TRENTO – A fire that broke out around midnight on Tuesday in a shop in Trento killed Serghei Oprea, a shoemaker of Moldovan origin who was very famous in the city. The body was found charred in the lab by the firefighters, who took several hours to put out the flames. Only around 6.30am, almost seven hours after the fire broke out, were the firefighters able to secure the area.
Rosalie Smith
21 Aug 2025
Peter srinivasan
BOLOGNA– A stylish blend of fashion, film and astrology is set to dazzle Bologna this autumn, as Grand Tour Italia hosts a glamorous new cultural series titled “Style, Stars and Catwalks”. Curated and hosted by Italian lifestyle expert Patrizia Finucci Gallo, also known as La Salottiera, the three-part event promises elegance with a twist of wit and charm.
21 Aug 2025
Rosalie Smith
VATICAN CITY - Just like his predecessors – John Paul II and Francis – Pope Leo XIV also asks the people of Rome for a day of reflection to stop their weapons. The day chosen is Friday, which is the one dedicated to Mary Queen of Peace, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano.
20 Aug 2025
Rosalie Smith
ROME - Louis Marius Prevost, father of Pope Leo XIV, decided to join the Navy in 1942 and then retired from the Naval Reserve in 1956. Tv2000 has acquired images of documents kept and made available by NARA, the National Archives and Records Administration in St. Louis, Missouri. NARA is responsible for the preservation of the official personal files of the US military, including that of the father of the first American pontiff in history.
20 Aug 2025
Rosalie Smith
ROME – The Viminale's database ‘Alloggiati web’ confirms a positive trend for tourism in Italy with regards to Ferragosto,
In fact, from the first to the 18th of August, arrivals were voer 15.6 million , up 9.3% compared to 14.3 million in the same period in 2024. In particular, around 7.3 million Italians and 8.3 million foreigners were registered this year while in 2024 there were 6.8 million and 7.5 million respectively.
20 Aug 2025
INSIDER NEWSDESK
LAMPEDUSA - In a rather bizarre case, three Palestinians attempted to undertake a risky journey across the Mediterranean on a jet ski, reports Bernt Koschuh.
The jet ski, a personal watercraft, has been moored at the Lampedusa pier since yesterday, next to the confiscated smugglers' boats. According to their statements, the three Palestinians had reached Libya via Egypt and purchased the jet ski from an internet site. Artist and refugee aid worker Tanja Boukal spoke with the three upon their arrival in Lampedusa:
19 Aug 2025
Rosalie Smith
ROME – Maren Zampilli, a Roman bartender, who works as a personal trainer, was struck by lightning on his BMW motorcycle, while on holiday in Puglia, writes Il Messaggero. “It's an absurd death,” say his close friends. This death is one of many with over a million lightning strikes in Italy every year, which kill an average of 20 people. His trip ended tragically on Monday on state highway 275, near the Nociglia turnoff. Shortly after 12:30 a lightning bolt struck him.
19 Aug 2025
JAN FILIPOWICZ
ROME -- Italian consultants at the World Food Programme who have been at the UN agency for as long as 10, 15 or 20 years and promised a post but never given one, are being chopped by not having their tenuous contracts renewed, WFP sources say.
19 Aug 2025
Rosalie Smith
ROME - Unwanted calls with commercial offers or proposals may decrease. Following the ineffectiveness of the Opt-Out Registry, an automatic measure against aggressive telemarketing has been in place since Tuesday. But beware: it only affects commercial calls from foreign landlines masked with Italian area codes. The measure, emphasizes Assoutenti (a consumer protection association), is a first step in combating the phenomenon but is not sufficient to stop it.
19 Aug 2025