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 Could someone you know be the lifesaving donor this Australian family is searching for? https://www.thelocal.it/20190502/italian-scottish-family-search-for-bone-marrow-donor-italy Thu, 02 May 2019 19:07:46 +0200 italian-scottish-family-search-for-bone-marrow-donor-italy Previously the third-most powerful man in the Catholic Church, Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of sexually abusing children in a historic case. https://www.thelocal.it/20190227/senior-vatican-cleric-sentenced-for-sex-crimes-in-australia Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:31:33 +0100 senior-vatican-cleric-sentenced-for-sex-crimes-in-australia It’s a very happy new year for one Australian living in Italy who beat fierce competition to win Italian TV cooking show Il Ristorante Degli Chef. https://www.thelocal.it/20190104/australian-wins-italys-il-ristorante-degli-chef-tv-cooking-contest Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:57:11 +0100 australian-wins-italys-il-ristorante-degli-chef-tv-cooking-contest When Italy surrendered to the Allies 75 years ago last month, thousands of prisoners of war in Italian camps found themselves faced with a choice: to stay put and hope to be liberated, or to escape and embark on an uncertain journey to safe territory. Katrina Kittel’s father chose the latter, and now the Australian historian has made it her mission to discover what happened to others who took the same leap. https://www.thelocal.it/20181025/how-italians-helped-allied-prisoners-of-war-escape-italy-world-war-two Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:48:56 +0200 how-italians-helped-allied-prisoners-of-war-escape-italy-world-war-two Drawings of an Australasian cockatoo discovered on the pages of a 13th-century Italian manuscript suggest trade Down Under was flourishing as far back as medieval times, researchers said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180626/italy-art-of-hunting-with-birds-cockatoo-australia Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:03:15 +0200 italy-art-of-hunting-with-birds-cockatoo-australia Two Italian players are facing sanctions after a punch-up at a bar on the sidelines of the rugby league World Cup in Australia, officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171101/italian-rugby-players-probed-over-bar-brawl Wed, 01 Nov 2017 10:00:32 +0100 italian-rugby-players-probed-over-bar-brawl Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell, a top advisor to Pope Francis, denied all charges of historical sexual abuse on Wednesday at his first appearance in an Australian court over the allegations. https://www.thelocal.it/20170726/cardinal-pell-denies-abuse-charges-in-australian-court Wed, 26 Jul 2017 10:42:37 +0200 cardinal-pell-denies-abuse-charges-in-australian-court Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell arrived back in Australia on Monday ahead of a court appearance later this month over historical sex abuse charges. https://www.thelocal.it/20170710/cardinal-george-pell-vatican-advisor-returns-melbourne-australia-face-historic-sex-abuse-charges-court Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:55:21 +0200 cardinal-george-pell-vatican-advisor-returns-melbourne-australia-face-historic-sex-abuse-charges-court Vatican finance chief George Pell on Thursday hit out at calls that he return to Australia to assist in a child sex probe into him, railing against "anti-religion" agendas. https://www.thelocal.it/20170209/pope-aide-pell-hits-out-at-anti-religion-agendas Thu, 09 Feb 2017 10:34:06 +0100 pope-aide-pell-hits-out-at-anti-religion-agendas A professional cyclist drafted in late for last weekend's Tour of Lombardy won't forget his maiden WorldTour event, after getting caught up in traffic and missing the start. https://www.thelocal.it/20161003/aussie-cyclist-misses-start-of-tour-of-lombardy-because-of-traffic Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:22:42 +0200 aussie-cyclist-misses-start-of-tour-of-lombardy-because-of-traffic A crowdfunding campaign to send victims of child sex abuse to Rome to hear Vatican finance chief George Pell give evidence to an Australian inquiry has been overwhelmed by support, doubling its target in two days. https://www.thelocal.it/20160217/australians-club-together-to-send-child-abuse-victims-to-rome Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:43:13 +0100 australians-club-together-to-send-child-abuse-victims-to-rome A marketing campaign that lets people personalize their jars of Nutella, the famous Italian spread, has not gone to plan, with participants designing labels that read "diabetes" and "poop". https://www.thelocal.it/20150923/naughty-nutella-fans-create-joke-labels Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:05:01 +0200 naughty-nutella-fans-create-joke-labels Three Italian backpackers were killed and another was injured after the car they were travelling in crashed on a highway in northern Queensland, Australia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150727/three-italians-die-in-australia-road-crash Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:29:04 +0200 three-italians-die-in-australia-road-crash Vatican finance chief George Pell was on Monday called to give evidence at an inquiry into sex abuse as one of Pope Francis' commissioners for the protection of children accused him of being "almost sociopathic". https://www.thelocal.it/20150601/vatican-bank-reformer-called-to-sex-abuse-inquiry Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:17:34 +0200 vatican-bank-reformer-called-to-sex-abuse-inquiry Many young Italians who travel to Australia on temporary working holiday visas are reported to be working in “slave-like” conditions on the country’s farms. https://www.thelocal.it/20150506/italians-exploited-on-australian-farms Wed, 06 May 2015 16:29:40 +0200 italians-exploited-on-australian-farms Staff at Rome's Colosseum were outraged after catching an Australian man and his son - aged 45 and 12 - scrawling their names on the iconic monument in an attempt to leave their mark. https://www.thelocal.it/20140113/outrage-after-australian-tourists-deface-colosseum Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:25:00 +0100 outrage-after-australian-tourists-deface-colosseum A 26-year-old Italian man died after falling seven floors down a lift shaft in Sydney, Australia. https://www.thelocal.it/20130912/italian-man-killed-in-sydney-lift-fall Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:26:00 +0200 italian-man-killed-in-sydney-lift-fall