ROME – Important mission to Rome for the editor of Corriere Canadese, Joe Volpe, in defense of Italian language and culture abroad and, in particular, in Canada. →
TORONTO – All roads led to Italy for the 2-day G20 summit meeting this year. US President Joe Biden had to put on hold domestic issues just to be in Rome for this summit. Top of the agenda was climate change. Prince Charles addressed the leaders of attending countries. From Rome, participants proceeded to Glasgow, Scotland, for the UN COP26 meeting. In both meetings, activists ensured that their voices are heard by world leaders. These meetings are unique because Covid safety protocols are in place. I remember when G8-G20 was held in Toronto having experienced challenges covering the event. →
TORONTO – Amsterdam, Rome, and Glasgow. These are the three stages of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to Europe, the first since this week’s swearing-in of his new government resulting from the elections on 20 September. The pandemic and the environment will be the two main topics on the agenda, especially at the G20 weekend in Rome – the first event of its kind organized in the Italian capital – and at the Scottish summit on 1 and 2 November that will take place in Scotland. →
ROME – Crying to “freedom, freedom”: the people of “Io Apro”, the movement born on socials to protest against anti-Covid restrictions, took to the streets in Rome today. Many fewer, however, the participants compared to previous demonstrations that had seen the presence of thousands of people. →
[GTranslate]Very high tension in the square in Montecitorio in Rome where today the protest sit-in of restaurateurs and other categories (such as those of gym managers and entertainment workers) is taking place against the continuous closures for the Covid emergency. →
