TARANTO – A 22-year-old migrant has taken his own life in Castellaneta Marina after his request for asylum was denied, sources have confirmed.
Amadou Jawo had come to Italy from Gambia two years previously but received a rejection of his political asylum request a few days ago. Tragically, he then hung himself in the house he had been staying in, in the Taranto region.
ROME - As many as 15 Italian officers were arrested Wednesday after numerous Italian armed forces and police applicants were found to have cheated in admission tests to become professional soldiers, with help from senior officials allegedly in return for backhanders of up to 50,000 euros.
Labelled “the algorithm clique,” a group of military police and army officials reportedly gave candidates a formula that would enable them to correctly answer all admission test questions, provided they paid a lump sum of up to 50 thousand euros.
ROME - The age-old concern that Italy’s historic and artistic heritage is under threat has been unearthed once more, as two works by the esteemed Alberto Burri were recently sold at a London auction.
This isn’t the first time Italy has lost celebrated works to foreign competitors. For centuries, the acquisition of Italian art has been a priority for investors, aristocrats and collectors worldwide.
RIACE – In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Mayor of Riace Domenico Lucano left the town in compliance with a court order, judicial sources said.
Lucano was placed under house arrest earlier in October on charges of, among other things, facilitating illegal immigration. He had previously been lauded for reviving the rural Calabrian town through allowing migrants and refugees to settle in Riace.
ROME – On Wednesday a statement released by the NGO Amnesty International accused French authorities of “systematic violations” of the rights of refugees and migrants.
The accusation comes following the incident in the French-Italian border town of Claviere last week, where French gendarmes were seen unloading two migrants from a van in the woods that line the border, before driving back into France. Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini refused to accept the apology given by the French authorities over an incident that has heightened tensions between Rome and Paris.
ROME – The FAO Director General, José Graziano da Silva, has conceded that the UN agency is in a ‘cash crisis’ due to late contributions payment by member countries though he stopped short of disclosing that his own country, Brazil, is one of the main culprits, along with the United States.
VALLETTA– A year on from her murder, the life of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galicia has been remembered in a series of events on the island of Malta.
Galicia built up a national and international reputation for her continued work to shed light on corruption and misconduct carried out by Maltese politicians and public figures. In particular, she drew attention to links between the online gambling industry and organised crime in Malta.
LONDON - The Charity Commission has found that charities still under-report sexual abuse, including child sexual abuse overseas, yet no one is going to jail.
POMPEII – Italian archaeologists have uncovered an inscription in Pompeii that suggests the recorded date of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption is months too early.
