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 ROME – Farmers were blocking Rome’s ring road on Friday, between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., a spokesperson for Riscatto Agricolo said. At least 500 tractors showed up to protest.

 The spokesperson, Salvatore Fais, said that they confirmed all procedures with the police headquarters.

 He said that it will be this evening because the protests would cause “too much confusion during the day.” Four tractors representing the group are also expected to enter Rome “without causing inconvenience” and will try to ask for a meeting with the Minster of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida.

9 Feb 2024
Josephine de La Bruyère

 ROME — Two years ago a Patti court sentenced 91 associates of the Tortorici Mafia to 600 total years of prison time for conspiring to receive more than 5 million euros of subsidies meant for European farmers. In a dawn raid Tuesday, Carabinieri arrested 23 alleged affiliates of the same group for continuing to run precisely the same scheme. 

8 Feb 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK

 ROME - A delegation from the UK Parliamentary Defence Committee is in Rome this week to strengthen ties with Italy in the defence sector, the UK Ministry of Defence have said. The main focus of the visit is to discuss the Global Combat Air Programme, a plan between Italy, Japan, and the UK to develop a new fighter jet by 2035. 

8 Feb 2024
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE

 ROME - A human trafficker involved with the Cutro shipwreck has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 3 million euros, the Crotone tribunal court said. 

 The 29-year-old Turkish national, Gun Ufuk, was responsible for the deaths of 94 migrants who died when their ship, Summer Love, sunk in stormy weather on Feb. 26, 2023, off the coast of Cutro in Southern Italy. At least 14 children, including a newborn died. Around 180 migrants were on the boat, mainly from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.

8 Feb 2024
Philip Stringer

 In the heart of Rome, a city steeped in history and culture, the American Overseas School of Rome (AOSR) is embarking on an exhilarating new chapter. As a beacon of academic excellence since 1947, AOSR has long been the preferred choice for families seeking an outstanding American and international school education in Italy.

7 Feb 2024
JAN FILIPOWICZ

 ROME – FAO Director General Qu Dongyu is poised to appoint Lebanese dandy Serge Nakouzi as head of the agency’s troubled human resources division after the transfer of former HR director Geert de Leeuw to Budapest as head of the FAO shared service centre, FAO sources say.

 A polyglot and cosmopiltan Lebanese, Mr Nakouzi speaks and is fluent in as many languages as English, Arabic, French, Armenian, Italian, Spanish, German, with a smattering of Hausa, Turkish and even a "professional knowledge" of Latin, according to his Linked In profile.

7 Feb 2024
Gianfranco Nitti

 ROME -- “Venice is a place for all humanity, whoever comes to visit it must respect it”. With this hope, the mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro presented within the BIT - Milan International Tourism Exchange, in the pavilions of the Milan Fair, the experimentation of the access contribution in the city.

7 Feb 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK

 ROME – A 48-year-old Italian man has been arrested in Iceland on charges of paedophilia, the Italian state police have confirmed.

 For more than three years the unnamed Italian had been messaging his underage victims on various social media networks and messaging platforms who he then blackmailed to obtain sexually explicit photos.

 There are over 50 victims in Italy alone.

7 Feb 2024
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 ROME – Maria Fida Moro, ex-senator and daughter of former Prime Minister Aldo Moro, has died aged 77, her family announced on Wednesday. She died in Rome after battling a long illness.

 She was the eldest daughter of Aldo Moro, leader of the Christian Democracy. Her father was kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades when she was 31.

 Leader of the Senate, Ignazio la Russa, informed the senate and asked the assembly to observe few moments of silence.

7 Feb 2024

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