ROME – A UN security officer working for FAO has defended his Italian boss against charges of cronyism and issued a thinly-veiled death threat against Italian Insider, saying on Twitter that an ar

 ROME – Western diplomats are outraged that FAO DG Qu Dongyu has turned the UN agency, as foreign envoys see it, into a small-scale “Wuhan on the Tiber” using Covid to continue to prohibit diplomat

  ROME – The visit to Central America by WFP Executive Director, David Beasley renews WFP’s commitment to working with vulnerable communities, offering them sustainable livelihoods and food securit

  ROME - Huge controversy has been caused in the footballing world after plans were announced by 12 of the biggest Europ

  ROME - John Elkann, the Chairman of Ferrari, has announced the manufacturer’s plans to unveil its first ever all-electric racing car in 2025.

  DAKAR - Millions of families in West and Central Africa are growing more hun

  ROME - Shamira is a beautiful Venetian, and an artist who decided many years ago to aspire to a prestigious goal: to be, with her art, a vehicle for openness an

  ROME - Not too many months ago, one of the accusations of 'friendly fire' that was addressed to the Italian government led by Giuseppe Conte was that it was allegedly delayed in drafting the PNRR

  ROME - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has fired back at Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who in a press conference last week ca

  ROME - The Senate has approved the motion to grant citizenship to Patrick Zaki, the Egypt student and researcher at the University of Bologna who has been unlawfully detained in Tora prison by Eg

  ROME - Liliana Segre, the Italian Senator for Life, has announced that she will be appearing in the Senate on Wednesday to vote for Italian citizenship for Patrick Zaki.

  ROME - The Italian journalist Alessandra Galloni is to become the first female editor-in-chief of Reuters when the global news agency's current head, Stephen J. Adler, retires this month.

  ROME - An Italian magistrate has ordered the arrest of the broker Gianluigi Torzi on charges of fraudulent billing, money laundering and other financial crimes, for his involvement in the scandal

  ROME - According to information from the Colombian embassy in Italy, the South American country's exports to Italy increased by 24 percent between January and D

  ANKARA - Diplomatic relations between Turkey and Italy have seen further turns for the worse - following Mario Draghi calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a "dictator" - after several b

  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has sent his condolences to Queen Elizabeth for the death of her husband, Prince Philip, on Friday. 

  ROME - Florentino Perez, the head of the Spanish civil engineering company ACS, has written to the Italian company Atlantia, expressing interest in purchasing a majority share in ASPI (Autostrade

  ANKARA - Italy's relationship with Turkey took a turn for the worse last night - with the Turkish government summoning the Italian ambassador in Ankara - after Mario Draghi called Turkish Preside

  ROME - Thanks to the a trade agreement between Italy and Qatar, Italian products are promoted in large-scale retail supermarkets.

  ISTANBUL - Covid-19 infection rates are not going down in the world and it is obvious that the pandemic will remain for a while.

  ROME - The tourism industry is a fundamental voice of the Italian economy and the sector most affected by the pandemic, worth, according to Minister Garavaglia, at least 15% of GDP and, in perspe

  TUBINGEN - The Swiss theologian and priest Hans Küng, thought to be the greatest threat to the Catholic church since Martin Luther, has died in Germany aged 93. 

  PALERMO - The Cosa Nostra boss Giuseppe Calvaruso has been arrested in Palermo airport, after returning from Brazil to celebrate Easter with his family in Sicily.

  TRIPOLI - The half day spent by the Prime Minister Mario Draghi in Libya had many indicative moments and served to clarify objectives and obstacles.

  ROME - "Health is a fundamental right for everyone," said the Community of Sant'Egidio, the lay Christian charitable organisation, in anticipation of World Health Day, April 7.