Josephine de La Bruyère

 ROME — Investigators were wrong in assuming that the 17-year-old daughter of the Sicilian bricklayer who killed his wife and sons last week was a chance survivor of her father’s rampage. The girl told prosecutors in exacting detail about her role in torturing and killing her mother and brothers during a weekslong exorcism masterminded by a Palermo couple one of the victims referred to as the "Brothers of God."

 “I would do it all again,” the daughter said. “They had the devil in them.”

22 Feb 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK

 ROME – Johnny Depp visited the National Cinema Museum in Turin, welcomed by the museum’s top management.

 He explored the World of Tim Burton exhibition, which included many displays from Depp and Burton’s collaborations.

 From early sketches of Edward Scissorhands to Sweeney Todd, the museum has a wide range of materials that delve into the creative mind of Burton.

 Depp also saw the handwritten letter he received from Burton which suggested changes to lines in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

22 Feb 2024
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE

 ROME – Napoli faced Barcelona at the Stadio Maradona on Wednesday night in the first leg of the Champion League’s Round of 16.

 Both teams won their respective leagues last season but recently have failed to inspire with Napoli in ninth place and Barcelona in third. In what promised to be a big clash, the behind-the-scenes of the teams left many fans wondering if either club would be up to the challenge or be able to retain any of last year’s glory.

22 Feb 2024
Gianfranco Nitti

 ROME - A few days before his official inauguration on March 1st, the newly elected President of the Finnish Republic, Alexander Stubb, flew to Florence to finalize the closure of his relationship as professor and director, from May 1, 2020, of the School of Transnational Governance, an institute, based in Florence, part of the the European University Institute, EUI, based in Fiesole.

21 Feb 2024
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 ROME – A sinkhole in Naples swallowed two cars, a tree and two people in the early hours of Wednesday morning, police sources said.

 The incident occurred around 5 a.m. on Wednesday in the Vomero neighbourhood of the city. One of the cars was parked, however one of the cars was moving. Inside the car were driver Giulio delle Donne and Luca Casolla, who were returning from a party, celebrating the results of a university exam.  

21 Feb 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK

 ROME – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is pausing deliveries of life-saving food aid to northern Gaza until conditions are in place that allow for safe distributions.

20 Feb 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK

 ROME – Princess Ira von Furtsenburg, Italian socialite, actress and model, died on Sunday aged 83, her family announced.

 On April 17, 1940, Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina zu Furstenburg was born in Rome to Prince Tassilo zu Furstenburg, from noble family originating from southern Germany, and Clara Agnelli. Clara Agnelli was sister to Gianni Agnelli, the head of Fiat, whose name has recently been embroiled in a dynastic feud over inheritance.

20 Feb 2024
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE

 ROME – The Court of Cassation ruled that Tripoli is not a safe port, meaning that handing migrants back to the Libyan coastguards is a crime.

 The Italian Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the captain of Asso 28 who rescued 101 people in the middle of the Mediterranean before handing them back to Libyan coastguards, on the basis he broke the Navigation Code and the Penal Code.

20 Feb 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK

 ROME – A social media row between the mayor and bishop of Nola, Sicily, has divided the town after an image of Giordano Bruno, philosopher and heretic, was projected onto the side of Nola’s cathedral.  

20 Feb 2024

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