ROME - Unable to stand the city’s overflowing bins, perilous potholes and rampant rodents any longer, Romans are to hold a mass sit-in on Oct. 27 in Piazza del Campidoglio. Under the hashtag #romadicebasta (“Rome says enough”), residents’ associations, civil society groups and ordinary Roman citizens will gather together in protest against the sorry state of the capital.
DUNDAR KESAPLI
FLORENCE -- A maverick experimenter, Tiziano Bonnani is widely considered to be one of the most non-conformist figures of contemporary Italian art. His research ranges from the restoration of ancient techniques to the assemblage and ready-made, in a surprising mix which is composed of layering objects and materials that give life to a new style of depiction. He is a Florentine who defends the value of restoring old art in an unstable, incoherent and paradoxical period of time, which has buried quality under mountains of trash.
25 Oct 2018
Patrick Middleton
ROME – A weakened Barcelona team still had too much quality for Inter Milan in their Champions League clash on Wednesday, coming away with a 2-0 victory at the Nou Camp.
The Spanish giants, though they sit top of La Liga, have had a below-par start to their domestic campaign, winning just five out of their first nine matches. Yet they maintained their 100 percent record in Europe on Wednesday night, cruising past an Inter Milan side that never really got a foothold in the game.
25 Oct 2018
INSIDER NEWSDESK
ROME – Two Senegalese men have been arrested for the gang rape and murder of Desiree Mariottini, a 16-year old Italian girl who was found dead last week, police said.
Mamadou Gara, 26, and Brian Minteh, 43, are believed to be among those responsible for the drugging, rape and murder of Mariottini. Police are working to identify the other parties involved and have already tracked down a third accomplice.
25 Oct 2018
Francesca Halliwell
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has appealed for more tolerance and explained the root causes of populism during a book launch entitled, “Sharing the Wisdom of Time” at Rome's Augustinianum Institute.
“We know how populism starts: by sowing the seeds of hate. You can’t live by spreading hate,” the pontiff said at the event on Tuesday. He also spoke about migrants in the speech, saying they should be welcomed with open arms.
24 Oct 2018
Francesca Halliwell
ROME - An escalator collapsed at Rome's Repubblica metro station, injuring 24 people, one of whom had a foot amputated. The escalator’s pace shot up at a terrifying rate, sending dozens of people, many of whom CSKA Moscow fans, crashing into one another at the bottom. Many people, unable to jump onto the banister to their left, ended up being trapped in the mangled escalator steps. Witnesses have attributed the incident to fans’ inappropriate behaviour on the escalator, while fans have contested it was due to a mechanical glitch.
24 Oct 2018
Patrick Middleton
ROME – AS Roma produced a brilliant performance to take a comfortable win against CSKA Moscow in their Champions League fixture at the Stadio Olimpico this week.
Two first-half goals from Edin Dzeko set the tone for the evening, while Cenzig Ünder added a third just after the break to shore up the three points.
24 Oct 2018
Patrick Middleton
ROME – The Italian government could be forced to pay a nine billion euro fine if it doesn’t amend its budget proposal, after the European Commission rejected the plan in its current form this week.
24 Oct 2018
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME – The Peruvian director of Human Resources at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Fernando Servan, climaxed an alcohol-fuelled evening with other senior UN executives by grabbing the face of a young woman working at the agency and “aggressively” covering her in kisses as she tried to push him away, an eyewitness told the Italian Insider.
23 Oct 2018