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 Rome's Fiumicino airport has on Thursday opened a large Covid-19 vaccination 'hub' which is capable of administering 3,000 shots per day. https://www.thelocal.it/20210211/italy-opens-major-vaccination-centre-at-romes-fiumicino-airport Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:25:09 +0100 italy-opens-major-vaccination-centre-at-romes-fiumicino-airport All Italian airports will be able to reopen from June 3rd, after some were closed in March amid the country's coronavirus shutdown. https://www.thelocal.it/20200521/italy-set-to-reopen-all-airports-from-june-3rd Thu, 21 May 2020 12:30:50 +0200 italy-set-to-reopen-all-airports-from-june-3rd Italian police have arrested five suspects accused of snatching passengers' valuables at Rome's Fiumicino airport. https://www.thelocal.it/20191007/video-thieves-snatch-bags-rome-fiumicino-airport-italy Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:31:26 +0200 video-thieves-snatch-bags-rome-fiumicino-airport-italy Anyone travelling from Rome's Ciampino airport today can expect delays after the departures area was closed due to fire this morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20190219/rome-ciampino-airport-closed-by-fire Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:43:53 +0100 rome-ciampino-airport-closed-by-fire Passengers have been evacuated and flights diverted after three unexploded bombs were found during construction work at the airport today. https://www.thelocal.it/20190207/romes-ciampino-airport-closed-after-three-ww2-bombs-found Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:42:29 +0100 romes-ciampino-airport-closed-after-three-ww2-bombs-found Rome’s Ciampino airport has been ranked the 12th worst airport in the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20171109/romes-ciampino-ranked-among-worlds-worst-airports Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:26:16 +0100 romes-ciampino-ranked-among-worlds-worst-airports In this week's episode of The Local's Europe-wide podcast, Lee Roden looks at what the future might hold for Catalonia. https://www.thelocal.it/20171027/theres-no-safe-option-in-catalonia-now Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:22:58 +0200 theres-no-safe-option-in-catalonia-now An investigation is underway after a cargo plane overshot the runway at Bergamo airport in the early hours of Friday morning, before crashing through the perimeter fence and sliding onto a road. https://www.thelocal.it/20160805/cargo-jet-slides-onto-road-after-overshooting-runway Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:30:03 +0200 cargo-jet-slides-onto-road-after-overshooting-runway Workers at Rome's Fiumicino Airport were forced to push a 36-tonne passenger jet out onto the runway on Sunday, after a technical problem stopped it from taking off. https://www.thelocal.it/20160718/video-rome-airport-workers-give-passenger-jet-a-push-start Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:16:36 +0200 video-rome-airport-workers-give-passenger-jet-a-push-start A car that is believed to have belonged to a man named on the UK’s terror watch list was found abandoned at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. https://www.thelocal.it/20160610/car-of-man-on-british-terror-list-found-at-rome-airport Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:04:23 +0200 car-of-man-on-british-terror-list-found-at-rome-airport Dubai airport has become a transit point for smugglers bringing high-value narcotics into Europe, the Italian police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160517/dubai-airport-a-transit-hub-for-drug-smugglers-as-italy-arrests-two-uae Tue, 17 May 2016 10:21:53 +0200 dubai-airport-a-transit-hub-for-drug-smugglers-as-italy-arrests-two-uae Two passengers were removed from a Rome-bound flight on Sunday after a couple complained that they “looked suspicious”. https://www.thelocal.it/20160516/two-men-removed-from-rome-bound-flight-due-to-looking-suspicious Mon, 16 May 2016 19:00:12 +0200 two-men-removed-from-rome-bound-flight-due-to-looking-suspicious A university professor from Germany was charged with illegal possession of human remains after a human skull was found in his suitcase at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. https://www.thelocal.it/20160404/german-professor-stopped-at-rome-airport-with-human-skull Mon, 04 Apr 2016 17:19:14 +0200 german-professor-stopped-at-rome-airport-with-human-skull Security was immediately strengthened at airports and train stations in Rome and elsewhere in Italy after at least 21 people were killed in terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160322/italy-convenes-security-meeting-after-brussels-terror-attacks Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:25:03 +0100 italy-convenes-security-meeting-after-brussels-terror-attacks Police have dismantled an elaborate network of thieves at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, including cleaners, ground crew and passenger assistants, who were behind the theft of valuable paintings from passengers in transit. https://www.thelocal.it/20151229/rome-airport-cleaners-in-pilfered-artworks-racket Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:22:15 +0100 rome-airport-cleaners-in-pilfered-artworks-racket The airport of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy has been closed due to a plume of airborne ash spewed out by Sicily's erupting Mount Etna. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/erupting-mount-etna-closes-calabria-airport Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:40:53 +0100 erupting-mount-etna-closes-calabria-airport Alitalia said on Tuesday it had lost €80 million euros as a result of a fire at Rome's main airport in May but insisted its recovery plan remained on track after the abrupt departure of its chief executive last month. https://www.thelocal.it/20151013/rome-fire-burns-into-alitalia-turnaround-cash Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:47:24 +0200 rome-fire-burns-into-alitalia-turnaround-cash A late-running Italian man was arrested on Thursday night after phoning police to allege a bomb threat - so that he wouldn’t miss his flight from Turin’s Caselle airport. https://www.thelocal.it/20151002/tardy-italian-fakes-bomb-scare-to-catch-plane Fri, 02 Oct 2015 11:19:21 +0200 tardy-italian-fakes-bomb-scare-to-catch-plane A Belgian man managed to bypass security and board a plane at Rome’s Fiumicino airport without a ticket, according to an Italian media report. https://www.thelocal.it/20150908/man-boards-plane-in-rome-without-ticket-report Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:28:10 +0200 man-boards-plane-in-rome-without-ticket-report Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, has urged the Italian government to urgently tackle poor infrastructure at Rome’s Fiumicino airport or risk future investment. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/rome-airport-chaos-could-force-alitalia-to-go-elsewhere Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:38:34 +0200 rome-airport-chaos-could-force-alitalia-to-go-elsewhere