Congratulations. In Italy, every three days a woman is killed by a man who says he loves her.  A report on a tragic reality that is not exclusive to Mediterranean culture. Babelmed

Inverting the perspective, Dal Profondo (From the depths) presents some sort of an other way around narration of the myth of Paltonic cave. With slow, dark framings, rarefied and essential dialogues director Valentina Pedicini depicts the “underworld” with such symbolic and emotional density that makes the reality on the surface appear uninteresting, artificial and superfluous. Babelmed

The July 21 Association launched an international appeal called #PeccatoCapitale (cardinal sin) to ask the City of Rome for a moratorium on forced evictions of informal settlements in the city. The operations have tripled since Pope Bergoglio announced the Extraordinary Holy Year.

50 percent of the approximately 180 thousand Roma and Sinti in Italy have Italian citizenship, 4 out of 5 live in normal houses and many work in regular jobs.40 thousand live in poor housing conditions. The investigation of Babelmed in Rome, where about 9 thousand people live in inadequate housing according to the international standards of safety, peace and dignity.

"We have always fought for equality, to combat xenophobia and for the right to a dignified life for all. As citizens of Italy and Prato (which we are), as Europeans and as Sinti, we can not continue to look with indifference to what is happening", says the president of the comunity, Ernesto Grandini.

The National Anti-Corruption Authority has opened an investigation against the City of Rome over the repeated loans given to the social cooperative Inopera for the management of Roma center active in the capital since 2012.

Three generations in confrontation with horse dealers, butchers of horsemeat and musicians. A film that enters the homes of families from Lecce Province telling the stories of the silent community of an "imaginary state".

The ABCittà cooperative and the 21 Luglio Association organize workshops and seminars in Rome to create a living library dedicated to Rom men and women. As "human books", these persons open themselves to readers to dismantle the most common stereotypes that over the years have contributed to their marginalization and stigmatization.

Children's rights authority starts distribution of a “welcome kit” to children and teens right after they arrive in Italy.

A project to combat stereotypes on immigrant women tells the stories of those who, with courage, tenacity and creativity, has not given up on their dreams despite the difficulties.

The dreams and difficulties of adolescents in the suburbs of Rome are narrated in two documentaries by Simone Amendola. From the historic Centocelle to the new Cinquina, glances and words tell the complexity of the ever changing territories.

The Migrador Museum, Italy's first online museum on immigration opened on February, 20. The museum aims to give a face and a voice to those who don't often have the possibility of telling their side of the story.

Riace, in the poor Calabria region of Italy, risked turning into a “ghost village” as its habitants fled abroad in search of jobs, until the mayor started an integration scheme that helped the immigrants live and work side by side with the locals.

The experience of Tunisian migrants leaving their country to reach Europe through Lampedusa looking for a better life.

The Citizens’ Circle of Rome, recently launched by Mr Stefano Ciampicacigli, will meet on June 21st on a boat floating on the Tibre River. Mr Garcés and Mariani, members of the advisory council will also be present.

On the 17th March 1861, Victor-Emmanuel II was proclaimed king of Italy. 150 years later, the Italian government decided to make the 17th of March a public holiday.

Alin, Masha and Nader live in the outskirts of Rome. They have different stories, aspirations, fears and the usual difficulty of being adolescents of foreign origin in a country that refuses its cultural diversity. Claudio Giovannesi deals with all this in his new documentary.

Rejected and exploited by media and the government, immigrants in Italy are often victims of racist acts. The xenophobic political rhetoric of the Northern League and the “Security Package” nourish an atmosphere of violence and intolerance. They hide big economic interests.

The Nomads Plan approved by the City of Rome last July provides for the upgrading of five Roma camps, the movement of two and the clearing out of three others considered to be abusive. The Casilino 900 Roma Camp was among the latter.

Between tradition and modernity, young Italians desire “simple” things such as finding a job, forming a family and having a house where to live.

Emarginated from the world of work and abandoned by the State, young Italians are among the uneasiest in Europe. The new generations oscillate between oppressive job insecurity and an irreversible brain drain.

The EH 4 Regional Conference entitled, “Civil society and cultural heritage in the Mediterranean” organised in the framework of the Euromed Heritage Programme funded by the European Union, will take place on the 24 and 25th February 2010 in Palermo, Italy.

“Come un uomo sulla terra” (Like a man on earth): book and DVD on migrants in the Mediterranean presented by “Asinitas Onlus” and ZaLab and published by “Infinito edizioni”.

The Taormina Film Fest in Sicily, Italy's premier summer festival, celebrates its 55th anniversary from June 13 to 20, 2009 with a new name and a radical change of direction.

In a world where information is becoming increasingly dominated by power, journalists can turn into secret agents. The situation worsens when a Minister of the Republic spurs the racial and religious hatred of his fellow citizens.