Apulia

New York authorities on Aug. 8 returned to Italy several dozen stolen antiquities worth nearly $3.5 million, as the American megapolis strives to shake off the reputation as a key global hub for illicit art trade.

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) taking gas from Azerbaijan to Europe will pump the first gas into Italy at the start of 2020 despite local protests against the 4.5-billion-euro project, TAP's president told Reuters.

"We are on track to deliver the gas in the first quarter of 2020," Walter Peeraer said in an interview.

Italian police arrest 50 people for mafia links in the southern province of Apulia.

According to ANSA, all arrested are members of the local Sakra organized crime group. They will be charged with murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and arms. The operation, started at the end of last year, was carried out in the towns of Lecce, Brindisi and Taranto.

Filomena Mastromarino left her political career to express her erotic side. This is the career change of Filomena Mastromarino who decided to leave the Democratic Patry of Mateo Renchi behind, and be in the arms of Rocco Sifredi, the “master” of porn industry.