ROME - The giant Christmas tree erected in Piazza Venezia is officially dead, confirmed Rome’s Environmental Department this week. For the second year running, the pine tree erected next to the colossal Altare Della Patria, in one of the busiest squares in Rome, has been subject to international ridicule.
Virginia Ingram
CANBERRA - The Royal Commission into the Institutional Responses of Child Sexual Abuse has undertaken the important tasks of investigating the extent of child sexual abuse in institutions in Australia and of providing a hearing for the victims of child sexual abuse - many of whom have suffered significantly.
20 Dec 2017
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ZOHR - Italian oil refinery company ENI has produced its first gas from the largest gas field ever found in the Mediterranean, the group officially announced Wednesday. The gas group, owned 30 percent by the Italian State, has had rapid success in the region, reportedly finding 850 billion cubic metres of gas in Zohr, Egypt, under the seabed close to the Suez Canal opening.
20 Dec 2017
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ALESSANDRIA - In the year of their 160th anniversary, the renowned hat maker Borsalino faces liquidation. The Alessandrian court rejected the second bankruptcy agreement request from the company Monday. The luxury brand was seeking court protection from creditors, according to news sources.
The designer has been a favourite with celebrities and politicians for decades, attracting fans such as Humphrey Bogart, who wore Borsalino in ‘Casablanca,’ Rihanna, Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway,
19 Dec 2017
Gianfranco Nitti
ROME - Leonardo has revealed that the company will design, supply and bring into service a complete Baggage Handling System (BHS) at Kuwait City International Airport’s new Terminal 4. The announcement was made during the Gulf Defense & Aerospace (GDA) 2017 event, taking place in Kuwait City in Dec.
19 Dec 2017
Chris Warde-Jones
LECCE - Deep in the heel of Italy, in this Baroque southern town, there is an Italian Air Force base recognized worldwide for its excellence.
First established in 1931, it became a strategic base during the second world war for operations over the Balkans and Mediterranean sea in general. After the war, it was designated as a flying training school and as from 1995, the 61st Wing has its headquarters there.
19 Dec 2017
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ROME - The American student Amanda Knox, accused, convicted, and then acquitted of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher while studying in Perugia, has announced via social media that she will be hosting a talk show in the United States.
The young woman has become well-known around the world for the controversial case in which she and her Italian then-boyfriend were accused of killing Kercher. News sources came out with sensationalist theories, ranging from sexual play gone wrong to more sadistic guesses, to explain Kercher’s violent death.
18 Dec 2017
VINCENZO PEZZILLI
NEW YORK - As 2017 comes to an end, two iconic American restaurants are set to close. Bouchon in Beverly Hills, the creation of Thomas Keller, will close its doors. Chef Keller has cited “adverse conditions that prevent the running of a profitable operation” as the reason for the restaurant’s demise.
18 Dec 2017
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TURIN - The Jewish communities of Italy were dismayed as the remains of Victor Emmanuel III, the penultimate monarch of Italy who signed Fascist laws against Jews, were flown from Egypt to be laid to rest in Piedmont Sunday. Emmanuel’s body has been buried beside his wife Elena, recently moved from Montpellier, in their family museum Vicoforte 70 years after his death.
18 Dec 2017