ROME - Italian President Sergio Mattarella recently responded to remarks from Elon Musk, who publicly questioned whether Italy's political environment leans more toward democracy or autocracy. Mattarella responded saying: "Italy is a great democratic country and I must reiterate, in the words used on another occasion, Oct. 7, 2022, that it 'knows how to take care of itself while respecting its Constitution'.
Tarquin Parry-Wingfield
13 Nov 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK
ROME - The Italian Finance Police have said that six public officials are under investigation in alleged fraud surrounding 2025’s Giubileo. Of the six arrested, four are public officials from the Municipality of Rome, two work for Astral, and the other two are traffic officers.
13 Nov 2024
David Bayne-Jardine
ROME – On Monday, beneath an electric-blue November sky, members and friends of the commonwealth and allied nations community gathered for their annual Remembrance Day service in Rome.
Held at the beautifully maintained Commonwealth War Cemetery, the hour-long service featured readings from a variety of religious and military personnel, as well as some singing from the Chamber Choir of St George’s International School.
13 Nov 2024
David Bayne-Jardine
ROME – On Tuesday, Assovini Sicilia, an association for the global promotion of quality Sicilian wine, presented the results of a recent report conducted with the University of Messina, concluding that they have ‘met their challenge’ for cultivating a thriving wine scene on the island. 'The Sicilian Wine Renaissance begins with Assovini Sicilia', commented Mariangela Cambria, president of the group.
13 Nov 2024
INSIDER NEWSDESK
ROME – A 61 year-old man who faked his death has been arrested after requesting a loan from a post office disguised as a priest, Rome’s police reports.
The unnamed man was dressed in a tussock and used a fake ID stolen from a Vatican prelate to request the money. After workers flagged their suspicions, the postal police forces realised that the man had been arrested multiple times before, but had cleared himself of trial by forging a death certificate and sending it into the Public Prosecution office.
13 Nov 2024
John Phillips
ROME -- It is perhaps a commonplace to describe a book as Proustian. But Eric Salerno’s dazzling memoir Fantasmi a Roma richly deserves the accolade, conjuring up vividly, as it does, the lost Roman world of journalism of some 60 years ago, when such bucaneering figures as Reynolds Packard, Bruce Renton and Leslie Childe held court at the Foreign press association in the Via della Mercede.
13 Nov 2024
Tarquin Parry-Wingfield
ROME - In a tweet on his platform X, Elon Musk has said that Italian judges “need to go.” This refers to the ongoing dispute between the Italian government and the EU and Italian courts, as a Roman court decreed on the release of the last seven migrants detained in Albania.
The migrants have already been transported to Italy on board the Coast Guard’s Visalli ship, and will now be accommodated in the Restinco Reception Centre for Asylum Seekers in Brindisi.
12 Nov 2024
Tarquin Parry-Wingfield
ROME - Author Linda Lappin will be hosting an audience on Nov. 27 to which all are welcome at the Almost Corner Bookshop at 7 p.m. (Via del Moro, 45.) The event promises to be a unique opportunity to get to know the author behind critically acclaimed works such as The Etruscan and Signatures in Stone. All are welcome to attend.
12 Nov 2024
Tarquin Parry-Wingfield
ROME - This week's top-of-the-table clash between Napoli and Inter Milan ended up in a tight 1-1 draw at the San Siro. The draw means that Napoli remain top of the Serie A table with Inter Milan, Fiorentina, Atalanta and Lazio only one point behind.
Napoli took the lead with a corner in the 23rd minute. The ball bounced between players, before a well-positioned flying scotsman, Scott McTominay, poked the ball into the back of the net, putting the Serie A leaders ahead.
11 Nov 2024