Ophelia Gregory

 ROME - Two men were killed with a firearm in an ambush in the Piscinola quarter Tuesday evening in a suspected gangland killing, say Neapolitan Police this morning. 

 The victims were Salvatore Avolio, 32 and Francesco Abenante, 34, who were riding a scooter on the via Vicenzo Janfolla II at 6:15 p.m., according to reports. 

5 Feb 2025
Ophelia Gregory

 ROME – A Georgian national has been stopped by the police, who they believe is responsible for a fire in one of the rooms of the Ciampino control tower Wednesday morning, say police sources.

 The man, who had been in Italy for a few days, was not known to the Police before the incident, said police sources.

 The fire, had led to the removal of the air-traffic personnel from the tower due to the smoke, momentarily suspending departures and arrivals, while the smoke cleared. 

5 Feb 2025
Ophelia Gregory

ROME – King Charles III and Camilla will celebrate their 20th anniversary in April with a state visit to Italy, including an audience with the pope, palace sources state.

 Charles, a year on from his cancer diagnosis, has let it be known that he intends to continue on his worldwide trips and one of his stops shall be in Rome this April. 

 This will be the first (and possibly last) time in over 10 years that a British sovereign, who is also the head of the Church of England will be received by the Pope.

5 Feb 2025
Josephine de La Bruyère

ROME — A Veneto councillor filed a complaint against Donald Trump Junior for allegedly shooting a protected species of duck in the Venetian lagoon.

 A six-minute video released by Field Ethos — a mixed-media site which bills itself as "the premier lifestyle publication for the unapologetic man" — shows Trump Jr., the journal's founder and publisher, and his entourage trawling the Venetian lagoon in a motorboat and full camouflage.

4 Feb 2025
Ophelia Gregory

 ROME - A family of four, who were amongst a group of 92 people rescued from a boat in the Mediterranean Sea, near Malta, lost a child on the journey.

4 Feb 2025
Ophelia Gregory

 ROME – The traumas reported by the children of Gaza under the bombings are a black hole, like a ferocious monster that paralyses their little hearts. Not only is there the cold, the hunger, the fear but something much worse that completely undermines their will to live, described Queen Rania of Jordan Monday in the Vatican.

 This betrayal of children appears to have no borders, with the fact that undoubtedly both Ukrainian and Israeli children, who survived October 7. have also suffered this.

4 Feb 2025
Michael LaPointe

ROME — A new hotel steps away from The Roman Forum and next to the Bocca della Verita’ provides a fresh perspective on the relationship between art and a hotel space. This 18th century property is considered a mixed-use hotel under the “Design Hotels” brand name of Marriott.

3 Feb 2025
Josephine de La Bruyère

ROME — Genoa Carabinieri said they arrested Marco Macor, one of the two tighty-whitey-clad shooters in Matteo Garrone’s 2008 Gomorra, for allegedly posing as law enforcement to defraud vulnerable citizens. 

 Prosecutors allege that Macor was part of a 30-man crime ring responsible for more than 50 scams around Italy. They said that under the supervision of his ringleader brother Alberto, Macor, 39, trawled the peninsula for easy targets. 

3 Feb 2025
Josephine de La Bruyère

 ROME — Fifty-odd Udine and Salzburg ultras and superfans stormed a train carrying Venezia FC supporters on Feb.1, injuring two state police (DIGOS) officers and eight bystanders, judicial sources said. 

 Police said the mob of ultras boarded the Venice-bound train at Basiliano station hours after Udinese Calcio had bested Venezia 3-1 at the northern team’s home stadium. 

3 Feb 2025

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