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 Dozens of Italian journalists protested Friday to defend freedom of speech after a colleague was violently assaulted by the brother of a mafia boss. https://www.thelocal.it/20171110/mafioso-assault-sparks-italian-media-protest Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:42:08 +0100 mafioso-assault-sparks-italian-media-protest An Italian priest prompted outrage on Thursday by going on Facebook to tell a girl who said she had been raped that it was her fault for getting drunk and hanging around with immigrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20171110/italian-priest-tells-raped-girl-she-asked-for-it Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:21:36 +0100 italian-priest-tells-raped-girl-she-asked-for-it A woman disfigured by acid in an apparent revenge attack by an ex-boyfriend has said she will "get through this". https://www.thelocal.it/20170113/im-alive-and-i-can-get-through-this-victim-of-acid-attack Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:36:15 +0100 im-alive-and-i-can-get-through-this-victim-of-acid-attack An 80-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder after attacking a neighbour with a hammer because the loud noise of her vacuum cleaner annoyed him. https://www.thelocal.it/20140109/pensioner-tries-to-kill-neighbour-over-loud-hoover Thu, 09 Jan 2014 12:47:00 +0100 pensioner-tries-to-kill-neighbour-over-loud-hoover