Tag: #Rome
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PM Narendra Modi invites Pope Francis to visit India
ITALY: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invites Pope Francis to visit his country thus renewing negotiations of a papal visit following its cancellation back in 2017. PM Narendra Modi shared images of his first private meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Soon afterwards he extended an invitation to the Pope to visit his country,…
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Russian Diplomats Arrested for Spying
Rome: Two Russian diplomats arrested for spying, Navy Captain arrested, Navy Captain reportedly arrested in Italy for spying, while two Russian diplomats have been deported. According to the international news agency, the Italian police have arrested a Russian military official on charges of extorting important documents related to national security, while two Russian diplomats have…
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Benito Mussolini’s grandson signs his first professional contract with Lazio
Rome, March 23 (AFP/APP): The great-grandson of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini said Tuesday he has signed his first professional contract with Lazio, the Rome club with a history of association with the far-right. On his Instagram page, Romano Floriani Mussolini posted a photo of himself penning the contract until 2024 alongside Mauro Bianchessi, head of Lazio’s…
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60 migrants presumed dead after boat engine fire at the Libyan coast
Rome, March 23 (10:58 PM PKT) (AFP/APP): Roughly 60 migrants are presumed dead after their boat engine caught fire off the Libyan coast during an attempted Mediterranean crossing, a rescue charity said on Tuesday. Alarm Phone, a volunteer-run Mediterranean rescue hotline, said it had spoken to survivors of the March 18 accident in which the engine of a…
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No special treatment as Italy’s president gets Covid jab
Rome, March 9 (AFP/APP):There was no special treatment for Italian President Sergio Mattarella when he received his coronavirus vaccine in a Rome hospital on Tuesday. In a photo issued by his office, the 79-year-old head of state was pictured sitting in a chair alongside numerous others — all socially distanced — in a large room…
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Italy to Run “COVID-free” Trains on Rome-Milan Route
Italy will run COVID-free trains on the Rome-Milan route.
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Italy prosecutors seek life for US pair accused of killing cop
Rome, March 6 (AFP/APP):Italian prosecutors on Saturday requested life sentences for a pair of young US citizens accused of murdering an Italian policeman two years ago while holidaying in Rome. Officer Mario Cerciello Rega, 35, died from knife wounds in July 2019 after he and a colleague, both in plain clothes, had a nighttime confrontation…
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Milan Fashion Week: Optimistic trends for next winter
Rome, March 5 (AFP/APP):The curtain fell Monday on another Milan fashion week — or at least the screen went dark on this season’s all-digital affair, in which designers looked ahead to better times. The autumn/winter 2021-2022 collections had an air of hope for when coronavirus is banished or at least brought under control: for when…
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Holy See predicts more financial losses in 2021
Rome, Feb 19 (AFP/APP):The Holy See said Friday it expects a loss of almost 50 million euros ($60.6 million) this year, due to continued fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis personally approved the figures released Friday for the Roman Curia, or Holy See, comprising about sixty different administrations that help him govern the Catholic…
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Rome: PM Mario Darghi says Coronavirus presents good opportunity for Italy’s rebuilding
Rome, Feb 17 (AFP/APP): New Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Wednesday the coronavirus crisis presented an opportunity for Italy to rebuild just as it did after World War II, as part of a more integrated EU. “Today we have, as did the governments of the immediate post-war period, the possibility or rather than responsibility to start a new reconstruction,”…