TARANTO - An interesting exhibition in Taranto by Katundo, opening Sept. 15, 2018 in an unusual location – the Cloister of the former SS hospital.
‘When art means suffering’ is an exhibition of pictorial works by Katundo, aka Vincenzo Leone, painter and cardiologist, born in San Marzano di San Giuseppe in 1948, and a doctor for many years in Taranto in the National Health Service.
ROME – Gambling giant Sisal is suing the Italian government over allegedly favouring a close competitor, a discussion at the Regional Administrative Tribunal heard on Wednesday.
Italian betting company Lottomatica is being accused of receiving favoured treatment by the 2016 Gentiloni government.
Last year the government renewed Lottamatica’s permits for another 9 years. A deal worth 800 million euros. Sisal, a rival betting giant, has accused the government of misconduct over tendering procedures, as a formal tender never took place.
ROME – Scores of Italian consultants have left the FAO after the UN agency told them that their contracts would not be extended beyond the end of October as part of a new policy by Director General José Graziano da Silva to dish out consultancies to national groups proportionate to their government’s donations, FAO sources say.
ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Di Maio firmly believes basic income has to be a key component in the 2019 budget set to be announced by Finance Minister Giovanni Tria tomorrow, parliamentary sources said on Wednesday.
In a meeting restricted to Five Star cabinet members, Di Maio manifested his intentions to take the government into stalemate by voting against the budget in parliament and not to sign off the DEF (economic and financial planning document) if key policy issues are not included.
ROME – Italian luxury fashion company Versace has been sold to American designer giant Michael Kors, official sources said on Wednesday.
The handbag maker will be acquiring Versace for $2.1 billion, including debt, providing Kors with a gateway to the European high-end fashion market.
Following the deal, Kors will change its name to Capri Holdings Limited but it will retain all the original brand names. Kors also controls British high fashion house Jimmy Choo.
ROME – Operators of the Mediterranean rescue ship Aquarius have called on European governments to help the vessel find a new flag to sail under following Panama ship registration withdrawal, official sources said on Tuesday.
The ship is now sailing with 58 migrants on board and is asking French authorities to let its passengers disembark in Marseille.
CATANIA – Over 30 companies and corporations owned by Sicilian entrepreneur Mario Ciancio Sanfilippo have been seized following alleged ties with mafia associations, official sources said on Tuesday.
A total empire estimated to be worth 150 million euros has been confiscated by police on order by the Catania Tribunal. Ciancio is being investigated for alleged collusion with mafia-style associations. The businessman has strongly denied any involvement with criminal associations.
ROME – The U.S. Air Force has selected MH-139 helicopters, based on Leonardo’s AW139 model, for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Protection, said Italian aerospace and defence company Leonardo Spa in a press statement.
Italian aerospace and defence giant Leonardo, formally known as Finmeccanica, in partnership with American aerospace company Boeing will supply the U.S. Air Force with 84 MH-139 helicopters worth $2.4 billion replacing the old UH-1N “Huey” helicopter fleet.
PISA – Hundreds of people have been evacuated as a huge, powerful blaze engulfs Monte Serra, in Pisano, raging dangerously close to homes, firefighters said on Monday.
Fanned by strong winds, the fire has destroyed dozens of hectares of forest and is threatening the village of Montemagno and the areas of Torre and San Lorenzo.
Mayor of Calci Massimiliano Ghimenti has ordered residents to evacuate their homes as a preventative measure.
