Culture ministry rocked by Giuli firing two senior officials

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 11 - Italy's culture ministry has been rocked by Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli firing two of his most senior officials at the weekend. The sacked officials are both considered loyalists of Premier Giorgia Meloni - Emanuele Merlino, who was the head of the ministry's technical secretariat, and Elena Proietti, the head of the minister's personal secretariat. Merlino was reportedly fired in relation to the failure of the culture ministry's cinema committee to award nationa...

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