ROME - According to a a report published recently by the Italian National Statistics Institute (ISTAT), there were 45 thousand fewer births in 2017 than in 2014, and 120 thousand fewer than in 2008. This stark decrease has been attributed to “structural changes” in the Italian population, for the number of women between the ages of 15 and 49 fell by 900 thousand between 2008 and 2017.
Francesca Halliwell
ROME - A Palestinian man has been arrested in Macomer, a town in Sardinia, on suspicion of planning to carry out a chemical attack on army barracks. According to reports, Alaji Aminun had been intending to contaminate drinking water with rat poison. The 38-year-old man, suspected to have ties with Islamic State, had left his house and entered his van when he was suddenly stopped by Italian State Police.
28 Nov 2018
Patrick Middleton
ROME – Yet another defeat in AS Roma’s shambolic opening to the season left fans fuming at the Stadio Olimpico, even though other results guaranteed the Italian side’s place in the last 16 of the Champions League.
28 Nov 2018
Francesca Halliwell
ROME - As many as 42 employees of the Sicilian regional health agency are under investigation for absenteeism, a figure equating to one in five of their members of staff. According to investigators at the Palermo Public Prosecutor's Office, employees “worked together to attest false presence at work.”
The Italian Financial Police have placed 11 people under house arrest, and ordered another 11 to sign in regularly with the police. A further 20 people have been cited, and face charges of aggravated fraud as well as abusive access to computerised systems and false statements.
28 Nov 2018
Patrick Middleton
ROME – The Finance Police executed an order on Wednesday to seize the assets of Sampdoria chairman Massimo Ferrero in an investigation into financial misconduct, Il Fatto Quotidiano reports.
28 Nov 2018
Francesca Halliwell
ROME - Antonio Orlando, leader of the Italian Mafia-type crime syndicate Camorra, was arrested Tuesday morning after 15 years at large in Italy. The 60-year-old criminal, among the 15 most wanted Italians, was found hiding in an apartment in Mugnano, a Neapolitan municipality.
27 Nov 2018
INSIDER NEWSDESK
BOLZANO – A 25-year partnership between the South Tyrol People’s Party (SVP) and the centre-left has come to an end after party leadership gave the all clear to enter into discussions with Matteo Salvini’s League over the formation of Alto Adige’s next government, Il Fatto Quotidiano reported on Tuesday.
27 Nov 2018
Patrick Middleton
ROME – Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio was left to regret his previous “mud-slinging” towards the family of Democratic Party member Maria Elena Boschi on Tuesday after a scandal over his father’s business emerged, La Repubblica reports.
“I’d like to look Mr Antonio Di Maio, father of Luigi, in the face and say that I hope he doesn’t go through what his son and his friends put my father and my family through,” Boschi said in an emotive video posted on her Twitter in response to reports of ‘black work’ in a construction company owned by the Di Maio family.
27 Nov 2018
INSIDER NEWSDESK
MILAN – Former X Factor winner Michele Bravi could be imprisoned for up to seven years for killing a 58-year-old woman in a road incident, Il Messaggero reported on Monday.
Recent tests carried out by police indicate that Bravi, 23, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the incident, in which he hit a woman on a BMW motorbike on Thursday evening in Milan, while he was driving a rental car, according to police sources.
27 Nov 2018