ROME – Claudio Pavone, one of the most renowned and influential Italian historians of our time, has died Tuesday aged 95.
FLORENCE BROCK
NAPLES -- Among the local fishermen who bring their daily catch to the Parthenope shores, the majestic Vesuvius that surges high in the background and the Norman Castel dell’Ovo out in the jetty, the Italian city known for its sun and sea will soon see a huge 130-foot artificial tree erected along the seafront just in time for the Christmas holiday festivities.
The city of Naples has received all necessary permits and the construction of an immense touristic installation entitled N’albero is underway on Via F. Caracciolo at the Rotonda Diaz turnabout.
29 Nov 2016
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BEIRUT -- Italian citizen Sergio Zanotti from Brescia has been a prisoner in Syria for seven months and was reported Tuesday by the Russian site Newsfront to be calling for the Italian government to “intervene” in order to “avoid his eventual execution” over a video where the hostage speaks directly to the camera.
29 Nov 2016
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MILAN -- Milan stock-market is down by 1.81 percent as banks suffer amid referendum fears Monday with the bellwether FTSE-MIB index falling to 16,216 points.
The Tuscan bank Monti dei Paschi di Siena loses almost 14 percent, Bper percent, and Banco Popolare, Bpm and Unicredit all five percent. London falls 0.6 percent, Frankfurt 1.09 percent and Paris 0.88 percent. The Italian spread increases to 192 points and then closes at 187.
29 Nov 2016
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GENOA -- The ex-mayor of Genoa, Marta Vincenzi, has been charged with five years in prison for manslaughter following the devastating flood on Nov. 4, 2011, in which four women and two children perished.
The prosecutor, Luca Scorza Azzarà, asked for six years and one month. Vincenzi was accused of manslaughter on multiple counts, culpable disaster, falsehood and slander (for the latter accusation she was acquitted).
29 Nov 2016
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME -- The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), bowing to vociferous protests by the Peruvian government, said on Monday it has "postponed the inauguration" of Nadine Heredia, former first lady of Peru, as director of its Office in Geneva, in view of her investigation for alleged money laundering.
The FAO spokesman Enrique Yeves, explained that the decision, communicated to the Government of Peru on Monday, was taken considering the investigation for alleged money laundering which Ms Heredia is subject to.
29 Nov 2016
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ROME -- The British ambassador to Italy, H.E. Jill Morris became a model for the day for iconic British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood’s during a private sale of Westwood's clothes, shoes, scarfs and other accessories at the ambassador's villa in the Eternal City, with the aim of promoting British fashion in the Bel Paese.
28 Nov 2016
Samantha Wernham
ROME -- Following pizza and spaghetti carbonara, another Italian delicacy has conquered the British Isles and possibly pushed aside the classic Christmas pudding, confirming its status as a festive staple across the globe: the scrumptious Milan-born ‘panettone.’
28 Nov 2016
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ROME -- Mantua has come out as the Italian province with the best quality of life in the yearly list issued by ItaliaOggi (ItalyToday)-La Sapienza University, whilst the Eternal City has fallen 19 places since last year, the university said Monday.
The Lombard city of Mantua has replaced Trento this year as the best Italian city to live in, which had constantly remained at first place since 2011. Bellum, the capital city of the Veneto region, rose from eighth place to third place this year.
28 Nov 2016