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 pair of tourists created havoc in Venice earlier this week as they tried to drive their rented car along the Grand Canal. https://www.thelocal.it/20160728/tourists-filmed-driving-car-along-venices-grand-canal Thu, 28 Jul 2016 17:53:14 +0200 tourists-filmed-driving-car-along-venices-grand-canal A dead body was found floating in Venice’s Grand Canal on Tuesday, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150715/mans-body-found-floating-in-venice-canal Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:42:22 +0200 mans-body-found-floating-in-venice-canal A 14-year-old boy has survived after 42 minutes under water in the northern province of Milan, an "exceptional event" according to the child's doctor, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150527/boy-survives-after-42-minutes-under-water Wed, 27 May 2015 19:08:26 +0200 boy-survives-after-42-minutes-under-water The descendants of famous heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim will on Tuesday launch a court appeal over her sumptuous collection of works housed in an 18th century palace on Venice's Grand Canal. https://www.thelocal.it/20150518/battle-begins-over-guggenheims-venice-works Mon, 18 May 2015 10:32:47 +0200 battle-begins-over-guggenheims-venice-works The body of an Iranian woman has been found in a Venice canal after it was allegedly taken to the city in a suitcase following her murder in Milan, Italian media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140203/iranian-womans-body-dumped-in-venice-canal Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:44:00 +0100 iranian-womans-body-dumped-in-venice-canal A video of the collision on Venice's Grand Canal which killed a German tourist in August was made public on Thursday, as prosecutors continue to determine how the accident happened and who is responsible. https://www.thelocal.it/20131205/video-of-fatal-gondola-crash-made-public Thu, 05 Dec 2013 13:03:00 +0100 video-of-fatal-gondola-crash-made-public The president of a union representing Venice’s gondoliers has complained that there are too many private ferries using the city’s waterways after a collision between a gondola and a vaporetto waterbus killed a German tourist. https://www.thelocal.it/20130819/gondolier-union-protests-after-tourist-death Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:35:00 +0200 gondolier-union-protests-after-tourist-death Venice on Sunday enjoyed the sounds of silence as authorities imposed a five-hour ban on motorboats plying the Renaissance city's main waterway to raise awareness about noise pollution and architectural damage caused by waves. https://www.thelocal.it/20130414/motorboats-go-silent-on-venices-grand-canal Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:00:00 +0200 motorboats-go-silent-on-venices-grand-canal