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Italian newspaper front pages following the mayoral elections, in which Virginia Raggi of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement has become Rome's first female leader. IMAGES
Rome's first female mayor, Virginia Raggi, takes office pledging to raise more than a billion euros a year for flagging public services with a crackdown on waste, mismanagement and corruption. IMAGES
Rome, Jul 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) The Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, visited the construction works at the Colosseum / Imperial Forum stop on the third metro line in the Italian capital.FOOTAGE OF THE VISIT.SOUNDBITES OF VIRGINIA RAGGI.Translation:1.- The objective is to gradually provide the capital with a much more ramified infrastructure subway network than the one we have today. We have a lot of work ahead of us and I think it is a good time, good news. It seemed fitting to show you what we are doing, some work that is not seen but continues below the surface.2.- The news is that the two tunnel boring machines have set course for Piazza Venezia and in the meantime, we are working on the project for Piazza Venezia that will soon be presented to the Ministry.
Doctor and green party candidate, Michèle Rubirola becomes the first female mayor of Marseille, reclaiming the city from Jean-Claude Gaudin, after 25 years of right-wing governance. IMAGES
Italy marks a minute of silence and flies flags at half mast to mourn 11,591 people who have died of the coronavirus pandemic that has altered the Mediterranean country's life. The nation of 60 million has recorded nearly a third of all fatalities cause by the once-in-a-century disease since first detecting it near Milan in late February. The day of mourning marks a month in which Italy saw more deaths from a single disaster that at any time since World War II. IMAGES