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 An Italian company was right to sack an employee who slept on the job, Italy's highest court has ruled, after an appeals court overturned the dismissal. https://www.thelocal.it/20170608/italys-top-court-says-company-was-right-to-sack-employee-for-sleeping Thu, 08 Jun 2017 11:52:54 +0200 italys-top-court-says-company-was-right-to-sack-employee-for-sleeping A 64-year-old doctor from northern Italy faces four years in jail for sexual abuse for touching female patients' genitals. https://www.thelocal.it/20170227/italian-doctor-sentenced-to-jail-over-therapeutic-orgasms Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:19:07 +0100 italian-doctor-sentenced-to-jail-over-therapeutic-orgasms After getting divorced, exes must return high value gifts received from their partner during the marriage, Italy's top court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.it/20160922/divorced-couples-must-return-expensive-gifts-top-italian-court Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:08:22 +0200 divorced-couples-must-return-expensive-gifts-top-italian-court Deceiving a lover by falsely claiming to be single or divorced is not just rather unpleasant behaviour, but is punishable by law in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160816/its-illegal-to-pretend-to-be-single-says-italy-top-court Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:37:50 +0200 its-illegal-to-pretend-to-be-single-says-italy-top-court In a macabre example of how Italy's notorious bureaucracy can cause problems not only throughout one's life but also after death, a corpse has been lying in a freezer in Bolzano Hospital for eight years due to a legal dispute among the relatives of the deceased. https://www.thelocal.it/20160811/a-corpse-has-been-lying-in-an-italian-morgue-for-eight-years Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:24:24 +0200 a-corpse-has-been-lying-in-an-italian-morgue-for-eight-years Italy’s top court has ruled that spending too much time on social media could cost you your job. https://www.thelocal.it/20160623/squandering-time-on-facebook-in-italy-could-get-you-sacked Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:58:46 +0200 squandering-time-on-facebook-in-italy-could-get-you-sacked An Italian engineer sentenced to jail over the deaths of 13 people, who lost their lives when a building he had restored collapsed during the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake, has been acquitted by Italy’s top court. https://www.thelocal.it/20160511/italy-court-quashes-conviction-of-engineer-sentenced-for-quake-deaths Wed, 11 May 2016 16:32:25 +0200 italy-court-quashes-conviction-of-engineer-sentenced-for-quake-deaths Italy's highest court has acquitted a homeless man of stealing cheese and sausages, ruling that the theft of small amounts of food by the hungry poor is not a crime. https://www.thelocal.it/20160503/if-italys-poor-and-hungry-steal-food-its-not-a-crime-top-court Tue, 03 May 2016 14:23:48 +0200 if-italys-poor-and-hungry-steal-food-its-not-a-crime-top-court Telling a man he has ‘no balls’ is a crime, while watching porn during your lunch break is perfectly fine. https://www.thelocal.it/20160418/ten-of-the-most-bizarre-italian-top-court-rulings Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:05:38 +0200 ten-of-the-most-bizarre-italian-top-court-rulings Italy’s Court of Cassation has ruled that playing music too loudly in your car is a crime. https://www.thelocal.it/20160229/playing-loud-music-in-your-car-is-a-crime-italys-top-court Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:32:25 +0100 playing-loud-music-in-your-car-is-a-crime-italys-top-court Italy’s top court has ruled that a drunk driver did absolutely nothing wrong when he tried to bribe a police officer. https://www.thelocal.it/20160121/italys-top-court-just-ruled-that-bribing-a-police-officer-is-legal Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:29:06 +0100 italys-top-court-just-ruled-that-bribing-a-police-officer-is-legal Italy's Court of Cassation has ruled that a man who backed out of his wedding at the last-minute must cover the wedding costs incurred by his jilted ex. https://www.thelocal.it/20151019/italy-court-orders-cheating-groom-to-pay-wedding-costs Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:46:36 +0200 italy-court-orders-cheating-groom-to-pay-wedding-costs