BRASILIA— FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva has indicated he will give cash-strapped Brazil a 25 percent discount on its annual contribution to the UN agency worth some dlrs 3 million to
ROME—Italy will lose as much 2 billion worth of orders for Finmeccanica defence equipment with India after the Indian government placed state-run industrial concern ENI on the black list in apparen
ROME – British expatriates in the Eternal City climaxed a debate on Brexit by voting symbolically for the UK to remain in the European Union, accepting by majority the arguments elucidated by the A
ROME – Embattled UN pension fund CEO Sergio Azivù flew into the Eternal City this week to reassure retired staffers owed up to eight months in pension arrears they will be paid soon, UN sources sai
ROME -- Prince and Princess Akishino of Japan paid an Official Visit to Italy, in which they were welcomed by President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, during a trip to Rome recently.
ROME -- MPs are currently running an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons to note that a number of discrimination cases brought before the Brescia Court of Appeal by British lecturers working
ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has defended Maria Elena Boschi, the Minister of Constitutional Reforms in Italy, after she spoke out against a statement by ANPI, the National Partisan
ROME -- Marco Pannella, the radical Italian politician and civil rights campaigner, has died at the age of 86 after numerous health problems in recent years. Pannella was best known fo
ROME – A Latin American diplomat offered to arrange permanent job contracts for young women working in the messen
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BEIRUT -- Authors divide diplomacy into two historical practices, the “old” style of practice occurred between the 18th and 19th centuries and was followed by the “new” practice mentioned by Presi
ROME -- As the referendum on whether the United Kingdom will stay in the European Union fast approaches, The Expat Survey are discovering how British expats are feeling with the Big BreXpat Survey
ROME -- Two British citizens, living abroad and fighting for the right to vote in the EU Referendum, have been given the right to take their case to the Court of Appeal. This permission came from
ROME – A day after Italy celebrated World Press Freedom day, the trial of Italian Insider’s chief editor resumed Wednesday on libel charges brought by five FAO executives at the Rome-based UN agenc
ROME – Italian Senator Francesco Giacobbe, the elected representative of Italian communities in Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antartica, will give a talk to the Commonwealth Club of Rome at the Indian
ROME -- Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Timo Soini, accompanied by the Finnish Ambassador in Italy, Janne Taalas, has visited the Operational Headquarters of EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia, The
ROME -- Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini visited had bilateral discussions with his Italian counterpart Paol
ROME – As FAO’s press office trumpeted José Graziano da Silva’s glorious receipt of an Italian ‘knightship,’ the UN agency director general in a major speech on Africa airbrushed out his links on t
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will make a pastoral visit to Armenia June 24-26 and then return to the Caucasus region Sept.30-Oct.23 for a trip to Georgia and Azerbaijan, the Vatican said Saturday.
ROME -- Italy recalled its ambassador to Egypt from Cairo Friday in protest after Egyptian investigators failed to cooperate in establishing the truth about the brutal murder of Cambridge student G
ROME – FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva may offer former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a bolthole as a “special advisor” to the UN agency to give Lula immunity from prose
ROME -- The Polish ambassador to Italy Tomasz Orlowski welcomed diplomats, politicians, representatives for the Jewish world, and a group of students to celebrate a little known event that brought
ISTANBUL – Turkey must negotiate with the Kurdish PKK guerrilla organization and “correct its mistakes” in Syria, former Turkish foreign min
