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 Italy's travel rules can be tricky to keep up with. We break down who is allowed to travel to Italy, why, when, and whether you'll have to quarantine. https://www.thelocal.it/20200710/italys-latest-travel-rules-explained Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:22:21 +0200 italys-latest-travel-rules-explained Lombardy, at the centre of Italy's coronavirus outbreak, has the strictest quarantine rules in the country. But now the head of the wealthy northern region is campaigning for the whole of Italy to reopen for business. https://www.thelocal.it/20200416/lombardy-regions-governor-pushes-for-italian-businesses-to-reopen Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:37:29 +0200 lombardy-regions-governor-pushes-for-italian-businesses-to-reopen Job centres in the south of Italy say they have received several inquiries about applying for a universal basic income, one of the signature campaign pledges of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), despite the fact that the party is not in government. https://www.thelocal.it/20180309/five-star-movement-universal-basic-income-italy-election Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:53:23 +0100 five-star-movement-universal-basic-income-italy-election Italy's centre-left politicians breathed a sigh of relief at Emmanuel Macron's decisive victory in the French presidential elections on Sunday, hailing it a win for Europe. The country's opposition parties meanwhile were more reticent. https://www.thelocal.it/20170508/french-elections-how-italys-politicians-greeted-macron-win Mon, 08 May 2017 12:39:45 +0200 french-elections-how-italys-politicians-greeted-macron-win A bishop in Sicily has banned known mafia criminals from acting as godfathers at baptisms in churches in his diocese. https://www.thelocal.it/20170317/mafia-godfathers-cant-be-church-godfathers-bishop-rules Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:56:42 +0100 mafia-godfathers-cant-be-church-godfathers-bishop-rules An 18-month-old boy was killed by two Dogo Argentino, or Argentian Mastiff, dogs in a town near the Sicilian city of Catania on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160816/18-month-old-mauled-to-death-by-two-dogs-in-sicily Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:19:16 +0200 18-month-old-mauled-to-death-by-two-dogs-in-sicily In a macabre example of how Italy's notorious bureaucracy can cause problems not only throughout one's life but also after death, a corpse has been lying in a freezer in Bolzano Hospital for eight years due to a legal dispute among the relatives of the deceased. https://www.thelocal.it/20160811/a-corpse-has-been-lying-in-an-italian-morgue-for-eight-years Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:24:24 +0200 a-corpse-has-been-lying-in-an-italian-morgue-for-eight-years A further 16,109 jobs will be lost in Italy’s banking sector by 2020, Lando Maria Sileoni, the secretary general of the banking trade union, Fabi, said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160810/italys-banking-sector-to-shed-over-16000-jobs-by-2020 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:07:35 +0200 italys-banking-sector-to-shed-over-16000-jobs-by-2020 A cat sanctuary on a remote Sardinian beach, where visitors can play with kitties in the surf or watch them lounging on the sand, has been named one of the island's best tourist destinations by travel website, TripAdvisor. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/this-cat-filled-beach-has-been-named-one-of-sardinias-top-tourist-spots Thu, 26 May 2016 13:30:20 +0200 this-cat-filled-beach-has-been-named-one-of-sardinias-top-tourist-spots 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 Easter bookings at hotels in Rome are already down almost five percent on last year, and hoteliers are anticipating more cancellations in the wake of the Brussels attacks on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160323/rome-hotels-braced-for-long-slump-amid-terror-threat Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:22:58 +0100 rome-hotels-braced-for-long-slump-amid-terror-threat It was a future they perhaps failed to predict: two 'clairvoyants' have been charged with fraud for allegedly duping a woman out of a whopping €150,000 – payment made to them in return for guaranteeing her sick father’s place in Heaven. https://www.thelocal.it/20160119/phony-psychics-in-150k-scam-to-ensure-sick-mans-place-in-heaven Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:20:25 +0100 phony-psychics-in-150k-scam-to-ensure-sick-mans-place-in-heaven Disaster was very narrowly averted on Thursday after a wheel fell off a large passenger jet bound for Milan onto a Sicilian beach that is popular among summer bathers. https://www.thelocal.it/20151217/wheel-falls-off-passenger-jet-onto-sicily-beach Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:12:51 +0100 wheel-falls-off-passenger-jet-onto-sicily-beach Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party has put forward a man under investigation for culpable homicide to vie in Milan's council elections next year. https://www.thelocal.it/20151127/italian-party-candiates-burglar-shooting-man Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:00:21 +0100 italian-party-candiates-burglar-shooting-man UPDATED: Police have seized 800 shotguns destined for Belgium from Turkey at the northeastern port of Trieste. https://www.thelocal.it/20151127/italy-police-find-800-belgium-bound-shotguns Fri, 27 Nov 2015 09:47:30 +0100 italy-police-find-800-belgium-bound-shotguns A sports marketing company run by the nephew of embattled Fifa chief Sepp Blatter has confirmed its CEO in Italy is under investigation as prosecutors probe the sale of Serie A television rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20151014/italy-probes-ceo-of-firm-run-by-blatters-nephew Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:16:29 +0200 italy-probes-ceo-of-firm-run-by-blatters-nephew British singer Sir Elton John has slammed the new mayor of Venice for banning books about homosexuality from schools. https://www.thelocal.it/20150818/sir-elton-john-slams-venice-mayor-for-gay-book-ban Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:49:05 +0200 sir-elton-john-slams-venice-mayor-for-gay-book-ban UPDATED: Scenes of panic struck Rome's metro system on Friday after two trains collided with each other, injuring 21 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20150605/twelve-injured-in-rome-metro-collision Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:54:07 +0200 twelve-injured-in-rome-metro-collision Italy's top court on Tuesday definitively cleared Silvio Berlusconi of charges that he paid for sex with an underage dancer and then abused his position as prime minister to cover it up. https://www.thelocal.it/20150311/italys-top-court-clears-berlusconi-in-sex-case Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:09:30 +0100 italys-top-court-clears-berlusconi-in-sex-case Parma captain Alessandro Lucarelli hit out at league and federation officials on Sunday as the beleaguered Serie A club's game with Udinese was postponed due to a lack of funds to pay stadium stewards. https://www.thelocal.it/20150223/serie-a-club-too-broke-to-pay-stadium-staff Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:44:00 +0100 serie-a-club-too-broke-to-pay-stadium-staff