ROME – Syrians face an unprecedented hunger crisis as the prices of basic foods exceed prices at any point over the nine years of conflict, with over nine million Syrians now food insecure, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have revealed in a press release. The WFP urgently require 200 million dollars to continue to provide food assistance in Syria until the end of the year, and have stated that unless new funding is made available by August, they will be forced to drastically cut rations and outreach as of October 2020.
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MONDRAGONE – A ‘red zone’ sealed off by police for four days after 49 people tested positive for coronavirus has led to a spike in tensions that risks ‘civil war’ between Bulgarian agricultural workers and Italian nationals. The Italian Interior Minister, Luciana Lamorgese, decided to send in approximately 100 soldiers from the Italian army in an attempt to coordinate public order and health efforts, according to the regional governor of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca.
26 Jun 2020
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ROME – Through a Memorandum of Understanding of the Jewish Community and the Carabinieri for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, some 19 copies of Jewish texts dating from the 16th century to the 20th century, that were raided by the Nazis from Jewish families in Rome between Sept 30 and Dec 4 in 1943, returned to the eternal city. A working group has been set up to aid in the recovery and return of further cultural heritage items to the MIBACT, according to a press release.
25 Jun 2020
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BERGAMO – In pole position, Juventus watched on as challengers Inter Milan drew and dark horse Lazio lost on Wednesday, with Lazio falling short against Atalanta in a breath-taking 3-2 defeat in their first game after the lengthy pause in the Serie A due to the coronavirus lockdown.
25 Jun 2020
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME -- Staff at the International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD are concerned about a "2020 reassignment exercise" ordered by human resources director, Pierre Moreau Peron, which envisages the reassignment of the roles of hundreds of people at the UN agency many of whom are being forced to apply for their own jobs.
The draconian document allegedly makes it clear that any employee failing to get a new job or not accepting the new role within 15 days they will be considered as guilty of "abandonment of post."
25 Jun 2020
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VATICAN CITY – Sister Maria Laura Mainetti of the congregation of the Daughters of the Cross, who was brutally murdered by three girls during a satanic ritual in 2000, has been determined to have been martyred because of her faith, according to Holy See sources. On June 19, Pope Francis authorized Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect for the Causes of Saints, to look into a decree for her beatification, recognizing the martyrdom, and stated that she was killed out of "hatred for the faith."
24 Jun 2020
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TRIPOLI – To protect Italy’s interests and work to ensure the Libyan conflict doesn't escalate as the competing powers of Turkey, Egypt, and Russia all vie for control, the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio, flew to Libya on Wednesday morning to meet with the head of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Agreement (GNA), Fayez al Sarraj, and other government ministers. Di Maio’s schedule also includes a trip in Misurata, east of Tripoli, where there is a field hospital in the city with 300 Italian soldiers who are offering assistance and support missions in Libya.
24 Jun 2020
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ROME -- The International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD has defended a decision by President Gilbert Houngbo to recall to the Eternal City employees who had left Italy to work remotely from their home countries because of the Coronavirus epidemic, noting that the crisis has eased on the peninsula.
24 Jun 2020
Gianfranco Nitti
ROME – Carlo Bonomi, President of the General Confederation of Italian Industry (Confindustria), expressed his disappointment with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s State General summit held at the Villa Pamphili, in what was his first virtual meeting with foreign press since becoming Confindustria president.
During the press conference on June 13, Bonomi criticized Conte’s lack of plans for Italy’s ‘restart’ post-Covid-19 lockdown, and said he expected a detailed plan with a timescale and the expected effects on GDP, however “none was in sight.”
23 Jun 2020