ROME – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Italy’s laws on life imprisonment must change, judicial sources report.

 ROME – Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” may not be lent to the Louvre after all, following a court ruling.

 CAPRI – As punctual as autumn, the traditional convention of young entrepreneurs of Confindustria is scheduled for October, with the 34th conference taking place on Oct. 18 and 19 in Capri.

 ROME – Notorious human trafficker Abd al-Rahman al-Milad, known as Bija, attended a 2017 meeting with Italian officials and the Libyan coastguard to discuss the control of migration, reports L

 CAPRI - "Capitalism has created massive problems” Nobel Prize peace winner (2006) Muhammad Yunus tells me when we meet at the EY Capri Summit on Saturday.

 JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN - The European Union is giving 9.5 million euros of humanitarian funding to the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in South Sudan.

 LAMPEDUSA – Thirteen bodies so far have been recovered as the search for survivors of the latest migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea continues, police sources said on Tuesday.

 ROME– Four World Food Programme women employees have accused Sudanese Deputy Director Amir Abdulla of coercing them into sex while working at the Rome-based UN f

 ROME – Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte is facing severe criticism from his political allies and competitors on issues surrounding defence and the secret services, according to political sour

 ROME – An irate wife’s email to fellow members of the World Food Programme book club blew the whistle on Sudanese Deputy Executive Director Amir Abdulla’s amorou

 LAMPEDUSA – Nine bodies have been recovered after a small boat carrying around 50 migrants capsized off the Italian Island of Lampedusa, the Italian Coast Guard said on Monday.

 ROME – World Food Programme Deputy Director Amir Abdulla came under pressure to resign before he is fired Saturday after an external review on sexual harassment

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 COSENZA – An exiled Turkish dissident who has been tortured and accused of terrorism, has picked up an award in the prestigious Premio per la Cultura Mediterranea held in Calabria on Frid

ROME – Dozens of World Food Progamme women staffers say they have been raped or subject to attempted rape or other sexual assault by senior colleagues or bosses while working at the UN agency, many

 ROME – At a conference held by the European and Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) emphasis was placed on the lack of clarity of European and American policy on non-state actors in the Mediterranean a

 ROME – The Trump administration has put 25 per cent tariffs on some European products, and Italian products such as Parmesan cheese and prosciutto ham are on the list, business sources report.

 ROME – Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, arrived in Rome Tuesday and will have an audience with Pope Francis Wednesday.  He has already held talks with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime

 PALERMO – Police have netted 20 arrests throughout Italy in a blitz targeting local and international drug trafficking networks that delivered cocaine from Argentina, and hashish from Morocco, Ita

 ROME – The Jai Jagat (“Victory of the World”) march begins on Wednesday and will reach Italy on July 25 2020.

ROME – FAO Director General Qu Dongyu has relaxed a curb on business class travel by hungercrats at the UN agency, raising hopes among staff that China may increase its contribution to the embattle

 ROME – On his first official visit to Italy as U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo was to have a private audience with Pope Francis at a Vatican symposium on Wednesday.

 GENOA – Further revelations in the Morandi Bridge investigation suggest that attempts to save money on maintenance owing to a deal with German and Chinese companies may have played a role in bring

 ROME – Silvia Romano, the Italian aid worker kidnapped in Kenya in 2018, has been converted to Islam and forced to marry, Il Giornale reported on Monday.

 SIENA - The 27^th annual Anglo-Italian conference has ended in an atmosphere of goodwill and cooperation, political sources report.