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 Consumer and business confidence in Italy dropped in November as the country's populist government tussled with Brussels over its big-spending budget plans. https://www.thelocal.it/20181127/italy-consumer-business-confidence-drops Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:20:00 +0100 italy-consumer-business-confidence-drops The European Commission on Tuesday rejected Italy's draft 2019 budget, the first time the EU executive has ever sent a member state back to the drawing board over spending plans. https://www.thelocal.it/20181024/eu-rejects-italy-budget Wed, 24 Oct 2018 11:23:51 +0200 eu-rejects-italy-budget The Italian government insisted Wednesday it would stick to budget forecasts despite a jump in borrowing costs sparked by nervous bond investors, and concerns over the numbers underlying the spending plan. https://www.thelocal.it/20181010/italy-says-it-wont-budge-over-budget Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:45:00 +0200 italy-says-it-wont-budge-over-budget Fears over Italy's financial health – and the consequent spike in borrowing costs for Rome – do not fairly reflect the situation in the eurozone's third largest economy, Finance Minister Giovanni Tria said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181009/italy-says-bond-yields-dont-reflect-true-financial-health Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:30:00 +0200 italy-says-bond-yields-dont-reflect-true-financial-health Italy and France's hard-right leaders launched their European parliament election campaign on Monday with an attack on the "Brussels bunker" they hope to enter en masse after the May vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20181008/italy-and-france-far-right-leaders-slam-brussels-bunker Mon, 08 Oct 2018 18:30:00 +0200 italy-and-france-far-right-leaders-slam-brussels-bunker Eurozone finance ministers firmly warned Italy on Monday to abide by EU rules on public spending, just days after Rome announced a big spending boost in defiance of Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20181001/eurozone-delivers-warning-to-italy-on-eu-budget-rules Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:30:00 +0200 eurozone-delivers-warning-to-italy-on-eu-budget-rules OPINION: It is time to stop moving the EU parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg every month, argues Swedish MEP Anna Maria Corazza Bildt and the Single Seat Steering group. https://www.thelocal.it/20170829/the-eu-should-not-allow-the-symbol-of-peace-in-europe-to-become-a-symbol-of-waste Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:59:59 +0200 the-eu-should-not-allow-the-symbol-of-peace-in-europe-to-become-a-symbol-of-waste Italian deputies on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a draft 2017 budget that the European Commission has warned will breach EU rules on the management of public finances. https://www.thelocal.it/20161126/italian-lawmakers-vote-through-brussels-defying-budget Sat, 26 Nov 2016 08:41:43 +0100 italian-lawmakers-vote-through-brussels-defying-budget An Algerian held in Italy as part of a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers was interrogated Sunday but refused to answer questions, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160329/belgium-terror-suspect-held-in-italy-refuses-to-speak Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:30:35 +0200 belgium-terror-suspect-held-in-italy-refuses-to-speak An Algerian national wanted by Belgium over a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers was arrested in Italy on Saturday, local media reported, citing police sources. https://www.thelocal.it/20160327/italy-arrests-algerian-terror-suspect-wanted-by-belgium-reports Sun, 27 Mar 2016 12:06:15 +0200 italy-arrests-algerian-terror-suspect-wanted-by-belgium-reports 48-year-old Italian Patricia Rizzo was among the 31 citizens of almost a dozen countries that were killed in the Brussels attacks. https://www.thelocal.it/20160326/italian-woman-confirmed-killed-in-brussels-attacks Sat, 26 Mar 2016 16:51:48 +0100 italian-woman-confirmed-killed-in-brussels-attacks An Italian woman is thought to be among the 31 victims of Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels, according to reports in the Italian media. https://www.thelocal.it/20160323/italian-woman-supposed-dead-in-brussels-attacks-reports Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:03:08 +0100 italian-woman-supposed-dead-in-brussels-attacks-reports Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called on Tuesday for a "European pact for freedom and security" following the attacks in Brussels claimed by the Isis group that killed around 35 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20160322/italy-wants-common-eu-defense-after-brussels-attacks Tue, 22 Mar 2016 19:05:56 +0100 italy-wants-common-eu-defense-after-brussels-attacks Three Italians were among over 100 people injured in a blast at Maelbeek metro station in Brussels, close to the European Union headquarters, on Tuesday morning, according to information from the Italian embassy in the Belgian capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20160322/three-italians-injured-in-brussels-terror-attacks Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:54:12 +0100 three-italians-injured-in-brussels-terror-attacks Security was immediately strengthened at airports and train stations in Rome and elsewhere in Italy after at least 21 people were killed in terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160322/italy-convenes-security-meeting-after-brussels-terror-attacks Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:25:03 +0100 italy-convenes-security-meeting-after-brussels-terror-attacks Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was on Friday putting the final touches to a budget which could inject €27 billion into Italy's sickly economy next year - if he can get it past Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20150918/renzi-gambles-on-eu-backing-bumper-budget Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:22:29 +0200 renzi-gambles-on-eu-backing-bumper-budget Italy's tradition of blessing olive branches on Palm Sunday should be ditched this year for fear of spreading a bacteria devastating trees in the south, farmers warned on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150326/olive-disease-threatens-italian-easter-tradition Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:14:51 +0100 olive-disease-threatens-italian-easter-tradition Brussels called for "complete vigilance" on Monday to stop the spread of a strain of bacteria killing olive trees in southern Italy, the European Union's second biggest producer of olive oil. https://www.thelocal.it/20150324/olive-tree-disease-in-italy-alarms-eu Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:29:04 +0100 olive-tree-disease-in-italy-alarms-eu The leaders of Italy and France joined Belgium's Elio Di Rupo on Tuesday to pay homage to the victims of a fatal weekend attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20140528/renzi-in-homage-at-jewish-museum-in-brussels Wed, 28 May 2014 10:13:00 +0200 renzi-in-homage-at-jewish-museum-in-brussels Italians are up in arms after their famed food products such as olive oil and cheeses were given a negative "red" in the UK's "traffic light" food labelling system. Debate over the obesity-fighting campaign has now reached the EU's doors in Brussels. https://www.thelocal.it/20131211/italy-says-traffic-light-system-is-unfair-on-its-diet Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:00:00 +0100 italy-says-traffic-light-system-is-unfair-on-its-diet