NAPLES – A 17-year-old student from Lombardy fell from a hotel window after smoking a joint on a school trip in Naples, officials say.
Although the incident occurred at the end of April, the news was only announced on Friday.
The young girl had reportedly been drinking and smoking weed before she felt sick and opened the window for some air. In her inebriated state, she lost her balance and fell.
ROME – WFP have announced some important expansions in their health coverage for Consultants, short-term International Professional staff (STP) and short-term General Service staff (TAU), who work at their headquarters and offices.
These developments have been implemented after issues of medical coverage and pregnancy-related benefits were brought up at WFP’s second staff meeting in 2017.
The concerns expressed by these employee groups reportedly troubled Executive Director David Beasley, who assembled a team to look at them in more depth and find a solution.
ROME – Roma chairman James Pallotta voiced a strong call for VAR to be used after his side found themselves on the wrong end of some questionable, game-changing decisions. Roma were left to bemoan a narrow aggregate loss in a thrilling second-leg at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday as their fans were unable to relive the wild celebrations of the Barcelona comeback.
ROME – Liverpool survived a late scare but a valiant Roma side left themselves too much to do at the Stadio Olimpico, despite a 4-2 victory on the night. The Italians twice came from behind, but the 5-2 drubbing in the first-leg ultimately cost them a place in the Champions League final.
Expectant Roma fans were welcomed with a vibrant attacking display as Roma sought to claw their way out to the hole they had created at Anfield.
ROME – Chilean-born activists and victims of sexual abuse, Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and José Andres Murillo, held a conference at the Foreign Press Association on Wednesday about their conversations with Pope Francis on sexual abuse in the clergy.
It’s the first time that they’ve spoken to the media about their stay in the Santa Marta residence inside the Vatican, which happened over the weekend.
ROME – The course of the Democratic Party hit further turbulence on Wednesday after a website listed the names of its party members, indicating those in favour and those against the formation of a government with the Five Star Movement. The widening divide amongst the PD arrives as the party prepares for internal discussions on its direction.
The website, senzadime.it, which has taken its name from the pro-Renzi hashtag launched by a section of the PD, has split party members according to their stance on a potential deal with the anti-establishment M5S.
VATICAN CITY – Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was elected as the new Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta on Wednesday, following a year-long spell as interim leader, the Order said.
Dalla Torre was elected by the 56 members of the order, commonly known as the Knights of Malta, and will serve as their 80th Grand Master.
The 73-year-old will now be tasked with heavy reforms to the world’s oldest surviving chivalric order after a stormy ending to the leadership of former Grand Master, Matthew Festing.
ROME - The Roma Tre Film Festival returns to the Palladium Theatre in Rome, 7th – 13th May, with a packed programme. The festival will pay homage to the 50 years since 1968 and “Once Upon a Time in the West” by showing film screenings and hosting a diverse range of events.
ROME – Terra Seismic, earthquake forecasting Company, says it has been nominated for 2017 and 2018 Peace Nobel Prizes by over 130 university professors from 57 countries, an unprecedented number in whole history. The Company and its scientists were nominated for resolving earthquake forecasting problem and humanitarian activity to protect lives of more than 5bln people living in seismic/tsunami prone countries, officials say.
Italian Insider interviewed Oleg Elshin, Peace Nobel Prize Nominee, President & CEO at Terra Seismic in Rome.
