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Forza Italia crisis deepens in Sicily as Schifani weighs resignation

Peter srinivasan

Palermo— A political crisis has deepened within Forza Italia in Sicily, with regional president Renato Schifani considering whether to resign after the party’s regional leadership cast doubt on his possible re-election in 2027.

The immediate trigger is the corruption investigation involving Gaetano Armao, Schifani’s former legal adviser and a prominent figure close to the governor. Palermo prosecutors have requested Armao’s arrest on corruption allegations, while police footage reportedly showed him hiding money in a grandfather clock after allegedly receiving a bribe.

Culture, Rome, Italy

8 Oct 2026

After firing director over Gaza, FAO DG ignores protest over Oleshko starvation

JAN FILIPOWICZ

ROME – Members of the Ukrainian community staged a rally outside the Eternal City headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization demanding that the UN hunger-fighting agency take action to save inhabitants of the Ukrainian town of Oleshko who face starvation due to Russian occupation.

“This UN agency should intervene in emergency situations and help to save people from hunger,” the organisers, the Association of Christian Ukrainians in Italy, said in a statement. Demonstrators Thursday carried slogans saying “Save Oleshky,” and “FAO! UN! SAVE THE OLESHKY CIVILIANS.”

U.N., Embassy Row

3 Oct 2026

Kazakhstan NASDAQ tycoon Timur Turlov builds the new Silk Road

PK Semler

U.N., Embassy Row, World

2 Oct 2026

Reuters Italy journalists strike over dismissal of colleague

Peter srinivasan

Rome-- Journalists at Reuters Italy have gone on strike for a second day in protest against the dismissal procedure opened against their colleague Yesim Dikmen, as the newsroom calls for a solution that would allow her to remain with the agency.

The action comes as Dikmen is due to appear at the Rome Labour Inspectorate alongside representatives of Reuters. The company has said the procedure is linked to the elimination of her position.

Culture, Rome, World, Italy

2 Oct 2026

EGIC: Interfaith dialogue and strategies for trust-building in turbulent times

KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE

ROME – Experts, diplomats and the general public met at the Euro-Gulf Information Centre in Rome to discuss the importance of building interfaith dialogue in times of crises, highlighting the launch of the King Hamad Award for Coexistence and Tolerance. The award aims at recognising individuals and organisations for “their pioneering efforts in promoting the dialogue of civilisations and coexistence and tolerance” and for “fostering values of global solidarity and human diversity, while rejecting extremism, violence and hatred.”

Rome, Embassy Row, World, Italy

1 Oct 2026