ROME – The evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021 was one of the largest airlift operations in history, which saw the withdrawal of over 122,000 foreign nationals from Kabul in 11 days. After 20 years of protecting the NATO-backed Islamic Republic, America and its allies conceded the country to the Taliban. Forever engrained in the minds of many are the images of Kabul airport on that last day of departure – images in which Afghan people cling to the wings of US aircraft preparing for take-off.
ROME - Tensions are rising at the University of Messina as the anonymity policy for their examinations may have have been violated last July.
Paolo Todaro, member of the Academic Senate, has questioned authorities at the university after it was discovered that the results document from an exam had grades published without names but in alphabetical order.
Of course, this format necessitates the names of candidates being known, and thus calls into question not only the supposed anonymity policy of the exam in question, but also that of any preceeding assessments.
ROME - Match week nine was a goal fest with 34 goals in the nine matches and no result ending goalless. The attackers in Serie A continue to run riot as the goals keep flowing.
ROME - A NATO soldier based at the Gaeta army base has been allegedly involved in a road incident that killed a 63-year-old woman from Romania called Maria Smical. Smical was killed as she walked home after her night shift at her work on Wednesday in Formia, in the province of Latina. The alleged 42-year-old NATO soldier was driving an Audi TT and failed to stop to help after the incident occurred.
ROME - Mayor Giuseppe Restiani and seven of the ten municipal councillors (four majority and three opposition) have resigned after a political earthquake involving a sadomasochist themed party.
ROME - Francesco Spano, the chief of staff to Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, has resigned. In his resignation letter, Spano wrote that his reason for resignation was that he felt he was the victim of "unpleasant personal attacks" that do not allow him to "maintain the serenity of thought necessary to fulfil his position."
ROME – A Toyota factory in Bologna has closed until further notice following the deaths of two workers caught in an explosion on Wednesday. Since then, 850 factory workers have been made redundant, many of whom are now organising large-scale demonstrations protesting the perceived lack of workplace safety in Italy.
PALERMO - It was definitely unexpected. It seemed that Palermo arte galleries golden age had passed irrevocably. The art scene in the Sicilian Capital changed from being a blossoming of avant-garde art galleries between the ‘60s and ‘70s to an almost inaudible whisper in the later decades.
ROME - Emanuele Tufano was shot dead at around 2 a.m. on Thursday in Naples on Corso Umberto. The Police Headquarters in Naples, led by Giovanni Leuci, have opened up an investigation into the motives behind the attack.
The police are working to ascertain any links between the murder and the injury of a 16-year-old boy who turned up at Cto hospital slightly after 2 a.m. with gunshot wounds, together with a 14-year-old boy who had several knife wounds. Il Fatto Quotidiano have reported that thanks medical intervention both boys are in a stable condition.
