FAO: Gheddafi entourage paralyses Rome
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Striking ground crews at Fiumicino airport added to the chaos yesterday giving national carrier Alitalia no alternative but to cancel 40 flights and leave thousands of passengers stranded.
World Food Summit 16-18 Nov ‘09
by Antonino John Scoppettuolo (staff) | Friday, November 13th, 2009
In the run-up to the World Food Summit being held at FAO headquarters in Rome on 16-18 November, TRF looks at the background to the current food crisis in ‘The Ghost of Hunger Past, Present and Future’.
A ‘Perfect Storm’ on the World’s Plate
by Anthony Smith | Friday, April 24th, 2009
TRF talks to economists Abdolreza Abbassian and Adam Prakash of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization about the consequences of the global recession for world food supplies.
Rome, City of Faces - an international community on Facebook
by Caroline Prosser (staff) | Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Rome’s expat foreigners have not lost their love of virtual chatting on coming abroad, with online international communities growing. So where are the opportunities in amongst the web-junk and what are the advantages of making connections the virtual way?
