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Time for reconciliation with end of Azerbaijan-Armenia war
ROME - With the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over, there is a need to transform the “after” into an opportunity.
UN chief Guterres, 'No common ground' at Cyprus talks
Cross-dressing FAO executive expelled from Maghreb
ALGIERS – An FAO Representative has left his post in a north African capital after the UN agency executive was found by local police wearing women’s clothing dur
Much married FAO executive puzzles African officials
KHARTOUM – A fun-loving FAO representative in one of the largest countries in Africa has as many as three wives but surprised staff by embarking on a further rom
Di Maio in UAE to restore frosty relations
ABU DHABI - Italians diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates are at an all time low, with several defence contracts being directed to other countries and former Prime Minister Giuseppe
Italian diplomat expelled from Russia in spying backlash
ROME - Almost a month after Italy expelled two Russian officials working in the Rome embassy, Russia has finally responding, kicking out a Defence Attaché from the Italian embassy in Moscow.
Di Maio to visit UAE in advance of Expo2020 in Dubai
ROME - The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is visiting the United Arab Emirates on 25-27 April 2021.
Nordic embassies in Rome present 'Be Smart Be Equal'
ROME - The embassies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Italy kick off the "Be smart be equal" project, a cycle of events in 2021 focused on equal opportunities a
Italy to reopen consulate in Benghazi
BENGHAZI - "The reopening of the Italian Consulate in Benghazi is imminent," announced Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio after a meeting at the Farnesina with Najla El Mangoush,
UN security officer issues 'death threat' to Italian Insider'
ROME – A UN security officer working for FAO has defended his Italian boss against charges of cronyism and issued a thinly-veiled death threat against Italian Insider, saying on Twitter that an ar
Diplomats up in arms over besieged FAO 'Wuhan on Tiber'
ROME – Western diplomats are outraged that FAO DG Qu Dongyu has turned the UN agency, as foreign envoys see it, into a small-scale “Wuhan on the Tiber” using Covid to continue to prohibit diplomat
Cindy McCain, Gardner tipped for Rome embassy posts
ROME -- The widow of Senator John McCain, from Arizona, is under consideration for appointment by the Biden administration as US Ambassador to the FAO and WFP, d
Erdogan hits back in war of words with Draghi
ROME - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has fired back at Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who in a press conference last week ca
FAO security chiefs 'won't take English calls'
ROME – At least two of five FAO security guard team leaders promoted by the ambitious former Carabinieri colonel in charge of securing the sensitive UN agency cannot speak English and would be una
Exclusive: Croneyism 'jeopardises staff security at FAO HQ'
ROME -- Experienced security guards at the FAO with firearms and language training are being passed over for promotion by the UN agency's management services dir
Liliana Segre returns to Senate for Zaki citizenship vote
ROME - Liliana Segre, the Italian Senator for Life, has announced that she will be appearing in the Senate on Wednesday to vote for Italian citizenship for Patrick Zaki.
Turkey summon Italian ambassador after Draghi's 'dictator' remarks
ANKARA - Italy's relationship with Turkey took a turn for the worse last night - with the Turkish government summoning the Italian ambassador in Ankara - after Mario Draghi called Turkish Preside
French FAO kingpin under fire for 'gerontocratic court'
ROME – The resilient French FAO Deputy Director General, Laurent Thomas, has come under fire from diplomats and staff associations at the UN agency for creating
‘Make vaccines not war,’ Pope tells world leaders in Easter message
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis marked Easter Sunday by urging the international community to give priority to Covid-19 vaccines and denounced the ‘scandalous’ purs
Veteran FAO fixer's legacy may booby trap EU
ROME – Fierce competition has erupted for the position of independent chairman of the FAO Council to be elected by the upcoming 2021 plenary Conference of the po
Western bid to curb electoral chicanery at FAO rebuffed
ROME – A move by Western countries to curtail the powers of Director General Qu DongYu at the next plenary Conference jamboree of the UN agency has failed, dipl
Diplomats starved of news as FAO Conference approaches
ROME – Diplomats and spooks of key FAO member countries, starved of informal information, have been holding inconclusive meetings on the future of the UN agency prior to formal meetings leading up
UK extends support for nationals living in Italy
ROME - It has been announced that an additional £1 million of funding has been pledged to charities and voluntary organisations across Europe supporting vulnerable UK Nationals applying for resid
Exclusive: China 'using FAO as Trojan horse' against Taiwan
ROME – The arrival in Beijing of American educated Honduran national Carlos Watson as the new FAO Representative in China has reinforced fears among Western diplomats that FAO Director General Qu