ROME – Speculation that the ambitious Dutch agronomist Hans Hoogeveen has begun campaigning to be the next FAO director general has alarmed members of the Dutch community in the Eternal City after he was ousted from his position as treasurer of the hallowed Dutch Catholic Church in Rome, the Kerk van de Friezen, amid accusations he blundered in managing the traditional donation of Dutch tulips decorating St Peter’s Square during Easter ceremonies.
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- Two Milanese Vegan food producers, Giuseppe Loireo and his mother Giovanna Anoia, have made a plea bargain at the Milan Tribunal under which they pay a fine of 10,000 euros each to avoid serving a one year prison term each they received following their conviction on a manslaughter charge for the death of 20-year-old Anna Bellisario, who perished after consuming a fatal portion of their ‘vegan’ tiramisu at a restaurant, court officials said on Tuesday.
11 Jun 2024
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME – The FAO, in an apparent reprisal, has not renewed the contract of an Italian consultant who announced last year he was, together with other like-minded consultant colleagues, forming a trade union of consultants to combat worsening conditions at the Chinese-run agency, FAO sources said Monday.
10 Jun 2024
BRUNO QUINNEY
ROME -- Antonio Conte has been appointed as the new manager of Napoli, signing a three-year deal.
The former Juventus and Inter Milan head coach, who also managed Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, had been out of work since leaving the North London club in March 2023.
6 Jun 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK
CINISI, Sicily-- Two tourists were robbed in a taxi in Cinisi by four men attempting to steal what turned out to be a fake Rolex watch, the police have said.
The two Italian tourists, who have been living in the Czech Republic, were spotted by the four men in Albertini beach in Cinisi, Sicily. The pair were then followed as they headed towards Palermo, with the four men flanking their taxi with two large bikes and robbing them.
6 Jun 2024
FRANCESCO TERRONE
NAPLES -- The South! My dear land, the passion of my soul, I am a southern man. Land of tradition and culture, of music and colour, of sun, of torment, of tears of love. A land of people who know how to live and how to survive, who know how to fight and resist. Yet, a land that is condemned and doomed to disaster by those who do not know what the south represents: energy potential, explosive and positive, creativity, professionalism and a desire for redemption, ready to take off towards the achievement of labour, financial, economic, financial, cultural and artistic development.
5 Jun 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- Italian citizens residing in the UK will no longer be able to vote in the European parliament elections from the Italian consulates following the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, according to a petition from The Good Lobby.
5 Jun 2024
FRANCESCO TERRONE
NAPLES -- The controversy becomes ever more intense between two political figures whose expressions of political, ideological, and cultural distance are, by now, characterised by attacks and continued insults that border on ridiculous. The linguistic and verbal timebomb that aims to be the means of defence for each side’s stance is becoming embarrassing.
4 Jun 2024
Insider reporters
ROME – The diplomatic community has been astonished by the suspension of the respected director of communications at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Hélène Papper, following allegations of harassment and bullying of staff working for her at the UN agency, IFAD sources say.
4 Jun 2024