PATTAYA, Thailand -- Anyone meeting the remarkable Juergen (Gio) Lusuardi will not quickly forget, especially when they discover how many benefit from his energy building the Take Care Kids charity

ROME– Staff at the Food and Agriculture Organisation may stage a walk-out at this month’s conference of the UN agency to protest discrimination against staff association leaders, agency sources say

ROME-- The English Theatre of Rome presents the European Premiere of Shiva Arms, written and performed by Doug Motel for one night only on Sunday 30^th June at 8pm.

WASHINGTON-- In 2007, Amanda Knox left Seattle for Perugia, Italy, to master the language, then move to Rome for a creative-writing course at the University of Washington’s overseas program.

ROME-- Recently the Corriere della Sera carried two full pages and an editorial debating whether Britain will leave the EU -For many years this was unthinkable.

 LILONGE, Malawi- My trip to Mwaya Beach took nine hours on a perilously crowded bus across narrow bridges spanning crocodile-peppered waters - of the 100 in the vehicle I was the only white person

 VENICE-A cocktail at Ca’ Giustinian, dinner with Massimiliano Gioni and Cecilia Alemani and riding a vaporetto with Luigi Ontani were highlights of the 55^thVenice Biennale preview.

ROME-- With its inception eight years ago Micca Club is proving to be a strong contender on the Roman night life scene.

LONDON-- With major global markets at five and a half year highs, and the FTSE 100 at its best for 13-years, investors and the rest of us are left wondering whether this new level of economic growth is real, or if we are creating a bubble on the way to another 2008-style crash.

ROME—Rome city council, where controversial Mayor Gianni Alemanno is running for re-election at the end of this week, seems to be having difficulty paying its suppliers.

ROME--As a young reporter in Lebanon, Richard Beeston faced down an execution squad and at one point found himself given honorary command of a company of Muslim militiamen.