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 Prosecutors probing Italy's initial response to the coronavirus pandemic have sought information from the World Health Organization, the agency confirmed Wednesday, amid claims a top WHO official lied to them. https://www.thelocal.it/20210414/italy-investigates-who-official-in-row-over-covid-response Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:55:34 +0200 italy-investigates-who-official-in-row-over-covid-response Prime Minister Mario Draghi paid tribute on Thursday to the more than 103,000 people in Italy who have died of Covid-19, as the country marked its first national day of remembrance for victims for the pandemic. https://www.thelocal.it/20210318/italy-marks-first-national-day-of-remembrance-for-covid-19-victims Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:45:38 +0100 italy-marks-first-national-day-of-remembrance-for-covid-19-victims The cities of Bergamo and Brescia are to put old rivalries aside and share Capital of Culture status in 2023, as a symbol of hope after both were devastated by the coronavirus outbreak. https://www.thelocal.it/20200720/bergamo-and-brescia-named-joint-italian-capitals-of-culture-of-2023 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:02:25 +0200 bergamo-and-brescia-named-joint-italian-capitals-of-culture-of-2023 President Sergio Mattarella paid tribute to the victims of coronavirus in Italy with a requiem in the city of Bergamo at the epicentre of the pandemic. https://www.thelocal.it/20200629/here-is-the-italy-that-has-suffered-bergamo-holds-requiem-for-coronavirus-dead Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:56:42 +0200 here-is-the-italy-that-has-suffered-bergamo-holds-requiem-for-coronavirus-dead Bergamo's Atalanta return to action on Sunday, hoping that a resumption of their incredible football success will signal the historic Italian city's return to normality after being devastated by coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.it/20200620/bergamo-wakes-from-virus-nightmare-to-resume-atalanta-football-dream Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:28:14 +0200 bergamo-wakes-from-virus-nightmare-to-resume-atalanta-football-dream Two newborn babies have died of whooping cough in Bergamo near Milan, local media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180803/two-newborn-babies-die-of-whooping-cough-in-northern-italy Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:20:38 +0200 two-newborn-babies-die-of-whooping-cough-in-northern-italy The largest shopping mall in Europe opened on Thursday in Bergamo, northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170524/europes-biggest-shopping-mall-centre-open-in-italy-bergamo Wed, 24 May 2017 13:32:21 +0200 europes-biggest-shopping-mall-centre-open-in-italy-bergamo Italian police announced on Tuesday the arrest of 18 'ultra' fans of Atalanta suspected of drug trafficking, extortion, robbery and acts of violence in and around the Serie A club's stadium. https://www.thelocal.it/20170307/police-arrest-18-ultra-football-fans-over-drug-fuelled-violence Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:07:58 +0100 police-arrest-18-ultra-football-fans-over-drug-fuelled-violence An investigation is underway after a cargo plane overshot the runway at Bergamo airport in the early hours of Friday morning, before crashing through the perimeter fence and sliding onto a road. https://www.thelocal.it/20160805/cargo-jet-slides-onto-road-after-overshooting-runway Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:30:03 +0200 cargo-jet-slides-onto-road-after-overshooting-runway A homeowner in a town in Ravenna province was reportedly summoned to his local police station after an intruder claimed he was bitten by his dog. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/foiled-burglar-reports-italy-property-owner-over-dog-bite Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:04:13 +0100 foiled-burglar-reports-italy-property-owner-over-dog-bite Italian police have arrested two Syrians trying to travel to Malta on false passports who had Isis-related images on their phones, local media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151120/italy-arrests-syrians-with-false-passports-report Fri, 20 Nov 2015 07:18:20 +0100 italy-arrests-syrians-with-false-passports-report An Italian man was caught trying to send a giant prehistoric egg worth more than €90,000 to the United States, Italian customs officials said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150319/giant-prehistoric-egg-seized-at-italian-airport Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:18:11 +0100 giant-prehistoric-egg-seized-at-italian-airport The suspected murderer of a 13-year-old girl has been caught by police, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano announced on Monday. The breakthrough in the 2010 murder case comes after police exhumed the body of a man thought to be the killer's father. https://www.thelocal.it/20140617/italian-child-killer-caught-with-dead-dads-dna Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:24:00 +0200 italian-child-killer-caught-with-dead-dads-dna An Italian woman from Bergamo resorted to crime after her husband spent more time looking at his laptop than he did at her. https://www.thelocal.it/20140313/woman-begs-arrest-to-get-husbands-attention Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:07:00 +0100 woman-begs-arrest-to-get-husbands-attention Senator Roberto Calderoli has been ordered to stand trial for comparing Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge to an orangutan. https://www.thelocal.it/20131107/senator-to-face-trial-for-racist-slur Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:54:50 +0100 senator-to-face-trial-for-racist-slur A 13-year-old boy threw himself from the balcony of his home in Bergamo, northern Italy, after his father destroyed his Playstation. https://www.thelocal.it/20131105/boy-jumps-from-balcony-after-playstation-spat Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:12:00 +0100 boy-jumps-from-balcony-after-playstation-spat Bergamo's Orio al Serio International airport, outside of Milan, has been named the second worst airport in the world. Among the complaints were tales of "stupid" staff and the "horror" of visiting the toilets. https://www.thelocal.it/20131018/bergamo-named-worlds-second-worst-airport Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:25:00 +0200 bergamo-named-worlds-second-worst-airport A chaplain in northern Italy has received a letter from an apparent child killer, just days after an anonymous confession was found in the church visitors' book. https://www.thelocal.it/20130809/child-killer-confesses-to-lombardy-priest Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:30:00 +0200 child-killer-confesses-to-lombardy-priest Police in northern Italy have seized a church visitors' book after a note was found confessing to the unsolved murder of a 13-year-old girl three years ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20130805/child-killer-confesses-in-church-book Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:02:00 +0200 child-killer-confesses-in-church-book Protests are being planned by parents in the northern Italian town of Casirate d'Adda, in Bergamo, after it emerged that a priest who plea-bargained a suspended sentence for having sex with two boys would take part in a week-long parish holiday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130712/parents-outraged-by-return-of-sex-abuse-priest Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:02:00 +0200 parents-outraged-by-return-of-sex-abuse-priest