Sarah Numico

BREXIT

Boris Johnson is now leading the country after having been chosen to lead the Tory party following Theresa May’s resignation (and failure) as leader and Premier. Johnson won 66% of the vote for Tory leadership cast by approximately 160 thousand members of the Conservative party. The Queen thus invited him to form a new government. […]

RECEPTION

They entered the Senate rotunda holding photographs of migrant children who have died in federal immigration custody. Shortly before, they had prayed on the outside lawn, listened to testimonies of migrants who fear losing their children and read the messages of the bishops who arrived in support of this demonstration of civil disobedience promoted, inter […]

ON THE SIDE OF THE VICTIMS

The government-introduced 21-article Law “for the protection of victims of domestic abuse and gender-based violence”, passed by Senate vote, incorporates provisions under the Criminal Procedure Code to fast-track Court hearings (hence the “red-code” definition), as well as amendments to the Penal Code, with tougher penalties in some cases and new types of offences such as […]

OBITUARY

Irony and prestige, great literary stature and civic conscience. He invented a language that mixes Italian and Sicilian dialect, with a respectful and admiring gaze towards women. Thus Nadia Terranova, Italian writer from the city of Messina, author of the book “Addio fantasmi” (Einaudi), among the five finalists of the Strega Literary Prize, spoke of […]

ANALYSIS

Past July 2 EU leaders put forward four nominees to key EU positions – President of the European Commission, Council, ECB and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs. Nominees were finally agreed shortly after the European elections of May 26. Leading positions were assigned to high profile people with great experience in European and international […]