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 Italy's populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) announces its candidate for prime minister on Saturday as it braces to attempt a revolutionary shift from protest to ruling party. https://www.thelocal.it/20170923/italian-populists-to-unveil-5-star-candidate-for-pm Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:27:38 +0200 italian-populists-to-unveil-5-star-candidate-for-pm An Italian man has been granted a divorce after claiming that his wife was "possessed by the devil". https://www.thelocal.it/20170410/italian-man-granted-divorce-after-claiming-wife-possessed-by-devil Mon, 10 Apr 2017 13:12:02 +0200 italian-man-granted-divorce-after-claiming-wife-possessed-by-devil After the area labelled 'at risk' of an eruption from Mount Vesuvius was expanded earlier this year based on scientific recommendations, local authorities said on Thursday that "most" of the updated evacuation plan was ready. https://www.thelocal.it/20161013/evacuation-plan-for-vesuvius-eruption-naples-campania-will-be-ready-by-october Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:38:11 +0200 evacuation-plan-for-vesuvius-eruption-naples-campania-will-be-ready-by-october Italy's economy stalled in the second quarter of the year, official data indicated on Friday, exacerbating fears a sluggish recovery from recession is running out of steam. https://www.thelocal.it/20160812/italian-economy-grinds-to-a-halt-as-recovery-runs-out-of-steam Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:38:14 +0200 italian-economy-grinds-to-a-halt-as-recovery-runs-out-of-steam In the fields around Taranto, Puglia, more and more farmers are sowing fields of cannabis in a bid to save their precious soil which has been rendered unsafe thanks to years of pollution from Europe's biggest steel plant. https://www.thelocal.it/20160603/puglias-farmers-sow-fields-of-cannabis-to-save-soils-from-steel-plant-pollution Fri, 03 Jun 2016 15:00:37 +0200 puglias-farmers-sow-fields-of-cannabis-to-save-soils-from-steel-plant-pollution A 25-year-old man has been arrested in the Calabrian city of Cosenza as part of Italy’s anti-terrorism sweep. https://www.thelocal.it/20160125/italian-police-arrest-suspected-jihadist Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:21:55 +0100 italian-police-arrest-suspected-jihadist If you’re planning a trip to the northern town of Pontoglio, be warned: you’ll be thrown out if you don’t respect Christian values. https://www.thelocal.it/20151217/italian-town-puts-up-christians-only-signs Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:56:02 +0100 italian-town-puts-up-christians-only-signs An Italian vet, who sparked a backlash last week after a photo of him posing with a lion he killed in Tanzania emerged online, has been fired from his role at a kennel near Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20151109/italian-vet-sacked-from-kennel-job-over-lion-killing Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:55:35 +0100 italian-vet-sacked-from-kennel-job-over-lion-killing A 41-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly starving, abusing, humiliating and keeping a 77-year-old man in a bed surrounded by metal bars - in his own home - for four years. https://www.thelocal.it/20150807/rome-pensioner-held-captive-for-four-years Fri, 07 Aug 2015 12:03:36 +0200 rome-pensioner-held-captive-for-four-years UPDATED: Three people have been detained for manslaughter after a five-year-old boy died on Thursday when he fell into the lift shaft at a metro stop in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:32:49 +0200 boy-5-killed-after-falling-into-rome-metro-lift-shaft A match-fixing scandal in Italy that has rocked Catania took a new twist on Monday when the Serie B club's president admitted to buying the results of five league games in a bid to "save the club". https://www.thelocal.it/20150629/catania-chief-confesses-to-match-fixing-prosecutor Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:04:18 +0200 catania-chief-confesses-to-match-fixing-prosecutor Italy's top court on Tuesday reviews former premier Silvio Berlusconi's acquittal on charges of paying for sex with an under-age exotic dancer known as "Ruby the heart stealer". https://www.thelocal.it/20150310/berlusconi-sex-saga-resumes-at-top-court-reviews-acquittal Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:16:23 +0100 berlusconi-sex-saga-resumes-at-top-court-reviews-acquittal On the murky edges of the global shipping industry, decades-old, rusting ships such as those used to smuggle hundreds of people into Italy last week are traded almost as easily as second-hand cars. https://www.thelocal.it/20150107/migrant-ships-trade-as-easily-as-second-hand-cars Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:18:00 +0100 migrant-ships-trade-as-easily-as-second-hand-cars Two Rome traffic police officers, who dozed off while on duty and woke up to find their pricey speed camera had been stolen, are facing suspension. https://www.thelocal.it/20141216/speed-camera-stolen-as-italian-traffic-cops-snoozed Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:51:00 +0100 speed-camera-stolen-as-italian-traffic-cops-snoozed Residents in the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro, which is host to a shipment of deadly Syrian chemical agents, are fearing the impact the weapons will have on their health and the environment. https://www.thelocal.it/20140701/we-dont-want-syrias-weapons-italian-mayor Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:54:00 +0200 we-dont-want-syrias-weapons-italian-mayor Britain's Prince Harry visited an Italian World War II battlefield on Sunday where tens of thousands of soldiers died 70 years ago and unveiled the design of Britain's pavilion for the Milan Expo. https://www.thelocal.it/20140519/prince-harry-visits-wwii-battle-site-in-italy Mon, 19 May 2014 10:08:00 +0200 prince-harry-visits-wwii-battle-site-in-italy Italy's new prime minister, Matteo Renzi, said on Tuesday the European Union needed Britain, but offered little backing for his counterpart David Cameron's hopes of treaty change. https://www.thelocal.it/20140401/absolutely-crucial-uk-stays-in-eu-renzi-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:28:04 +0200 absolutely-crucial-uk-stays-in-eu-renzi-2 A shipment of deadly Syrian chemical agents expected to arrive in the Italian port of Gioia Tauro, in Calabria, has sparked fears among the local population but dock workers are hoping it could help relaunch their crisis-hit hub. https://www.thelocal.it/20140212/syrian-arms-arrival-could-boost-italian-port Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:29:00 +0100 syrian-arms-arrival-could-boost-italian-port German police on Tuesday raided 20 sites nationwide in a crackdown on suspected money laundering for the Italian 'Ndrangheta mafia syndicate involving a major wind energy project, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131119/germany-cracks-down-on-italian-mafia Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:49:00 +0100 germany-cracks-down-on-italian-mafia A man dressed as a priest, and carrying a suitcase emblazoned with holy symbols, was arrested while trying to cross the Italian border from France with six kilograms of cocaine. https://www.thelocal.it/20131025/fake-priest-caught-with-six-kilos-of-cocaine Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:24:00 +0200 fake-priest-caught-with-six-kilos-of-cocaine