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 Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano warned against punishing the UK in Brexit negotiation talks. https://www.thelocal.it/20170329/italian-foreign-minister-warns-against-punishing-the-uk-in-brexit-talks Wed, 29 Mar 2017 15:34:41 +0200 italian-foreign-minister-warns-against-punishing-the-uk-in-brexit-talks Italy will not follow France by allowing burqini bans on public beaches but is planning tighter regulation of imams and mosques, the country's interior minister said in comments published on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160817/italy-rules-out-burkini-ban-and-wants-home-trained-imams Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:17:46 +0200 italy-rules-out-burkini-ban-and-wants-home-trained-imams Italy has drawn up a plan aimed at distributing migrants more evenly across the country as it struggles to deal with the ongoing refugee situation. https://www.thelocal.it/20160718/italy-draws-up-new-plan-to-cope-with-migrant-arrivals Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:06:28 +0200 italy-draws-up-new-plan-to-cope-with-migrant-arrivals Italy has deported nine Islamic fundamentalists since the start of the year, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160325/italy-expels-nine-fundamentalists-since-january Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:57:45 +0100 italy-expels-nine-fundamentalists-since-january A "super-amendment" to a civil unions bill was passed in a vote of confidence in the Senate on Thursday, paving the way for the contested bill to become law. https://www.thelocal.it/20160225/live-italy-set-for-crunch-vote-on-gay-unions Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:50:52 +0100 live-italy-set-for-crunch-vote-on-gay-unions The risk of a terrorist attack in Italy is still very high, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said during an interview on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160215/italy-terror-risk-still-very-high-alfano Mon, 15 Feb 2016 10:11:34 +0100 italy-terror-risk-still-very-high-alfano Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Tuesday established a council for relations with the country's Muslims, an advisory body the government hopes will help the minority to better integrate. https://www.thelocal.it/20160119/italy-strives-to-integrate-muslims-and-shape-italian-islam Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:47:47 +0100 italy-strives-to-integrate-muslims-and-shape-italian-islam Italy's acrimonious debate over gay civil unions intensified on Thursday after the interior minister suggested the use of paid surrogate mothers should be treated like a sex crime. https://www.thelocal.it/20160107/outrage-as-alfano-calls-to-make-surrogacy-a-sex-crime Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:33 +0100 outrage-as-alfano-calls-to-make-surrogacy-a-sex-crime The EU’s 28 member states have agreed to collect information on airline passengers as part of anti-terrorism efforts, Italy’s Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151204/eu-to-share-data-on-air-travellers-alfano Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:22:51 +0100 eu-to-share-data-on-air-travellers-alfano UPDATED: Italy has thwarted a mobster plan to assassinate the country's interior minister, arresting six mafia bosses in the Sicilian town of Corleone, police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151120/sicily-mobsters-plotted-hit-job-on-interior-minister Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:35:43 +0100 sicily-mobsters-plotted-hit-job-on-interior-minister UPDATED: Italy has raised its terror alert after the attacks in Paris on Friday night, in which at least 128 people were killed and 200 were injured - including two Italians - amid a threat that Rome will be targeted next. https://www.thelocal.it/20151114/italy-raises-terror-alert-after-paris-attacks Sat, 14 Nov 2015 10:47:29 +0100 italy-raises-terror-alert-after-paris-attacks Italy’s Interior Minister, Angelino Alfano, has proposed a package of family tax cuts in a bid to boost the country’s dismal birth rate and reward people "who make babies". https://www.thelocal.it/20150821/alfano-pitches-tax-cuts-for-italians-who-make-babies Fri, 21 Aug 2015 14:11:57 +0200 alfano-pitches-tax-cuts-for-italians-who-make-babies 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 Asylum seekers in Italy may have to work for free, Italy's interior minister told local mayors on Thursday, reminding them of a controversial decree issued several months ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20150508/make-migrants-work-for-free-alfano Fri, 08 May 2015 09:43:36 +0200 make-migrants-work-for-free-alfano Italy's cabinet on Tuesday approved a slew of anti-terrorism measures, including jail terms of up to six years for "foreign fighters" as well as those who recruit would-be jihadists. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/italy-gets-tougher-on-terrorism Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:50:00 +0100 italy-gets-tougher-on-terrorism A woman is among the four Italians to have joined the ranks of the Isis militant group, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150113/italian-woman-among-isis-fighters Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:28:00 +0100 italian-woman-among-isis-fighters One of the suspects accused of killing 12 people at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was known to Italian authorities, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150109/paris-attack-suspect-known-to-italy-alfano Fri, 09 Jan 2015 11:41:00 +0100 paris-attack-suspect-known-to-italy-alfano Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has threatened to annul same-sex marriages registered by authorities across Italy because they do not comply with Italian law. https://www.thelocal.it/20141007/gay-marriages-must-be-scrapped-alfano Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:03:00 +0200 gay-marriages-must-be-scrapped-alfano