Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has congratulated Pope Leo XIV on being chosen as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. “I extend my most sincere wishes to Pope Leo XIV for the beginning of his pontificate,” Meloni wrote on X. “In a time marked by conflict and unrest, his words from the Loggia…
Mr Stefano De Leo, the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, says mixing Italian ingredients with Nigerian flour is good for baking his country’s pizza. Leo said this at the ongoing inaugural event of Italian 9th International Week of Cuisine scheduled from Nov. 15 to Nov. 23 in Abuja. According to him, the Italian cooking technique and…
Four mountaineers died in the Italian Alps in separate accidents on Sunday, according to the mountain rescue service. Their fatal falls occurred in the Veneto, Trentino and Piedmont regions in northern Italy. The deceased were reportedly three men and a woman. Rescue teams deployed helicopters and multiple teams in the affected areas. On Rocciamelone in…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that she will visit Lebanon this week, as she presses Israel to ensure the safety of Italian troops stationed in the region amid escalating violence. Meloni is set to arrive in Lebanon on Friday, though details of the visit remain confidential for security reasons. Her statements in Italy’s Senate…
An Italian navy ship docked in Albania carrying the first group of migrants whose asylum requests are to be processed at new reception centres outside the EU. Media reports said this on Wednesday morning. The 16 men from Egypt and Bangladesh were Europe-bound when they were intercepted by Italian authorities on the open sea as…
There is outrage in the international art world after a man in the Italian city of Bologna destroyed a sculpture by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The work, “Porcelain Cube’’ was part of the ongoing exhibition Who am I at Bologna’s Palazzo Fava. On Wednesday the curator of the exhibition, Arturo Galansino, described the incident as…
