ROME -– Italy was plunged into political crisis Friday after League leader and deputy prime Matteo Salvini called for an early general election when his Five Star Party coalition partner failed to

 ROME – Veteran FAO hatchet man Basharat Ali became interim human resources director of the FAO Thursday, replacing for the time being disgraced Peruvian honcho Fernando Servan, who was suspended f

 ROME — UN investigators have opened three separate cases against FAO human resources chief Fernando Servan including alleged charges of sexual harassment, corruption in hiring and abuse of power,

 ROME -- Food and Agriculture Organisation Director General Qu Dong Yu ordered the suspension from duty Tuesday of the Peruvian Human Resources director Fernando Servan, who was dubbed a 'sex  pred

  ROME — The Chinese FAO Director General,

ROME – The “Friendship and Solidarity Tour,” a series of concerts played across Italy, has begun in celebration of the struggle for and attainment of freedom in South Africa.

ROME –  A defense witness who worked in the communications department of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) gave testimony Tuesday in the trial at the Rome Tribunal brought by the UN

ROME -- The FAO's unctuous Uruguayan staff captain congratulated himself Friday on a "highly successful election process" won by China, announcing the UN agency would celebrate in time honoured fas

ROME – The Brazilian Director General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Jose Graziano da Silva, is set to visit Cuba from June 29 to July 1, according to a press release from the

 ROME — Western nations are considering asking the World Food Prog

ROME – Italy broke ranks with the EU at the last minute and secretely voting for the Chinese candidate Qu Dongyu in FAO elections, according to a source verfied b

ROME -- China may have 'bought votes' in the FAO election by paying the back dues to the UN agency of up to 24 poor countries in return for a pledge to vote for Beijing's candidate, diplomatic sour

 ROME – Georgia’s candidate for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director General, Davit Kirvalidze, pledged Wednesday to involve all professional staff at the UN agency in planning a bo

ROME - A pioneer and trend-setter in Italian 20th century film and opera, Franco Zeffirelli died last week aged 96 at hi

ROME - Some 2,000 people last night celebrated Queen Elizabeth II’s 92nd birthday at a colourful event inaugurating the Eternal City’s high summer season in the V

 ROME -- India pulled its candidate out of the race to become Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation Thursday, leaving Georgia as the only developing country in the contest ag

ROME – Two weeks before the election of the Food and Agriculture Organisation new Director General,  Georgia’s dark horse candidate Davit Kirvalidze is emerging as a compromise figure who might win

ROME — A Kuwaiti diplomat and chargé d’affaires has asked for a ’50 percent’ cut of money owed to the Italian Insider by the Kuwaiti Embassy, which has refused to pay for years for work the Embassy