ROME - Northern League leader, Matteo Salvini, sparked controversy when he said, “I deal with those who are alive, not those who are dead,” while referring to the end of life bill under discussion by Parliament.

 Salvini stated that his party is ready to discuss the issue when it came to the vote, however, there are more pressing issues to attend to before that point. He emphasised that, "more than a good death, I'm concerned about having a good life.”

BERTINORO -- Winding up through the foggy vineyards of Emilia Romagna, I arrived in this stunning medieval shrine to Italian wine. Mist rolled up through the narrow cobbled streets up to the main piazza in which the ‘column of hospitality,’ the symbol of the town, has been standing since the 12th century. The square looks out over the landscape to the sea, to Rimini (the home of cinema director Federico Fellini,) and northwards to the Alps. 

 ROME — FAO staff are up in arms over the Brazilian management’s decision to close the UN agency over Christmas week but to force staffers to work through Holy Easter and the hallowed Roman holiday of Ferragosto in the sweltering Eternal City summer.

ROME - Interior Minister, Marco Miniti, vows to stop Mafia tensions in Ostia escalating into a full blown war in a statement made Monday, “what is happening in Ostia is not tolerable in a democracy.”

 Recent episodes have led authorities to believe that a rival gang is moving into Spada territory. Two masked men “kneecapped” the owner and another worker at a Ostia Pizzeria Thursday. Accounts from the scene tell of how two men came into the Pizzeria and beat the workers on the legs before escaping into the night on a scooter.