ROME– In a bid to shed new light on the shadowy world of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, a FAO Technical Consultation has agreed to begin developing the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels, FAO announced today.
The recommendations will be presented to the January 2011 meeting of FAO’s Committee on Fisheries for approval.
CORTONA -- Before the offering of eight wines to taste, comparing Australian with Tuscan, we were treated to a taste of viniculture, given by a knowledgeable and witty Australian wine consultant. Terroir, a French term
FLORENCE-This Wednesday the Minister of Arts and Culture of South Africa will unveil a large mural above the main entrance of the Nelson Mandela Forum.
The work consists of five panels which were painted by seven male and female South African artists over the course of one week.
ROME — Amid growing outrage over IFAD President Kanayo Nwanze’s wild spending on a sprawling villa on Rome’s posh via Appia Antica, IFAD acknowledged Sunday that its Executive Board had expressed concern over the bonanza and claimed that the flamboyant Nigerian head of the U.N. food agency now is seeking “a less costly residence.”
ROME — Felix Kanayo Nwanze, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has instituted spending cuts at the U.N. agency worth an estimated dlrs 2.5 million but has resisted diplomatic efforts to curb his extraordinary personal expenses including rental of a luxurious villa complex on the exclusive Appia Antica, senior officials say.
ROME —In many ways, Louise Vinciguerra faced a challenge in directing ‘Our Town’, a Pulitzer Prize winning play written by Thornton Wilder and produced by The English Theatre of Rome. Eschewing naturalism, Wilder stated that “Our claim, our hope, our despair are in the mind- not in things, not in scenery”, and so it was Vinciguerra’s responsibility to prioritise the internal experiences of her characters above all else.
PERUGIA — The city of Perugia has staged some fine art exhibitions in recent years and is currently preparing another, from early 2011, which should be memorable: Luca Signorelli. The interests of the National Gallery of Perugia however, are not confined to the medieval and Renaissance artists who lived in Umbria and this is shown by its current exhibition: The Theatre of Dreams from Chagall to Fellini (Il Teatro dei Sogni).
ROME — A Word in Edgeways by long-time Rome-based Australian writer Desmond O’Grady provides a rich and varied range of interviews, literary criticism and profiles that O’Grady has produced over his many years as a foreign correspondent in Italy.
ROME – Hundreds of millions of euros invested in Montenegro by Italy are syphoned into accounts controlled by Montenegrin leader Milo Djukanovic and his family, Italian opposition leaders say.
