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 French charity SOS Méditerranée has lashed out at Italian clothing giant Benetton over an advertising campaign featuring a photograph of migrants being rescued at sea. https://www.thelocal.it/20180620/italy-benetton-rescued-migrants-adverts Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:05:57 +0200 italy-benetton-rescued-migrants-adverts Italy's Lower House of Parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a bill which would see celebrity selfies regulated by law. https://www.thelocal.it/20170630/italys-lower-house-parliament-votes-regulating-celebrity-selfies Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:09:06 +0200 italys-lower-house-parliament-votes-regulating-celebrity-selfies A poster advertising a gay night at a southern Italian bar has prompted outcry, with local political groups calling for the event to be cancelled. https://www.thelocal.it/20170412/italian-bar-cafe-faces-backlash-over-gay-last-supper-poster Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:30:02 +0200 italian-bar-cafe-faces-backlash-over-gay-last-supper-poster Panettone is an Italian cake filled with raisins and sultanas, and is a typical Christmas treat. But the seemingly harmless dessert has led to backlash after some vegan activists claimed a famous cake-maker was mocking the plant-based diet. https://www.thelocal.it/20161215/italian-christmas-cake-advert-riles-vegans Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:15:59 +0100 italian-christmas-cake-advert-riles-vegans A Christmas tree decorated with 100 pink vibrators and other sex toys sparked such an uproar among residents in Milan that the local authorities took it down within 24 hours of it going on display. https://www.thelocal.it/20131212/milans-sex-toy-christmas-tree-taken-down-after-complaints Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:30:00 +0100 milans-sex-toy-christmas-tree-taken-down-after-complaints An image of a hairless Mona Lisa is being used by an Italian charity in its latest bid to raise awareness of the illness and its impact. https://www.thelocal.it/20131118/mona-lisa-goes-bald-in-fight-against-cancer Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:51:00 +0100 mona-lisa-goes-bald-in-fight-against-cancer Italian car company Fiat has launched a new TV advert which plays on Italian and US stereotypes alike, ranging from over-sized coffee to passion and style. https://www.thelocal.it/20130805/fiat-revamps-us-culture-with-italian-ad Mon, 05 Aug 2013 17:54:00 +0200 fiat-revamps-us-culture-with-italian-ad