World

 By Michael Mewshaw

 ROME -- The European Mediterranean Excellence Awards, one of the most international prestigious awards contributing to peace, friendship and culture in the Euro-Mediterranean region, wil

  By Alina Trabbatoni

 Brussels – Five leading Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have submitted a complaint to the European Commission (EC) about Italian Law 15/2023 and the practice by Italian authorities of assign

 ROME/NEW YORK/GENEVA - - The latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019.

 ROME - - The figure of the super-rich who have moved to Italy to benefit from a lower, flat-rate tax is now 2,142, according to a recent report by the Italian Court of Auditors. 

 ADRE, CHAD – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly scaling up its response on the Chad-Sudan border to support a surge of people fleeing from Sudan.

 VATICAN CITY - - The pontiff has appointed 21 new cardinals, explaining that their provenance expresses the universality of the Church.

 ROME - - Italy has been unable to prevent Sinochem, a Chinese-owned state company, from exploiting tyre manufacturing company Pirelli for Beijing's own purposes. 

 LVIV - - The Sant’Egidio community, a worldwide lay Catholic movement dedicated to social service, helped distribute basic necessities in Lviv, Ukraine following Russian strikes on the c

 ROME - - Il Viminale, the Italian Ministry of the Interior, has been ordered by the Court of Rome (Il Palazzo di Giustizia) to pay compensation to a Pakistani citizen who was rejected in

 ROME – FAO consultants are up in arms over a raft of promotions and appointments by just re-elected Director General Qu Dongyu, at least three of them in his off

  BERLIN – FAO director general Qu Dong-Yu during his first term that ended last week “manipulated the UN agency to the advantage of Beijing,” including encouraging the supply in Africa, Asia and O

 ROME – The Chinese Communist Party ordered FAO director general Qu Dongyu to appoint Mario Lubetkin as the head of the UN agency’s latin american division after the Uruguayan Communist party lobbi

 ROME – The Bahraini Ambassador to Italy, H.E. Dr Naser M. Y.

 TBILISI, Georgia – On May 26, 1991, Georgia declared independence, and every year since 1918 the Georgian people joyfully celebrate this day.

 ROME –  The United Nations World Food Programme thanks the Republic of Korea for their recent decision on increasing their annual contribuition of rice aid to the program.

 JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Ilaria De Rosa, an Italian flight assistant detained in a Jeddah prison in Saudi Arabia, received a visit from the Italian consul general on Monday.

ROME – LGBT+ rights have been the subject of friction between Canada and Italy, as a statement published by the Canadian Presidency stated that it was "concerned by some" of the positions "that Ita

 ROME -- The World Food Programme (WFP) called on the International Group of 7 (G7) to maintain their commitment to global food security in 2023 as new crises in Sudan,

 VATICAN CITY -- Following his meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, Pope Francis continued to condemn the use of arms and encourage mediation at his weekly Angelus address

ROME – Tempers have flared between the Italian and French governments over the migrant issue following comments from the French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, and Stephane Séjourné, chairman o

 ROME – Arman Soldin, 32, was killed on Tuesday whilst reporting from the warzone in eastern Ukraine after being hit by rocket fire near Chasiv Yar, just west of Bakhmut. Soldin had previously been

 PORT SUDAN – The UN World Food Programme warned on Wednesday that an additional 2 - 2.5 million people in Sudan are expected to slip into hunger in the coming months as a result of the ongoing vio