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 Wealthy South Tyrol - a little bit of Austria in Italy - is the latest bottleneck in Europe's refugee crisis. Angela Giuffrida finds a region battling with the consequences. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/south-tyrol-richest-italian-region-migrant-strain Wed, 18 May 2016 09:00:38 +0200 south-tyrol-richest-italian-region-migrant-strain Austria said Friday it would no longer seek to resume controversial checks on its frontier with Italy after tougher measures by Rome have led to a huge drop in migrant numbers. https://www.thelocal.it/20160513/austria-backs-down-on-brenner-pass-border-checks Fri, 13 May 2016 20:14:35 +0200 austria-backs-down-on-brenner-pass-border-checks Italy and Austria were set for showdown talks Thursday as Italian politicians and media reacted furiously to Vienna's new anti-migrant measures that could close the border between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/tense-talks-as-italy-fumes-over-austria-migrant-slap Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:26:29 +0200 tense-talks-as-italy-fumes-over-austria-migrant-slap Hundreds of Italian demonstrators on Sunday faced off with similar numbers of Austrian police at the border between the two countries in the latest sign of tensions arising from Europe's migrant crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160424/demonstrators-face-pepper-spray-over-brenner-pass Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:13:27 +0200 demonstrators-face-pepper-spray-over-brenner-pass Austria will reintroduce controls along its border with Italy unless the migrant flow through the area is drastically reduced, Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz warned in an interview published on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160420/austria-says-border-controls-needed-to-stem-migrant-flow-via-italy Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:54:15 +0200 austria-says-border-controls-needed-to-stem-migrant-flow-via-italy The introduction of border controls at the Brenner pass between Austria and Italy could result in a “second Idomeni” being created, a German politician warned yesterday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160419/warnings-of-a-second-idomeni-on-italy-austria-border Tue, 19 Apr 2016 12:57:44 +0200 warnings-of-a-second-idomeni-on-italy-austria-border Austria has threatened to completely close the Brenner pass, one of the main links across the Alps, unless Italy stops the flow of refugees to its northern neighbour. https://www.thelocal.it/20160414/well-close-brenner-pass-unless-italy-stops-refugee-flow-austria Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:22:24 +0200 well-close-brenner-pass-unless-italy-stops-refugee-flow-austria Austria has begun building an anti-migrant barrier across the Brenner pass at the Italian border. https://www.thelocal.it/20160411/austria-begins-building-anti-migrant-barrier-on-italy-boarder Mon, 11 Apr 2016 20:22:11 +0200 austria-begins-building-anti-migrant-barrier-on-italy-boarder