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

Putin Claims Russia Moral Compass

Vladimir Putin: Gays Must 'Leave Children Alone' Ahead of Sochi Olympics

Russian president says 'we won't arrest anyone' but gays must leave children alone.

Kurdish Women

Is Turkey Responsible for 2013 Paris Murder of PKK Co-Founder Sakine Cansiz?

Conversation between suspect Omer Guney and Turkey's intelligence reveals alleged Ankara involvement.

Israel's Potential Besties

Israel's Avigdor Lieberman Slams Europe for 'Pro-Palestine' Bias

Israel's foreign minister summons envoys from France, UK, Spain and Italy.

Francois Hollande

Francois Hollande-Julie Gayet Romance 'is Two Years Old'

French president avoided holidays with Trierweiler to spend time with secret love.

Rohingya Muslim women look out from their home at Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe

Myanmar: 16 Rohingya Muslims Killed in Rakhine State

EXCLUSIVE: Rights group claim security forces raided village to hide previous killing.

African protest

Israeli Man Indicted for Stabbing One-Year-Old Eritrean Girl

The 59 year old man was suffering from mental illness

A burnt car is parked at the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi

Benghazi Attack: 5 Things We Learned from US Senate Panel

State Department blamed for 2012 attack that killed ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and King Abdullah II of Jordan (R)

Benjamin Netanyahu Makes Surprise Visit to Jordan

Israeli PM to discuss peace process with Palestinians in closed doors meeting with King Abdullah II.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a document outlining plans for the Auschwitz death camp

Israeli Bill to Outlaw 'Nazi' Puts Netanyahu at Risk of Prison

Knesset opposition warns bill outlawing use of word 'Nazi' restricts freedom of speech.

Hassan Rouhani

Iranian President Rouhani Deletes 'West's Surrender' Boast from Twitter Feed

White House says it does not matter what Iran say: 'it matters what they do'

A Palestinian man stands near a door and wall of a mosque which were vandalised in the West Bank village of Deir Istiya

'Arabs out': Jewish Settlers Torch and Deface West Bank Mosque

Jewish settlers spray 'Revenge' on mosque in latest 'price-tag' attack on Palestinians.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Mastermind of 9/11: 'Koran Forbids Force' to Convert People to Islam

Guantanamo detainee Khalid Sheikh Mohammed wants to convert people in court.

Francois Hollande

Francois Hollande on Julie Gayet Affair: 'Difficult Moments Should be Dealt with Privately'

Hollande says 'everyone in personal life can encounter difficulties'

Britain's Sandy Mitchell (L) and Canada's Bill Sampson leave the High Court in London, October 28, 2004.

'Tortured' Britons Cannot Sue Saudi Arabia

European court rules that alleged torture in Riyadh jails did not breach Convention on Human Rights.

Women cast their votes at a polling centre during a referendum on Egypt's new constitution in Cairo

Egyptians at the Polls: What's New in the Redrafted Constitution?

Military-backed amended version of 2012 constitution limits Sharia law and boosts military power.

Goodluck Jonathan

Nigeria Criminalises Gay Marriage

President Goodluck Jonathan signs 'discriminatory' bill setting heavy jail terms for gay marriage or civil unions.

Extreme-right Golden Dawn party lawmaker Stathis Boukouras arrives at a courthouse in Athens

Golden Dawn Crackdown: Three More Far-Right MPs Arrested

Investigation into alleged criminal activities continues as far-right party announces appeal at ECHR.

Sharon's funeral

Ariel Sharon Funeral: Tony Blair and Joe Biden Praise Gaza Pullout

UK's former PM and US vice-president united in eulogy of late Israeli leader.

Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon's Legacy: King of Israel or Butcher of Beirut?

Former PM and general was polarising figure who backed Jewish settlements but pulled out of Gaza.

BNP MEP Nick Griffin

BNP's Nick Griffin Heads to Greece to Back Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn

Bankrupt far-right leader to announce neo-Nazi party's human rights appeal against arrests.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy walks in Ramat Shlomo

Israel Announces 1,400 New Settler Homes

Tender issued by housing ministry for settlements in West Bank and East Jerusalem after John Kerry visit

President Francois Hollande

French President Francois Hollande in Tabloid 'Attack' Over Alleged Affair with Actress Julie Gayet

Tabloid publishes photos claiming president 'on scooter' met actress and delivered croissants.

Chris Christie

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: What's Next in Bridge Scandal?

Possible Republican White House contender apologises and fires top aide after political retribution scandal

Ramallah protest

Palestinian Stone-Throwers Break Up Peace Conference in Ramallah [VIDEO]

Three dozen Israeli activists rushed out after siege in Ramallah hotel

Dieudonné

Anti-Semitic Quenelle Comedian Dieudonné Allowed to Perform in Nantes

French court overturns ban on controversial M'bala M'bala to perform in Nantes

Marian Kotleba

Europe's Dark Core: The Neo-Nazi Movements on the March

IBTimes UK's take on right-wing extremism - from Slovakia's new neo-Nazi regional governor to the 'aryans' only party in Sweden

Demonstration of the new Nationalist Party of Bulgaria outside city of Pernik

The Bulgarian Golden Dawn: Nationalists Launch Attacks Against Syrian Refugees

Bulgaria's inability to cope with wave of Syrian refugees has fuelled xenophobia.

Jewish settlers

Palestinian Elders Shield Jewish Settlers from Lynching after West Bank 'Price-Tag' Attack

Settlers had uprooted olive trees in retaliation attack

Bank Hapoalim

Dutch Pension Fund PGGM Boycotts Israel over Palestinian Occupation and Settlements

Largest Dutch pension asset manager divests from Israeli banks.

African refugees

African Strike for Freedom Asylum-Seekers March for Third Day in Tel Aviv

'We ask to be treated as human beings' Eritrean refugee tells IBTimes UK.