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 Italy's foreign minister called on Tuesday for action on migration to stem populism and racism ahead of a general election in which far-right parties are forecast to perform strongly. https://www.thelocal.it/20180206/italy-migration-populism-foreign-minister Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:23:37 +0100 italy-migration-populism-foreign-minister An Italian, a Swiss and a Venezuelan journalist, arrested on Friday while attempting to report from a notorious prison in northern Venezuela, were released on Sunday, human rights and press freedom groups said. https://www.thelocal.it/20171009/venezuela-frees-italian-journalist-held-while-investigating-prison Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:23:24 +0200 venezuela-frees-italian-journalist-held-while-investigating-prison Italy, in a fresh bid to tackle a migration influx that has become a political headache, sketched proposals on Thursday to resettle around the world a thousand vulnerable migrants who are stranded in Libya. https://www.thelocal.it/20170929/italy-sketches-idea-to-resettle-1000-migrants-stranded-in-libya Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:19:41 +0200 italy-sketches-idea-to-resettle-1000-migrants-stranded-in-libya A dog ordered to be put down in Denmark has been allowed to return to her home country of Italy, after Italians mobilized to save the pet. https://www.thelocal.it/20170629/italian-chefs-argentinian-mastiff-iceberg-wont-be-put-down-in-denmark-after-mps-interventions Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:16:02 +0200 italian-chefs-argentinian-mastiff-iceberg-wont-be-put-down-in-denmark-after-mps-interventions Italy's Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano, said Italy was working "with conviction" to guarantee the rights of Brits in Italy and Italians in the UK post-Brexit, after meeting with the UK's Brexit Secretary David Davis in Rome on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170621/essential-to-guarantee-citizens-rights-post-brexit-says-italian-foreign-minister Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:24:33 +0200 essential-to-guarantee-citizens-rights-post-brexit-says-italian-foreign-minister Italy's four major parties have agreed on a new electoral law for the country, which would introduce a rule meaning that only parties receiving more than five percent of the vote would be represented in parliament. https://www.thelocal.it/20170602/the-small-political-parties-at-risk-under-italys-new-electoral-law Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:04:13 +0200 the-small-political-parties-at-risk-under-italys-new-electoral-law Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano on Saturday held talks in Tripoli with top Libyan officials on peace efforts for the war-wracked country and ways to curb illegal migration to Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20170508/italys-foreign-minister-talks-peace-and-migration-in-libya Mon, 08 May 2017 11:01:06 +0200 italys-foreign-minister-talks-peace-and-migration-in-libya G7 foreign ministers have failed to agree on whether fresh sanctions should be imposed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or his ally Russia, Italy's foreign minister Angelino Alfano said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170411/no-g7-consensus-on-fresh-syria-sanctions-says-italian-foreign-minister Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:41:05 +0200 no-g7-consensus-on-fresh-syria-sanctions-says-italian-foreign-minister Security measures are being ramped up in Italy, particularly the capital which on Saturday will host heads of state from across the world, following Wednesday's attack in London. https://www.thelocal.it/20170323/we-cant-lower-our-guard-rome-ups-security-after-london-attack Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:32:48 +0100 we-cant-lower-our-guard-rome-ups-security-after-london-attack A six-year-old girl has returned to Milan five years after being kidnapped by her Syrian father, the Italian foreign ministry has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170313/kidnapped-girl-returns-to-italy-five-years-after-being-taken-to-syria Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:23:05 +0100 kidnapped-girl-returns-to-italy-five-years-after-being-taken-to-syria The Italian government expressed alarm on Monday about the fate of an Iranian academic detained in Tehran for nearly a year and reportedly sentenced to death for espionage. https://www.thelocal.it/20170213/alarmed-italy-wants-iran-to-release-academic Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:48:19 +0100 alarmed-italy-wants-iran-to-release-academic "Who says the businesses leaving London have to go to Frankfurt?" the Italian foreign minister, Angelino Alfano, said on Tuesday, in a press conference which touched on Brexit, Donald Trump, and promoting the 'Made in Italy' brand abroad. https://www.thelocal.it/20170201/italy-is-setting-up-a-task-force-to-lure-businesses-to-milan-after-brexit Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:38:32 +0100 italy-is-setting-up-a-task-force-to-lure-businesses-to-milan-after-brexit A small explosion at a police station in Bologna, northern Italy, has been described by prime minister Matteo Renzi as "an attack on the state". https://www.thelocal.it/20161128/blast-at-bologna-police-station-damage Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:04:50 +0100 blast-at-bologna-police-station-damage Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Sunday that nine foreigners had been deported since December as part of efforts to prevent jihadist attacks, with more expulsions to follow. https://www.thelocal.it/20150119/italy-expels-nine-in-crackdown-on-would-be-jihadists Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:54:00 +0100 italy-expels-nine-in-crackdown-on-would-be-jihadists At the end of last year there were 3,707 children unaccounted for who arrived in Italy by boat, a quarter of minors who came ashore, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150115/3707-boat-migrant-children-missing-in-italy Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:01:00 +0100 3707-boat-migrant-children-missing-in-italy Several Italian mayors have vowed disobedience after Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano announced that he would put a stop to the registration of gay marriages entered into abroad. https://www.thelocal.it/20141008/italian-mayors-defy-gay-marriage-registration-ban Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:27:00 +0200 italian-mayors-defy-gay-marriage-registration-ban Interior Minister Angelino Alfano will speak out against the “illegitimate” decision by some local politicians to register their citizens’ foreign gay nuptials, a member of his New Centre-Right party has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20141003/alfano-will-speak-out-against-gay-nuptials-ndc Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:34:00 +0200 alfano-will-speak-out-against-gay-nuptials-ndc Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has promised to block Islamic jihadists from entering Europe, while also saying Italy’s Christian past makes the country a target for Isis militants. https://www.thelocal.it/20140910/italy-will-not-be-entry-gate-for-isis-alfano Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:47:00 +0200 italy-will-not-be-entry-gate-for-isis-alfano Italy’s Interior Minister, Angelino Alfano, has denied that the expression he used to describe African beach pedlars was racist, dismissing the backlash as a “storm in a hypocritical teacup”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140814/street-pedlar-expression-wasnt-racist-alfano Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:37:00 +0200 street-pedlar-expression-wasnt-racist-alfano Italy’s Minister of the Interior Angelino Alfano has been accused of racism after he used a derogatory expression to describe African street pedlars, sparking comparisons between him and the new Italian football federation president Carlo Tavecchio. https://www.thelocal.it/20140812/italys-interior-minister-called-racist-over-beach-pedlar-comment Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:46:00 +0200 italys-interior-minister-called-racist-over-beach-pedlar-comment