Tag: Roma

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Pope in Romania asked forgiveness for the mistreatment of the Roma people

  

  Pope Francis on Sunday asked forgiveness in the name of the Catholic Church for the mistreatment of the Roma people, a move likely to increase tensions with Italy's anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:36 UTC

  Mexico disappointed indigenous actress Yalitza was left out of the Oscars' celebration

  

  Cheers echoed through Mexico City’s Roma district when the eponymous film by Alfonso Cuaron won three Oscars on Sunday, but revelers let out a disappointed sigh when best actress didn’t go to the indigenous star of the ode to 1970s life in the capital. In a payback for Cuaron’s black-and-white tribute to growing up among 1970s Roma’s handsome villas and apartment blocks, city officials set up giant screens in a park to watch the live broadcast from Los Angeles.

• Monday, July 31st 2017 - 16:43 UTC

  Rome and Vatican praying for rain: city avoids, temporarily, compulsory water rationing

  

  Rome narrowly avoided water rationing after a deal between the regional government and the city's water company defused a row over drawing water from a drought-affected lake. Taps had been due to run dry for 1.5 million Romans for up to eight hours a day from Monday, and Mayor Virginia Raggi urged the central government to intervene.