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A former CIA base chief in Italy who was convicted in absentia in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from the streets of Milan, has been arrested, an Italian Justice Ministry official said Thursday.
On a recent Sunday afternoon, hundreds of villagers gathered in this tiny Sardinian town for a Mass to celebrate the 100th birthday of Claudina Melis, one of its esteemed citizens. But she was not the first to reach that milestone. Next to Ms. Melis in the front pew was her 105-year-old sister, Consolata; they both had dark kerchiefs and wore traditional black widows’ garb. Nearby sat five other Melis siblings, all older than 85, and their families.
Here is what a senior Italian politician said the other day of his country’s first black cabinet minister: “I love animals – bears and wolves, as everyone knows – but when I see the pictures of [Cécile] Kyenge I cannot but think of, even if I’m not saying she is one, the features of an orang-utan.”
Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi voiced doubt in the strength of the Italian government on Tuesday, predicting it will soon collapse."I don't believe this coalition with the (center-left) People of Freedom (PdL) party can go on for much longer," said Renzi, a rising center-left figure, at a festival hosted by his Democratic Party in Carpi, northern Italy.
'Are we still in Italy?" The man on the platform at the station in Bolzano is perplexed, and I know what he means.So convincingly does Bolzano mirror the architecture, the language, the manners and the mores of Austria's nearby Tyrol region that it's all I can do to stop myself from answering "Ja!".Located in Italy's most northerly province, Bolzano is the capital of South Tyrol, which the Italians know as the Alto Adige, the High Adige, after the river that gallops through its heart.
Roberto Calderoli, from the anti-immigration Northern League, told a rally that the success of Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge encouraged "illegal immigrants" to come to Italy. Ms Kyenge is an Italian citizen born in the Democratic Republic of Congo.It is the latest in a series of rows over racism in Italy.
Campaigners have called on Pope Francis, who was elected in March, to make tackling the issue of sexually abusive priests an urgent priority of his papacy.
The UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child released its demands for information from the Holy See on Tuesday.
Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer was the big winner at the 67th Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbon) awards -- Europe’s oldest film honors -- taking home awards in six of the nine categories where it was entered, including Best Film and a prize for Best Score for iconic composer Ennio Morricone.
For one hour on Tuesday, July 9, our panel of Italy experts will be answering your questions live. They will be on hand to offer hotel recommendations, help find a pretty town or beach, advise on the best things to see and do and generally help you plan for your holiday.
Pope Francis threw a wreath of flowers into the sea, in a sign of mourning - before presiding over an open-air Mass, as David Willey reports, Pope Francis has said Mass for migrants on Italy's tiny island of Lampedusa, condemning the "global indifference" to their plight.