ROME – The Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC) convened for its monthly panel at its Rome headquarters, bringing together policymakers and analysts to explore the evolving dynamics of Gulf energy co-operation with the west and Europe’s shifting energy strategies, or lack thereof.
Ophelia Gregory
31 Mar 2026
Insider reporters
Last summer, Sofia arrived at camp feeling shy and unsure. She didn’t know anyone. She wasn’t confident in sports. And speaking English felt intimidating. Three weeks later? She was leading her team in a basketball game, performing in front of an audience, and chatting confidently with new friends.
What changed?
30 Mar 2026
John Phillips
History, it is well known, is written by the winners, involving an inevitable distortion of the past retrospectively. Giuseppe Garibaldi was feted worldwide in his lifetime for his military prowess in scoring a rash of victories that helped to unite the disparate states of the peninsula that together became Italy.
30 Mar 2026
Michael LaPointe
ANAGNI-For a travel experience off the beaten path, the hill towns of Anagni, Alatri, Ferentino and Veroli in greater Lazio offer a tranquil haven with a wealth of historical sites and culture away from the crowded Capital.
30 Mar 2026
Peter srinivasan
Lecce — In the sunlit landscapes of southern Italy, a quieter, more deliberate form of tourism is beginning to take hold. In Salento, where mass tourism has long been defined by summer crowds and coastal hotspots, a new model is emerging one that places sustainability, local communities and slow travel at its core, while revealing the understated beauty of the region at every turn.
30 Mar 2026
INSIDER NEWSDESK
JERUSALEM-- On Palm Sunday the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch,
Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Custos of the Holy Land, the Most Reverend Fr. Francesco Lelpoc from entering the Holy Sepulchre Church, according to a press release by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
The two were stopped on their way to the Church and forced to turn back. This is the first time in centuries the Heads of the Church have been prevented from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
29 Mar 2026
Insider View
Sir, The legal action against the Italian Insider by the United Nations Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a crass, cruel and outrageous attack on the freedom of the press which the world body is sworn to uphold.
The agency’s decision is crass because the U.N. system has given itself an almost impenetrable shield against all legal claims. At its very first session in 1946, the United Nations granted itself legal immunity through a treaty endorsed by member states. This makes it impossible to sue the UN.
29 Mar 2026
Mattia Bortali
ROME - A U.S. spy drone launched from Sigonella air base in Sicily at 4:45 AM Sunday morning bound for Iran. Tracked by open-source analysts at the Italian Insider, the MQ-4C Triton is at the time of writing flying over the Persian Gulf after conducting surveillance sweeps of the Iranian coastline near Kharg Island.
27 Mar 2026
Loren Le Quesne
ROME – The centre-right government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was plunged into further crisis after Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè became the latest politician from her party to quit in the wake of the government’s crushing referendum defeat, in scenes that analysts say could prove damaging ahead of a general election due next year.
27 Mar 2026