Rome remembers Commonwealth fallen soldiers

SHARON WALIA

ROME -- Senior representatives from the military, Christian, Jewish and Muslim establishments and Commonwealth Embassies gathered to mark Remembrance Day 2013.

 The proceedings at the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery in Testaccio commemorating the lives of the war dead were conducted by priests and ministers including Fr. Jonathan Boardman of the Anglican All Saints Church in Rome. The ceremony began with a reading of John McCrae’s WW1 poem ‘In Flanders Field,’ recalling that this year’s Remembrance Day also marks the 95th anniversary of the WW1 armistice.

Rome, Embassy Row
12 Nov 2013
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Djokovic crushes "malfunctioning" Nadal

Bill Scott

LONDON - Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 to defend his title at the World Tour Finals and extend win streak to 22 matches. The Serb who lost his No. 1 to Nadal a month ago improved to 17 wins, 22 defeats against the Spaniard.

Sport
12 Nov 2013
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Puzzle IV

Brendan Donaghy
 
ACROSS
1. Captain’s dog in need of bath (7) 
5. Stylish small infants wear (6) 
9. Some of those who can’t decide on a number for traditional entertainers (7) 
10. Press point about gold miner’s possible objective (4,3) 
11. It’s a Knockout’s holiday destination! (3) 
12. Hotel by the lake far better positioned for fitness fanatic (6,5)
13. City of birth (5)
14. Union activist is a goner – roughed up by the right (9) 
Xword
11 Nov 2013

Italian astronaut lands safely on Earth

INSIDER NEWSDESK
ROME - The first Italian to walk in space, Luca Parmitano, landed safely in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on Monday.
 
World, Italy
11 Nov 2013

Cameron urges EU to annul Gelmini law

ANDREW GARGANO
ROME - British Prime Minister David Cameron has written a formal letter to European Commissioner Viviane Reding, urging her to resolve Italy's illegal discrimination against foreign lecturers. The prime minister intervened in the long-running dispute as the lecturers' union ALLSI prepared to attend a crucial hearing with the European Parliament Petitions Committee.
 
Embassy Row, World, Italy
11 Nov 2013
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Ryanair "unfriendliest airline in Italy"

Insider reporters

ROME– Ryanair continues its "extortionate" malpractises at Rome’s Ciampino Airport notwithstanding recent EU curbs on its frequently bogus “low cost” pricing policies and scandalous small print clauses, travellers say.

 While in British airports such as Manchester Ryanair staff will print boarding passes for passengers who have checked in online within the required time limit at Ciampino instead surley Ryanair staff last week-end demanded a swingeing 70 euros from budget travellers and students returning to Britain eking out their grants merely for printing out a boarding pass.

Business, Rome
11 Nov 2013
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Italian-American comedy film launches production

INSIDER NEWSDESK
ROME -  Testa Dura Media company has begun production for Lobster fra Diavolo, a comedy film which focuses on a modern Italian-American family's Christmas Eve celebration.
 
Lobster fra Diavolo is based on the true story of a young vegan named Angie who reluctantly purchases a live lobster for Nonna's traditional Christmas Eve dinner. When Nonna goes to cook the lobster for the Feast of the Seven Fishes, the lobster reveals that it has other plans.
 
Culture
8 Nov 2013

Hope for youth in crime-infested Scampia

Chiara Martinoli
NAPLES - “Drugs kill us slowly, but we’re not in a rush,” says graffiti on a wall in Scampia -- the infernal district of Naples is one of the most degraded European city areas, featuring sky high rates of crime, poverty and social unrest. Inside Scampia lies Vele, home to hundreds of people, many of whom live there illegally.
 
Italy
7 Nov 2013

English Theatre, Italy Reads present "Under the Overcoat"

LAUREN MOUAT

 ROME — Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Namesake has been adapted for the stage in an ambitious collaboration between The English Theatre of Rome and John Cabot University's Italy Reads Program. A keynote address from the author herself, delivered Wednesday evening at John Cabot University, enriched the events and activities that are part of the yearly community-based reading initiative.

 This is the fourth year that The English Theatre of Rome has helped put on a production in the fall, this time with the Embassy of India and the Embassy of the United States.

Culture, Rome
7 Nov 2013

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