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"Verybello" spawns veritable words war
ROME - verybello.it, an online platform showcasing over 1300 events around Italy during the Expo Milan 2015 fair, set off a storm as it was unveiled by Culture Minister Dario Franceschini last week
Peggy Polk, longtime UPI Rome bureau manager, dies
Napolitano quits, plunging Italy into uncertainty
ROME– President Giorgio Napolitano resigned Wednesday, plunging Italy into uncertainty in a major test for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s coalition government.
UK honours a wartime secret agent
ROME- As Rossana Banti ended wartime work with British forces her commanding officer hoped “her service to the Allies should not pass unrecognised”
OECD states shy of Graziano new term
ROME - Most OECD countries have stopped short of endorsing FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva's bid for re-election, evidently waiting to see if there is another candidate, FAO sources say
Italy security alert as Paris attack condemned
ROME -Italian politicians across the spectrum expressed outrage over the Charlie Hebdo terror attack Wednesday as police in Rome stepped up security at media offices and sensitive potential targets
Pope snubs Curia in consistory of cardinals
Pope's Urbi et Orbi appeals for Iraq, Syria
Pope Francis: Key role in US-Cuba deal
VATICAN CITY – The White House has thanked Pope Francis for his personal involvement in the historic agreement between the US and Cuba, which the pontiff declared a “noble” achievement on Thursday.
Italy slams Turkey journalists' arrests
Italy battles France for influence, defence deals in Turkey
ROME – Matteo Renzo is fighting to restore Italy’s special rapport with Ankara but remains outmanouvred by French President Francois Hollande’s wily diplomacy,
Finnish embassy celebrates national independence day
ROME - An original and crowded celebration of the Finnish national day took place at the Ambassador's residence in the Eternal City Saturday.
Fiumicino hosts Kuwait 'Roma verso Expo'
ROME - Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanim and Ambassador Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opened Kuwait’s dazzling Roma Verso Expo exhibit at Leonardo da Vinci Airport this week.
At FAO, Kuwait speaks out on obesity
ROME – Dr Sarah Al Rakayan outlined Kuwait’s plans to combat an ever-changing food culture at a panel at FAO’s international conference on nutrition this week.
Italian warplanes "forbidden to bomb" Isis
British Archbishop takes Vatican top job
VATICAN CITY – Liverpudlian Archbishop Paul Gallagher has been appointed as the new head of foreign affairs in a re-shuffle at the top of the Catholic Church.
Ireland sends papal envoy after 3 year gap
VATICAN CITY –Emma Madigan has taken up the post of Irish ambassador to the Holy See, after the permanent position was cut for budget reasons in 2011.
Solemn remembrance marks WWI centenary year
ROME – Silence fell at the eleventh hour in the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Testaccio, as veterans and embassy representatives gathered to mark Remembrance Day.
FAO forests honcho "hires girlfriend"
ROME – FAO Latin America Chief Forestry officer Jorge Meza evidently has disregarded the director general’s ban on croneyism, adjudicating a long term consultancy to girlfriend Maria Mercedes Proañ
Finnish President visits Rome
ROME - Finnish president Sauli Niinistö has concluded a two-day working visit to Italy, at the invitation of Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy.
Lesbian envoy "candidate to run FAO"
ROME – The Dutch Ambassador to the FAO, Gerda Verburg, is considering running as a candidate for election as Director General of the UN agency, diplomatic sources said Thursday.
Turkish Embassy celebrates National Day
ROME- The Turkish Ambassador to Italy, H.E. Aydin A.Sezgin, played host to hundreds of guests at a glittering reception to mark Turkey’s national Day.
FAO 'laying off 100 Somalia staff'
ROME -The FAO is laying off 111 of its staff in Somalia and Kenya, raising concern about the agency's capacity to deal with a future famine, FAO sources say
FAO "taking precautions" against Ebola at conference
ROME –The FAO will follow “precautional measures recommended by Italian authorities” against Ebola when thousands of delegates arrive for an international nutrition conference, the UN agency says.