr

Syria Video Footage Shows Rebels Evacuating Homs

Deal with Assad regime allows rebels to leave Old City of Homs, the cradle of the revolution