Excavations in Rome find no trace of Emanuela Orlandi
Excavations beneath a Rome jazz venue linked to organised crime found no human remains, authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest setback in the decades-long search for answers in the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi.
Rome prefect Lamberto Giannini told a press conference that excavations beneath the Casa del Jazz — a former villa once owned by the treasurer of the Banda della Magliana criminal gang — had yielded "only animal bones" and bottles, Sky TG24 reported.
"No elements were found that brought relevant new developments from an investigative point of view," he said.
The site had been excavated since November on the theory that its underground tunnels might contain evidence linked to Orlandi's 1983 disappearance, or the remains of judge Paolo Adinolfi, who vanished in 1994.
Meloni hails Israel-Lebanon ceasefire as 'excellent news'
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hailed a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon announced by US President Donald Trump on Thursday, calling it "excellent news" and congratulating both governments "for reaching this important milestone thanks to US mediation," AFP reported.
She said it was "now crucial that the ceasefire be fully respected" and hoped it would lead to "a full and lasting peace." Italy would "continue to play its part by contributing to peacekeeping" through UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping mission established in southern Lebanon in 1978, she said.
Italy currently has 754 troops in UNIFIL, the second-largest national contingent according to UN figures published in March.
The ceasefire follows more than a month of war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, during which more than one million Lebanese people were displaced.
Italian foreign minister in China to talk trade and Iran
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani headed to China on Thursday, seeking to boost economic ties while also calling on Beijing to help efforts towards peace in Iran and Ukraine, AFP reported.
"We're working to support our companies so they can operate more and more in such an interesting market as the Chinese one," he said in a video. "And of course I will ask China and the Chinese government to lend a hand in building peace in the Middle East and also in Ukraine."
China is Italy's second-largest export market outside the European Union, after the United States, with bilateral trade worth nearly €75 billion in 2025, up 11.2 per cent on the previous year.
On Friday he will head to Shanghai to meet representatives of the Italian business community.
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