The Local Italy 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 young get poorer while the old get richer: report Young people in Italy are worse off than their parents or even grandparents, an anti-poverty charity said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171117/young-italians-poverty Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:52:14 +0100 young-italians-poverty For the first time, the younger generation is Italy's poorest A report by Catholic charity Caritas has revealed the characteristics of a 'typical' poor person in Italy, including a few surprising changes to the status quo. https://www.thelocal.it/20161018/for-the-first-time-the-younger-generation-is-italys-poorest Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:09:35 +0200 for-the-first-time-the-younger-generation-is-italys-poorest Priest arrested over immigrant sexual abuse An Italian priest, who is also a director of the charity, Caritas, has been arrested in Sicily for allegedly sexually abusing immigrants. https://www.thelocal.it/20140624/italian-priest-arrested-over-immigrant-sexual-abuse Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:03:00 +0200 italian-priest-arrested-over-immigrant-sexual-abuse Foreigners beat Italians in new businesses Over the past five years immigrants have succeeded in opening more than 4,000 businesses in Rome, leaving Italians lagging behind, new statistics from the charity, Caritas Roma, show. https://www.thelocal.it/20140321/foreigners-eclipse-italians-in-new-business-ventures Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:00:00 +0100 foreigners-eclipse-italians-in-new-business-ventures Italy's crisis leaves middle class struggling With unemployment at record levels and some of the highest poverty levels anywhere in the EU, Italy's economic crisis has left many formerly well-off Italians barely able to put food on the table. https://www.thelocal.it/20131127/italys-crisis-leaves-middle-class-struggling Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:30:00 +0100 italys-crisis-leaves-middle-class-struggling More Italians turn to Milan soup kitchens The number of Italians turning to Milan's soup kitchens increased by 31.4 percent between 2008 and 2012, according to figures from Caritas Ambrosiana, the Catholic relief, development and social services organization. https://www.thelocal.it/20130709/milans-soup-kitchens-see-rise-in-the-number-of-italians Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:40:00 +0200 milans-soup-kitchens-see-rise-in-the-number-of-italians