Embassy Row

ROME – Charles and Camilla continued on their state visit to Italy on Wednesday with a visit to the Villa Pamphiji to meet Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, after Camilla’s alleged Tuesday gaffe at th

ROME - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla, were enjoying their Roman holiday under sunny skies on Tuesday, after arriving at Ciampino airport the evening before to embark on a state visit

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis appeared in St Peter's Square Sunday for the first time since he was hospitalised earlier this year, smiling and greeting a crowd of pilgrims and faithful attending an

  ROME – FAO staffers are gripped by the salacious saga of the agency’s Number 2 boss, Godfrey Magwanzi, who has promoted a Russian speaking female underling who

 BRUSSELS -- A record 7^th case concerning foreign language lecturers “lettori” in Italian universities is hea

 ROME -- Concern is growing among donor countries over the decision by the director general of ICCROM, the Rome-based international quango responsible for the tec

 Last spring, over coffee near Piazza Navona, I met a diplomat’s family

 ROME -- FAO Director General Qu Dongyu, evidently frustrated that staff have not translated his strategic framework for the UN agency into reality, has taken to picking on employees at random in t

 ROME – Nicaragua, under the regime led by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, has withdrawn from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and o

 ROME -- FAO Evaluation Division chief Clemencia Cosentino has bewildered staff by flouting the rule against directors of the UN agency teleworking from home, reg

 ROME -- African top poverty-buster Godfrey 'crocburger' Magwenzi has climaxed his elevation to being the No.

 ROME -- Pope Francis blessed well-wishers from his window at the Gemelli hospital Sunday, making his first public appearance since he was admitted five weeks ago for treatment for double pneumonia

 ROME – The Italian Insider wishes to state that Mr Osama Owaneh, of Amman, Jordan, has never had any contact with the Italian Insider or any of its journalists an

 ROME – King Charles III and Queen Camilla are all set to partake in a state visit to the Vatican and Italian Republic, with meetings in both Rome and Ravenna, which will coincide with their 20

  ROME -- With Western unity under strain across the Atlantic, senior representatives from Rome’s diplomatic and political scene met to celebrate Commonwealth Day

 ROME – An FAO poverty-buster insisted on staying at five star hotels in the Jordanian resorts of Aqaba and Petra costing as much as dlrs 230 a night using funds t

 ROME – Government appointed staff at the FAO operation in Jordan regularly bully and intimidate employees including alleged physical assaults while the FAO Repre

 VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis is not out of danger and doctors continued to reserve their prognosis Saturday a day after he suffered a new breathing crisis accompanied by vomiting, meaning he had to

 Islamabad -- The death of Adnan Mirza, an Operations Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Pakistan, has triggered widespread concerns about workplace stress and allegat

 ROME – The Trump administration may achieve an end to the ‘new cold war’ that has divided the world for the past 20 years with Italy playing a major role in cons

 ROME – The United States has served notice on the World Food Programme that it will withdraw funding for gender ideology projects and “harmful” diversity, equity

JERUSALEM/ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau appealed today for an increase in international support to boost humanitarian assistance for milli

 ROME – WFP staff were bewildered this week to receive a memo on urgent “corporate efficiency measures” from chief of staff Meghan ‘chopper’ Latcovich rather than

 ROME – Military exercises by choppers from the American base of Aviano, along the Piave river in northern Italy, are disturbing the local population and wildlife, local officials say.

 Tirana  –  This Monday, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released an