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 Dog owners visiting the northern Italian province of Bolzano could soon be charged a tax if they want to bring their pets with them, as local authorities seek to crack down on "uncivilised" behaviour. https://www.thelocal.it/20250926/italys-bolzano-proposes-introducing-tourist-tax-for-dogs Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:13:19 +0200 italys-bolzano-proposes-introducing-tourist-tax-for-dogs The northern Italian province says it will push ahead with plans to fine dog owners who refuse to pay for DNA profiling in a crackdown on dog poo in the streets. https://www.thelocal.it/20240123/do-dogs-in-italys-bolzano-really-have-to-be-dna-tested-under-new-laws Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:53:37 +0100 do-dogs-in-italys-bolzano-really-have-to-be-dna-tested-under-new-laws Local health authorities have organised mass screening for the coronavirus in South Tyrol, hoping to test up to 70 percent of the population. https://www.thelocal.it/20201120/covid-19-italys-south-tyrol-region-begins-3-day-mass-testing-programme Fri, 20 Nov 2020 11:14:41 +0100 covid-19-italys-south-tyrol-region-begins-3-day-mass-testing-programme Italy's birth rate reached another new low in 2019, according to new figures. But in the northern province of Bolzano, the birth rate is instead increasing. https://www.thelocal.it/20200714/italys-birth-rate-drops-again-except-in-one-province Tue, 14 Jul 2020 15:27:58 +0200 italys-birth-rate-drops-again-except-in-one-province A diplomatic row threatens to disrupt Italy's Alpine province of South Tyrol: over the question of national identity and whether some of its inhabitants should have the right to Austrian citizenship. https://www.thelocal.it/20181018/italy-and-austria-at-odds-over-south-tyrol-dual-citizenship Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:08:32 +0200 italy-and-austria-at-odds-over-south-tyrol-dual-citizenship Two northern Italian councils have legalized the shooting of wild wolves and bears, plans which have been met with backlash from animal rights organizations and the Minister for the Environment. https://www.thelocal.it/20180709/italian-trento-bolzano-shooting-wolves-bears-sergio-costa-wwf Mon, 09 Jul 2018 12:46:51 +0200 italian-trento-bolzano-shooting-wolves-bears-sergio-costa-wwf One in four Italians is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, a new report says, and the risk is almost twice as high in the south of the country. https://www.thelocal.it/20161206/half-of-southern-italians-at-risk-of-poverty-report Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:49:11 +0100 half-of-southern-italians-at-risk-of-poverty-report A snowshoe discovered over a decade ago in Italy’s Dolomite mountains and previously thought to belong to a nineteenth century cattle farmer is actually nearly six thousand years old, it has been revealed. https://www.thelocal.it/20160913/mountain-snowshoe-in-profs-office-is-6000-years-old Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:45:12 +0200 mountain-snowshoe-in-profs-office-is-6000-years-old Cool is not the kind of adjective that you would normally associate with Bolzano, the scenic capital of Italy’s northern Alto Adige region. https://www.thelocal.it/20160311/italian-artist-redefines-cultural-landscape-of-bolzano Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:29:57 +0100 italian-artist-redefines-cultural-landscape-of-bolzano A new survey reveals the very best place to live in Italy. Yes, it is in the north, and no, it's not Milan or Turin. Welcome to Bolzano. https://www.thelocal.it/20151221/and-the-best-place-to-live-in-italy-is Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:00:03 +0100 and-the-best-place-to-live-in-italy-is Cleaning staff at the Museion modern art gallery in Bolzano have landed themselves in hot water after mistakenly sweeping up a modern art exhibit they thought was the remnants of the previous night's party. https://www.thelocal.it/20151026/italian-cleaners-bin-modern-art-as-rubbish Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:49:10 +0100 italian-cleaners-bin-modern-art-as-rubbish Bolzano in the far north of Italy consistently earns top marks for quality of life, scoring well on everything from jobs to civic engagement. The Local finds out what makes the German-speaking city so special. https://www.thelocal.it/20150205/what-makes-life-in-bolzano-so-good Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:23:00 +0100 what-makes-life-in-bolzano-so-good A 75-year-old farmer from the northern Italian province of Bolzano has died after being knocked down by a bull. https://www.thelocal.it/20140528/farmer-killed-by-bull-in-bolzano Wed, 28 May 2014 19:10:00 +0200 farmer-killed-by-bull-in-bolzano A politician from the provincial council of Bolzano has denied dipping into public funds to buy a sex toy, which she said was a birthday gift for a male colleague. https://www.thelocal.it/20140313/sex-toy-was-a-birthday-gift-bolzano-politician Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:53:00 +0100 sex-toy-was-a-birthday-gift-bolzano-politician Politicians in Bolzano, a city in Italy’s wealthiest province, South Tyrol, have come under fire after it emerged that sex toys were among some members' expense claims. https://www.thelocal.it/20140311/bolzano-politicians-spent-cash-on-sex-toys Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:48:00 +0100 bolzano-politicians-spent-cash-on-sex-toys Publicly singing the Little Black Face (Faccetta Nera), a song which romanticizes the invasion of Ethiopia by Benito Mussolini, does not amount to promoting fascism, an Italian court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20140129/fascist-era-black-face-song-not-criminal-court Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:33:00 +0100 fascist-era-black-face-song-not-criminal-court A letter posted just 500 metres away from its intended destination in the northern Italian city of Bolzano has been delivered - 17 years late. https://www.thelocal.it/20131210/letter-delivered-17-years-late-in-bolzano Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:28:00 +0100 letter-delivered-17-years-late-in-bolzano An Italian court has ordered a priest and his parish to pay €700,000 compensation after he allegedly spent years sexually abusing a girl. The ruling has been hailed as a first of its kind in Italy by the family’s lawyer. https://www.thelocal.it/20130829/priest-must-pay-700000-over-alleged-child-abuse Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:17:00 +0200 priest-must-pay-700000-over-alleged-child-abuse A three-year-old boy caught his arm in a meat grinder at a kebab shop in the northern Italian town of Lutago, Bolzano. https://www.thelocal.it/20130812/three-year-old-gets-arm-trapped-in-meat-grinder Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:44:00 +0200 three-year-old-gets-arm-trapped-in-meat-grinder