ROME – The League reacted furiously on Monday to accusations from billionaire financier and philanthropist, George Soros, that the far-right Italian party may be financed by the Kremlin, political

ROME — FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva, is evidently in a rush to fill vacant posts, fearing negative repercussions from country members of the UN agency which have been raising questio

 ROME –  Programme and Finance Committee Meetings of the FAO being held this this week were expected to hear 'flimsy excuses' from Director General José Graziano da Silva seeking to justify delayin

ROME – As the end of FAO Director General Josè Graziano da Silva’s turbulent term off office approaches, foreign diplomats are asking whether the Brazilian agronomist will, like his predecessors, d

ROME  - Survivors of a migrant shipwreck are taking Italy to court after their work with the Libyan coastguard led to grave violations of human rights, officials say. 

ROME – The FAO in its latest curb on press freedom has banned a reporter from attending a Year of Zayed event to which Italian Insider was invited by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, disreg

ROME – Chilean honcho Samuel Varas is expected to become Assistant Director General for Corporate Services at the Food And Agriculture Organisation as Brazilian Director General José Graziano da Si

ROME – The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD organised a two-day long international conference to explore the critical question: “Rural Inequalities: Evaluating Approaches to Overcome Dispar

ROME – WFP have announced some important expansions in their health coverage for Consultants, short-term International Professional staff (STP) and short-term General Service staff (TAU), who work

 ROME -- The World Food Programme said Wednesday it cannot confirm or deny reports by UN sources that a second WFP country director has been suspended following an investigation. 

 ROME -- A second senior WFP executive and country director of the UN agency has been suspended from duty following a sexual harassment investigation, UN sources said Wednesday.

ROME – The president of the EGIC Dr. Mitchell Belfer climaxed a conference on the Middle East by insisting there are grounds for optimism that peace can break out in the strife-torn region.

ROME –  Wily IFAD president Gilbert Houngbo has given give hungercrat Marco Marzano de Marinis a lucrative “consolation prize” as a “Senior advisor” after bouncing the well-connected Italian out of

PERUGIA - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is organising an event as part of the Perugia Journalism Festival to amplify the voices of women living in remote and rural area

ROME - The Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) hosted a discussion on the Yemen conflict, now labelled as the “worst humanitarian crisis facing the modern world,” in an attempt to offer insight int

ROME – The Italian Foreign Ministry firmly rebutted Israel’s suggestion that African migrants would be relocated to the country on Tuesday, after the latter’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, an

 ROME – Rival would-be candidates from India to head the U.N.

ROME – In my professional practice, I often receive requests on whether on not an individual working for UN organisations  should declare and pay taxes in Italy.

ROME – The UNAids director, Michel Sidibé, was under significant fire on Friday with a barrage of criticism being levelled at him following his alleged comments on sexual harassment at a staff meet

ROME – Three United Nations agencies based in Rome were marking International Women’s day with an event focusing on the role that technology plays in supporting the empowerment of women in rural ar

 ROME – The flamboyant Brazilian Ambassador to the FAO, João Carlos de Souza-Gomes, was expected to return to his post in the Eternal City this week despit

ROME – Less than half of United Nations staff believe that they will be protected from retaliation if they report misconduct or cooperate with audit investigations, according to a leaked UN interna