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 A Venice port area was evacuated on Sunday morning as a World War II-era bomb was defused and exploded in the sea. https://www.thelocal.it/20200202/venice-shuts-down-for-wwii-era-bomb-removal Sun, 02 Feb 2020 12:18:44 +0100 venice-shuts-down-for-wwii-era-bomb-removal A court in Italy has sentenced a former far-right extremist to life in prison for his part in a bombing at a railway station that killed 85 people 40 years ago. https://www.thelocal.it/20200110/italian-far-right-extremist-life-sentence-bologna-bombing Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:43:39 +0100 italian-far-right-extremist-life-sentence-bologna-bombing Local officials evacuated 54,000 people from the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Sunday as experts worked on a World War II bomb, the largest operation of its kind in the country, media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20191216/more-than-50000-evacuated-in-southern-italy-because-of-wwii-bomb Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:10:20 +0100 more-than-50000-evacuated-in-southern-italy-because-of-wwii-bomb More than 10,000 residents of central Turin were evacuated on Sunday while demolition experts defused a British bomb from World War II, local authorities said. https://www.thelocal.it/20191201/unexploded-wwii-bomb-in-turin-prompts-evacuation-of-10000-people Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:47:23 +0100 unexploded-wwii-bomb-in-turin-prompts-evacuation-of-10000-people A man died in Calabria in southern Italy on Monday after his car blew up in a suspected car bomb incident. https://www.thelocal.it/20180410/one-dead-one-injured-in-suspected-car-bombing-italy-matteo-vinci Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:22:40 +0200 one-dead-one-injured-in-suspected-car-bombing-italy-matteo-vinci Divers from the Italian navy have recovered two American aerial bombs found in a river in the north-east of the country, in what the navy called a "delicate and complex operation". https://www.thelocal.it/20170918/italian-navy-divers-have-found-and-detonated-two-american-second-world-war-bombs Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:34:02 +0200 italian-navy-divers-have-found-and-detonated-two-american-second-world-war-bombs A wooden box containing a battery and wires sparked a bomb-scare on Monday evening, after it was found at an underground station in Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20160726/hoax-package-causes-bomb-scare-on-milans-underground Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:40:07 +0200 hoax-package-causes-bomb-scare-on-milans-underground A parcel bomb was intercepted on Tuesday at the headquarters of the EU food safety watchdog's headquarters in northern Italy and was safely detonated by a bomb disposal team. https://www.thelocal.it/20160608/parcel-bomb-found-at-eu-food-watchdog-in-italy Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:23:05 +0200 parcel-bomb-found-at-eu-food-watchdog-in-italy Beppe Grillo, the founder of Italy's Five Star Movement (MS5), has sparked controversy after joking that London's new mayor, Sadiq Khan, is a suicide bomber. https://www.thelocal.it/20160516/grillo-sparks-fury-with-suicide-bomber-jibe-at-londons-muslim-mayor Mon, 16 May 2016 13:55:58 +0200 grillo-sparks-fury-with-suicide-bomber-jibe-at-londons-muslim-mayor Fire fighters were called to a street in the northern Italian city of Modena after a resident reported a buzzing sound coming from a rubbish bin. https://www.thelocal.it/20160318/buzzing-bomb-in-bin-was-recycled-sex-toy Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:00:36 +0100 buzzing-bomb-in-bin-was-recycled-sex-toy Italy said on Tuesday it was treating 15 Libyan police officers injured in a January 7th truck bombing that has been claimed by the Islamic State group. https://www.thelocal.it/20160112/italy-treats-libyan-victims-of-isis-bomb Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:55:55 +0100 italy-treats-libyan-victims-of-isis-bomb A bomb exploded on Thursday evening at the entrance of a police training school in the northern city of Brescia. https://www.thelocal.it/20151218/bomb-explodes-outside-brescia-police-school Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:39:13 +0100 bomb-explodes-outside-brescia-police-school Italy was cut in two this morning as an unexploded WWII bomb was removed from a field in Umbria, stopping traffic on Italy's busy A1 motorway that joins Milan to Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples . https://www.thelocal.it/20151202/unexploded-wwii-bomb-causes-italy-travel-havoc Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:51:14 +0100 unexploded-wwii-bomb-causes-italy-travel-havoc The American government has approved the sale of technology which will be used to arm two Italian Air Force drones. https://www.thelocal.it/20151105/italy-gets-us-permission-to-arm-drones Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:24:57 +0100 italy-gets-us-permission-to-arm-drones The Italian Ministry of Defence has said that the use of Italian fighter jets to bomb strategic Isis targets in Iraq is not imminent. https://www.thelocal.it/20151006/italian-mod-denies-iraq-bombing-campaign-imminent Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:52:48 +0200 italian-mod-denies-iraq-bombing-campaign-imminent Part of Genoa was shut down for hours on Wednesday by a bomb alert, only for security officials to discover the feared object contained leftover soup. https://www.thelocal.it/20150924/soup-pot-prompts-bomb-scare-in-italy Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:02:55 +0200 soup-pot-prompts-bomb-scare-in-italy The Isis jihadist group on Tuesday claimed a car bomb attack against an oil company co-owned by Italy's Eni in the Libyan capital that wounded one person. https://www.thelocal.it/20150901/libya-car-bomb-damages-office-of-italys-eni Tue, 01 Sep 2015 18:27:38 +0200 libya-car-bomb-damages-office-of-italys-eni An investigation has been launched in Rome after an explosive package was sent to the French embassy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150813/letter-bomb-sent-to-french-embassy-in-rome Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:48:02 +0200 letter-bomb-sent-to-french-embassy-in-rome With the high-profile bombing of Italy's consulate in the heart of the Egyptian capital, the Islamic State jihadist group has stepped up its deadly campaign against the regime by striking Cairo's Western allies. https://www.thelocal.it/20150713/is-steps-up-egypt-campaign-with-italy-consulate-hit Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:04:58 +0200 is-steps-up-egypt-campaign-with-italy-consulate-hit One person was killed Saturday in a powerful explosion that partly damaged the Italian consulate in central Cairo, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150711/one-dead-in-blast-at-italy-consulate-in-cairo Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:23:40 +0200 one-dead-in-blast-at-italy-consulate-in-cairo