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 A campaign started by four young Italians to inundate Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini with postcards denouncing migrant deaths in the Mediterranean has collected thousands of cards following all-day signings in Rome and Milan Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181001/postcards-for-salvini-activists-to-deliver-thousands-of-pro-migrant-cards-to-italys-interior-minister Mon, 01 Oct 2018 18:30:00 +0200 postcards-for-salvini-activists-to-deliver-thousands-of-pro-migrant-cards-to-italys-interior-minister Footballers in Italy took to the pitch this weekend with a red streak on their cheeks as part of a social media initiative targeting violence against women. https://www.thelocal.it/20180422/red-card-to-violence-italian-footballers-support-womens-campaign Sun, 22 Apr 2018 12:09:21 +0200 red-card-to-violence-italian-footballers-support-womens-campaign A 120km relay race - the length of three marathons - will take place in Tuscany on the night of May 18th to raise awareness of sex trafficking. https://www.thelocal.it/20160511/red-light-district-marathon-will-raise-awareness-of-prostitution Wed, 11 May 2016 12:54:18 +0200 red-light-district-marathon-will-raise-awareness-of-prostitution A crowdfunding campaign to send victims of child sex abuse to Rome to hear Vatican finance chief George Pell give evidence to an Australian inquiry has been overwhelmed by support, doubling its target in two days. https://www.thelocal.it/20160217/australians-club-together-to-send-child-abuse-victims-to-rome Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:43:13 +0100 australians-club-together-to-send-child-abuse-victims-to-rome A Swiss town's campaign to hire only local residents has been interpreted as anti-Italian, but the local mayor has said the decision is anything but racist. https://www.thelocal.it/20150203/swiss-move-against-italian-workers-not-racist Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:16:00 +0100 swiss-move-against-italian-workers-not-racist A powerful poster campaign - featuring peoples’ heads being shattered by imaginary bullets - was launched on Thursday in a bid to tackle a multitude of prejudices in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141023/italys-bullet-campaign-targets-prejudice Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:59:00 +0200 italys-bullet-campaign-targets-prejudice A campaign is underway in Venice to rid the city of tourists’ love locks, with one Italian telling The Local they are “absolutely disgusting” and have nothing to do with Venetian culture. https://www.thelocal.it/20140828/venice-campaign-battles-tourist-love-locks Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:19:00 +0200 venice-campaign-battles-tourist-love-locks Residents of Giudecca, an island in the Venice lagoon, are attempting to sabotage plans by the debt-laden Italian government to auction the lease of a neighbouring isle, said to be the most haunted place in Italy, in a bid to prevent it from being turned into “yet another luxury resort”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140416/outcry-as-italy-auctions-of-ghost-island Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:20:00 +0200 outcry-as-italy-auctions-of-ghost-island An anti-drug campaign in Rome, which ran with the tagline 'Cocaine? Sugar is #muchbetter', and aimed to get young people talking about alternatives to drug use, has backfired, with Twitter users making fun of the advert. https://www.thelocal.it/20131220/sugar-better-than-cocaine-campaign-is-a-flop Fri, 20 Dec 2013 11:58:00 +0100 sugar-better-than-cocaine-campaign-is-a-flop An image of a hairless Mona Lisa is being used by an Italian charity in its latest bid to raise awareness of the illness and its impact. https://www.thelocal.it/20131118/mona-lisa-goes-bald-in-fight-against-cancer Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:51:00 +0100 mona-lisa-goes-bald-in-fight-against-cancer