MILAN – The president of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malagò, is under investigation after prosecutors alleged that the minutes taken at an assembly he chaired were falsified and led to the election of Gaetano Micciché as president of Serie A in 2018, according to judicial sources.
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ROME - The Italian Insider interviewed Michael Callan, School Head at the American Overseas School of Rome (AOSR), during a testing time for heads of education everywhere, about how the school is not only coping, but thriving, during lockdown. AOSR is an American-International school located within a beautiful campus in northern Rome.
II: In what must have been unprecedented moment in the school’s history, how quickly were the AOSR Ed Tech team able to react to changing circumstances and shift education online?
29 May 2020
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MILAN – A procession of over 600 protestors organized by local social centers gathered under the Lombardy Regional management building on Wednesday, resulting in clashes with police on the Via Melchiorre Gioia, as shown by video footage reproduced by Corriere della Sera. As the Lombardy region’s contagion rate threatens to climb during the gradual re-opening of 'Phase 2', the regional governor, Attilio Fontana, has born the brunt of the public anger, and this week was placed under police escort after a decision was made by the prefecture of Varese, the city in which he resides, reported La
29 May 2020
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ROME – “Serie A starts again on June 20,” said the Italian Minister of Sport, Vincenzo Spadafora, after a conference call with the members of the Italian Football Federation (Figc) and Serie A on Thursday evening. The semi-finals of the Italian cup are also set to start again on June 13, with Naples taking on Inter Milan, and with Juventus against AC Milan, reports La Repubblica. The stadiums will be divided into three areas which will contain no more than 333 people in all.
29 May 2020
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BRESICA – An expert virologist is cautiously optimistic about summer, after a less powerful variant of the Sars-Cov-2 virus was identified in the Microbiology laboratory of the Asst Spedali Civili, in Lombardy. Although not yet published in a scientific journal, research directed by president of Italian Society of Virology, Arnaldo Caruso, suggests that a new strain, instead of killing cells in two to three days, takes six days, reported Corriere Della Sera.
28 May 2020
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ROME – After a period of closure due to the epidemic, the Colosseum Archaeological Park, PArCo, will reopen to the public on June 1 while ensuring the safety of staff and visitors. Protections were assured by way of a memorandum of understanding between them and the ASL Roma 1, which will guarantee medical-health protection and lay out new routes and different ways of accessing the historic site. Tickets can be purchased online from Thursday.
28 May 2020
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ROME – The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean could potentially leave around 14 million vulnerable people in severe food insecurity in 2020, amounting to an increase of 10 million people since 2019, according to projections by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) who launched the #MissingThisMeal campaign on Thursday, World Hunger day.
28 May 2020
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REGGIO CALABRIA – There were 11 public officials, including the manager of the National Autonomous Roads Corporation (ANAS) for the Reggio area, amongst the 63 people arrested on Thursday morning on request of the DDA of Reggio Calabria, with the investigating magistrate ordering the seizure of assets worth 103 million euros, after twenty-two rigged tenders were uncovered by the Economic and Financial Police Unit, according to judicial sources.
28 May 2020
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PALERMO – As the Sicilian capital starts to reopen its palaces, churches, and museums, the first exhibition with the Sant’Elia Foundation is to showcase the city’s relationship with art and freedom with the Belgian artist, Julien Friedler, from June 7 to July 7, at Loggiato San Bartolomeo, according to a Sant’Elia press release. Attendance will be permitted only in small groups and with adequate safety equipment
27 May 2020