ROME – The investigation of IFAD’s communications manager for alleged workplace harassment of staffers in her team has struck a chord with colleagues at sister agency FAO following the disclosure that yet another executive expected to head the FAO HR department was himself probed for alleged workplace harassment in the past, FAO sources say.
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- From June 20 to 24, hundreds of guests from around the world will meet at the international Taobuk festival in Taormina.
18 Jun 2024
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME – The Food and Agriculture Organization Ombudsman who has championed the rights of consultants and “ghost workers” at the UN agency who she said are “vulnerable to exploitation,” is expected to move to the sister agency World Food Programme to carry out the same job taking up the cudgels for employees, diplomatic sources say.
18 Jun 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- An elderly woman hit three cyclists during the 29th Sportful Dolomiti Race in Belluno, claiming she was “late for mass” according to local authorities.
Reports indicate that the woman, a local resident, drove her Peugeot in the opposite direction to the flow of cyclists, hitting three participants. Despite attempts by authorities and volunteers to stop her with a roadblock, she continued driving. When eventually halted by the police, the woman explained, “I wanted to go to mass, and I was late.””.
17 Jun 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- Ilaria Salis, recently elected to the European Parliament, has returned to Italy after being released by Hungarian authorities, her father has said..
Salis was arrested in Budapest in 2023, accused of attacking three neo-Nazis who participated in the “Day of Honour”. After winning 176,000 votes in the European Elections , the Hungarian judge suspended Salis’ trial, which could have landed her 24 years behind bars. On Saturday she returned to her parents’ house in Monza, after being under house arrest in Budapest since May 23.
17 Jun 2024
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE
ROME – The Italian men’s football team opened the defence of their European title with a 2-1 win over Albania in Dortmund.
The match started poorly for the Italians when Nedim Bajrami scored for Albania after just 23 seconds, breaking the record for the fastest goal scored at the Euros.
16 Jun 2024
KATARINA HARRISON-GAZE
ROME – Italy emerged victorious at the top of the medal table for the European Athletic Championships which were held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, with 11 gold medals.
Italy claimed 24 medals in total, 11 of which were gold, nine silver and four bronze. Second place France trailed behind with four gold medals and 16 in total.
15 Jun 2024
Lucia Guerrieri
ROME -- Italy’s Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano and the German Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, signed a proto
14 Jun 2024
Lyndsay Weatherall
ROME -- The families of the young Italian couple who died in the Grenfell Tower fire learnt that the trial will not go ahead until 2027, 10 years after the incident, denouncing the delay as "shameful".
14 Jun 2024