ISTANBUL- The London-based international marketing and lobbying firm The Luxury Network Turkey, hosted leading professionals in the field of fashion, jewellery, gastronomy, art, construction, tourism and many other sectors from the billion-dollar luxury retail investors' from 34 countries at the International Luxury Summit.
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MILAN – Libero Traversa, who fought against fascism from the age of 14, has died aged 89, according to president of ANPI Roberto Cenati.
Paying homage to the veteran, Cenati attributed his own involvement with ANPI to Traversa. “Goodbye, Libero. You will always remain in our hearts,” he said in a post on Facebook.
Traversa grew up in a strongly anti-fascist family joined the resistance as a teenager, first against the Italian fascist regime and then against the Nazi occupation. It was a commitment which would occupy him for the rest of his life.
29 Apr 2019
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ROME - Investigations into a series of technical issues that closed Barberini station have revealed that important moving parts of faulty escalators were held together with pipe clamps and not properly repaired, judicial sources have stated.
Top ranking officials at transport agency ATAC are consequently among the 12 people under investigation after a step on an upwards moving escalator collapsed while in use.
Investigators discovered that the escalator’s breaks were held together by pipe clamps rather than replacement parts, Il Messaggero revealed Monday.
29 Apr 2019
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NAPLES – The Ukranian actor Artem Tkachuk, who recently came to fame playing a young gangster, has been stabbed, according to police sources.
Best known for his appearance in Claudio Giovannesi’s La Paranza dei Bambini, the 18-year old was with a friend, 21, on Saturday night in Chiaia, Naples.
The pair were approached by a group of young men. The exact motive for the attack is still hard to establish but the pair were reportedly asked whether they were from Rione Traiano, an area of the city. When they replied that they were not, they were attacked.
29 Apr 2019
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BRESCIA - A Freciarossa train set to travel from Brescia to Napoli was halted Monday morning after authorities found the two drivers to be inebriated, police sources have stated.
The train was supposed to leave Brescia at 05:17 Monday morning, heading for Campania’s capital city, but the 67 passengers due to board were stopped from doing so and forced to take a different route after the train’s drivers were stopped by transport police.
One of the two tested positive for alcohol when tested on the spot, while the other asked for doctors to be called.
29 Apr 2019
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BAGHERIA - The 5 Star Movement (M5S) have lost ground to the League, its coalition partners, and Italy's left-wing candidates in Sicilian local elections which took place Sunday.
The centre-right, backed by the League, have made large inroads in the Sicilian electorate, its voter base increasing across the island, while the M5S have lost two seats they previously administered: Gela and Bagheria.
Bagheria in particular marked an embarrassing fall from grace for the M5S. Romina Aiello, its candidate for the town, won just 11 per cent of the vote.
29 Apr 2019
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MILAN – A delegation from the Community of Sant’Egidio, with president Marco Impagliazzo, went on Monday to Binario 21 to pay tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.
In recent years, the Holocaust memorial in Milan Central Station has become a place of welcome for many migrants and refugees as they travel to northern Europe, thanks to the collaboration of the Jewish Community and the Community of Sant’Egidio.
29 Apr 2019
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TRIESTE - The organisers of the Trieste Half Marathon have had to backtrack on their decision to exclude African athletes from the event following widespread public outcry that accused the race of racism.
President of race organiser Apd Miramar Fabio Carini was lambasted last week for the decision to exclude certain nationalities from the race.
Carini argued that the decision had been made as a way to tackle the exploitation of African athletes that he and fellow organisers believed to be prevalent in the sport.
29 Apr 2019
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ROME - Roma took full advantage of AC Milan’s third loss in five games to leapfrog their rivals into fourth place and take a slender advantage in the run in for Champions League qualification into the final month of this year’s Serie A.
Roma hosted tenth place Cagliari at the Stadio Olimpico going into the game on the back of a resurgent run of form.
Claudio Ranieri’s tenure as first team coach got off to a rocky start in March, his side winning just one of his first four games in charge.
29 Apr 2019