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 Italian resort Rimini this week marked 100 years since the birth of director Federico Fellini, whose visual dreamscapes revolutionised cinema in a career spanning almost half a century. https://www.thelocal.it/20200122/rimini-celebrates-centenary-of-legendary-italian-director-federico-fellini Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:06:41 +0100 rimini-celebrates-centenary-of-legendary-italian-director-federico-fellini An Italian court on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo Da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing and other works to France's Louvre museum, ending a bitter cultural row. https://www.thelocal.it/20191016/should-italy-loan-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-to-france Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:09:43 +0200 should-italy-loan-da-vinci-vitruvian-man-to-france The captain of detained migrant rescue ship the Sea Watch 3, Carola Rackete, will sue Matteo Salvini for defamation after a tirade of insults from Italy's anti-immigration interior minister, her lawyer said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190705/sea-watch-captain-carola-rackete-sue-matteo-salvini-defamation-italy Fri, 05 Jul 2019 19:46:38 +0200 sea-watch-captain-carola-rackete-sue-matteo-salvini-defamation-italy As balconies bristle with tree branches and sunshine dapples the leaves of thousands of plants, two apartment buildings in the heart of Milan have almost disappeared under lush forest. https://www.thelocal.it/20171008/italys-high-rise-forests-take-root-around-the-world Sun, 08 Oct 2017 18:36:26 +0200 italys-high-rise-forests-take-root-around-the-world Italian police launched a manhunt on Saturday for a killer who doused a homeless man in flammable liquid and set him alight as he slept in Palermo, Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20170311/italy-manhunt-for-killer-of-homeless-man-burned-alive Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:17:15 +0100 italy-manhunt-for-killer-of-homeless-man-burned-alive Juventus are consulting lawyers to protect the club's "honour and integrity" after a newspaper report linked club officials to hardline ultra-fans with organized crime connections via a ticket touting scam. https://www.thelocal.it/20170126/top-italian-football-club-accused-of-mafia-links Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:11:09 +0100 top-italian-football-club-accused-of-mafia-links Isabel and Federica are among the many Italians finally able to make their love official, thanks to the civil union bill this year which legalized same sex unions in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160928/former-nuns-to-tie-the-knot-in-civil-union Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:01:34 +0200 former-nuns-to-tie-the-knot-in-civil-union Popular Italian TV chef Gianfranco Vissani described vegans as "a sect" and said he would "kill them all", before being swiftly rebuked by a co-presenter on a cooking programme. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/italian-tv-chef-provokes-outrage-with-a-tirade-against-vegans Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:21:55 +0200 italian-tv-chef-provokes-outrage-with-a-tirade-against-vegans A seven-year-old Italian schoolgirl stunned her father when she unearthed a woolly mammoth fossil on the banks of the River Po. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/seven-year-old-finds-woolly-mammoth-bone-near-river-po Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:00:57 +0200 seven-year-old-finds-woolly-mammoth-bone-near-river-po Rome on Tuesday issued a €500 million SOS to companies, wealthy philanthropists and its own citizens to help restore many of the Italian capital's iconic historic sites and avoid the risk of some falling into ruin. https://www.thelocal.it/20160525/rome-pleas-for-500-million-to-restore-historic-icons-monuments-italy Wed, 25 May 2016 10:40:13 +0200 rome-pleas-for-500-million-to-restore-historic-icons-monuments-italy Rome authorities are set to build the world's first 'archaeological underground station' around an ancient Roman barracks which came to light during works to build a new underground station. https://www.thelocal.it/20160517/rome-mulls-metro-museum-after-new-line-works-unearth-ruin Tue, 17 May 2016 14:11:48 +0200 rome-mulls-metro-museum-after-new-line-works-unearth-ruin US Vice President Joe Biden won Pope Francis's backing Friday in his battle for research advances in curing cancer to be made available to everyone, as he brought his "Moonshot" campaign to the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/joe-biden-takes-moonshot-cancer-campaign-to-vatican Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:44:22 +0200 joe-biden-takes-moonshot-cancer-campaign-to-vatican Umberto and Roberto, who appeared on Italia’s Got Talent last week, have been together for two years. But only their mothers knew they were gay. https://www.thelocal.it/20160329/italian-gay-couple-come-out-to-their-dads-on-live-tv Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:29:11 +0200 italian-gay-couple-come-out-to-their-dads-on-live-tv Guitarist David Gilmour will play the ancient Roman amphitheatre at Pompeii on July 7th and 8th, 45 years after recording a documentary there with former bandmates Pink Floyd, Italy's culture minister said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160317/gilmour-books-pompeii-summer-gigs-45-years-on Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:29:26 +0100 gilmour-books-pompeii-summer-gigs-45-years-on All new restaurants and food shops in Florence's historic centre will need to ensure at least 70 percent of their produce is local. https://www.thelocal.it/20160316/florence-to-force-new-shops-and-restaurants-to-sell-local-foods Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:06:21 +0100 florence-to-force-new-shops-and-restaurants-to-sell-local-foods A Rome family court has approved a lesbian couple's request to simultaneously adopt each other's daughters in a legal first in Italy, gay groups said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160302/italy-tribunal-approves-lesbian-couples-adoption-of-each-others-children Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:07:13 +0100 italy-tribunal-approves-lesbian-couples-adoption-of-each-others-children Some 3,000 boxes of "organic" women's panty liners have been yanked from the shelves in France and Canada after they were found to contain tiny amounts of pesticide, Italian manufacturer Corman said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160224/italy-made-panty-liners-found-with-traces-of-weed Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:57:52 +0100 italy-made-panty-liners-found-with-traces-of-weed A man from Lazio is taking his wife to court for “mistreatment of the family” because she did not cook or clean enough, Italian media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/wife-risks-6-years-in-jail-for-not-doing-housework Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:16:32 +0100 wife-risks-6-years-in-jail-for-not-doing-housework Angry parents in an Italian Alpine town dressed as elves this week in protest after a Sunday school priest told their children Father Christmas didn't exist. https://www.thelocal.it/20151218/outrcry-after-italy-priest-tells-kids-santa-isnt-real Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:21:55 +0100 outrcry-after-italy-priest-tells-kids-santa-isnt-real UPDATED: Pope Francis on Tuesday marked the start of an extraordinary Jubilee year for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics by opening a "Holy Door" in the walls of St Peter's basilica. https://www.thelocal.it/20151208/pope-opens-the-door-to-catholic-jubilee Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:53:39 +0100 pope-opens-the-door-to-catholic-jubilee