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 With the UK parliament still gridlocked on how to find a compromise on Brexit, the likelihood of Britain exiting the European Union without a deal grows by the day. Here's what that would mean for Brits in each country. Compare your possible future rights with those of Britons elsewhere in the EU.. https://www.thelocal.it/20190214/country-by-country-guide-to-what-brits-in-the-eu-can-expect-in-the-event-of-a-no-deal-brexit Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:06:46 +0100 country-by-country-guide-to-what-brits-in-the-eu-can-expect-in-the-event-of-a-no-deal-brexit The trauma of Brexit and the fight to make sure the UK's divorce from the EU does not ruin the lives of 1.2 million Brits living across the EU has brought people together both online and in person. This is the story of how the 'citizen of nowhere network' came together. https://www.thelocal.it/20190111/how-a-group-of-brits-in-europe-took-on-the-fight-for-citizens-rights-part-three Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:15:39 +0100 how-a-group-of-brits-in-europe-took-on-the-fight-for-citizens-rights-part-three The UK Foreign Office has launched a new website for those anxious Brits expats who live in Europe and fear the consequences of Brexit. https://www.thelocal.it/20160715/keep-calm-and-wait-and-see-advice-for-expats-post-brexit Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:54:02 +0200 keep-calm-and-wait-and-see-advice-for-expats-post-brexit The value of the pound has tumbled against the euro post-Brexit referendum, with some experts predicting the two currencies could end up at parity. The falling currency can have a huge impact on the lives of expats in the EU. https://www.thelocal.it/20160706/british-pound-falls-again-and-heads-for-parity-against-euro Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:44:48 +0200 british-pound-falls-again-and-heads-for-parity-against-euro It’s been three days since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and the shock of the outcome, along with the calamity that’s followed, is yet to subside among Britons living in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/british-business-owners-in-italy-feel-brexit-jitters Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:56:57 +0200 british-business-owners-in-italy-feel-brexit-jitters British expats who have been registered to vote in the UK within the last 15 years have until Tuesday June 7th to apply for a proxy vote in the EU referendum. https://www.thelocal.it/20160520/brits-be-warned-applications-for-brexit-proxy-vote-needed-by-june-7th Fri, 20 May 2016 18:09:10 +0200 brits-be-warned-applications-for-brexit-proxy-vote-needed-by-june-7th British film director Sam Mendes will head the jury at the 73rd Venice film festival this summer, organizers announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/uk-director-sam-mendes-to-head-venice-film-festival-jury Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:25:03 +0200 uk-director-sam-mendes-to-head-venice-film-festival-jury A 22-year-old British student was among those hurt in an explosion which ripped through a building in Naples late on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.it/20160216/british-student-hurt-in-naples-gas-explosion Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:27:03 +0100 british-student-hurt-in-naples-gas-explosion A seven-year-old British schoolboy with a severe dairy allergy died in Italy after going into anaphylactic shock following a pasta lunch. https://www.thelocal.it/20151103/british-boy-dies-from-allergic-reaction-in-italy Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:13:07 +0100 british-boy-dies-from-allergic-reaction-in-italy A British tourist died while swimming off the coast of the Italian island of Elba on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151014/british-tourist-dies-while-swimming-of-italys-elba Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:00:40 +0200 british-tourist-dies-while-swimming-of-italys-elba A British tourist has been mugged at lightning speed in Naples, where robbers snatched his €35,000 watch as soon as their victim stepped out of a taxi. https://www.thelocal.it/20150903/video-british-tourist-mugged-of-35k-watch Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:02:15 +0200 video-british-tourist-mugged-of-35k-watch British supermodel Naomi Campbell was on Friday convicted by a Sicilian court of assaulting a photographer on the island of Lipari, and given a six month suspended prison term, Live Sicilia reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150731/naomi-campbell-convicted-over-italy-assault Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:58:51 +0200 naomi-campbell-convicted-over-italy-assault A 66-year-old British woman is thought to have drowned in a swimming pool at her home near Florence in the early hours of Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150706/british-woman-found-dead-in-tuscan-pool Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:01:50 +0200 british-woman-found-dead-in-tuscan-pool British Airways passengers, or at least the lucky few who made it back to London from Italy on Wednesday night, vented their anger after their flight was rerouted from Rome to Naples without sufficient prior warning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150702/passenger-fury-over-bas-italy-airport-switch Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:07:32 +0200 passenger-fury-over-bas-italy-airport-switch British Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to help Italy deal with the Mediterranean crisis, promising the UK will work to save migrants at sea and increase aid in North Africa. https://www.thelocal.it/20150619/uk-pledges-to-help-italy-with-migrants Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:26:32 +0200 uk-pledges-to-help-italy-with-migrants Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday that a British exit from the EU would be a “disaster” for the UK after the Conservative party triumphed in the elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20150508/uk-exit-from-the-eu-would-be-a-disaster-italy-fm Fri, 08 May 2015 18:35:34 +0200 uk-exit-from-the-eu-would-be-a-disaster-italy-fm A British navy ship on Thursday came to the rescue of around 100 migrants adrift on a dinghy in the Mediterranean, Italy's coastguard said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150508/british-navy-ship-in-migrant-rescue Fri, 08 May 2015 09:41:26 +0200 british-navy-ship-in-migrant-rescue British people living in other European countries could find themselves forced to take out private health insurance, due to a clampdown on expats using the country’s National Health Service. https://www.thelocal.it/20150421/brits-in-italy-could-face-health-black-hole Tue, 21 Apr 2015 11:00:00 +0200 brits-in-italy-could-face-health-black-hole Two sculptures that languished in obscurity for more than a century may be the only surviving bronze works by Michelangelo, researchers announced in Britain on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150202/statues-may-be-last-remaining-by-michelangelo Mon, 02 Feb 2015 09:47:00 +0100 statues-may-be-last-remaining-by-michelangelo Italy has the fourth largest share in Europe of the world’s richest 47 million people, according to a report from the British charity Oxfam. https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/million-people-in-italy-are-in-the-rich-one-percent-club Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:13:00 +0100 million-people-in-italy-are-in-the-rich-one-percent-club