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Second Messina Denaro hideout discovered

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italian police today found a second hideout of Matteo Messina Denaro, the Mafia superboss apprehended on Monday after 30 years on the run.

Mafia boss hideout found in Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara

Mafia boss hideout found and searched

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Police and investigators have found the hideout of Matteo Messina Denaro, the mafia boss arrested yesterday after 30 years on the run.

Messina Denaro - Italy's most wanted man - arrested on Sicily

Italy’s most wanted man arrested after 30 years on the run

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted man, has been arrested by the Carabinieri police’s ROS unit after 30 years on the run. He was arrested inside the day hospital of a private clinic in Palermo and did not put up resistance.

Ancona, the most recent port of landing given to NGO ships

Italy’s Interior Minister plays down NGO complaints

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said NGOs being assigned Ancona as their port of landing were used to covering “prohibitive” distances. He stressed Sicily and Calabria could not become Europe’s migrant camp.

poster of miising Vatican girl Emanuela Orlandi

Orlandi case reopened by Vatican

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Vatican on Monday said it was opening a fresh probe into Emanuela Orlandi. The 15-year-old Vatican teenager mysteriously disappeared while returning home from a flute lesson in Rome on 22 June 1983.

Exhibition on Etruscan Spina starts in Ferrara

December 25, 2022December 25, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara is hosting an exhibition ‘Spina etrusca. Un grande porto nel Mediterraneo” (Etruscan Spina. A great port in the Mediterranean).

Palermo man arrested for killing an Italian couple in UK

Palermo man arrested for murder in UK

December 24, 2022December 24, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

British police said on 23rd December that a man arrested for killing an Italian couple living in the UK came from Palermo and has mental health issues. The couple were killed with a hammer.

Bologna from the air - the city is now a United Nations University hub

Bologna now one of the UN University hubs

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Italian city of Bologna is to be the latest location for the new United Nations University. It will monitor and manage changes in the human habitat.

French embassy to Holy See opens Villa Bonaparte in Rome to the public

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

One of the most breathtaking locations in Rome is opening to the public from January 3rd. Villa Bonaparte, France’s embassy to the Holy See, will open its doors to Romans and tourists.

Gunman kills three in Rome

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A gunman opened fire on Sunday at a meeting in Rome of owners of properties in a residential complex. He killed three women and injured four other people. One of the murdered was a friend of PM Meloni.