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 The pair denied knowingly dealing with the mafia, insisting they had thought they were working with "vegetable traders". https://www.thelocal.it/20191015/austrian-father-and-son-jailed-after-supplying-guns-to-italian-mafia Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:13:24 +0200 austrian-father-and-son-jailed-after-supplying-guns-to-italian-mafia South Tyrol, known to Italians as Alto Adige, has been a bone of contention between Austria and Italy for decades. Here's what you need to know about the latest dispute. https://www.thelocal.it/20181018/the-south-tyrol-question-explained Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:42:52 +0200 the-south-tyrol-question-explained A diplomatic row threatens to disrupt Italy's Alpine province of South Tyrol: over the question of national identity and whether some of its inhabitants should have the right to Austrian citizenship. https://www.thelocal.it/20181018/italy-and-austria-at-odds-over-south-tyrol-dual-citizenship Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:08:32 +0200 italy-and-austria-at-odds-over-south-tyrol-dual-citizenship Italy's foreign minister has cancelled a meeting with his Austrian counterpart over Vienna's plans to grant citizenship to the German-speaking minority in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol, his office said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180918/italy-cancels-meeting-with-austria-over-south-tyrol-passport-proposal Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:55:35 +0200 italy-cancels-meeting-with-austria-over-south-tyrol-passport-proposal Rome was up in arms Monday over a proposal by Austria's new conservative and far-right coalition government to offer passports to the German-speaking residents of the northern Italian province of South Tyrol. https://www.thelocal.it/20171218/italy-austria-passports-south-tyrol Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:40:13 +0100 italy-austria-passports-south-tyrol In this week's podcast we look at how Austria's government could soon include an ex-Nazi party. How right wing could it get? https://www.thelocal.it/20171020/listen-austria-venice-referendum-france-weinstein Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:51:29 +0200 listen-austria-venice-referendum-france-weinstein Austria's hard-right Freedom Party has a shot at sharing power after elections on Sunday, having narrowly lost out in a presidential vote last year. https://www.thelocal.it/20171014/how-far-right-parties-are-faring-across-europe Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:59:53 +0200 how-far-right-parties-are-faring-across-europe Austria's interior minister argues there is no need for national borders within the EU, yet Austria has already placed soldiers on roads and railway stations near the frontier with Italy to police all incoming transport. https://www.thelocal.it/20170825/austria-strengthens-border-checks-with-italy-despite-lower-migrant-arrivals Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:42:09 +0200 austria-strengthens-border-checks-with-italy-despite-lower-migrant-arrivals Austria is building up a stronger police and military presence on it borders in an attempt to reduce the number of asylum seekers trying to enter via Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary. https://www.thelocal.it/20170810/austria-reinforces-army-presence-and-control-on-italian-border Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:47:06 +0200 austria-reinforces-army-presence-and-control-on-italian-border Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has warned Rome will not accept either "lessons" or "threats" from neighbours on border security amid tension over Europe's migrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20170722/italy-refugee-crisis-threats-border-security Sat, 22 Jul 2017 17:22:15 +0200 italy-refugee-crisis-threats-border-security Austria has sought to dampen a row with neighbour Italy after it prompted outrage from Rome by threatening to send troops to the border to stop migrants entering. https://www.thelocal.it/20170706/no-need-for-border-controls-with-italy-says-austria Thu, 06 Jul 2017 09:20:34 +0200 no-need-for-border-controls-with-italy-says-austria Austria will "very soon" impose border checks and deploy soldiers on its frontier with Italy if the influx of migrants across the Mediterranean does not slow, Vienna's defence minister was quoted as saying on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170704/austria-plans-to-deploy-soldiers-army-at-italian-border Tue, 04 Jul 2017 10:47:59 +0200 austria-plans-to-deploy-soldiers-army-at-italian-border Two railway maintenance workers died and three others were injured in an overnight accident that temporarily closed a ten-kilometre (six-mile) section of Italy's main rail line to Austria. https://www.thelocal.it/20170426/two-dead-after-crash-on-italy-austria-rail-ine Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:06:49 +0200 two-dead-after-crash-on-italy-austria-rail-ine Austria has received a request from Rome authorities to help them deal with the Italian capital’s ongoing rubbish crisis by taking some of it off their hands. https://www.thelocal.it/20160823/rome-wants-to-send-its-rubbish-to-austria Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:21:42 +0200 rome-wants-to-send-its-rubbish-to-austria Austria has sent 50 extra police officers to its border with Italy to check passing vehicles in a bid to stop migrants from crossing over. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/austria-steps-up-anti-migrant-patrols-at-italian-border Wed, 25 May 2016 12:51:53 +0200 austria-steps-up-anti-migrant-patrols-at-italian-border Austria on Friday backtracked on plans to tighten border controls at the Brenner Pass. But the mayor of Brenner is not so convinced. He tells The Local why. https://www.thelocal.it/20160516/why-talk-of-barriers-is-reopening-opening-up-old-wounds-in-south-tyrol-brenner-pass-austria-refugees Mon, 16 May 2016 09:00:10 +0200 why-talk-of-barriers-is-reopening-opening-up-old-wounds-in-south-tyrol-brenner-pass-austria-refugees Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has taken another swipe at Austria over its plans to reinstate border controls at the Brenner pass, saying its position towards the refugee crisis is “anachronistic”. https://www.thelocal.it/20160506/renzi-lashes-out-at-anachronistic-austria-over-border-plan Fri, 06 May 2016 10:36:15 +0200 renzi-lashes-out-at-anachronistic-austria-over-border-plan Germany's interior minister on Friday put the onus on Italy to halt a new mass influx of migrants to northern Europe, lending backing to Austria in a row with Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/germany-joins-austria-to-press-italy-on-migrant-influx Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:49:12 +0200 germany-joins-austria-to-press-italy-on-migrant-influx Italy told Austria on Thursday it would prove Vienna was "wasting money" on anti-migrant measures and closing the border between the two countries would be "an enormous mistake". https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/italy-brands-austrias-migrant-fence-a-waste-of-money Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:50:22 +0200 italy-brands-austrias-migrant-fence-a-waste-of-money Italy and Austria were set for showdown talks Thursday as Italian politicians and media reacted furiously to Vienna's new anti-migrant measures that could close the border between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/tense-talks-as-italy-fumes-over-austria-migrant-slap Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:26:29 +0200 tense-talks-as-italy-fumes-over-austria-migrant-slap