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 Firefighters in the southern city of Bari, Puglia, pulled a 74-year-old Italian woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed five-storey building following a gruelling 24-hour rescue operation. https://www.thelocal.it/20250307/italian-woman-pulled-alive-from-rubble-after-bari-building-collapse Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:19:47 +0100 italian-woman-pulled-alive-from-rubble-after-bari-building-collapse The world's largest guide book publisher, Lonely Planet, has released its annual list of Europe's top summer destinations, and only one Italian city made the list: the Pugliese capital of Bari. https://www.thelocal.it/20190521/the-southern-italian-city-ranked-among-the-worlds-best-summer-destinations-by-lonely-planet Tue, 21 May 2019 11:48:30 +0200 the-southern-italian-city-ranked-among-the-worlds-best-summer-destinations-by-lonely-planet The southern Italian city of Bari is trialling a scheme that pays residents to get on their bikes. But with key bike routes still under construction, is it really going to help? https://www.thelocal.it/20190212/bari-becomes-first-italian-city-to-pay-people-to-bike-to-work Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:33:14 +0100 bari-becomes-first-italian-city-to-pay-people-to-bike-to-work Italian police are hunting a gang of armed robbers who blocked a motorway near Bari with burning trucks, and used diggers to tear open a security van to steal €2.3 million in cash. https://www.thelocal.it/20190104/armed-gang-use-diggers-to-rip-open-security-van-near-bari Fri, 04 Jan 2019 11:44:11 +0100 armed-gang-use-diggers-to-rip-open-security-van-near-bari A 5-year-old girl was injured on Monday at an amusement park in Giovinazzo in Puglia, when she was hit by part of a Ferris wheel. https://www.thelocal.it/20180822/5-year-old-girl-injured-in-ferris-wheel-accident-in-southern-italy Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:05:23 +0200 5-year-old-girl-injured-in-ferris-wheel-accident-in-southern-italy Antonio Decaro, mayor of Italy’s south-east port city of Bari, has adopted an usual tactic for encouraging good manners: by publicly shaming badly behaved citizens, beginning with a negligent dog owner who he dubbed “slob of the day”. https://www.thelocal.it/20171121/slob-of-the-day-mayor-bari-video Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:53:45 +0100 slob-of-the-day-mayor-bari-video G7 finance ministers turned their focus Saturday to combating cyber crime in what Italy's Pier Carlo Padoan described as an "unfortunately very timely" discussion. https://www.thelocal.it/20170513/g7-finance-chiefs-talk-cyber-security-in-bari-after-attacks Sat, 13 May 2017 16:43:52 +0200 g7-finance-chiefs-talk-cyber-security-in-bari-after-attacks One man has been arrested as part of a triple investigation into fraud in southern Italy's migrant centres, local media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161028/one-arrest-three-investigated-for-fraud-of-9-million-migrant-centre-workers Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:55:26 +0200 one-arrest-three-investigated-for-fraud-of-9-million-migrant-centre-workers The death toll following Tuesday’s train crash in Puglia has been confirmed as 23, the Governor of Italy’s Puglia region, Michele Emiliano, announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160713/death-toll-from-puglia-train-crash-confirmed-as-23 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:42:34 +0200 death-toll-from-puglia-train-crash-confirmed-as-23 Two men have been released from police custody in Bari, where they were being held on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks. Their lawyer said the case had been "blown out of proportion". https://www.thelocal.it/20160513/bari-terror-suspects-released-as-attorney-says-case-exaggerated Fri, 13 May 2016 13:53:28 +0200 bari-terror-suspects-released-as-attorney-says-case-exaggerated UPDATED: Italian police on Tuesday arrested an Afghan suspected of plotting attacks in Italy, Britain and France after finding incriminating evidence on his mobile phone. https://www.thelocal.it/20160510/two-afghans-held-in-bari-suspected-of-planning-terror-attacks-in-italy-and-uk-britain-france-paris-london-rome-terrorism Tue, 10 May 2016 13:07:49 +0200 two-afghans-held-in-bari-suspected-of-planning-terror-attacks-in-italy-and-uk-britain-france-paris-london-rome-terrorism A new project hopes to "give back the sea" to Bari's residents, by making it more accessible to pedestrians and cyclists, and adding extra facilities to the waterfront. https://www.thelocal.it/20160411/how-bari-plans-to-emulate-copenhagen-with-seafront-transformation Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:57:51 +0200 how-bari-plans-to-emulate-copenhagen-with-seafront-transformation When an armed robber walked into a newsagent's, his face covered and brandishing a pistol, this shopkeeper was not willing to hand over the contents of his till without first putting up a fight. https://www.thelocal.it/20160408/this-italian-shopkeeper-scared-off-an-armed-robber-using-sweets Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:27:02 +0200 this-italian-shopkeeper-scared-off-an-armed-robber-using-sweets 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 The two men, from Bari in southern Italy, got quite a shock when they returned from a cycling trip to discover that the skin on their chests had turned blue. Their shock turned to panic when it proved impossible to remove the mystery substance, and they rushed to hospital. https://www.thelocal.it/20160105/chinese-cycle-tops-spark-italy-illness-scare Tue, 05 Jan 2016 12:19:42 +0100 chinese-cycle-tops-spark-italy-illness-scare An Iraqi man arrested in Bari on Monday has denied being a jihadist and using the word “truffles” as a code name for “bombs” in telephone calls intercepted by police. https://www.thelocal.it/20151211/i-meant-truffles-not-bombs-italy-terror-suspect Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:15:37 +0100 i-meant-truffles-not-bombs-italy-terror-suspect A 45-year-old man suspected of smuggling jihadists into Italy has been arrested in the Puglia city of Bari as part of Italy’s anti-terror sweep. https://www.thelocal.it/20151207/suspected-terrorist-planned-europe-attacks Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:36:49 +0100 suspected-terrorist-planned-europe-attacks A 47-year-old woman is in a coma and 14 others were injured after lightning struck a trullo, a home typical of the Puglia region, on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150817/woman-in-coma-after-lightning-strikes-trullo Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:43:14 +0200 woman-in-coma-after-lightning-strikes-trullo The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks factory in southern Italy last week has risen to ten after one of the factory's owners died of his injuries. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/fireworks-factory-blast-death-toll-rises-to-ten Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:19:19 +0200 fireworks-factory-blast-death-toll-rises-to-ten UPDATE: The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks factory in southern Italy has risen to nine after one of those hurt succumbed to their injuries, a hospital source said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150724/seven-dead-in-bari-firework-factory-blast Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:41:26 +0200 seven-dead-in-bari-firework-factory-blast