ROME - Two former employees of Anas, an Italian public-private company managing road infrastructure, are facing legal and financial scrutiny over alleged fraudulent activities tied to roadwork contracts in Friuli Venezia Giulia, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano. Authorities accuse Giuseppe Ferrara, former regional department head, and Gianpiero Dario, a former operational director, of orchestrating a scheme to falsify reports on nine contracts between 2014 and 2017. The fraudulent activity allegedly led to 565,884 euros in damages to Anas.
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29 Nov 2024
Lucia Guerrieri
GENOA - The city councilor of Genoa, Francesca Ghio, told her story of the abuse she faced at 12 years old. When Giorgia Meloni called Ghio to express her apologies, she took it as an opportunity to express her anger towards the Prime Minister and her lack of action regarding gender violance.
29 Nov 2024
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NAPLES - A 28-year-old tourist has died from a fire that broke out in a B&B, police sources say.
The woman was staying in Piazza Municipio, Naples, on a visit from Puglia.
The fire started in the night on the seventh floor and claimed the life of the tourist, who was found dead in her room by firefighters.
Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the incident.
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29 Nov 2024
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Sir, The legal action against the Italian Insider by the United Nations Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a crass, cruel and outrageous attack on the freedom of the press which the world body is sworn to uphold.
The agency’s decision is crass because the U.N. system has given itself an almost impenetrable shield against all legal claims. At its very first session in 1946, the United Nations granted itself legal immunity through a treaty endorsed by member states. This makes it impossible to sue the UN.
29 Nov 2024
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VIGEVANO - Andrea Ceffa, the Mayor of the Vigevano Comune in Lombardy, has been arrested for corruption, with several other officials also under house arrest or investigation, police sources say.
28 Nov 2024
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ROME - Inter Milan and AC Milan have both won their games in the champions leage on Tuesday night. Inter Milan had the more challenging opponent in RB Leipzig, managing to win 1-0. AC Milan's game was more of a goalfest, beating Slovan Bratislava 3-2.
27 Nov 2024
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ROME - Italian police has coordinated with police forces around the world in operation "Taken down." The operation lead by the Catania Prosecutor's Office targeted those responsible for illegally broadcasting streams, viewed by over 22 milione people.
More thatn 270 police offices carried out 89 seraches in 15 different Italian retions. Foreign police forces were also involved with 14 searches taking place in the United Kingdom, and a further 102 searches across Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania and Croatia.
27 Nov 2024
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TURIN - Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli have issued a joint statement denying rumoured disputes between the two about the reappointment of Evelina Christillin as president of the Egyptian Museum in Turin.
Il Foglio and La Stampa have recently reported on a fight between the two ministers, stemming from Giuli appointing Christillin as museum president without consulting Crosetto. Sources report Giuli running the decision past Andrea Delmastro instead - the Justice Undersecretary and known opposition to Crosetto.
27 Nov 2024
David Bayne-Jardine
MILAN - The new season at La Scala Opera House in Milan will be opened on Dec. 7 by La Forza del Destino - a Giuseppe Verdi opera rarely performed at La Scala and seen by some to be 'cursed'.
The Director General of La Scala Dominic Meyer told FQ Magazine that he sees this, the last production under his supervision, as an occasion to bring together some of the performers who have defined his time in the top role. The artists in question include the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskya, the tenor Brian Jagde and the baritone Ludovic Tezier.
27 Nov 2024