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 A vast tarpaulin unravels, gathering speed as it bounces down the glacier over glinting snow. Summer is here and the alpine ice is being protected from global warming. https://www.thelocal.it/20200621/italian-glacier-covered-in-huge-tarpaulin-to-stop-melting Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:21:27 +0200 italian-glacier-covered-in-huge-tarpaulin-to-stop-melting Ask Cesare Cecchi about Brexit and he wrinkles his nose as if he has opened a Chianti Classico from his 'Riserva di Famiglia' range and found it to be corked. https://www.thelocal.it/20170412/italys-wine-industry-fears-impact-of-brexit Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:55:33 +0200 italys-wine-industry-fears-impact-of-brexit Italian police on Wednesday seized assets worth €44 million ($49 million) from a Mafia boss so obsessed with the film "Scarface" he had a throne made for himself modelled on the one used by Al Pacino in the movie. https://www.thelocal.it/20160804/italy-seizes-44-million-from-mobster-obsessed-with-scarface Thu, 04 Aug 2016 08:59:26 +0200 italy-seizes-44-million-from-mobster-obsessed-with-scarface A passionate affair between an Italian couple who were cheating on their spouses reached an embarrassing climax a few nights ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20160314/car-catches-fire-amid-italian-couples-passionate-romp Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:55:27 +0100 car-catches-fire-amid-italian-couples-passionate-romp A seven-year-old British schoolboy with a severe dairy allergy died in Italy after going into anaphylactic shock following a pasta lunch. https://www.thelocal.it/20151103/british-boy-dies-from-allergic-reaction-in-italy Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:13:07 +0100 british-boy-dies-from-allergic-reaction-in-italy Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said that an investigation has been opened after authorities found that a fire near Rome's Fiumicino airport started in multiple places, leading them to believe it was started deliberately. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/probe-opens-into-fire-near-romes-airport Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:12:27 +0200 probe-opens-into-fire-near-romes-airport UPDATED: For sale online to a wealthy Chinese buyer: historic Italian villa, starting price $16.4 million, possibility of permanent residency thrown in. https://www.thelocal.it/20150521/swish-italian-villa-up-for-auction-in-china Thu, 21 May 2015 11:21:49 +0200 swish-italian-villa-up-for-auction-in-china Two women identifying themselves as Italian aid workers kidnapped in Syria have appeared in a video urging their government to seek their release. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/kidnapped-italian-women-in-syria-appear-in-video Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:39:00 +0100 kidnapped-italian-women-in-syria-appear-in-video Hollywood greats Al Pacino, Ethan Hawke and Jennifer Aniston are set to dazzle this year's Venice film festival, which opens on Wednesday with tales of war and the economic crisis offset by beach. parties and gondola jaunts. https://www.thelocal.it/20140825/al-pacino-joins-line-up-at-venice-film-festival Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:16:00 +0200 al-pacino-joins-line-up-at-venice-film-festival More than 2,600 migrants were rescued by the Italian navy this weekend, authorities said on Monday, including a woman in labour. https://www.thelocal.it/20140707/italian-navy-saves-migrant-woman-in-labour Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:29:00 +0200 italian-navy-saves-migrant-woman-in-labour If there's something strange in the neighbourhood, who would you call? The ghostbusters, of course. That is exactly what one Italian mayor is doing to get to the bottom of the eerie undertones in his town. https://www.thelocal.it/20130827/spooked-mayor-calls-the-ghostbusters Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:57:00 +0200 spooked-mayor-calls-the-ghostbusters