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Bahraini doctors sentenced, opposition MP in Rome
ROME -- ‘’The regime has shown itself to be the real criminal,’’ was the comment Khalil Al Marzooq, secretary of Bahrain’s main Shia opposition party Al Wefaq, made in Rome while engaged in what he
UK archaeologist is American University of Rome's discovery
No perch for Italy at the Libyan victors' table
ROME -- Every Italian schoolchild knows that the Piedmontese prime minister sent troops to fight with the British and French in Crimea in
IFAD President returns to public eye after scandal
HELSINKI– The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President, Kanayo Nwanze, has made one of his first public appearances since
Discreet Tuscan welcome for David Cameron
ROME -- It must be a sign that the economy is improving if the British Prime Minister thinks it’s safe to take his family on a two-week holiday in a luxury Tuscan villa, even though they travel on
Bahraini opposition lobbies Italy for support
ROME – - Intermittent coverage has been given to Bahrain’s panicked crackdown on protests since they began on February, with the list of outrages growing ever longer: doctors charged and sentenced
Juan Carlos spearheaded Spain's food agency campaign
ROME -- Spain's King Juan Carlos lobbied the King of Saudi Arabia and other monarchs to try and secure support for the ultimately unsuccessful Spanish candidate to run th
Italy pledges to "examine" UK lecturers' shameful plight
ROME -- The British Minister for Europe, David Lidington, took up the issue of Italian universities' shameful, discriminatory treatment of UK lecturers this week during a meeting he had with the It
Enquiry into Belgian journalist's Rome death "shelved"
ROME — Italian magistrates have shelved criminal proceedings in connection with the death of respected Belgian foreign correspondent Federic Hacourt at the Fate BeneFratelli hospital on Rome’s isla
Commentary -- Italy's other 150th anniversary
ROME --This year Italians (some of them at any rate) celebrated the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the kingdom of Italy.
Malawi orphans thank Commonwealth Club in Rome
Rome- Three orphan students from Malawi have expressed their gratitude to the Commonwealth Club of Rome and its members.
Indonesia threatens Brazil lead in FAO election campaign
Comment: pushing the door toward the closure of American minds
A British street party, Italian style
ROME -- The Domus Talenti in via Quattro Fontane was occupied on Friday by an army of British expats who gathered together to watch the royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
Italian princesses prefer Harry to Wills
ROME — Ahead of the British Royal nuptials a selection of eligible damsels from Rome’s upper social stratosphere spoke of their admiration for Kate Middleton’s normality and their preference for th
New British Ambassador appointed to the Holy See
VATICAN CITY--Mr Nigel Marcus Baker OBE MVO has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Holy See in succession to Mr Francis Campbell.
Canadian Embassy event marks beginning to Afghan security handover
ROME - Shortly after new year celebrations in Afghanistan and with most of the world’s attention shifted to Libya, a seminar was recently held in the Canadian embassy i
Arab revolutions reach Rome Foreign Press Club
ROME – The political turmoil rocking the Middle East evidently has found an echo at the Foreign Press Association in Rome where two representatives of Arab media organs have been elected to the Clu
Embassy row: Libyan royal celebrates carnival
ROME — Prince Idriss al Senoussi, a great nephew of the last King of Libya and pretender to the quixotic Libyan throne, has taken time off from monitoring the turmoil i
The Middle East debated in Trastevere
ROME- The headquarters of the bridge-building Sant’Egido community in Trastevere has been the centre of an inter-cultural dialogue between Muslims and Christians.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi “scares off foreign investors, senior diplomat says
ROME – The sex scandals that have tainted the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, have created a major “image problem” for Italy that is scaring away foreign inv
British Expats in Italy meet for Annual Event
ROME — Nearly 100 guests attended the Association of British Expats in Italy’s Annual Event and Luncheon on Saturday.