ROME – The World Food Programme staff association (PSA), the official voice of the UN organisation’s staff, have criticised the WFP for not having done a “study on the prevalence of racism, or any

ROME – An additional five Egyptian intelligence agents have been added to the list of suspects for the torture and murder of Cambridge student Giulio Regeni, as another unfruitful meeting between n

 ROME – As delegates prepare for the Food and Agriculture Organization Council meeting next week Western diplomats are divided over the management by the U

TRIPOLI – To protect Italy’s interests and work to ensure the Libyan conflict doesn't escalate as the competing powers of Turkey, Egypt, and Russia all vie for control, the Italian Foreign Minister

 ROME -- The International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD has defended a decision by President Gilbert Houngbo to recall to the Eternal City employees who

ROME – The Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, has become embroiled in a brewing Italian corruption scandal, with allegations that he sent 3.5 million euros to finance the Italian political party

ROME – The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, has said that assessments are being made on the agreed sale of two frigates, the ‘Spartaco Schergat’ and the ‘Emilio Bianchi’, to be s

ATHENS – Italian tourists arriving in Greece from the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto, will be subject to swabs and a quarantine of a minimum of seven days, according

ROME – The United States remains “fully engaged” in the UN Food and Agriculture Organization as the largest single contributor despite owing the UN agency as much as dlrs 46 million in arrears, a s

ROME – The China ambassador to Italy, Li Junhua, has said that China respects the US-Italy alliance, and that it should not be an obstacle to the Italy China partnership, and further said that Chin

  ROME -- A surprise decision by the FAO Director General, Qu Dongyu, to reallocate radically six assistant directors' job descriptions and move the once powerful

ROME – In a ceremony to commemorate Florence Nightingale, the 'mother of modern nursing' who emphasised data and hygiene in field hospitals, projections illuminated the facade of the Spallanzani ho

MOGADISHU — Kidnapped Italian aid worker Silvia Romano, 25, has been released, officials said Saturday.

  Beppe Zaccaria, who has died at age 69, was a star foreign correspondent for la Stampa newspaper covering the Balkans and the Middle East with distinction throu

ROME – Between Jan 22 and April 1 more than 150 cases of pro-Kremlin disinformation about COVID-19 were recorded in the 'EUvsDisinfo' database, with this 'infodemic' during the epidemic sparking a

ROME - Lazio regional authorities complained that they hadn't been informed by the Italian Civil Protection Agency about the transfer of 229 tourists to Rome from the Costa Luminosa cruise ship, an

    ROME - An FAO employee from the UN agency's headquarters staff who was infected with Covid 19 has died of the virus, FAO sources said.

 VATICAN CITY – The Holy See may consider introducing a general lockdown after a prelate living in the Santa Marta guesthouse where Pope Francis resides was hospitalized with Coronavirus as the pon

ROME — An employee of the FAO tested positive earlier this month with Coronavirus and was hospitalized, Director General Qu Dongyu disclosed Tuesday.