https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Victims' families are still waiting for justice as Italy marks the five-year anniversary of a major avalanche in Abruzzo that engulfed a luxury hotel, killing 29 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20220118/trial-set-to-begin-five-years-after-deadly-hotel-rigopiano-avalanche Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:10:52 +0100 trial-set-to-begin-five-years-after-deadly-hotel-rigopiano-avalanche The central Italian region of Abruzzo has declared itself a red zone, with stricter measures coming into effect on Wednesday November 18th. https://www.thelocal.it/20201118/latest-italian-region-of-abruzzo-reclared-red-zone-as-coronavirus-situation-wosens Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:43:13 +0100 latest-italian-region-of-abruzzo-reclared-red-zone-as-coronavirus-situation-wosens Wondering if you can snag an Italian home at a bargain price? Not so fast. There are a few things you need to know about the Italian market before you put your offer in. https://www.thelocal.it/20200711/why-finding-a-bargain-property-in-italy-could-be-harder-than-you-think Sat, 11 Jul 2020 10:35:42 +0200 why-finding-a-bargain-property-in-italy-could-be-harder-than-you-think Streets and buildings were badly flooded and some 20 people were injured by hailstones “the size of oranges” in the port city of Pescara, Abruzzo, as Italy's Adriatic coast was hit by freak storms on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190711/watch-hailstones-the-size-of-oranges-batter-pescara Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:56:52 +0200 watch-hailstones-the-size-of-oranges-batter-pescara Destroyed first by the Nazis and then by government cuts, Italy's very own "Trans-Siberian" railway has reopened thanks to the work of hobbyists, taking travellers back in time through the snowy Abruzzo mountains. https://www.thelocal.it/20190320/all-aboard-italys-trans-siberian-railway Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0100 all-aboard-italys-trans-siberian-railway Italy is one of the few places in Europe where property prices are falling. Writer John Henderson meets one English family who came up with a novel way to beat the market: raffling off their cottage in rural Abruzzo. https://www.thelocal.it/20190315/win-a-house-in-italy-abruzzo-brit-selling-off-italian-home-in-a-raffle Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:48:06 +0100 win-a-house-in-italy-abruzzo-brit-selling-off-italian-home-in-a-raffle Just an hour from Rome, the Abruzzo town of Tagliacozzo feels much further back in time. Travel writer Rachael Martin goes in search of its traditions old and new. https://www.thelocal.it/20181221/weekend-wanderlust-tagliacozzo-where-christmas-traditions-meet-ancient-magic Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:12:29 +0100 weekend-wanderlust-tagliacozzo-where-christmas-traditions-meet-ancient-magic American writer Kathryn Casey, who has a home in Abruzzo, shares her guide to one of the region's loveliest highland villages. https://www.thelocal.it/20181130/weekend-wanderlust-pescocostanzo-abruzzo-city-of-art Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:19:19 +0100 weekend-wanderlust-pescocostanzo-abruzzo-city-of-art A refurbished castle is available to hire out for weddings at just €100 per day - so what's the catch? https://www.thelocal.it/20181112/you-can-hire-a-fairytale-castle-for-your-wedding-in-abruzzo-italy-for-just-100 Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:38:14 +0100 you-can-hire-a-fairytale-castle-for-your-wedding-in-abruzzo-italy-for-just-100 Every May 1st, the town of Cocullo in Abruzzo carries out a slithery ritual: the Festa dei Serpari or Serpent Festival, which sees locals parade the streets with scores of specially caught snakes. https://www.thelocal.it/20180502/pictures-italy-snake-festival-cocullo Wed, 02 May 2018 12:52:53 +0200 pictures-italy-snake-festival-cocullo There were reports of a powerful earthquake in central Italy just before midday on Wednesday, with witnesses saying it was felt in several parts of Molise and Abruzzo. https://www.thelocal.it/20180425/strong-earthquake-in-italy-molise-abruzzo Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:01:08 +0200 strong-earthquake-in-italy-molise-abruzzo A deer walks into a bakery... It might sound like the start of a bad joke, but it happened in Italy on Thursday morning and here's the video to prove it. https://www.thelocal.it/20180412/deer-in-bakery-video-ortona-abruzzo-italy Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:18:52 +0200 deer-in-bakery-video-ortona-abruzzo-italy On January 18th, Italy marks the one-year anniversary of a major avalanche in Rigopiano that engulfed a luxury hotel and killed 29 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20180118/italy-rigopiano-hotel-avalanche-anniversary Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:34:52 +0100 italy-rigopiano-hotel-avalanche-anniversary Located in an ancient village in Abruzzo, this unique stone house is the perfect place for those seeking to lose themselves in Italy's natural attractions. https://www.thelocal.it/20171026/italian-property-of-the-week-undiscovered-abruzzo Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:58:33 +0200 italian-property-of-the-week-undiscovered-abruzzo A doctor was stabbed to death outside the hospital where she worked on Wednesday evening, according to Italian media reports which say the woman had previously reported her suspected killer for stalking. https://www.thelocal.it/20170622/doctor-stabbed-to-death-by-suspected-stalker-outside-hospital Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:42:59 +0200 doctor-stabbed-to-death-by-suspected-stalker-outside-hospital Swedish furniture giant Ikea has built and donated a quake-proof school to one of the Italian towns that was severely damaged by tremors last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20170530/ikea-has-given-a-school-to-one-of-italys-quake-hit-towns Tue, 30 May 2017 12:53:18 +0200 ikea-has-given-a-school-to-one-of-italys-quake-hit-towns Researchers have uncovered dinosaur tracks in rural Abruzzo, which reveal that Italy's largest documented dinosaur once roamed the central region. https://www.thelocal.it/20170314/video-italys-largest-dinosaur-footprints-discovered-abruzzo Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:52:54 +0100 video-italys-largest-dinosaur-footprints-discovered-abruzzo In Ponzano, a small hamlet in central Italy, a landslide is slowly tearing the ground in two, moving at a rate of about one metre a day but unstoppable, according to the experts. https://www.thelocal.it/20170224/in-pictures-the-italian-town-being-torn-in-two-by-a-landslide-no-one-can-stop Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:35:55 +0100 in-pictures-the-italian-town-being-torn-in-two-by-a-landslide-no-one-can-stop More than a hundred people have been evacuated due to a huge landslide which is tearing apart a village in Abruzzo, central Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170223/landslide-tears-italian-village-apart-abruzzo-unstoppable Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:06:46 +0100 landslide-tears-italian-village-apart-abruzzo-unstoppable Continuing his semi-regular musings about getting to grips with life in rural Abruzzo, David Brenner recalls his first night in Italy; getting online; learning all about 'the Italian system; and when not to get a mosquito screen repaired. https://www.thelocal.it/20170221/life-in-abruzzo-italian-hospitality-and-business Tue, 21 Feb 2017 09:18:37 +0100 life-in-abruzzo-italian-hospitality-and-business