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 An official autopsy carried out on the body of Beau Solomon has revealed that the American student died by drowning, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160706/rome-autospy-reveals-american-student-drowned Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:05:29 +0200 rome-autospy-reveals-american-student-drowned The body of a man found in Rome's Tiber river on Monday is that of missing American student, Beau Solomon, John Cabot University said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.it/20160704/american-student-missing-in-rome-since-friday-beau-solomon-john-cabot-university Mon, 04 Jul 2016 16:52:11 +0200 american-student-missing-in-rome-since-friday-beau-solomon-john-cabot-university Thirteen American soldiers were arrested over the weekend after a fight broke out at a nightclub in a town in the northern Italian province of Vicenza, a police officer told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20160510/thirteen-us-soldiers-arrested-over-italy-bar-brawl-american-fight-ederle-vicenza Tue, 10 May 2016 12:18:30 +0200 thirteen-us-soldiers-arrested-over-italy-bar-brawl-american-fight-ederle-vicenza Warning to all American travellers to Italy: be sure to check your passport expiration before you leave! https://www.thelocal.it/20160505/us-travellers-to-italy-your-passport-now-needs-six-months-validity-american Thu, 05 May 2016 18:32:46 +0200 us-travellers-to-italy-your-passport-now-needs-six-months-validity-american As a week of the "Global Primaries" for expat Americans around the world kicks off, we look at how you can cast your ballot from Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160301/us-elections-how-to-vote-as-an-american-expat-in-italy Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:18:30 +0100 us-elections-how-to-vote-as-an-american-expat-in-italy An American woman whose body was found in her Florence flat was strangled, the official in charge of the murder probe said on Tuesday after a postmortem was carried out overnight. https://www.thelocal.it/20160112/american-womans-slaying-in-florence-still-a-mystery Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:08:42 +0100 american-womans-slaying-in-florence-still-a-mystery Foo Fighters, an American rock band, have fulfilled their promise to perform a concert in a central Italian town after a video put together by Italian musicians performing the group’s “Learn to Fly” went viral. https://www.thelocal.it/20151023/foo-fighters-fulfill-italy-gig-pledge-after-viral-video Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:51:47 +0200 foo-fighters-fulfill-italy-gig-pledge-after-viral-video Italian police on Monday arrested two men accused of raping a young American tourist in a nightclub in the coastal town of Sorrento recently. https://www.thelocal.it/20150824/two-arrested-over-american-womans-rape Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:15:28 +0200 two-arrested-over-american-womans-rape An American student is in a serious condition after falling out of a window in the Umbria city of Perugia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150715/american-student-falls-from-window-in-perugia Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:21:16 +0200 american-student-falls-from-window-in-perugia Neapolitan pizza should be recognized by the UN as American, pizza makers in Florida say. We've taken an Italian concept and made it better - and cheesier - they claim. https://www.thelocal.it/20150401/heritage-menu-move-sparks-us-italy-pizza-row Wed, 01 Apr 2015 02:01:00 +0200 heritage-menu-move-sparks-us-italy-pizza-row A group of con artists has gone on trial for allegedly tricking a German businessman out of €1.3 million, by pretending to sell him the US embassy and the UN food agency headquarters. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/gang-tricks-german-into-buying-us-embassy Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:18:19 +0100 gang-tricks-german-into-buying-us-embassy While Europeans can move to Italy with relative ease, staying in the country is for Americans a greater challenge. The Local speaks to Coral Sisk, from the US, about how she turned her Italian heritage into citizenship. https://www.thelocal.it/20150121/how-can-an-american-get-italian-citizenship Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:40:00 +0100 how-can-an-american-get-italian-citizenship American Lindsey Vonn lead downhill training on Thursday as she bids to equal and overtake the record of World Cup wins at Cortina d'Ampezzo this weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20150115/alpine-skiing-in-form-vonn-chases-record-in-italy Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:37:00 +0100 alpine-skiing-in-form-vonn-chases-record-in-italy UPDATED: US troops returning from West Africa are being quarantined at a base in Italy as a precaution to prevent the potential spread of the Ebola virus, the Pentagon said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141028/us-troops-isolated-in-italy-over-ebola-fears Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:45:00 +0100 us-troops-isolated-in-italy-over-ebola-fears Over 11,000 Italians have taken advantage of the May ruling by the EU Court of Justice that gave Europeans the right to request search engines like Google remove results about them. https://www.thelocal.it/20141013/11469-italians-ask-to-be-forgotten-by-google Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:08:00 +0200 11469-italians-ask-to-be-forgotten-by-google Two American tourists were caught at Rome’s Fiumicino airport with a 30kg artefact from the ruins of Pompeii stashed in their luggage. https://www.thelocal.it/20140916/american-tourists-caught-with-pompeii-relic Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:39:00 +0200 american-tourists-caught-with-pompeii-relic Tourists in Italy are often getting fined for misdemeanors – but many fail to pay up. This week an Italian mayor was pleasantly surprised when he received a payment for a parking fine dating from the 1960s from an apologetic American tourist. https://www.thelocal.it/20140904/american-tourist-pays-parking-fine-after-50-years Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:00:00 +0200 american-tourist-pays-parking-fine-after-50-years Waiting staff at a restaurant on an Italian island got a surprise when the American film director Steven Spielberg called in for lunch and left them a €300 tip. Generous though the tip was, it’s not the biggest staff have received, the restaurant’s owner told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140901/spielberg-leaves-300-tip-in-italian-restaurant Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:30:00 +0200 spielberg-leaves-300-tip-in-italian-restaurant Who needs a huge marketing budget when you've got celebrities promoting Italy's cultural wonders with selfies? American actor Will Smith has sent Pisa's Leaning Tower viral. https://www.thelocal.it/20140722/will-smith-selfie-with-pisas-leaning-tower-goes-viral Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:30:00 +0200 will-smith-selfie-with-pisas-leaning-tower-goes-viral From 1953’s Roman Holiday to The Talented Mr Ripley in 1999, Italy has long been an attractive location for foreign filmmakers, but one American producer told The Local that the country is losing ground to cheaper locations. https://www.thelocal.it/20140714/italy-is-a-tough-place-to-make-films Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:05:00 +0200 italy-is-a-tough-place-to-make-films