VATICAN CITY -- In a speech released by the Vatican for the Day of Peace in January 2017 (Giornata della Pace), Pope Francis asks for nuclear weapons to be ‘abolished’ and for the world to become disarmed in a moving plea for global harmony.
Gianfranco Nitti
ROME --U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) repatriated a page from a 14th-century manuscript and a 19th-century Carelli painting to the government of Italy at a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Washington.
12 Dec 2016
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ROME -- As international banks cannot guarantee their contribution to Italy's oldest bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s recapitalisation, the Treasury is ready to allow it another week, despite nationalisation seeming inevitable, financial sources said Monday.
12 Dec 2016
INSIDER NEWSDESK
ROME – The Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority (in Italian ‘Istituto per la vigilanza sulle assicurazioni’ also known as IVASS) have launched a brand new website, with the aim of being accessible, dynamic, responsive and -- most importantly -- useful for all.
The institution is an independent authority responsible for supervising all insurance business across the country, headed by Salvatore Rossi, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy.
12 Dec 2016
MIKE DILIEN
ROME -- Isn’t hedonist liberalism so much more fun than state-planned welfare? A sparkling white fountain dominates the near-empty square on this winter afternoon. While bank offices are shining discretely on each side of the square, the blood-red logo of a butcher appeals to the borough’s origins.
12 Dec 2016
Gianfranco Nitti
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican Museums, The Embassies of Sweden and of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Holy See and in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Promoting of Christian Unity have arranged the unique exhibition ‘Rembrandt in the Vatican -- Images between heavens and earth.’
The inauguration of the exhibition took place Nov. 23, 2016 under the presence of Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden and Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, and will continue until Feb. 26, 2017.
12 Dec 2016
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ROME -- The Sant’Egidio Catholic community expressed solidarity Monday for the attack against the Egyptian Coptic Church carried out in Cairo by Saint Mark’s Cathedral, killing innocent civilians, the religious community said.
The Rome-based Community of Sant’Egidio expressed their pain and solidarity with the Patriarch Tawadros II and with the entirety of Egypt’s Coptic Church, hit Sunday by a serious attack, leaving innocent people including six children dead.
12 Dec 2016
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME – Sarah Palin will not be appointed by Donald Trump to head the World Food Programme, Ertharin Cousin, the current WFP Executive Director, has told staff of the U.N. agency as she waits to see if the new Administration will endorse her candidature for a second term when her current tenure expires in 2017.
“Contrary to what the Italian Insider says Sarah Palin will not get my job,” Ms Cousin told staff, according to a well-placed WFP source.
12 Dec 2016
INSIDER NEWSDESK
LIMA -- Results of a survey circulating Monday show that 75 percent of Peruvians believe their ex-first lady Nadine Heredia’s new FAO job to be a strategy to evade justice, newspaper Perú21 reports.
The recent national urban survey carried out in Peru by Ipsos also revealed that 77 percent of Peruvians asked believe that Nadine, recently appointed as head of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s liaison office in Geneva, is guilty of money laundering.
12 Dec 2016