Ros Belford was sued for remarking upon in the Rough Guide a greater tendency among restaurateurs in Agrigento, compared to the rest of Sicily, to perpetrate small scams. Agrigento is beautiful. Woe betide saying that it is poor, that the Mafia has put down roots, that restaurateurs tend to take advantage of customers more than […]
“A year ago they killed a colleague and his girlfriend. We have not forgotten. And we’re not going to go away.” Between the 18th and the 21st February 2019, one year after the assassination of Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, in Slovakia more than 480 journalists signed a declaration entitled “Nezabúdame” (Let’s not forget). (see […]
The Catanzaro Public Prosecutor’s Office has completed its investigation. The fire dates back to 2014. Amoroso had published photos of some people suspected of robbery and extortion. The Public Prosecutor of Catanzaro, in February 2019, notified four suspects of the conclusion of the investigation for the setting alight, on the 31st January 2014, of the […]
The journalist Matteo Lauria had been sued by Nicola Tridico, former president of the examining committee of a competition for social workers. The publisher and a politician had also been cited. Only on December 29th 2018 the judge of the Court of Castrovillari, Guglielmo Manera, acting alone, rejected the claim for compensation made 15 years […]
Report on the worrying Italian news of last weeks. The alarming trend seen this year: an average of one fact-checked threats each day
The Hon. Verini has been appointed coordinator of the newly established working committee within the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry
Out of the 26 assaults occurring, all but four were perpetrated by right-wing extremists or so-called ‘concerned citizens’
The judge rejected the claim for damages made by the former chairman of the Fiera di Bari and sentenced him to pay the legal fees of the other party The legitimate exercise of the right to inform, protected by Article 21 of the Constitution, is subject to three requirements: the truth of the fact narrated, […]
In Catania Fabiola Foti (L’Urlo) reported the presence of previous offenders among the bearers of the statue of the patron Saint Agata. In the night between the 8th and the 9th February 2019, in Acicatena (Catania) someone left two goat heads, bloody and skinned, on the windscreen of the car of the journalist Fabiola Foti, […]
In Tagliacozzo 4,000 euro have been set aside to pay for a lawyer. Three newspapers had reported a visit to the municipal offices by the police to acquire documents Probably there is no investigation into my municipality, said the mayor of Tagliacozzo, announcing legal action for revenge against the three newspapers that had reported a […]