Expat News Rome: First Female Mayor and Mother Teresa

by Mandy

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**Rome administration in chaos as top ministers re sign

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  • Rome elected its first (and youngest) female mayor, Virginia Raggi, belonging to a new political party Five-Star Movement.
  • People aren’t happy.
  • She’s also a lawyer.
  • Her environment chief was also under investigation before she was selected. Raggi didn’t report it.
  • It’s a touchy subject.

Mother Teresa

Your own personal guided tour of Mother Teresa’s Rome

  • Because we just had a discussion on Mother Teresa’s connection to Rome in the office and I want to prove my point.
  • (Not sponsored)

Trumped out

Letter From Rome: Explaining Trump to Europeans

  • Basically it’s like voting for two different versions of the same problem.

**This week’s motivation: **

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson