ROME -- Italians paid tribute Sunday to a heroic grandfather who died after saving his three-year-old granddaughter in a basement apartment flooded by the heavy rains that lashed Tuscany during a storm over the week end, killing several people.
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NAPLES -- The Italian Insider print issue for September went on sale in 300 news stands in the city of Naples and its surrounds Saturday including newsagents in the islands of Capri and Ischia as well as at Sorrento and the sun-drenched Amalfi coast, the publisher announced.
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9 Sep 2017
Eleanor Sly
ROME- The other day, the glamorous Maltese Ambassador to Italy Vanessa Frazier was criticised online by commentators because of her choice of handbag. She responded on Facebook to what she called "sickening," remarks about her fashion sense evidently fuelling further catty comments from the late Maltese blogger and journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, who subsequently was murdered in a car bomb attack in October.
8 Sep 2017
INSIDER NEWSDESK
MILAN- A 44-year-old Tunisian man has been arrested and subsequently expelled from Italy for security reasons after adhering to the Islamic State (IS), says the Italian Ministry of the Interior.
8 Sep 2017
Antonio Gottardello
ROME- As the 147th anniversary of the Porta Pia Breach of 1870 approaches, which marked the end of the papal state and its incorporation into the newly formed Italian nation, Rome prepares to celebrate its heritage with a manifestation of civic pride evocatively named ‘‘History’s Lights on Porta Pia’’ (‘’Luci della storia su Porta Pia’’).
8 Sep 2017
INSIDER NEWSDESK
VENICE- On the occasion of the first-ever Venice Glass Week (Sept. 10 to 17), AtemporaryStudio and Advantage Austria will be bringing to Venice the most sophisticated Austrian glass designs for an exhibition with a self-explanatory title: AUSTRIAN GLASS CORE.
8 Sep 2017
Eleanor Sly
ROME- Police were on high alert Friday morning following a spate of tense incidents involving homeless migrants and housing activists in the capital. A group, who had previously been evicted from Piazza dell’Indipendenza, gathered in the Via di Ripetta Thursday afternoon blocking the artery street for several hours before they were cleared by police.
8 Sep 2017
Antonio Gottardello
ROME- On Thursday Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, a leader of the most conservative faction in the Roman Catholic Church, died after prolonged illness at age 79, the Vatican said. Archbishop Caffara had been Archbishop of Bologna for the past 12 years, and recently had collided on an ideological level with Pope Francis.
7 Sep 2017
Eleanor Sly
ROME- Stars including Sir Elton John Steven Tyler and David Foster are to take part in a series of charity events in Rome, including an evening at the Colosseum. The fourth edition of Andrea Bocelli’s “Celebrity Fight Night” is taking place in the capital from Sept. 5 to Sept. 11.
7 Sep 2017