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

Dutch Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt chats with civilians, urging them to be patient, in the besieged area of Homs

Frans van der Lugt Killing: Global Outcry Follows Murder of Dutch Jesuit Priest in Homs

Elderly priest hailed as 'man of peace' who remained loyal to Syrian people in besieged city.

Gabor Vona, the chairman of the far-right Jobbik party, addresses to supporters after partial results of parliamentary elections are announced in Budapest

Hungary's Far-Right Jobbik Party Celebrates Breakthrough in National Elections

Hailed as 'strongest national radical party' in Europe, Jobbik has shed its anti-Semitic and anti-Roma stance

United Nations members meet with Dutch Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt (L) and Sheikh Abu Harith al-Khalidi (R), who is in charge of negotiations for civilians inside the besieged area of Homs

Syria: Elderly Dutch Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt Shot Dead in Homs

Brave priest who refused to leave besieged Syrian city had launched desperate appeal to save population from starvation.

The Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Authorities Hopeful of Developments in 'Days if not Hours'

Multiple pings detected by Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield are consistent with those emitted by aircraft black boxes

Pro-Russian activists scuffle with police near the regional government building in Donetsk

Crimea: Ukraine Sailor Shot Dead by Russian Soldier

Pro-Russian protesters seize government building in eastern Ukraine

An Armenian boy shouts slogans against Turkey in front of a huge Armenian flag during a demonstration near the Turkish embassy in central Athens

US Senators Launch Fresh Armenian Genocide Recognition Bid

US senators want acknowledgment of 1.5 million Armenian deaths.

Anja Niedringhaus and Kathy Gannon

Anja Niedringhaus: Tributes to AP German Photojournalist Killed in Afghanistan

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer had been covering conflicts from Bosnia to Afghanistan for over 20 years

Anja Niedringhaus and Kathy Gannon

AP Female Journalists Shot in Afghanistan, One Dead

Experienced AP correspondent Kathy Gannon injured and photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed in shooting in remote location near Pakistan border

Solomon Islands flooding

Solomon Islands Floods Leave Many Dead and 10,000 Homeless

Death toll expected to rise in 'worst disaster ever' for Solomon Islands

Activists from the Internet Party of Ukraine, dressed as Star Wars characters, hold a party congress in Kiev

Ukraine Turns Away From Dark Side by Rejecting Darth Vader's Presidential Bid

Central Election Commission disqualifies Star Wars Sith Lord because of data falsification

Turkey Twitter Erdogan Social Media Ban Court

Turkey Lifts Ban on Twitter After Constitutional Court Ruling

Turkish Telecoms Authority (TIB) has reversed decision to block Twitter.

Doge

Russian Mark Zuckerberg, Pavel Durov, Retracts Resignation as VKontakte CEO

Founder of Russia's popular social network says resignation would have been 'betrayal' of values of VK

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures in welcome as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for their meeting in Jerusalem

Israel-Palestinian Talks: Kerry Warns that Leaders Must 'Lead'

Peace talks on verge of collapsing after Palestinian bid to international conventions

Golden Dawn Kasidiaris

Golden Dawn Crackdown: Greece's PM Top Aide Resigns over Leaked Video

Film allegedly shows cabinet secretary Panayiotis Baltakos in friendly talks with neo-Nazis.

Explosion in Cairo

Egypt: Cairo University Blasts Kill Police Brigadier General

Roadside bombs in Giza governorate were concealed in a tree between two small police posts.

Pavel Durov

Russia's Mark Zuckerberg Resigns as VKontakte CEO

Libertarian eccentric Pavel Durov loses fight for social media's independence to Putin cronies

Police using water cannons in Ankara

Turkey's Riot Police Use Water Cannons on Vote Fraud Protesters

Thousands of protesters attacked with water cannons by riot police in Ankara.

Turkish cat

Turkey: Cat Blamed for Ankara Election Night Power Blackouts

Turkish energy minister Taner Yildiz claims vote-counting disrupted after feline got into power plant

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as they meet in Jerusalem

US 'to Free Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard to Salvage Peace Talks'

Reports of a deal reached by Kerry and Netanyahu to prolong peace talks with the Palestinians.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 debris found

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Full Transcript of Last Words from Cockpit

Full exchange between control tower and cockpit of MH370 released.

Free Syrian Army fighters stand on a tank at the Armenian Christian town of Kasab

Turkey Fires Into Syria After Rocket Hits Mosque At Border

Fighting for control of Latakia province in Syria spills into Turkey

A U.S. Navy P8 Poseidon aircraft returns from a search flight for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Time Running Out for Black Box Hunt

Transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein warns that signals from missing aircraft's data recorders are fading

Ehud Olmert

Israel's Ex-PM Ehud Olmert Convicted of Bribery in Holyland Case

Tel Aviv court convicts former centrist former premier of bribery in property development case.

Robert Mugabe

Mugabe to Boycott EU-Africa Summit over Wife's Visa Ban

Zimbabwe leader furious at EU refusal of visa to wife Grace

Norway's former prime minister Jens Stoltenberg

Nato Appoints Norway's ex-PM Jens Stoltenberg as Next Chief

Stoltenberg replaces Anders Fogh Rasmussen from 1 October 2014.

Venezuela's national police officers stand amidst teargas during an opposition protest at Prados del Este's highway in Caracas

Venezuela: Crossword Puzzles Accused of Inciting Opposition Protests

Information minister says El Aragueno's encrypted crosswords advocate violence.

The BA advert at Euston station

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: British Airways Apologises for 'Escape to Indian Ocean' Advert

London airline company sorry for inappropriate campaign

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

Neo-Fascist Right Sector Wants to 'Destabilise' Ukraine, Warns President Turchynov

Ultra-nationalist paramilitary movement staged rally to protest against killing of Sashko Bily.

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) laughs as he meets with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Saudi King's ex-Wife Alanoud AlFayez Pleads with Obama to Rescue Captive Princesses from Royal Palace

Daughters of Jordanian national who divorced in 2003 from Saudi monarch reportedly being held captive in royal palace.

YouTube banned in Turkey

Turkey YouTube Ban Linked to Leaked Syria Security Meeting Recording

Key security meeting discussing possible Syria military intervention behind new YouTube ban.