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

Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber 'Sorry' After Visit to Japan's Controversial Yasakuni War Shrine

Canadian teenage idol posted snaps of war shrine on Instagram enraging China.

Simon Ostrovsky

Ukraine: American journalist Simon Ostrovsky Held Captive by Pro-Russians

Vice magazine reporter detained in Sloviansk for "bad activities" say insurgents

Ukrainian border guards stand at a checkpoint at the border with Moldova breakaway Transnistria region, near Odessa

Transnistria Urges Kremlin and UN to Recognise Independence

Self-appointed pro-Russian parliament urges international recognition of Moldova's restive region

A picture of the leaflet

Donetsk Pro-Russians Order Jews to 'Register or be Deported' for Supporting Kiev Rule

Anti-Semitic leaflet handed over near synagogue in eastern Ukrainian town occupied by pro-Russian insurgents.

Armed men, wearing black and orange ribbons of St. George - a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian protests in Ukraine, stand guard hear armoured personnel carriers in Slaviansk

Pro-Russian Insurgents Abduct Two Ukrainian Soldiers

Intercepted communications said to show pro-Russian troops have shoot-to-kill orders from Kremlin

Armed men, wearing black and orange ribbons of St. George - a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian protests in Ukraine, drive an airborne combat vehicle (L) with a Russian flag seen on the top, outside Kramatorsk

Pro-Russian Separatists Seize Six Ukrainian Armoured Carriers in Kramatorsk

Pro-Russian separatists have taken control of the city council building in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk.

Ukrainian soldiers are seen near armored personnel carriers at a checkpoint near the town of Izium in Eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian Forces 'Storm Kramatorsk Airfield' in Eastern Ukraine

Witnesses saw Ukrainian troops disembarking from two helicopters in airfield in eastern Ukraine

Boko Haram have a problem with cities like Lagos and also lots of weaponry

Nigeria: Boko Haram Kidnaps 200 Girls from Borno State School

Islamist terrorist group abducts scores of teenagers from school in Chibok

Activists of the Right Sector movement and their supporters gather outside the parliament

Russians 'Justified Ukraine Invasion with False Reports of Nationalist Attacks'

UN study points to misinformation, propaganda and incitement created climate of fear

Pro-Russian protesters escort a man detained yesterday, who they said provoked them by trying to sell a pistol, near the seized office of the SBU state security service in Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine Launches Military 'Anti-Terror' Operation in Eastern Donetsk

President Turchynov announces anti-terror operation to free government buildings from pro-Russian protesters

Mustafa Abdel Jalil (L), former chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council, and Jordan's ambassador to Libya Fawaz al-Eitan

Libya: Jordanian Ambassador Abducted in Tripoli

Fawaz al-Etan kidnapped by group of hooded men as he left home.

Beppe Grillo

Italian Jews Attack Beppe Grillo for Parody of Shoah Poem

Comedian turned populist politician publishes adaptation of Primo Levi's poem on Auschwitz

Israel's Potential Besties

Israel 'Holding Secret Talks with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait' Says Lieberman

Unprecedented diplomatic channel being pursued with Sunni nations against common enemy Iran

Maaloula nuns syria

Assad Troops Recapture Ancient Christian Town of Maaloula

Another town in Qalamoun region falls to Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah militia.

Pro-Russian protesters attend a rally in front of the seized office of the SBU state security service in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine

President Oleksandr Turchynov Hints at East Ukraine Autonomy Referendum

Pro-Russian protesters ignore deadline warning to storm police station in eastern Ukrainian city of Horlivka

Greek Parliament Votes To Lift Golden Dawn Immunity

Greece: Golden Dawn Mob Threatens NGO for Treating Migrants in Perama Clinic

Neo-Nazi group shouts racist slurs outside clinic which provides free healthcare for Greeks as well as foreigners.

Pope Francis: Highlights of First Year as Pontiff

Pope Francis Asks Forgiveness for Priests who Molested Children

Pontiff personally asks for forgiveness for damage done to children by abuse clergy

Statue of Nobel prize winner Ivo Andrić dominates Andricgrad main square

Bosnia the Surreal: Emir Kusturica's Fantasy Town Erasing the Brutal Past

EXCLUSIVE: Victims of Bosnian genocide criticise literary theme park built by Serbian filmmaker in Visegrad

Paddy Ashdown

Paddy Ashdown: Bosnia Failure is Fault of EU

EXCLUSIVE: IBTimes UK interviews former Lib-Dem leader and high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Inside Bosnia: Fighting to Remember the Genocide

Killing Bosnia's Ghosts: Fighting to Remember the Balkan War Genocide

EXCLUSIVE: IBTimes UK visits Visegrad, Bosnia, to find out why the dark stain of genocide is still being covered up

Battle for Bosnia: Fighting to Remember the Genocide

Battle for Bosnia: Fighting to Remember the Genocide

IBTimes visits Bosnia to find out why the genocide in the country is being covered up.

Chief Rabbi Odessa

Right Sector Ultra-Nationalists Back Odessa Jews over Holocaust Memorial Nazi Defacement

Ukraine far-right representative offers help in fighting anti-Semitism

UK Gay Marriage

Italy Court Rules New York Gay Marriage Legal

Grosseto tribunal says gay marriage constituted in New York has legal validity in civil code.

School girls walk on a street in Cairo

Egypt Set to Approve Law on Sexual Harassment

UN study found 99.3% of Egyptian women have suffered some form of sexual harassment including assault

A rebel fighter fires during clashes with Syrian forces in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus

Assad Troops and Hezbollah Recapture Rankous

Regime forces and Shia fighters regain Rankous near border with Lebanon.

Demonstrators gather during a rally for U.S. detainee Alan Gross in Lafayette Square in Washington

Cuba: Fears for Life of Jailed US Contractor Alan Gross on Hunger Strike

Cuban foreign ministry offers to negotiate solution to resolve case of US contractor imprisoned in 2009

Aisha

Sex Jihad Woman 'Sent' to Syrian Rebels is Porn Actress

Bloggers uncover Iranian hoax that alleged Saudi woman used to satisfy sexual needs of jihadis battling Assad

Kerry: Time for Israeli and Palestinian Leaders to Lead

John Kerry Blames Israel for Peace Talks Stalemate

Failure to release Palestinian prisoners and more settlements in occupied West Bank stall negotiations

A section of the controversial Israeli barrier runs along the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank

Fenced-in East Jerusalem Arab Neighbourhoods Left Without Running Water

Eighty thousand Palestinians in Shuafat refugee camp forced to buy unclean water because of Israel 'neglect'

Health workers show the proper use of a condom during a family planning session held in the Likhaan centre, an NGO clinic in Tondo, Manila

Philippines: Catholic Church Defeated as Supreme Court Approves Birth Control Law

Birth control legislation dubbed 'evil' by Catholic leaders receives greenlight from Philippines' top court