Embassy Row

 ROME - New frictions between Paris and Rome have surfaced after remarks made by François Bayrou, who claimed that Italy “is pursuing a policy of tax dumping.” According to Palazzo Chigi, the accus

 ROME - On Thursday, the Council of Ministers ratified the appointment of Stefano Beltrame as Italy’s new ambassador to Moscow, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 ROME – The official stance of the Italian government is that while Italy is more than ready to help demine Ukranian soil, Italian soldiers will not be sent to join the fighting, writes Il Messagge

 VICENZA - A complaint for alleged hate crimes has been filed with the Public Prosecutor's Office in Vicenza by pro-Palestinian activists and signed by around a hundred people against MEP Elena Don

 VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV issued his strongest appeal yet Wednesday for peace in the Middle East and an end to Israeli ethnic cleansing in Gaza as well as a release of Israeli hostages held by H

 SIRACUSA, Sicily – Sunday afternoon, at 15:03 local time, the MV Ocean Viking, search and rescue vessel chartered by SOS MEDITERRANEE in partnership with the IFRC, was deliberately targeted in a s

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 ROME - Italy is offering to send troops to Ukraine for demining operations, Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister's office, has been quoted as saying, in what may be a departure from Italy's staunch o

 TRAPANI, Sicily - The Ocean Viking, the humanitarian ship of the NGO SOS Méditerranée, rescued a rubber boat in international waters north of Libya, Saturday night, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 VENICE - On Saturday, August 30th, at 5:00 PM, a protest march is set to occur at Santa Maria Elisabetta (Venice Lido) to denounce the ongoing genocide in Gaza and demand a free Palestine.

 RIMINI - A man of Ukrainian origin has been arrested in Italy on charges of involvment in the underwater explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 as

 ROME - After the authorship of the mutual aid proposal for Kiev in the wake of Article 5 of the Atlantic Treaty was registered in the living room of the White House, Giorgia Meloni definitively co

  ROME -- Italian consultants at the World Food Programme who have been at the UN agency for as long as 10, 15 or 20 years and promised a post but never given one, are being chopped by not having t

 GENOA - The number of deaths following taser attacks, the stun gun issued to law enforcement, has risen to two in the space of 48 hours, writes Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 WASHINGTON - “Today is an important day.

 ROME - Riots broke out Sunday night in Rome's Regina Coeli prison, where on August 15 a 19-year-old Egyptian prisoner, who had been admitted to Section VII just the day before, attempted suicide,

 LAMPEDUSA - At least 26 people have died in a shipwreck about 14 nautical miles south of Lampedusa. Two boats carrying 97 people capsized, with 60 of them being rescued and brought ashore.

 ROME - “I find it shameful that, in order to attack the government, certain opposition parties are spreading false news, damaging Italy's image and interests.” Giorgia Meloni lashes out at her pol

 ROME – Speaking in an interview with La Stampa, later reported by Il Fatto Quotidiano, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said “I think that the occupation of Gaza and certain serious acts in the Wes

 ROME - Five years ago, Dr. Kristen DiMatteo arrived in Rome to take on the role of Head of School at the American Overseas School of Rome.

 ROME - In an interview with Il Messaggero, Ettore Sequi, former secretary general of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and former ambassador to China, is convinced that “the sanctions

MOSCOW - Steve Witkoff arrived at the Kremlin to meet Vladimir Putin on his fifth visit to Russia this year, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano.

 BATUMI, Georgia --The Black Sea coast, with its mix of old charm and modern energy, is always refreshing, a place where you can lose yourself in long walks, livel

 TUNIS - The prime minister met with the Tunisian president Kais Saied and will fly to Turkey on Friday to meet with her Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.