ROME - Iran has dismissed a critical UAE-inspired motion at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) council and urged the UN body to help mitigate the impact of the US Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic.
The motion, adopted at an unscheduled FAO meeting held last week to discuss disruption to food supply chains in the Strait of Hormuz, included criticism of Iran’s attacks on gulf countries and food-related infrastructure in the region.
Rome – A collective fashion show bringing together emerging designers, inclusive casting and immersive visual storytelling will take place in the capital next week as part of Rome Fashion Path.
Titled Fashion Unlocked Oltre le regole. Dentro il cambiamento, the event will be staged on 13 May at Jo&Joe Roma at 6.30pm, presenting what organisers describe as a fashion experience that goes beyond the traditional runway format.
VENICE -- Pussy Riot and Femen protesters staged a dramatic protest Wednesday outside the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, witnesses said. Russian Ambassador to Italy AV Paramonov laughed at the demonstration in a video captured by an insider reporter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buyzxnm5Cek
LVIV – Seventeen years after the start of the Italian Insider in 2009 our new sister digital newspaper the Lviv Insider www.lvivinsider.com has launched online aimed at creating a bridge between Ukraine and Italy and the Mediterranean.
Our home page articles include reports from beleaguered Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv as well as Lviv, or Leopoli as it is known to Italians.
Rome – Britain has appointed senior diplomat Stephen Benedict Hickey as its new ambassador to Italy and non-resident ambassador to San Marino, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) announced.
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Rome — Turmoil has engulfed the Venice Biennale days before the opening of its 61st International Art Exhibition, after the entire international jury resigned in protest and organisers announced sweeping changes to the awards system.
The crisis comes amid mounting controversy over decisions taken under Biennale president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and follows the arrival this week of inspectors sent by Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli to review the institution’s governance.
BRINDISI -- The United Nations, in its quest to sound profound while tightening the belt, has rolled out a masterpiece of bureaucratic theatre -- the UN80 Initiative’s proposal to merge the UN Development Programme UNDP with the UNOPS, the United Nations Office for Project Services, a scandal-tinged quango effectively designed to bypass UN rules.
