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 Khalid el-Bakraoui, one of the suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels last Tuesday, used the identity card of a former Inter Milan footballer to rent an apartment, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20160329/brussels-suicide-bomber-used-inter-milan-footballers-id Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:08:53 +0200 brussels-suicide-bomber-used-inter-milan-footballers-id Shops in Italy may soon be forced to accept credit and debit card payments for items costing less than €5, a move that struggling small businesses say could be "devastating". https://www.thelocal.it/20151202/cash-payment-rule-could-hit-italys-small-firms Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:51:33 +0100 cash-payment-rule-could-hit-italys-small-firms A green coloured card will give new powers to referees in Italy's second tier of professional football, Serie B, in an attempt to promote good sportsmanship. https://www.thelocal.it/20150904/italys-footballers-to-get-green-cards Fri, 04 Sep 2015 16:16:20 +0200 italys-footballers-to-get-green-cards An man living in the Ligurian city of Genoa has been issued with an identity card after 62 years, having lived his entire life invisible to the Italian state. https://www.thelocal.it/20150730/italian-man-discovers-identity-after-62-years Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:00:27 +0200 italian-man-discovers-identity-after-62-years Money can break even the closest of families. This is what happened in Pavia, when a grandmother got into a scrap with her granddaughter over a €500,000 scratch card win. https://www.thelocal.it/20140327/gran-robbed-granddaughters-lottery-winnings Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:49:00 +0100 gran-robbed-granddaughters-lottery-winnings