ROME – The Secretary General of the Farnesina, Ettore Sequi met the Ambassador of Poland to Italy, Anna Maria Anders on Thursday at the ministry to talk about the communication between countries required in the coming months.

 The discussion concerned the need for close coordination between EU countries and NATO allies after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

 Ettore Sequi and Anna Maria Anders also stressed the priority of supporting Kiev in humanitarian aid and food security "by acting together in a timely, efficient and effective manner."

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 ROME – A Norwegian female tourist was attacked on Saturday evening in Campo de Fiori after rejecting a 21-year-old man’s advances on her and was left unconscious on the ground with a fractured nose, local authorities said.

 At 11:30 p.m. on via dei Giubbonari, a 20-year-old Norwegian woman was violently assaulted by a man after she refused his advances and was taken to the S.Spirito hospital where doctors said the injuries sustained would need 30 days healing time, as well as an operation.

 LECCE – Dame Helen Mirren, British actress and Oscar winner, was a special guest at the “Lights in the Woods- a night of cinema, arts, nature” event and testified of an urgency to protect nature amidst the arrival of the xylella plant disease that wreaked havoc on the olive trees in the region. 

 In the gardens of Palazzo Baronale Serafini-Sauli in Tiggiano on Aug. 3, the Cinema del Reale association, OfficinaVisioni and Big Sur organised “Lights in the Woods,” an event dedicated to the protection of the landscape.

 PESARO – ETC Italy 2022, one of the largest board game competitions is set to take place from Aug. 3 to 7 at the PalaD di Campanara arena in Marche.

 The competition will specifically involve strategy games which simulate warfare.

 Initially the tournament was established as a European Team Championship but in 2008 it opened to all nations involving hundreds of players and it is now the largest tournament of its kind in the world.