Italy
Local Contacts
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Rino Sciaraffa
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PRAYER POINTS
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Russia's deadly relationships
18 May 2012 - A shocking statistic uncovered by a Russian government report states that an estimated 14,000 Russian women are killed every year by partners or other family members. But since few gover. […]An emerging Egypt
18 May 2012 - Next week, on the 23-24 of May, Egyptians will be heading to the polls to vote for the country’s new president. It's only the second presidential election in Egypt's history with more. […]Sahel Food Crisis - Update
18 May 2012 - Every year in the Sahel 300,000 children die of malnutrition. This year with the whole region affected by the serious drought and food shortages, UNICEF estimates that up to 4.5 million. […]
INTRODUCTION
Micah Challenge has an active campaign in Italy.
You can find lots more information on Italy at the World Fact Book and on the BBC Country Profile.
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22.10.2011
Befriending the elderly
UNITED KINGDOM: In the UK, where the extended family is not as valued as elsewhere in the world, many elderly people feel lonely and isolated. Some are unable to go out due to illness, disability or age and therefore rarely have an opportunity to talk to other people. Mount Florida Parish Church in Scotland went through [...]
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21.06.2012
Integral Mission & Urban Mission Conversation
Micah Network and Operation Mobilisation invite you to a day of conversation with Christians working missionally in inner-city communities around the world. Here is a day to come together and share experiences, reflections and consult one another on how we see our part in facing some of these questions: For the first time in history, [...]
- Full name
- Italian Republic
- Population
- 61,016,804 (July 2011 est.)
- Capital
- Rome
- Full area
- 301,340 sq km
- Major Religions
- Christianity
- Life expectancy
- 81.77 years
- Monetary unit
- euro
- Main exports
- engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
- GDP
- $30,500 (2010 est.) per capita
COUNTRY NEWS
News from: United Nations
UN expert calls on Latvia to ensure economic measures benefit vulnerable groups
Latvian authorities must ensure that vulnerable groups are not disproportionately affected by austerity measures and other economic policies, a United Nations independent expert said today.Independent UN rights expert urges greater effort to eradicate torture in Tajikistan
The United Nations independent expert on torture today said he was encouraged by recent legal changes in Tajikistan, including the introduction of a new provision defining torture and specifying penal. […]Trial of former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic opens at UN tribunal
The trial of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief facing charges of genocide and other war crimes, got under way today in the United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan c. […]
