MILAN – Following a shareholders meeting on Tuesday over videocall, a decision has been made not to recapitalise and to liquidate Air Italy, as stated in an official Air Italy statement.
ROME – The UFI Global CEO Summit, an event bringing to together around a hundred CEOs and presidents who organize the most important trade fairs in the world, ended in the Eternal City on Friday.
Thanks to the summit, these 100 leaders of the exhibition sector were able to see for themselves how Rome, its territory and the country can be an ideal destination for the event market.
During this meeting, the participants analysed the best strategies and opportunities in the sector, assessed trends and defined long-term objectives.
ROME – Italian university courses have lost as many as 10,000 teaching staff over the last 10 years, and have missed out on approximately 67,000 students, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano.
ROME – On Friday Chinese government officials voiced their displeasure at the suspension of flights to and from China, with the closure of flights between the Italy and China having been signed off by Minster of Health Roberto Speranza on Jan 31, according to diplomatic sources. Relations have been particularly strained since Thursday, when a miscommunication occured in a meeting between Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Italian Ambassador to China Luca Ferrari.
CAIRO – Patrick Zaky, 27, an exchange student studying gender and human rights at the University of Bologna, was arrested Friday at Cairo airport and has been beaten and given electric shocks, according to human rights authorities.
ROME – Inter Milan vanquished AC Milan 4-2 in a thrilling match on Sunday that gave them pole position in the league standings, after Juventus were dealt a dramatic 2-1 defeat by Verona in their Saturday away game.
ROME – As the probe into the Lodi high-speed train crash that killed two men continues with the tragedy suspected to have been caused by a mispositioned railroad switch, some commentators suggest the Italian rail network has grown too fast for its aged infrastructure.
MILAN – A plaque commemorating the death of famous anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli was partially destroyed on Monday night, reports La Repubblica.
ROME – At the Teatro Arciliuto on Thursday, the New York experimental performance artist Edgar Oliver delivered a thought-provoking spoken piece called ‘In The Park.’ Mr. Oliver mostly performs in venues in New York, but was in Rome for an event organised by The English Theatre of Rome. The second of two performances was to be held at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.