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 body of Italy's controversial king Victor Emmanuel III returned to Italy on Sunday, amid a row over where the monarch who abetted dictator Benito Mussolini should be buried. https://www.thelocal.it/20171217/royal-row-as-body-of-king-who-aided-mussolini-returns-to-italy Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:06:00 +0100 royal-row-as-body-of-king-who-aided-mussolini-returns-to-italy Italian police said they caught a criminal gang on Tuesday that had been plotting to steal the body of Formula One racing pioneer Enzo Ferrari for ransom. https://www.thelocal.it/20170329/italian-police-foil-plot-to-steal-ferraris-body-for-ransom Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:46:32 +0200 italian-police-foil-plot-to-steal-ferraris-body-for-ransom A grieving family was forced to halt a funeral in southern Italy when it emerged that they were about to bury the wrong man. https://www.thelocal.it/20161108/italian-funeral-halted-after-corpse-mix-up Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:16:18 +0100 italian-funeral-halted-after-corpse-mix-up 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 The ex-boyfriend of a student from Rome whose burning body was found in the early hours of Sunday morning has been detained by police for questioning over possible femicide. https://www.thelocal.it/20160530/ex-boyfriend-of-student-found-burnt-to-death-probed Mon, 30 May 2016 13:02:27 +0200 ex-boyfriend-of-student-found-burnt-to-death-probed The body of a man who died five years ago was found on Thursday in his home in Sardinia. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/italian-man-lay-dead-in-his-flat-for-five-years-before-being-found Thu, 26 May 2016 17:54:23 +0200 italian-man-lay-dead-in-his-flat-for-five-years-before-being-found An investigation has been opened after the body of German student was found near the Leaning Tower of Pisa on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160308/body-german-schoolkid-found-near-leaning-tower-of-pisa Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:15:58 +0100 body-german-schoolkid-found-near-leaning-tower-of-pisa They travelled up to Rome from Puglia to see the remains of Italy’s beloved saint, Padre Pio...but instead they broke one of the 10 commandments. https://www.thelocal.it/20160209/pilgrims-ransack-rome-flats-to-fund-padre-pio-trip Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:38:18 +0100 pilgrims-ransack-rome-flats-to-fund-padre-pio-trip Police in Florence have opened a murder investigation after a 35-year-old American woman was found dead in her apartment in the Tuscan city. https://www.thelocal.it/20160111/american-woman-found-dead-in-florence Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:45:29 +0100 american-woman-found-dead-in-florence Almost 20 percent of Italians with tattoos regret their decision to get inked, according to a survey released by Italy's National Institute of Health (ISS) on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150908/20-percent-of-italians-regret-getting-inked Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:51:25 +0200 20-percent-of-italians-regret-getting-inked The body of a 26-year-old Italian was found on Wednesday in a dam at the farm he had been working on in Queensland, Australia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150723/italian-farm-worker-found-dead-in-australia Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:28:38 +0200 italian-farm-worker-found-dead-in-australia Two young Albanians are being questioned by police after the body of a 17-year-old student was found in woods in the Marche region. https://www.thelocal.it/20150721/student-found-with-throat-slit-in-marche-woods Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:28:19 +0200 student-found-with-throat-slit-in-marche-woods A dead body was found floating in Venice’s Grand Canal on Tuesday, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150715/mans-body-found-floating-in-venice-canal Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:42:22 +0200 mans-body-found-floating-in-venice-canal An Italian pensioner lay dead in his apartment for seven years until tax authorities investigating his unpaid bills came to seize his furniture on Tuesday morning, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150526/mans-body-found-at-home-7-years-after-death Tue, 26 May 2015 15:19:30 +0200 mans-body-found-at-home-7-years-after-death A burnt body has been found on board the wreck of the Norman Atlantic, bringing to ten the number of passengers who died when the Italian ferry which caught fire in December. https://www.thelocal.it/20150203/body-found-on-board-norman-atlantic-ferry Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:22:00 +0100 body-found-on-board-norman-atlantic-ferry UPDATED: The body of a missing waiter has been found in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20141103/body-of-missing-waiter-found-in-concordia-wreck-report Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:50:00 +0100 body-of-missing-waiter-found-in-concordia-wreck-report A mummified body, believed to belong to a patient who went missing in 2011, has been found at Baggiovara hospital in Modena, northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141031/mummified-body-found-in-modena-hospital Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:32:00 +0100 mummified-body-found-in-modena-hospital The families of two victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck might have to wait more than two months to discover whether human remains found in the wreck belong to their relatives. https://www.thelocal.it/20140923/costa Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:08:00 +0200 costa A 200-strong crowd snatched the body of a member of a mafia clan from a Naples hospital in the middle of the night, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.it/20140821/200-storm-hospital-to-nab-mafia-relatives-body Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:37:00 +0200 200-storm-hospital-to-nab-mafia-relatives-body Human remains have been found in the wreck of the Costa Concordia. It is not yet clear whether they are the remains of a missing Indian waiter. https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/search-underway-for-missing-concordia-waiter Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:45:00 +0200 search-underway-for-missing-concordia-waiter