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 Italian airline Alitalia has begun cancelling scores of international and domestic flights in preparation for a 24-hour strike on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190520/alitalia-strike-half-of-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled Mon, 20 May 2019 14:57:44 +0200 alitalia-strike-half-of-flights-to-and-from-italy-cancelled Partial traffic bans have been introduced in Turin and Rome due to high air pollution levels as unseasonably mild weather has led to smog in Italy's major cities. https://www.thelocal.it/20161209/rome-blocks-cars-and-scooters-as-italys-major-cities-fight-smog Fri, 09 Dec 2016 16:43:24 +0100 rome-blocks-cars-and-scooters-as-italys-major-cities-fight-smog Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said on Wednesday that the US could use Italian bases for strikes against the Isis extremist group in Libya if requested, but stressed that the action has not so far involved Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/us-could-use-italian-bases-for-libya-air-raids-if-requested Wed, 03 Aug 2016 19:04:50 +0200 us-could-use-italian-bases-for-libya-air-raids-if-requested Italian authorities have called off the search for an American airman who was last seen more than a week ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20160711/italian-officials-call-off-search-for-missing-american-airman Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:08:08 +0200 italian-officials-call-off-search-for-missing-american-airman Air travellers are in for an afternoon of chaos in Italy as air traffic controllers down tools for a national strike that will see up to 500 flights cancelled nationwide. https://www.thelocal.it/20160617/air-traffic-controllers-strike-puts-500-flights-at-risk Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:32:26 +0200 air-traffic-controllers-strike-puts-500-flights-at-risk Two months after being leased at €1 million a month, the swanky jet intended to fly premier Matteo Renzi around the world is grounded - until an Italian Air Force pilot can learn how to fly it. https://www.thelocal.it/20151209/italys-air-force-cant-fly-new-presidential-jet Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:07:10 +0100 italys-air-force-cant-fly-new-presidential-jet Premier Matteo Renzi said Italy would not be joining its EU counterparts in air strikes against Isis militants in Syria. https://www.thelocal.it/20151207/italy-will-not-join-syria-bombing-raid-renzi Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:47:20 +0100 italy-will-not-join-syria-bombing-raid-renzi Air pollution caused 84,400 premature deaths in Italy – the highest among the EU states – in 2012, according to the latest report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/italy-highest-in-eu-for-pollution-linked-deaths Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:59:23 +0100 italy-highest-in-eu-for-pollution-linked-deaths Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is to be given a new set of wings next month, costing up to €1 million a month to lease, as the government has decided that the current jet is too small and outdated for a modern head of government. https://www.thelocal.it/20150914/italys-premier-to-get-lavish-news-set-of-wings Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:47:24 +0200 italys-premier-to-get-lavish-news-set-of-wings A Blue Air plane was forced to make an emergency landing after one of the jet’s tyres burst while taking off from Turin, sending passengers, including Juventus goalkeeper Marco Storari, into a panic. https://www.thelocal.it/20150608/panic-as-tyre-bursts-on-blue-air-flight Mon, 08 Jun 2015 19:00:38 +0200 panic-as-tyre-bursts-on-blue-air-flight Alitalia said on Tuesday it will not be renewing a partnership deal with Air France-KLM when it expires in 2017 because it is "no-longer beneficial." https://www.thelocal.it/20150520/alitalia-scraps-partnership-with-air-france-klm Wed, 20 May 2015 10:29:07 +0200 alitalia-scraps-partnership-with-air-france-klm Rome lacks the ambitious plans necessary to improve the city's air quality, falling far behind Milan in tackling pollution, according to a new European study. https://www.thelocal.it/20150331/sooty-rome-failing-on-air-pollution Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:32:17 +0200 sooty-rome-failing-on-air-pollution Italy said on Thursday it would increase its military presence in the central Mediterranean, describing a deadly attack on a museum in Tunis as fresh evidence of a growing threat from extremist groups. https://www.thelocal.it/20150319/italy-beefs-up-air-naval-presence-in-central-med Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:02:30 +0100 italy-beefs-up-air-naval-presence-in-central-med Italian Air Force Eurofighter jets deployed to Siauliai, Lithuania, on Tuesday intercepted a Russian warplane flying close to Nato airspace over the Baltic sea, the Italian news agency Ansa reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150203/italian-jets-intercept-russian-warplane-over-baltic Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:57:00 +0100 italian-jets-intercept-russian-warplane-over-baltic A 14-year-old boy is fighting for his life in Naples after a bully blasted a compressed air hose up his backside because he was “too fat”. Anti-bullying campaigners are now calling on the government to introduce penalties for bullies. https://www.thelocal.it/20141009/boy-fighting-for-life-after-compressed-air-tube-joke Thu, 09 Oct 2014 17:32:00 +0200 boy-fighting-for-life-after-compressed-air-tube-joke An air hostess was arrested at Milan's Malpensa airport on Wednesday after police found almost nine kilos of heroin in her luggage. https://www.thelocal.it/20140925/air-hostess-caught-with-heroin-stash-in-milan Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:55:00 +0200 air-hostess-caught-with-heroin-stash-in-milan Italian authorities said on Wednesday they had found the body of a pilot who was one of four crew aboard two Tornado fighter jets which crashed after a mid-air collision. https://www.thelocal.it/20140820/pilots-body-found-at-italy-fight-jet-crash-site Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:51:00 +0200 pilots-body-found-at-italy-fight-jet-crash-site Two Italian air force fighter jets on a training exercise crashed into each other in a mid-air collision over the centre of the country on Tuesday, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140820/four-missing-after-italy-fighter-jets-collide Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:00:00 +0200 four-missing-after-italy-fighter-jets-collide Alitalia has rerouted its aircraft to avoid flying over eastern Ukraine after a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet crashed near the town of Shaktarsk on Thursday, killing all 295 people on board. https://www.thelocal.it/20140717/alitalia-re-routes-flights-after-plan-shot-down-over-ukraine Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:12:00 +0200 alitalia-re-routes-flights-after-plan-shot-down-over-ukraine