Tag: Italy
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General Manager of Tethys Plantgeria, Purgatorio dies Of COVID-19 in Italy
The General Manager of a Port Harcourt-based diving and marine construction company,Tethys Plantgeria, Chief Marco Purgatorio is dead. He died of Covid-19 while receiving treatment in an hospital in Italy. The General Manager of Danelec Limited, Engr. Chief Giandomenico Massari who made the announcement of Purgatorio’s death said that he was flown to Italy for…
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Inter on red alert as Messi buying a house in Milan
Milan’s clubs are on red alert with the father of Barcelona star Lionel Messi buying a house in the city. Jorge Messi, reports Gazzetta dello Sport, is purchasing a house in the Porta Nuova district in Milan with plans to move to Italy this year. Messi has long been a target for Inter Milan and…
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15 Nigerian cultists arrested in Italy
No fewer than 15 Nigerian cultists have been arrested by the Italian Police, known as Polizia di Stato. Those arrested reportedly belonged to members of the deadly ‘Eiye’ confraternity. A statement from the Italian police said the suspected cultists were arrested on Tuesday in an operation dubbed “Pesha.” Members of the gang were also accused…
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Balotelli is throwing his talent away – Mancini
Italy coach Roberto Mancini admits Brescia striker Mario Balotelli is blowing his career. Balotelli is being dumped by Brescia after a bust-up with management. “I care for him, regardless of all the things he does,” Mancini told RAI Sport. “I trained him when he was still just a kid, I played him and he was…
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Italy arrest 10 Nigerians accused of running human trafficking business
Italian police have detained 10 Nigerians accused of running a human trafficking ring that allegedly used voodoo rituals and promises of jobs to lure migrants to Italy only to be put to work as prostitutes. Police in Catania, Sicily, said the victims, including some minors, paid as much as 25,000 euros (($28,000) each to make…
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Worst of Covid-19 over in Italy – Pope
The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has declared that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis is over. The pontiff said this while addressing the Catholic congregation for the first time at Saint Peter’s Square, Rome, since the ban on religious congregation due to COVID-19 in the country. The Vatican had yesterday said…
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Italy to decide Serie A resumption tomorrow
After weeks of wrangling, with several U-turns on the way, Italy is due to decide on Thursday if and when its top-flight Serie A football league can resume after the coronavirus stoppage. Possibly encouraged by seeing how Germany’s Bundesliga has restarted without problems so far, the Italian government appears to have relaxed its position recently.…
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Pope inaugurates reopening of St. Peter’s Basilica, as public masses resume in Italy
Pope Francis inaugurated the full reopening of St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday and Catholic churches held public Masses for the first time in two months in the latest easing of Italy’s coronavirus restrictions. Francis said a private Mass in a side chapel where St. John Paul II is buried to commemorate the 100th anniversary of…
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Pope Francis shares delight as churches reopen in Italy
Saint Peter’s Basilica throws its doors open to visitors on Monday, marking a relative return to normality at the Vatican and beyond in Italy, where most business activity is set to resume. Public masses also resume throughout the predominantly Catholic country after a two-month hiatus, while restaurants, bars, cafes, shops and hairdressers, among other businesses,…
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Balotelli had no respect, he deserved to be slapped – Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini says Mario Balotelli “deserved a slap” for his attitude during Italy’s 2013 Confederations Cup campaign. Italy lost 4-2 to Brazil in the group stage of the tournament, eventually going on to finish third – and the defender says Balotelli didn’t help his team during that early defeat. National team boss Roberto Mancini recently…