By Agence France-Presse After fleeing Iran and making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, Kurdish activist Maysoon Majidi did not expect to be jailed in Italy for people smuggling. But the day after arriving on a boat last December, she was arrested and held for 10 months — a victim, her supporters say, of a […]
By Agence France-Presse Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by blues, reds and golds have lost none of their brilliance in 17th-century frescoes discovered behind a false ceiling at the Villa Farnesina palace in Rome. The three paintings were hidden above the vaulted ceiling of what was once the living room of Agostino Chigi, a wealthy banker and […]
By Holly Kintuka Gang robbings and pickpocketing are skyrocketing in the Italian capital with fights breaking out between thieves and tourists. Source: Panic in Rome as tourists mugged ‘100 times a day’ in warning to Brits Category: World