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 inland revenue last year managed to recover a record €19 billion in its fight against tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20170209/italy-recovers-record-19-billion-from-tax-evasion Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:13:33 +0100 italy-recovers-record-19-billion-from-tax-evasion Fifteen migrants are missing after their boat sank on Friday, the second shipwreck that day in the Mediterranean, bringing the number of lives lost to almost 100, the UN said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160502/up-to-100-missing-in-two-migrant-shipwrecks-refugees-un-pozzallo-sicily Mon, 02 May 2016 10:09:11 +0200 up-to-100-missing-in-two-migrant-shipwrecks-refugees-un-pozzallo-sicily Italy’s unemployment rate in October stood at 11.5 percent, the same as September, following a decline over three consecutive months, the national statistics agency, Istat, said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151201/italys-unemployment-rate-at-three-year-low Tue, 01 Dec 2015 12:50:41 +0100 italys-unemployment-rate-at-three-year-low A former Serie B player with links to a "gypsy gang" that placed illegal bets on Asian betting networks has revealed how he corrupted up to 60 professional players before being snared by police wire taps. https://www.thelocal.it/20151012/football-how-to-corrupt-60-players-by-former-serie-b-pro Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:38:06 +0200 football-how-to-corrupt-60-players-by-former-serie-b-pro Italy's Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has said a reduction in business tax will form part of the government’s overall tax cut pledge over the next few years. https://www.thelocal.it/20150907/italy-plans-cuts-to-business-taxes Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:24:23 +0200 italy-plans-cuts-to-business-taxes Italy is in favour of tighter European integration and the creation of a European Monetary Fund, its finance minister said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150804/italy-in-favour-of-a-european-monetary-fund Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:00:41 +0200 italy-in-favour-of-a-european-monetary-fund The amount of public debt racked up by the eurozone’s third largest economy reached a new record of €2.2 trillion in May, up by €23.4 billion in a month, the Bank of Italy said on Tuesday https://www.thelocal.it/20150714/italys-public-debt-reaches-new-record Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:30:10 +0200 italys-public-debt-reaches-new-record Italy could have to pay an extra €11 billion to service its bad debt due to higher interest rates if Greece leaves the euro, according to forecasts from the ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s. https://www.thelocal.it/20150702/grexit-could-cost-italy-11bn-in-interest Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:54:37 +0200 grexit-could-cost-italy-11bn-in-interest Italy’s finance minister on Monday played down the threat of Italy being hit by the fallout from market instability linked to the Greek crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150629/italy-does-not-fear-greek-contagion-padoan Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:54:39 +0200 italy-does-not-fear-greek-contagion-padoan The president of Italy's football federation (FIGC), Carlo Tavecchio, pledged to eradicate the "criminals and tricksters" following the eruption of a sports betting scandal which an investigating magistrate said underlined the "sick" nature of Italian football. https://www.thelocal.it/20150520/italys-football-chief-pledges-action-against-criminals Wed, 20 May 2015 15:08:57 +0200 italys-football-chief-pledges-action-against-criminals Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has brushed off suggestions Juventus will be easy opponents when the sides meet on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final in Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20150505/juve-wont-be-easy-prey-ancelotti Tue, 05 May 2015 09:45:12 +0200 juve-wont-be-easy-prey-ancelotti Italy’s Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Monday there is no "Plan B" being hatched in the event of Greece leaving the euro. https://www.thelocal.it/20150427/there-is-no-plan-b-on-greece Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:20:12 +0200 there-is-no-plan-b-on-greece Italy's Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said a Eurogroup meeting on Greece's debt renegotiations was "not very useful". https://www.thelocal.it/20150217/greek-talks-not-very-useful-padoan Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:21:00 +0100 greek-talks-not-very-useful-padoan A Greek exit from the euro would see the euro collapse like a house of cards, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned in comments that triggered a spat with Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/greece-in-spat-with-italy-over-bankruptcy-comments Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:52:00 +0100 greece-in-spat-with-italy-over-bankruptcy-comments Italy host Croatia on Sunday in a crucial Euro 2016 qualifier but behind the veneer of Antonio Conte's seemingly rejuvenated Azzurri squad lies a murky backwater that is Italy's Serie A. https://www.thelocal.it/20141114/italy-football-serie-a-cant-keep-up-with-foreign-rivals Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:54:00 +0100 italy-football-serie-a-cant-keep-up-with-foreign-rivals UPDATED: Italy’s planned tax incentives risk being "a costly flash in the pan”, an economist told The Local, as the country’s finance minister said on Monday that the measures could create 800,000 jobs. https://www.thelocal.it/20141020/italy-tax-breaks-could-create-800000-jobs Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:42:00 +0200 italy-tax-breaks-could-create-800000-jobs Uefa on Tuesday banned Italian Football Federation boss Carlo Tavecchio from its next congress and ordered him to hold an anti-racism event in punishment for widely condemned remarks. https://www.thelocal.it/20141008/uefa-punishes-italian-fa-boss-over-racist-remarks Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:00:00 +0200 uefa-punishes-italian-fa-boss-over-racist-remarks