ROME –- The FAO Human Resources department's Officer in Charge, Serge Nakouzi, was investigated for alleged workplace harassment in 2021 by the UN agency’s respected Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which recommended in a formal report made in 2022 that the Lebanese dandy face disciplinary proceedings for his mobbing behaviour on the ground that it was harmful to a member of staff, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.

 ROME -- Staff in the Human Resources Division arrived at work this week to find an unexpected new ritual awaiting them: a daily dawn patrol by the bearded HR Director, who now walks the corridors each morning to record what time employees arrive, FAO sources say. Those who are not at their desks before his rounds reportedly discover a small green Post-it affixed to their office doors—an improvised marker of tardiness. Has FAO HR turned the clock back to the 1960s? 

 ROME - The Milanese Public Prosecutor's office has been investigating a group of Italians and other foreign nationals who allegedly paid "large" sums of money to Serbian soldiers in order to participate in the 1992 siege of Sarajevo, shooting civilians "for fun" during the war, according to La Repubblica.

 PADUA -- Luca Zaia,  the Veneto region’s long-serving President, was re-elected in the country-wide November regional elections, in part due to a digital campaign that has made waves across the Italian political landscape.