FAO staff consider new walk-out
ROME– Staff at the Food and Agriculture Organisation may stage a walk-out at this month’s conference of the UN agency to protest discrimination against staff association leaders, agency sources say
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ROME– Staff at the Food and Agriculture Organisation may stage a walk-out at this month’s conference of the UN agency to protest discrimination against staff association leaders, agency sources say
ROME–Latin American diplomats and the companion of former Italy prime minister, Lamberto Dini's daughter Paola are among new staff in FAO chief Jose Graziano da Silva's office, FAO sources say.
ROME–The FAO is paying tribute to Cuba, Nicaragua and 14 other nations who halved their hungry populations but despite the progress donors worry about increased bureaucracy at the UN agency, senior
ROME – Saad Alotaibi, considered a Saudi Royal family unofficial emissary at the FAO, has left his job as Assistant Director General for the mideast following the murky death of a Japanese staffer
ROME–FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva wants a sharp spending increase in the 2014-2015 budget -- the agency denies the hike is intended to facilitate his re-election.
VENICE-A cocktail at Ca’ Giustinian, dinner with Massimiliano Gioni and Cecilia Alemani and riding a vaporetto with Luigi Ontani were highlights of the 55thVenice Biennale preview.
BRUSSELS-Britain will ask the European Council to end Italy's discrimination against UK lecturers in universities if bilateral talks fail, Europe Minister David Lidington told MP Mark Lazarowicz.
ROME–Prime Minister Enrico Letta faces mounting pressure over discrimination against UK lecturers working in Italian universities with a question tabled in the House of Commons on the pay cuts.
ROME--As a young reporter in Lebanon, Richard Beeston faced down an execution squad and at one point found himself given honorary command of a company of Muslim militiamen.
KABUL – Border disputes with Pakistan and Iranian meddling in the country’s internal affairs have recently shifted the focus of Afghans' criticism closer to home.
ROME -- Harry Shindler, the leader of British war veterans in Italy, has failed to overturn the ban on expatriates voting in UK elections once they have lived abroad for more than 15 years.
LONDON – Italy’s continuing “illegal” discrimination against British lecturers working in Italian universities is “wholly unacceptable” the UK Foreign Office says.
ROME - Prime Minister delegate Enrico Letta conferred with President Napolitano Saturday over his cabinet as horsetrading between the Democratic Party and Freedom Alliance over key jobs continued.
ROME– A self-syled secret agent who claims he helped kidnap Vatican schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi was convicted for killing in 1983 the son of a Uruguayan official at the UN food agency IFAD, police
ROME - Finnish ambassador Petri Tuomi-Nikula gave praise and appreciation to the participants of the B2B meeting, with special recognition to the operators of the Italian travel tr
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ROME -- Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi resigned Tuesday, saying he opposed bowing to India over the trial of two Italian marines accused of shooting Indian fishermen.
ROME -- Foreign lecturers have urged the Irish Government to use its upcoming EU presidency to help end discrimination based on nationality in Italian universities.
ROME – Italy’s new Parliament speaker Laura Boldrini has won legions of admirers, including foreign correspondents hoping she may follow the example of her predecessor Luciano Violante.
ROME -- VIP guests and senior diplomats gathered at the smart Excelsior Hotel on the Via Veneto to celebrate Kuwait's national day with the ambassador of the Emirate, Sheikh Jaber Dnaij Al-Ibrahim
ROME - 10 Feb was the “Day of Remembrance” (Giorno del ricordo) in which Italy remembers the Italians either killed or forced to leave Yugoslavia at the end of World War II.
ROME- The FAO Director-General says that improving food security in the Sahel will contribute to peace and stability in the region.
REYHANLI, TURKEY -As the Assad regime continues to conduct air strikes on rebel-held medical facilities, Syrian doctors across the border are hindered by government and banking regulations.
ROME -Organisers of a "Xmas Concert for Syrian Children" in St Stephen’s School are being investigated by a relief group following allegations they are close to Syria's Government, a spokesman said
Just in time for the holidays and gifts shopping season, the European Commission has published the results of an EU-wide screening of websites selling games, books, videos and music which can be do