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
ROME --This year Italians (some of them at any rate) celebrated the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the kingdom of Italy.
Rome- Three orphan students from Malawi have expressed their gratitude to the Commonwealth Club of Rome and its members.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
ROME — Nearly 100 guests attended the Association of British Expats in Italy’s Annual Event and Luncheon on Saturday.
ROME– Prisons have been opened, the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities damaged, the internet shut down, curfews imposed, and government buildings and police stations burned
ROME-Green economists from the U.K and Italy have met together for a one day seminar to discuss the challenges and solutions facing both countries in their efforts to build a sustainable future.
VATICAN CITY- Pope John Paul II is to be beatified on May Day this year following Pope Benedict’s XVI formal attribution of a miracle to the late Pope, announced the Va
Brazil has at last confirmed its candidature for the election next year to the FAO leadership, raising hopes for an end to the rudderless epoch under the water-tredding Senegalese director general,
Copenhagen was recently awarded Destination of the Year by European Consumers Choice, beating off rival major cities Barcelona, Rome and Madrid for the hotly contested title.
ROME– In a bid to shed new light on the shadowy world of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, a FAO Technical Consultation has agreed to begin developing the Global Record of Fishing Vessel
ROME- International food import bills could pass the one trillion dollar mark in 2010 with prices in most commodities up sharply from 2009, FAO said today.
ROME — Amid growing outrage over IFAD President Kanayo Nwanze’s wild spending on a sprawling villa on Rome’s posh via Appia Antica, IFAD acknowledged Sunday that its Ex
