ROME - Lorry drivers and farmers in southern Italy were still on strike on Wednesday, as the effects of their protest began to make their way to the North of the country.
Over the last week, while students were holding protests up and down the country against poor educational funding, lack of affordable housing and the extortionate cost of living, simultaneously farmers and lorry drivers began protesting over the cost of living and high diesel prices.
TIRANA — Seven days of protests, dozens of arrests and more than 270 people seeking medical assistance. Tensions are mounting in Albania amid student demonstrations against the government led by Edi Rama. At the centre of the dispute are demands for political change, allegations concerning police conduct and growing concerns over the involvement of minors in the clashes.
ROME – On the fringes of the World Food Week jamboree at FAO’s Chinese-run headquarters in the Eternal City, Brazil’s embassy hosted a dinner reception laden with unspoken subtext. Brazilians in top FAO jobs are considering supporting ebullient Peruvian FAO chief economist and Deputy Director General Max Torero in a surprise bid to run for election as the next director general at the FAO. But many wonder if the ‘bullfighter’s’ ignominious role in the firing of American director Benjamin Davis for his work at the UN agency may be a major handicap.
ROME- I was struggling midway through a half-marathon the other day, when a young woman tapped me on the shoulder. “I have been trying to catch you. I wanted to say thanks. You guys really helped me out last Christmas when I called, I was really in a bad place.”
I remembered that I had promised a friend to wear a Samaritans shirt to raise awareness for the organization. I thanked her. She had made my race. As she ran off, I began to gain a better understanding of the organization.
VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo spoke on the telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday and “expressed his deep concern about the grave humanitarian situation” in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, where thousands of citizens are starving, and called for a cease-fire there, the Vatican said Friday.
