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Letter to the editor: Building partnerships within FAO
Dear Editorial Board, I am writing regarding the article on the
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EGIC conference mulls future of international law after Ukraine war
ROME -- There is a perception today that international law is useless, argued a prominent Italian legal scholar and professor of international law in a presentat
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Downtrodden FAO consultants forming trade union to fight for improved conditions
ROME -- Consultants at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are forming a trade union to combat worsening conditions at the Chinese-run agency where young people can wait decades for min
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Letter to the editor: Former FAO global soil executive vows to appeal, sue in sex harassment fiasco
Dear Mr Phillips, I hope you are doing well! I am writing you in connection
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King Charles congratulates Italian woman SOE agent on 100th birthday
UDINE – Britain’s King Charles III has sent birthday wishes to Italian former SOE agent Paola Del Din for her 100th
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Italian hostess loses appeal against Saudi drug conviction
RIYADH – A Saudi Arabian judge has confirmed a six month prison sentence handed down to a 23-year-old Italian flight assistant on charges of allegedly possessing
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Chinese bias in FAO legal appointment underlines nationalist trend in hiring
ROME – The rigged FAO appointment of a Chinese national to a senior legal officer position that had been earmarked for a respected Spanish woman lawyer for years
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A loan for the creation of Elmet, an electricity line connecting Italy and Tunisia, has been signed with the European Commission
ROME – A 307 million euro loan was signed with the European Commission on Tuesday, following the agreement between the Italian and the Tunisian electricity operators.
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After Brexit, Italian university discrimination against UK lecturers infects Spain
ROME -- A recent edition cover of Panorama, owned by a former Berlusconi editor, carries the headline “An Italy without Italian
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One year on, IFAD Spanish president 'punching below weight'
ROME – A year after his election as the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Spanish finance geek Alvaro Lario still is punching below his weight and over dependent,
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EU Commission refers Italy to European Court of Justice for discrimination against foreign lecturers
BRUSSELS - The European Commission decided Friday to refer Italy to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to end longstanding discrimination of foreign lecturers working in Italia
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Andrew 'Dial a quote' Wallace-Hadrill honoured by Naples Oriental University
NAPLES - - Naples' Oriental University has awarded Prof.
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FAO hired offspring of IAEA chief as quid pro quo for Grossi appointing Chinese DDG, diplomats say
VIENNA – IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi appointed a Chinese former vice minister as a deputy director general of the agency as a quid pro quo for the recent
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FAO consuitants up in arms over ‘nepotistic’ appointment of IAEA chief's offspring
ROME – FAO consultants are up in arms over a raft of promotions and appointments by just re-elected Director General Qu Dongyu, at least three of them in his off
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FAO chief promoting Chinese controversial pesticides mars murky re-election, ARD discloses
BERLIN – FAO director general Qu Dong-Yu during his first term that ended last week “manipulated the UN agency to the advantage of Beijing,” including encouraging the supply in Africa, Asia and O
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Inoslav Bešker, doyen of former Yugoslav correspondents in Italy, dies at age 73
ROME – Respected Croatian journalist, academic and author Inoslav Bešker, one of the last surviving reporters to arrive in Italy from the Balkans as a foreign correspondent with a Yugoslav passpor
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UN agency executives,'dodge Insider subscription fee'
ROME -- FAO senior economist Paolo Lourenco Dias Nunes and senior executives of the WFP, FAO, IFAD and UNESCO are among UN agency executives and diplomats who have failed to upgrade their subscrip
Thousands celebrate Charles' coronation at Villa Wolkonsky
ROME – As many as 2,500 people attended an enchanting garden party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III in the grounds of the Villa Wolkonsky, the leafy residence of the British Ambassa
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Digital nomad visa triggers revolution in the global labour landscape
Montevideo marxists lobbied China for Uruguayan to head FAO latin american division
ROME – The Chinese Communist Party ordered FAO director general Qu Dongyu to appoint Mario Lubetkin as the head of the UN agency’s latin american division after the Uruguayan Communist party lobbi
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Pope Francis undergoes intestinal operation 'without complications'
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis undergwent surgery under general anaesthetic for a “painful and worsening” intestinal condition at the Gemelli Polyclinic hospital Wednesday, Vatican sources said.
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Pope Francis admitted to Gemelli hospital for 'check-up'
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital Tuesday for what Vatican sources said was a planned “check-up” visit.
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Foreign press footballers honour colleague killed in Ukraine
ROME — Members of Rome’s Foreign Press Football Club have paid tribute
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Ambassador highlights burgeoning Italy Bahrain friendship
ROME – The Bahraini Ambassador to Italy, H.E. Dr Naser M. Y.
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