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 Italian Formula One team Ferrari paid tribute to Michael Schumacher on Wednesday as the former seven-time world champion turned 49 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20180103/ferrari-pay-tribute-as-schumacher-turns-49 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:07:52 +0100 ferrari-pay-tribute-as-schumacher-turns-49 Pope Francis turns 80 on Saturday with no sign of slowing down in his drive to reshape the Catholic church to reflect his own vision of compassion and humility. https://www.thelocal.it/20161216/pope-francis-hits-80-and-hes-not-slowing-down Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:23:22 +0100 pope-francis-hits-80-and-hes-not-slowing-down Want to wish Pope Francis many happy returns on his 80th birthday this week? https://www.thelocal.it/20161213/how-to-wish-pope-francis-a-happy-80th-birthday Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:51:53 +0100 how-to-wish-pope-francis-a-happy-80th-birthday Valerio Piroddi, known to friends as Tziu (Uncle) Mundicu, had 111 candles to blow out on his birthday cake on Sunday, making him Italy's oldest man. https://www.thelocal.it/20161114/italys-oldest-living-man-just-turned-111 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:24:11 +0100 italys-oldest-living-man-just-turned-111 On April 29th 1986, Italy became the fourth European country to connect to the internet. Thirty years on, it has the slowest speeds in the EU. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/italys-internet-hits-30-and-shows-signs-of-slowing-down Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:43:09 +0200 italys-internet-hits-30-and-shows-signs-of-slowing-down On April 21st, both Queen Elizabeth II and Rome celebrate their birthdays. While there's no doubt the monarch has done much in 90 years, Rome has done far more in 2,769. https://www.thelocal.it/20160413/queen-elizabeth-ii-is-90-thats-nothing-rome-is-2769-today Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:46:59 +0200 queen-elizabeth-ii-is-90-thats-nothing-rome-is-2769-today The boss of an Italian company celebrated his 80th birthday by giving all 200 employees in his company a cash bonus. https://www.thelocal.it/20160420/italian-boss-gives-workers-200k-of-bonuses-to-celebrate-80th-birthday Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:45:07 +0200 italian-boss-gives-workers-200k-of-bonuses-to-celebrate-80th-birthday To honour the 750th year since the birth of Italy's most famous poet, The Local met his great-great-great-great (you get the idea) grandson. https://www.thelocal.it/20160121/meet-dantes-stargazing-italian-decedent Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:35:49 +0100 meet-dantes-stargazing-italian-decedent A lavish dinner, fireworks and special guests flown in from America: this is how the world’s oldest mafia boss celebrated turning 100 in his Sicilian town near Palermo, much to the fury of the mayor. https://www.thelocal.it/20160112/fury-as-mob-boss-throws-lavish-party-for-100th-birthday Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:26:16 +0100 fury-as-mob-boss-throws-lavish-party-for-100th-birthday Hundreds of couples performed a tango on St Peter's square on Tuesday in a birthday treat for Pope Francis, who hails from Argentina, the birthplace of the celebrated sultry dance. https://www.thelocal.it/20141217/tango-treat-for-birthday-boy-pope-francis Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:32:00 +0100 tango-treat-for-birthday-boy-pope-francis Celebrations for opera maestro Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday began in his home village in Italy on Thursday and were due to continue throughout the day across the globe. https://www.thelocal.it/20131010/italy-kicks-off-festivities-for-verdis-200th-birthday Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:42:00 +0200 italy-kicks-off-festivities-for-verdis-200th-birthday Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Tuesday celebrated his 86th birthday as the first former pope in over 700 years at his temporary home of Castel Gandolfo - the papal summer residence near Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20130416/benedict-xvi-marks-86th-birthday-in-castel-gandolfo Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:50:00 +0200 benedict-xvi-marks-86th-birthday-in-castel-gandolfo