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Rose McGowan has traveled to assist fellow actress and girlfriend Asia Argento, now that she mourns her late boyfriend, chef and TV chef Anthony Bourdain.

The Social Democrat Pedro Sánchez will present his minority cabinet on Wednesday with a technocrat from the EU headquarters Brussels, Nadia Calviño, as Minister of Finance. The 49-year-old Galician-based economist worked for years at the Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs when she settled in Brussels in 2006 to work for the European Commission.

Penelope Cruz has urged the American authorities to re-examine the Woody Allen abuse case so that the case can be finally terminated. The case revolves around Dylan Farrow, who accuses her father Woody Allen of having sexually abused her.

The new Italian Minister for the Interior, Matteo Salvini, has announced that he wants to work closely with his EU colleagues, while still pursuing a hard line in the area of ​​migration issues. That reports the Italian news agency Ansa.

The leaders of the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) and Lega agreed on Thursday in Rome after hours of consultation on their new government team. They have stated in a statement that it is now the intention that Giuseppe Conte, a barely known lawyer, will lead the cabinet.

At the end of the week, both supporters and opponents of the Italian president Sergio Mattarella want to take to the streets. The Social Democrats of the Democratic Party (PD) want to demonstrate Friday in Rome and Milan for 'the state institutions' and for President Sergio Mattarella. The protest party M5S wants to make a day of demonstrations against Mattarella of the national holiday, Saturday 2 June.

The new Italian government is in the starting blocks, but makes all alarm bells go off in Brussels. The fear is that Italy will have a clear financial policy, especially now that there was a little peace in the EU tent again.

The EU maintains the nuclear program with Iran. 'This agreement is essential for security in Europe. We are determined to protect our citizens in this way ', says EU foreign chief Federica Mogherini on behalf of the EU from Rome on President Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the so-called JCPOA deal.

The Belgian archbishop Jozef De Kesel thinks that homosexuals in the church can celebrate their marriage or relationship with a special thanksgiving or prayer service. He thinks that a religious marriage for gays is still a bridge too far, according to Belgian media. It is not yet possible to exchange rings or a blessing. That remains reserved for the Christian marriage between husband and wife.

The British toddler Alfie Evans died early Saturday morning. That's what the father of the incurably ill boy has known via Facebook, with a 'broken heart.' 'My gladiator has laid down his shield and received wings,' Tom Evans wrote. Mother Kate James said goodbye in similar terms and thanked everyone for the statements of support.

The seriously ill British child Alfie Evans can not be treated in Italy. The parents of the 23-month-old boy wanted him to be admitted to a hospital in Rome, but a court stuck to it, according to British media, in appeal.

A jogger has done in a park in Rome and lurid discovery. Under the foliage in Tre Fontane lay the charred and burning body of a woman. The police assume a murder.

A brutal robbery in an archaeological museum in Rome. Two armed robbers decided to raid the Central Montemartini museum on Sunday while the visitors lined up. They managed to earn 10,000 euros.

The ambulance and the plane are ready to take Alfie Evans to a hospital in Rome. But according to a British judge, the two-year-old boy from Liverpool is incurably ill at the beginning of next month, and it is in his interest to stop the treatment and let the boy die.

Pope Francis has called for peace in the Holy Land in his Easter message. He said that this is now being affected by conflicts that 'do not spare the defenseless.'

Italian authorities hold their hearts for Easter attacks, the most important feast for Christianity. The outgoing Minister of the Interior Marco Minniti warns that Muslim terrorists have Rome in their sights.

The Italian police rolled up a terror cell that was in contact with the perpetrator of the attack on the Christmas market in Berlin, Anis Amri. The police arrested five suspects in Rome and nearby Latina.

The many coins that are lying at the bottom of the world-famous Trevi Fountain thanks to the masses of tourists in Rome are a fierce struggle between the municipality of Rome and the Roman Catholic organization Caritas.

Luigi Di Maio, leader of the Five Star movement, said that his party is open to talks with the other political parties. The protest party of Di Maio achieved the most votes (32 percent) according to the preliminary results.

The changing of the electoral system, incorrectly printed or incorrectly delivered ballots and a good turnout have resulted in long queues for polling stations in some places in Italy on Sunday. In Palermo, approximately two hundred polling stations were open hours later than intended, because the ballots were not virtuous and had to be printed and delivered again.

The fourth economy of Europe would become uncontrollable by the elections on 4 March, leave the EU and discharge the euro. The new government is almost certainly moving to the right, while extremes on the left and right are trumpeting loudly. But worries on financial markets over Italy are declining drastically.

A week before the parliamentary elections in Italy, tens of thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday in different cities of the country. Significantly more people than expected took part in an anti-fascist demonstration in Rome despite the bad weather. The protest was peaceful, said a spokesperson for the police in the evening.

In the abusive scandal around the Chilean bishop Juan Barros, Charles Scicluna, the Vatican's envoy, heard the first testimony of an abuse victim.

Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he was the most important architect of the end of the Cold War.

Turkish president Erdogan visits Pope Francis on Monday. The Turkish leader stepped out of a car on a deserted St. Peter's Square. Surrounding streets were closed for safety reasons.

Pope Francis sends a confidant to Chile to get an explanation of the behavior of Juan Barros, the bishop of Osorno. This is accused of having protected a pedophile priest who has taken care of minors. The Pope recently received considerable criticism during his visit to the South American country about his handling of that case of sexual abuse.

In the Vatican there will be an exhibition next year about the American pop artist Andy Warhol, reports The Art Newspaper. The museums of the Vatican would be in full discussion with the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the birthplace of the artist.

An Asian supplier of shared bicycles is forced to leave Brussels, Lille and Reims after a few months. Gobee.bike announced that 80 to 90 percent of the bikes were stolen or damaged there.

Is it good or not? That is what students from the Sapienza University in Rome wondered when they watched their mathematics teacher Ruggero Freddi. The man who is busy with his doctorate and teaches, has for years played under the name Carlo Masi in hardcore gay porn movies.

At the age of 87, the famous Italian chef Gualtiero Marchesi died in Milan. Many consider him as the founder of the renewed Italian kitchen. Marchesi died of a heart attack according to Italian media.