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 Former communist militant Cesare Battisti, wanted in Italy for four murders in the 1970s, arrived in Rome on Monday after an international police squad tracked him down and arrested him in Bolivia. https://www.thelocal.it/20190114/cesare-battisti-returned-to-italy-bolivia-brazil Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:53:14 +0100 cesare-battisti-returned-to-italy-bolivia-brazil Convicted as a murderer for bloodshed in the 1970s, former leftwing Italian activist Cesare Battisti, who was caught in Bolivia, has spent almost four decades on the run, detailing his experiences in a string of acclaimed thrillers. https://www.thelocal.it/20190113/who-is-cesare-battisti-the-convicted-murderer-who-spent-a-life-on-the-run Sun, 13 Jan 2019 14:57:16 +0100 who-is-cesare-battisti-the-convicted-murderer-who-spent-a-life-on-the-run UPDATED:Cesare Battisti, an Italian sought by Rome for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s, was in Bolivia and will be extradited to Brazil and then likely to Italy, a senior aide to Brazil's new president said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190113/italian-ex-militant-battisti-arrested-in-bolivia Sun, 13 Jan 2019 09:46:19 +0100 italian-ex-militant-battisti-arrested-in-bolivia A judge in Brazil on Thursday ordered the arrest of an Italian wanted in his country for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s. https://www.thelocal.it/20181214/brazil-arrest-cesare-battisti-extradition-italy Fri, 14 Dec 2018 09:47:27 +0100 brazil-arrest-cesare-battisti-extradition-italy Italy’s government has high hopes that Brazil’s new far-right president Jair Bolsonaro will extradite fugitive Cesare Battisti. https://www.thelocal.it/20181031/brazils-new-president-promises-to-extradite-italian-terrorist-battisti-as-a-gift Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:16:10 +0100 brazils-new-president-promises-to-extradite-italian-terrorist-battisti-as-a-gift Discovering they were related to Brazil's right-wing presidential election front-runner was quite the shock for Jair Bolsonaro's distant cousins in Italy, who had no idea of their claim to fame. https://www.thelocal.it/20181026/anguillera-veneta-jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election-italy-emigration Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:16:31 +0200 anguillera-veneta-jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election-italy-emigration Italian Alessio Figalli was among four winners on Wednesday of the prestigious Fields prize, dubbed the Nobel for mathematics. https://www.thelocal.it/20180802/italian-one-of-the-winners-of-nobel-prize-for-maths Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:48:16 +0200 italian-one-of-the-winners-of-nobel-prize-for-maths Brazil’s Supreme Court has delayed a session to discuss the extradition of Cesare Battisti, a convicted Italian killer who has spent decades on the run. https://www.thelocal.it/20171025/italy-fugitive-cesare-battisti-extradition-brazil Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:53:34 +0200 italy-fugitive-cesare-battisti-extradition-brazil Drug traffickers shot an Italian tourist in the head and killed him on Thursday, after he and his companion strayed into a slum in Rio de Janeiro, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20161209/italian-tourist-killed-in-rio-after-gps-directed-him-to-slum Fri, 09 Dec 2016 09:56:03 +0100 italian-tourist-killed-in-rio-after-gps-directed-him-to-slum With three Michelin stars to his name and a restaurant recently crowned the world's best, Italian chef Massimo Bottura is used to serving the wealthy in his Modena restaurant. https://www.thelocal.it/20160818/the-top-italian-chef-feeding-homeless-rio-olympics Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:54:49 +0200 the-top-italian-chef-feeding-homeless-rio-olympics Italy's Enel Green Power said on Monday it had won the right to sell power supply contracts for 553 MW in Brazil and would be investing €533 million euros in three new plants. https://www.thelocal.it/20150831/italys-enel-green-power-becomes-top-solar-player-in-brazil Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:14:14 +0200 italys-enel-green-power-becomes-top-solar-player-in-brazil A crime boss convicted of more than 20 murders and sentenced to life in prison in his native Italy was arrested in Brazil on Tuesday after nearly 30 years on the run, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150527/brazil-arrests-mafioso-on-run-since-1980s Wed, 27 May 2015 10:46:40 +0200 brazil-arrests-mafioso-on-run-since-1980s Police in Brazil arrested on Thursday the Italian extremist and writer Cesare Battisti, who was convicted of murder in his home country and has been on the run for decades. https://www.thelocal.it/20150313/brazilian-police-arrest-italian-extremist Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:06:10 +0100 brazilian-police-arrest-italian-extremist A Brazilian federal judge on Tuesday ordered the deportation of Italian extremist and writer Cesare Battisti, convicted of murder in his homeland, citing legislation providing for the removal of wanted foreign nationals. https://www.thelocal.it/20150304/brazil-orders-deportation-of-italian-extremist Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:21:00 +0100 brazil-orders-deportation-of-italian-extremist A Brazilian woman has been named a suspect in the murder of her Italian friend, whose body was found on a beach in Brazil on Christmas Day. https://www.thelocal.it/20141230/brazilian-suspected-in-christmas-killing-of-italian-woman Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:07:00 +0100 brazilian-suspected-in-christmas-killing-of-italian-woman Italy's former manager Cesare Prandelli received threatening letters and was likened to Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia, after the team's World Cup exit. https://www.thelocal.it/20140709/prandelli-threatened-and-likened-to-schettino Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:30:00 +0200 prandelli-threatened-and-likened-to-schettino An Italian football fan who ran onto the pitch during the World Cup match between Belgium and the United States earlier this week - sporting a Superman T-shirt - has been charged by Brazilian authorities. https://www.thelocal.it/20140703/italian-superman-charged-by-brazil-authorities Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:41:00 +0200 italian-superman-charged-by-brazil-authorities Italy's national football team was booted out of the World Cup earlier this week, but the nation's ancestry is so far keeping the country on the pitch. https://www.thelocal.it/20140626/ancestry-keeps-italy-in-world-cup Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:03:00 +0200 ancestry-keeps-italy-in-world-cup Cesare Prandelli resigned on Tuesday after four years at the helm of the Italian football team. As the squad packs up to come home from the World Cup, The Local takes a look at the career of their former head coach. https://www.thelocal.it/20140625/the-coach-who-took-italy-to-brazil Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:50:00 +0200 the-coach-who-took-italy-to-brazil UPDATED: Uruguay star Luis Suarez faces expulsion from the World Cup for biting another player as FIFA confirmed it had opened disciplinary proceedings against him on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140625/suarez-faces-fifa-probe-for-biting-italy-player Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:01:00 +0200 suarez-faces-fifa-probe-for-biting-italy-player