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PD wizard Martina hired by FAO as ADG
ROME -- Italian Democratic Party politican Maurizo Martina is joining the UN Food and Agriculture Organization as an Assistant Director General, taking up a host country slot vacated by former EU
Conte fights to survive after Renzi ministers quit
ROME -- Italy was plunged into political chaos Thursday after former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi withdrew his Italy Viva party's support from embattled Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's gove
Comment: Italy and the dubious honor of chairing the G20
SOS Mediterranée rescue ship returning to central Med
MARSEILLE -- The rescue ship Ocean Viking of European search and rescue association SOS MEDITERRANEE sailed from this French port Monday headed for the central Mediterranean for the first time in
In FAO 2021 musical chairs, USA eyes China DG
Comment: The Second Cold War is coming
ROME -- While the Coronavirus has rightly taken much of our attention, a fundamental geopolitical
Twenty drown in migrant shipwreck off Tunisia
Italians battle to return home from UK
ROME -- Thousands of Italians were struggling Thursday to return home from the UK for Christmas after flights between the two countries were temporarily banned b
Libya releases 18 Italian fishermen
MAZARA DEL VALLO, Sicily – Libya has released 18 Italian fishermen, detained in Libya for some three months, foreign ministry officials said Thursday.
Exclusive:FAO fires whistleblower for exposing plant convention manipulation
ROME -- The FAO has sacked a whistleblower who fought to prevent the UN agency diluting the vital International Plant Protection Convention, which is designed to prevent the spread between countri
OMD agency slashes Italy Brexit expat ad campaign
ROME -- UK advertising agency OMD has cancelled an order with Italian Insider for a British Government advertising campaign to inform British expatriates in Ital
Four Egyptian spies charged with brutal murder of Cambridge student
ROME – Italian magistrates charged four Egyptian intelligence agents for the “abject and futile” murder of Cambridge student Giulio Regeni who was tortured to a slow death in 2016 by the Cairo spie
Busted FAO executive to head NGO network
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WFP staff association hit by resignations ahead of AGM
ROME -- Four members of the 18-member Staff Council of the World Food Programme’s Professional Staff Association have resigned in the past six weeks including the Treasurer responsible for the co
NGOs petition FAO to eschew deepening CropLife links
ROME – Pesticide Action Network, Public Eye, Third World Network and other environmental watchdog NGOs have circulated a petition urging the FAO to drop plans to
Judge dismisses 2nd FAO libel lawsuit against Italian Insider
ROME — A judge at the Rome Tribunal Friday ordered the archiving of a second case brought against Italian Insider chief editor John Phillips by the Food and Agri
Exclusive: FAO\ Croplife 'letter of intent' raises concern of UN agency 'sell-out'
ROME -- An unprecedented letter of intent signed by the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Giulia Di Tommaso, President and CEO of CropLife Internationa
Ridolfi axeing raises fear of more FAO bloodletting
ROME -- The axeing of former EU investment guru Roberto Ridolfi from his position as an FAO Assistant Director General has left five other ADGs being held
Exclusive: FAO axes former EU investment guru Ridolfi after nepotism probe
ROME -- The FAO former ADG Roberto Ridolfi evidently has had his contract terminated and left the UN agency amid concern over alleged conflicts of interests the
WFP defends flying Sudan rebel leader on UN helicopter
ROME --A flight carrying the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (North), Abdulaziz Al-Hilu, was expressly authorized by the WFP Executive Director, David Beasley, to facilitate negotiatio
Interview:Algeria's leaders 'mean business' with reform referendum, says the Algerian Ambassador to Italy
ROME – Algeria’s upcoming referendum gives the north African nation a chance to reform its constitution meaningfully for the first time since independence
Exclusive: WFP staff 'fear retaliation' after evangelical aide brokers secularization deal
ROME – Staff at the WFP office in Sudan are concerned they may be at risk from retaliation after Gavin Gramstad, a Special Assistant to the WFP Executive Directo
WFP denies gender, ethnic imbalance in ED office
ROME – A self-styled group of ‘concerned WFP staff’ has raised questions about the appointment of American aid worker and consultant Gavin Gramstad as a Special