ROME – The Italian Insider wishes to state that Mr Osama Owaneh, of Amman, Jordan, has never had any contact with the Italian Insider or any of its journalists and has never been a source of information directly or indirectly for any of our articles about the UN agencies in the Middle East including the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Ophelia Gregory
ROME – As tensions been Ukraine and Russia soar following Trump’s scepticism of Zelensky’s cause, the EU have proposed plans to rearm themselves, which Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of Lega, Matteo Salvini has opposed.
20 Mar 2025
Ophelia Gregory
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis continues to get better as it is announced that he no longer requires the use of a mechanical ventilation device to breathe at night in latest medical bulletin released by the Vatican press office.
20 Mar 2025
Ophelia Gregory
ROME – The search for bodies has continued Thursday after a storm the day prior led to the shipwreck of a migrant boat off the coast of Lampedusa, which so far has 10 survivors and has left over 40 missing.
‘They fell in one after the other. We were not able to save any of them because the boat was filling with water,’ said the survivors of this latest Shipwreck in the Sicilian channel. The boat had come from Sfax in Tunisia and was wrecked just a few hundred metres from the island of Lampione.
20 Mar 2025
Ophelia Gregory
ROME – Police are searching in Naples for a man in a 'Mickey Mouse' costume, who has been extorting people for money with a knife on Via Toldeo in the heart of Naples after taking photos with children.
19 Mar 2025
Ophelia Gregory
ROME – King Charles III and Queen Camilla are all set to partake in a state visit to the Vatican and Italian Republic, with meetings in both Rome and Ravenna, which will coincide with their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9.
During their visit the royal couple will have meetings with President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, at the Quirinale, the presidential seat and then a meeting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Villa Doria Pamphilij. They will also participate in a series of other institutional and cultural engagements.
19 Mar 2025
Mariana Somensi
SAO PAULO - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for the immediate restoration of the ceasefire in Gaza following devastating overnight Israeli attacks that reportedly claimed more than 400 lives and left hundreds severely injured on Tuesday, Mar. 18, according to Palestinian authorities.
In the aftermath of the strikes, hospitals in Khan Yunis are operating at full capacity, yet only 20 of Gaza's 36 hospitals remain partially functional, WHO representative Dr Richard Peeperkorn said during a media briefing attended by the Italian Insider.
18 Mar 2025
Ophelia Gregory
ROME - The TikTok ban in Albania has seen thousands pour into the streets of Tirana, where protesters called by the center-right opposition party gathered on the evening of March 15 to protest the ban announced by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. The party were of the view that this was censorship, as it falls a mere few weeks before the legislative elections.
17 Mar 2025
Michael LaPointe
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — On the aeroplane to this Red Sea port city, I noticed the absence of Saudi Royalty. Apparently, they do not fly on budget airline WizzAir. Half the plane was filled with groups of men wearing Irahm clothing (two towel-like white pieces of cloth without seams, hems or buttons) which made me wonder if I made the right decision to travel to Saudi Arabia during Ramadan. In my head, my friend’s voice repeated, “Maybe you will experience something you wouldn’t, outside of Ramadan.”
17 Mar 2025