ROME– United Nations anti-corruption investigators have opened an inquiry into allegedly blatant job rigging by the “Latin Mafia” at the Food and Agriculture Organisation, UN sources say.
ROME– In a rare Middle East success story, the Kurdish Regional Government today carries more diplomatic weight than many members of the UN, its High Representative to Italy, Rezan Kader, says.
ROME– The Sant’Egidio Community has appealed for the resumption of peace negotiations in Colombia amid signs an end to 50 years of bloody internal conflict is near.
FINLAND -- Finland's application to become an Observer State of the Pacific Alliance (Alianza del Pacífico) was approved at the VIII Summit of the Pacific Alliance in C
ROME—As Mario Lubetkin took over FAO’s spin operation, ex IPS colleagues poured scorn on the "hyped" biography the UN agency issued to justify the dlrs 25,000 a month hire of the unctuous Uruguayan
LONDON– Queen Elizabeth II will visit the Eternal City in April for a private meeting with President Napolitano and an audience with Pope Francis, Buckingham Palace announced.
ROME –FAO management issued another burst of job cuts on New Year`s Eve, despite pledges by “DG” Jose Graziano da Silva that his purge of the UN agency was over, FAO sources say.
ROME–Beijing's Academic Dance Company is performing at Genoa's Carlo Felice Theatre, revealing China's stunning dance tradition.
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ROME– Foreign Policy Magazine has included Cecile Kyenge, Italy’s first black Cabinet minister, on its the list of 100 most influential global thinkers.
ROME–FAO has hired Brazil`s controversial former agrarian reform guru Rolf Hackbart to head the UN agency`s partnership division in yet another nepotistic top appointment, FAO sources say.
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ROME – World Bank flak Sergio Jellinek has been chosen to head the troubled IPS agency in Rome amid speculation IPSTV will be refinanced by Argentinian entrepreneur Jose Luis Manzano, media sources
ROME – As IPS agency chief Mario Lubetkin prepares to head FAO’s byzantine communications division, Italy has pledged dlrs 250,000 to the UN agency to commission articles from IPS about Expo Milan
ROME–Two women development experts discarded in a rigged FAO job appointment for Latin American Communications officer are considering appealing against their rejection in favour of Juan Jose Toha,
ROME–FAO has signed Mario Lubetkin, head of IPS news agency, as its Communications chief, climaxing the unusual rapport between the UN agency and the Italian-funded news agency, FAO sources say.
