Viveca Knapp

ROME - Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi is reported to be considering sacking Bruno Rota, director of Rome’s crumbling public transport company, Atac, according to the Italian press. After he publicly spoke to the Italian media about the disastrous state of the company, its high debt and absent personnel, Ms Raggi said “There is no longer any trust, the relationship is broken,” according to sources from the town hall. Italian news agencies suspect an act of retaliation from Raggi in retaliation for Rota's comments. 

28 Jul 2017
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ROME - French President Emmanuel Macron has announced "We will build hotspots in Libya to review asylum requests.” The project is apparently going ahead this summer to have records of who has the requirements for obtaining refugee status. Gentiloni replies “Italy has its own agenda.” 

27 Jul 2017
Zoe Tidman

ROME- Italy is considering sending naval ships into Libyan waters to combat human traffickers, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said in a press conference.

27 Jul 2017
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NAPLES - Luxury wedding dress designer Maison Signore is growing rapidly and seeks 15 qualified experts to join teams in the Naples and Caserta headquarters. Coveted positions available include seamstresses, events managers and sales consultants. 

27 Jul 2017
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VOLTERRA - PAN… crazio: the freedom to be afraid is coming to Volterra’s Piazza dei Priori, on August 1 at 9:30pm. It is part of the town’s International Roman Theatre Festival, organised by Pentagon Productions. The performance is a kind of contemporary, original rewriting of Greek God Pan's myth, half-goat half-man, abandoned by his mother for his frightful ugliness, and inventor of the flute.

27 Jul 2017
Zoe Tidman

ROME- An enormous toxic waste dump has been discovered in a quarry in Latina, according to local police sources.

A police operation that started in the early hours of Thursday morning has dismantled a complex criminal organization that deals with the illegal trafficking and dumping of dangerous waste in Aprilia, a town in the Province of Latina south of Rome. The State Police of Latina discovered that an abandoned “Pozzolana” quarry ( a type of volcanic ash that sets under water) had been transformed into a large unauthorized landfill site for toxic waste from March 2016.

27 Jul 2017
Zoe Tidman

 ROME- Centre-left and opposition parties celebrated the abolition of the Vitalizi pension scheme for Italian MPs on Thursday after a dramatic parliamentary vote.

 After 24 hours of debate in the Chamber of Deputies, 348 MPs voted in favour of scrapping Vitalizi pensions, whereas only 17 MPs voted against. Vitalizi pensions were more generous that ordinary State pensions and were accrued by politicians after only one term in office; it was viewed unfair by many due to this short time requirement.  

27 Jul 2017
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FLORENCE- The investigation into the Monster of Florence murders has reopened, linking the eight double murders to a “strategy of tension” and a new 86-year-old suspect, Giampiero Vigilanti, according to local authorities.

26 Jul 2017
Viveca Knapp

ROME - What better way to enjoy the Eternal City than as the Romans do, darting through the traffic, with the wind blowing through your hair on the classic Italian mode of transport: the Vespa.  As I arrived at one of Bici&Baci’s three shops in Rome, I was greeted by my tour guides for the morning, Gabriele and Alexander, and met the others on my tour. As I waited for my helmet, I had a browse around the shop, which boasts an impressive collection of vintage Vespas.

26 Jul 2017

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