umbertino Posted March 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2021 Rome and Milan ranked among ‘worst cities in the world’ by foreign residents Italy’s two biggest cities once again get poor marks from international residents for career prospects, income, work-life balance and public transport The Local news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 26 November 2020 12:58 CET Updated 29 November 2020 11:44 CET https://www.thelocal.it/20201126/rome-and-milan-ranked-among-worst-cities-in-the-world-by-foreign-residents/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Italy says decision to block 250,000 doses of Covid vaccine from Australia was 'not a hostile act' Foreign affairs minister says Europe ‘ravaged’ by coronavirus and Italy is working according to EU regulation Lisa Cox and agencies Fri 5 Mar 2021 23.14 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/06/italy-says-decision-to-block-250000-doses-of-covid-vaccine-from-australia-was-not-a-hostile-act 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted March 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2021 Prosecutor: US students accused of killing Italian policeman should be 'sentenced to life' Prosecutor says Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth should also be put in solitary confinement Angela Giuffrida Sat 6 Mar 2021 16.44 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/06/us-students-accused-of-killing-italian-policeman-should-be-sentenced-to-life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2021 Italian restaurant (in Italy) owner mistakenly sanctioned by Trump Verona restaurant and pizzeria owner Alessandro Bazzoni sanctioned in crackdown on blacklisted Venezuelan crude oil Angela Giuffrida in Rome Fri 2 Apr 2021 17.16 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/02/italian-restaurant-owner-sanctioned-trump 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2021 Far right puts brakes on a new law that aims to stamp out homophobia in Italy Attacks on *** people continue unchecked as activists step up their 25-year battle to win LGBT rights Angela Giuffrida Sun 4 Apr 2021 10.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/04/far-right-puts-brakes-on-a-new-law-that-aims-to-stamp-out-homophobia-in-italy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 ‘Momentous error’: Italian businessman mistakenly blacklisted by Trump to sue Alessandro Bazzoni’s bank account was closed after he faced sanctions in a case of mistaken identity Angela Giuffrida in Rome Tue 6 Apr 2021 20.24 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/06/italian-business-owner-to-sue-us-treasury-over-blacklist-error 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 Zaki's lawyer: "Replacement of judges requested" The 29-year-old arrested and in prison for more than a year "is in a very bad psychological state" Lunedì 05 Aprile alle 17:11, aggiornato lunedì 05 aprile alle 17:21 https://www.unionesarda.it/en/articolo/news/mondo/2021/04/05/l-avvocato-di-zaki-chiesta-la-sostituzione-dei-giudici-137-1134311.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Patrick_Zaki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 Italian ‘king of absentees’ allegedly skipped work for 15 years Hospital employee in Calabrian city of Catanzaro continued to be paid monthly salary to total of around £464,000 ($644,722.62) Angela Giuffrida in Rome Wed 21 Apr 2021 13.39 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/21/italian-king-of-absentees-allegedly-skipped-work-for-15-years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 28 minutes ago, umbertino said: Italian ‘king of absentees’ allegedly skipped work for 15 years Hospital employee in Calabrian city of Catanzaro continued to be paid monthly salary to total of around £464,000 ($644,722.62) Angela Giuffrida in Rome Wed 21 Apr 2021 13.39 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/21/italian-king-of-absentees-allegedly-skipped-work-for-15-years It’s good to be the king 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 28 minutes ago, Shelley said: It’s good to be the king Sorry..Out of pluses right now... Yes..Good to be king but a real shame in this particular case for this Country of mine..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 Italy to relax Covid restrictions as PM Draghi hopes ‘gamble’ pays off Prime minister under pressure within coalition to lift lockdown measures but death toll remains high Angela Giuffrida in Rome Sun 25 Apr 2021 11.03 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/25/italy-to-relax-covid-restrictions-as-draghi-hopes-gamble-pays-off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted April 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 Italian judge is asked to put Egyptian officers on trial over Giulio Regeni death Case of student whose body was found in Cairo in 2016 finally reaches courtroom Ruth Michaelson and Lorenzo Tondo Thu 29 Apr 2021 15.30 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/29/italian-judge-is-asked-to-put-egyptian-officers-on-trial-over-giulio-regeni-death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Giulio_Regeni 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sage449 Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 "Italy's largest mafia trial in three decades to begin against 'Ndrangheta" How is this trial progressing, is the prosecutor afraid for his life? He's working against dark waters and this is a massive sting! In truth will it make any dent in the illegal activities and drugs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sage449 Posted May 1, 2021 Report Share Posted May 1, 2021 What a horrible story on the alleged spy Regeni, and an equally despicable death. Honestly I doubt he will ever be vindicated and agree with his parents' statement to Egypt. Sadness and prayers for his parents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) Thanks Sage for your 2 posts...Just read them... So far not much talk on the ndrangheta trial which is going to be clelebrated About Giulio Regeni's death which happened in 2016 ( it's been 5 long years already)...So far no tangible evidence he was a spy.......The egyptian authorities tried to de-route case right from the start.....First by saying he had died due to a car accident, then declaring he got killed by thugs...Fact is Egypt and its ruler Al-Sisi is obsessed by the idea every foreigner is a spy...The Italian enquirers did a great job in finding a lot and the Italian judges already wrote down papers with the names of high rank officials and other police members responsible for the killing.....All of that was always rejected by Egypt Edited May 2, 2021 by umbertino 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 State broadcaster in Italy under fire after ‘censoring’ rapper Rai faces calls to apologise to Fedez over alleged attempt to silence his condemnation of homophobia Angela Giuffrida in Rome Mon 3 May 2021 13.15 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/03/state-broadcaster-in-italy-under-fire-after-censoring-rapper-fedez-rai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 Libyan coastguard boat that shot Italian fisher was provided by Rome Italian government supplied vessel to help Tripoli control flow of migrants in Mediterranean Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo Fri 7 May 2021 13.17 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/07/libyan-coastguard-boat-that-shot-italian-fisher-was-provided-by-rome It'd be funny if it weren't tragic........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 More than 2,000 migrants arrive on Italian island in 24 hours Hundreds of asylum seekers forced to sleep outside as Lampedusa reception centre reaches capacity Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo Mon 10 May 2021 17.23 BSTLast modified on Mon 10 May 20 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/10/more-than-2000-migrants-arrive-on-italian-island-lampedusa-in-24-hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 Italian cable car plunges to the ground, killing at least 9 ROME (AP) — A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plunged to the ground Sunday, killing at least nine people and sending two children to the hospital, authorities said May 23, 2021 https://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/10810794-italian-cable-car-plunges-to-ground-killing-9.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2021 Italian minister vows to find cause of cable car crash that killed 14 Enrico Giovannini announces commission to investigate ‘technical and organisational causes’ of crash Associated Press in Rome Mon 24 May 2021 12.14 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/24/italian-minister-to-visit-cable-car-crash-site-where-14-people-died 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) Italy to Try Four Egyptian Agents in Killing of Italian Student The agents will be tried in absentia in Rome in the death of Giulio Regeni, who had been doing research in Egypt and is now a symbol for human rights in Italy By Gaia Pianigiani May 25, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/world/europe/italy-egyptian-agents-killing-student-giulio-regen.html Edited May 26, 2021 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 Italy's Leading Prima Ballerina, Carla Fracci, Dies at 84 By Reuters | May 27, 2021, at 8:37 a.m. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-05-27/italys-leading-prima-ballerina-carla-fracci-dies-at-84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 Trudeau apologises for internment of Italian Canadians in second world war Canada interned over 600 people of Italian heritage after Italy declared war in 1940, and labelled about 31,000 as ‘enemy aliens’ Associated Press in Toronto Thu 27 May 2021 16.23 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/27/trudeau-canada-italian-canadians-internment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted June 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2021 Anger as notorious Sicilian mafioso the ‘people-slayer’ freed Giovanni Brusca was arrested in 1996 and sentenced to life for more than 100 murders Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo Tue 1 Jun 2021 11.19 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/01/sicilian-mafia-killer-freed-jail-giovanni-brusca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted June 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2021 The Guardian view on Italian post-fascists: heading for the mainstream? The rise to prominence of the Brothers of Italy party and its abrasive leader, Giorgia Meloni, is a disturbing development Mon 31 May 2021 18.25 BSTLast modified on Tue 1 Jun 20 Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/31/the-guardian-view-on-italian-post-fascists-headed-for-the-mainstream 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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