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 Inspector Montalbano author Andrea Camilleri, 93, was rushed to intensive care in Rome after a suspected heart attack. https://www.thelocal.it/20190618/italian-crime-writer-andrea-camilleri-rushed-to-hospital Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:32:18 +0200 italian-crime-writer-andrea-camilleri-rushed-to-hospital Convicted killer-turned author Cesare Battisti believes his extradition to Italy from Brazil would be illegal and would endanger his life, he told AFP in an interview. https://www.thelocal.it/20171015/italian-fugitive-battisti-extradition-from-brazil-illegal Sun, 15 Oct 2017 13:01:53 +0200 italian-fugitive-battisti-extradition-from-brazil-illegal Corto Maltese, the debonair sea captain anti-hero of a string of classic graphic novels, is to sail again in a new adventure, 20 years after his Italian creator died. https://www.thelocal.it/20150924/italian-comic-book-hero-comes-back-to-life Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:22:49 +0200 italian-comic-book-hero-comes-back-to-life Italian prosecutors called Monday for Erri de Luca, a writer on trial for inciting criminal damage to a controversial high-speed rail link through the Alps, to be thrown behind bars for eight months. https://www.thelocal.it/20150922/italy-lawyers-want-eight-months-for-writer-in-sabotage-trial Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:23:53 +0200 italy-lawyers-want-eight-months-for-writer-in-sabotage-trial Pope Francis has sent his blessing to a lesbian author of children's books dealing with same-sex families, wishing her and her wife well in their work, it emerged on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/italian-lesbian-author-gets-papal-blessing Fri, 28 Aug 2015 18:14:24 +0200 italian-lesbian-author-gets-papal-blessing Love him or loathe him, there’s no question that Silvio Berlusconi has left an indelible mark in Italy. We spoke to Michael Day, the author of a witty new book about his life to find out more about the ambitious businessman from Milan who went on to lead Italy three times. https://www.thelocal.it/20150703/how-berlusconi-fascinated-and-appalled Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:43:03 +0200 how-berlusconi-fascinated-and-appalled Italian philosopher and author Umberto Eco compared Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) to Nazism on Thursday, saying they shared an "apocalyptic desire to take over the world." https://www.thelocal.it/20150108/isis-is-like-nazism-italian-philosopher Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:27:00 +0100 isis-is-like-nazism-italian-philosopher Jill Pennington, from the UK, moved to Italy in 2004 with her husband to start a new life together, until she found out he had been having an affair. Now the mother-of-three has written a bestseller about the challenges of going it alone. https://www.thelocal.it/20140109/i-consider-italy-to-be-my-only-home Thu, 09 Jan 2014 12:40:00 +0100 i-consider-italy-to-be-my-only-home