ROME – Giulia Spizzichino, the Roman Jewess who lost 24 relatives in Auschwitz and in the Ardeatine massacre of 1944 at the hands of German occupation troops and who later played the lead role in the extradition of Erich Priebke, Commander of the SS, died aged 90.

 ROME -- French multinational mass media conglomerate Vivendi took 12 percent in shares of media mogul Silvio Berlusconi's television empire Mediaset, and still aims for 20, causing a direct clash Wednesday between Vivendi and the Berlusconi’s Fininvest holding company.

 The French media company Vivendi, led by CEO of Bolloré investment group, Vincent Bolloré, announced Monday it had surpassed its threshold of 3 percent ownership of capital within Berlusconi’s Italian television empire Mediaset, following a significant ownership rise Tuesday to 12.32 percent.

 LIMA -- Former Peru first lady Nadine Heredia, appointed as head of the FAO’s Geneva liaison office, will be quizzed Wednesday about her allegedly taking on government roles without authority during her husband's presidency, by the Peruvian government’s Judicial Commission, Peruvian newspaper Perú21 reports.

 ROME -- Paola Muraro has resigned from her Deputy post as Environment Councillor in the city council after receiving a notice of investigation in the middle of Monday night for alleged violations of the Consolidated Law on the environment, announced mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi Tuesday.