RIYADH – A Saudi Arabian judge has confirmed a six month prison sentence handed down to a 23-year-old Italian flight assistant on charges of allegedly possessing

 ROME – The rigged FAO appointment of a Chinese national to a senior legal officer position that had been earmarked for a respected Spanish woman lawyer for years

 ROME – A 307 million euro loan was signed with the European Commission on Tuesday, following the agreement between the Italian and the Tunisian electricity operators. 

 ROME -- A recent edition cover of Panorama, owned by a former Berlusconi editor, carries the headline “An Italy without Italian

  ROME – A year after his election as the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, Spanish finance geek Alvaro Lario still is punching below his weight and over dependent,

 BRUSSELS - The European Commission decided Friday to refer Italy to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to end longstanding discrimination of foreign lecturers working in Italia

 NAPLES - - Naples' Oriental University has awarded Prof.

 VIENNA – IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi appointed a Chinese former vice minister as a deputy director general of the agency as a quid pro quo for the recent

 ROME – FAO consultants are up in arms over a raft of promotions and appointments by just re-elected Director General Qu Dongyu, at least three of them in his off

  BERLIN – FAO director general Qu Dong-Yu during his first term that ended last week “manipulated the UN agency to the advantage of Beijing,” including encouraging the supply in Africa, Asia and O

 ROME – Respected Croatian journalist, academic and author Inoslav Bešker, one of the last surviving reporters to arrive in Italy from the Balkans as a foreign correspondent with a Yugoslav passpor

 ROME – As many as 2,500 people attended an enchanting garden party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III in the grounds of the Villa Wolkonsky, the leafy residence of the British Ambassa

 ROME – The Chinese Communist Party ordered FAO director general Qu Dongyu to appoint Mario Lubetkin as the head of the UN agency’s latin american division after the Uruguayan Communist party lobbi

 VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis undergwent surgery under general anaesthetic for a “painful and worsening” intestinal condition at the Gemelli Polyclinic hospital Wednesday, Vatican sources said.

 ROME — Members of Rome’s Foreign Press Football Club have paid tribute

 ROME – The Bahraini Ambassador to Italy, H.E. Dr Naser M. Y.

 ROME – Italy’s Supreme Court has ordered nine foreign lecturers to repay over 2 million euros in back wages, that were previously awarded to them by lower courts, to the University of Basilicata,

 ROME – Investigations of cases of alleged sexual harassment and other misconduct at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other UN agencies will never be fair until they are carried out

 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, looking serene and refreshed, resumed his regular schedule of audiences Saturday, meeting intellectuals from Georgetown University attending a conference organised by

 ROME – Alleged complicity between senior managers at the FAO purportedly sexually harassing women employees and members of the agency’s Office of the Inspector General that examines sex harassment

 TBILISI, Georgia – On May 26, 1991, Georgia declared independence, and every year since 1918 the Georgian people joyfully celebrate this day.

 ROME – A senior FAO officer during a coffee break on the FAO panoramic terrace with female colleagues "openly discussed his preferences about women’s physical attributes," investigators at the UN

 VENICE - The Venice councillor for tourism, Simone Venturini, received the British ambassador to Italy, Ed Llewellyn, at Ca' Farsetti who came to Venice to attend the "Venice Coronation Reception"