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 top court has ruled that a professor who killed two rabbits as part of a biology lesson must be sacked. https://www.thelocal.it/20160607/teacher-must-be-sacked-for-killing-two-rabbits-in-class-italys-top-court Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:13:27 +0200 teacher-must-be-sacked-for-killing-two-rabbits-in-class-italys-top-court Italy said on Monday it was earmarking €1 billion for cultural investments, including restoration works in Pompeii, the Uffizi gallery in Florence and the earthquake-hit city of L'Aquila. https://www.thelocal.it/20160502/italys-neglected-wonders-to-get-1bn-boost Mon, 02 May 2016 19:38:58 +0200 italys-neglected-wonders-to-get-1bn-boost Asylum seekers washing up by the thousands in recession-hit Sicily are boosting the local economy as hotels transform into immigrant centres, with help from state subsidies said to have caught the mafia's eye. https://www.thelocal.it/20141119/mafia-cashes-in-on-sicilys-migrant-influx Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:28:00 +0100 mafia-cashes-in-on-sicilys-migrant-influx An Italian couple wanted for faking their own bankruptcy have been caught by police disguised as holidaymakers, on board a luxury yacht registered to England. https://www.thelocal.it/20140827/italian-fraudsters-caught-on-english-yacht Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:02:00 +0200 italian-fraudsters-caught-on-english-yacht