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 Think buying a home in Italy sounds divine? For Adam Rugnetta, an American in Milan, the experience was more like Dante's Inferno. https://www.thelocal.it/20200131/buying-property-in-italy-an-illustrated-tale Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:37:52 +0100 buying-property-in-italy-an-illustrated-tale Police in Rome are searching for an 82-year-old woman in connection with a deadly explosion at an apartment block on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150120/elderly-woman-sought-over-rome-explosion Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:54:00 +0100 elderly-woman-sought-over-rome-explosion A 68-year-old man from Rome died of a heart attack as he tried to climb into his first-floor apartment to retrieve his keys. https://www.thelocal.it/20140702/rome-man-dies-after-forgetting-keys Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:31:00 +0200 rome-man-dies-after-forgetting-keys A woman in southern Italy has survived falling one storey in her apartment block after the entire floor collapsed beneath her feet, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140624/italian-woman-plunges-through-apartment-floor Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:06:00 +0200 italian-woman-plunges-through-apartment-floor A couple from Florence was shocked to find a giant snake in their kitchen after being woken up by what they thought was a burglar. https://www.thelocal.it/20140512/florence-couple-find-boa-constrictor-in-kitchen Mon, 12 May 2014 16:40:00 +0200 florence-couple-find-boa-constrictor-in-kitchen Italy’s scandal-tainted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and his fiancée are rumoured to be on the hunt for a new pad in Rome, but their potential new neighbours are less than impressed. https://www.thelocal.it/20140123/berlusconis-potential-new-neighbours-up-in-arms Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:00:00 +0100 berlusconis-potential-new-neighbours-up-in-arms