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 interior minister called for rape to be punishable by chemical castration after an American teenager said she was gang-raped by three men in Sicily. https://www.thelocal.it/20190327/italy-sicily-catania-gang-rape-american-au-pair Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:29:27 +0100 italy-sicily-catania-gang-rape-american-au-pair People in Sicily were left stranded on the roofs of their homes after violent storms hit the eastern side of the Italian island. https://www.thelocal.it/20181019/storms-floods-in-eastern-sicily Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:37:19 +0200 storms-floods-in-eastern-sicily A ten-month-old baby boy has died of complications linked to measles at Catania’s Garibaldi hospital. https://www.thelocal.it/20180406/10-month-old-babys-death-linked-to-measles Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:28:26 +0200 10-month-old-babys-death-linked-to-measles Police in Sicily have arrested an ambulance driver suspected of killing at least three patients in order to make money from their funerals. https://www.thelocal.it/20171221/ambulance-driver-suspected-of-killing-patients-to-make-money-from-their-funerals Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:54:32 +0100 ambulance-driver-suspected-of-killing-patients-to-make-money-from-their-funerals Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi on Tuesday called for tougher laws against rape, after a spate of reported sexual assaults in the capital and across Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170920/raggi-calls-for-anti-rape-laws-after-black-month-sexual-assaults Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:20:26 +0200 raggi-calls-for-anti-rape-laws-after-black-month-sexual-assaults Four people, who were part of a religious community, have been arrested in the Sicilian city of Catania for alleged sexual assault and violence against children. https://www.thelocal.it/20170802/four-arrested-for-alleged-child-abuse-within-religious-community Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:35:13 +0200 four-arrested-for-alleged-child-abuse-within-religious-community Catania's public prosecutor's office has opened an inquiry to determine if any security failings at Sicily's Mount Etna played a part in ten people being injured in a volcanic explosion last Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170320/mount-etna-probe-opened-into-security-failings-at-over-explosion-that-injured-ten Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:27:43 +0100 mount-etna-probe-opened-into-security-failings-at-over-explosion-that-injured-ten Catania is on high alert after torrential rain caused havoc across the region on Sunday afternoon and into Monday. At least one person has been reported dead and several families evacuated from their homes due to the extreme weather. https://www.thelocal.it/20170123/one-dead-as-rain-wreaks-havoc-in-southern-italy Mon, 23 Jan 2017 11:15:48 +0100 one-dead-as-rain-wreaks-havoc-in-southern-italy Both Wednesday's series of earthquakes and the disasters in August and October 2016 hit the mountainous central Italian region, an area well known for tremors and tectonic movement. But in fact, almost all of Italy is prone to seismic activity of some kind. So where is the risk greatest, and why? https://www.thelocal.it/20161028/which-areas-of-italy-have-the-highest-risk-of-earthquakes Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:44:12 +0200 which-areas-of-italy-have-the-highest-risk-of-earthquakes Italian judges are to rule Tuesday whether the alleged captain of a migrant boat that sank in 2015, killing up to 900 people, is responsible for the Mediterranean's worst disaster since World War II. https://www.thelocal.it/20161213/verdict-expected-in-deadly-shipwreck-trial Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:14:52 +0100 verdict-expected-in-deadly-shipwreck-trial Italy has arrested 13 Somalis accused of being part of a network which held migrants hostage on their arrival in Sicily to extort money for the trip to northern Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20160511/italy-busts-network-that-held-migrants-hostage-in-sicily Wed, 11 May 2016 14:30:35 +0200 italy-busts-network-that-held-migrants-hostage-in-sicily Police in the Sicilian city of Catania have sized 1.3 kilograms of cocaine that was being transported in a bag containing the popular spicy Calabrian sausage,'nduja. https://www.thelocal.it/20151231/police-find-coke-stashed-among-spicy-sausage Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:52:39 +0100 police-find-coke-stashed-among-spicy-sausage Disaster was very narrowly averted on Thursday after a wheel fell off a large passenger jet bound for Milan onto a Sicilian beach that is popular among summer bathers. https://www.thelocal.it/20151217/wheel-falls-off-passenger-jet-onto-sicily-beach Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:12:51 +0100 wheel-falls-off-passenger-jet-onto-sicily-beach A parked car was swallowed up by a sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road in Sicily after heavy rain on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.it/20151022/sinkhole-swallows-car-in-catania-amid-downpour Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:27:27 +0200 sinkhole-swallows-car-in-catania-amid-downpour Billboards advertising the baptism of a baby by using the name of Sicily’s notorious mafia, Cosa Nostra, have sparked anger and police intervention on the Italian island. https://www.thelocal.it/20150921/mafia-baptism-ad-sparks-anger-in-sicily Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:17:36 +0200 mafia-baptism-ad-sparks-anger-in-sicily A satirical course on how to become an illegal street parking valet in Sicily has attracted more than 30,000 followers on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.it/20150821/sicilians-use-sattire-to-combat-illegal-car-parkers Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:37:46 +0200 sicilians-use-sattire-to-combat-illegal-car-parkers Italy on Tuesday announced the arrest of eight suspected people smugglers blamed for the death of 49 migrants asphyxiated in the hold of a sinking ship at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20150818/italy-arrests-eight-over-asphyxiated-migrants Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:59:31 +0200 italy-arrests-eight-over-asphyxiated-migrants Uefa said on Tuesday it had been shocked by reports that Italian second division games have been fixed for €100,000. https://www.thelocal.it/20150630/uefa-worried-by-italian-match-fixing Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:05:52 +0200 uefa-worried-by-italian-match-fixing Police have arrested seven people in an investigation into match-fixing at FC Catania. The men are accused of fixing matches in order to keep the club in Serie B. https://www.thelocal.it/20150623/fc-catania-rocked-by-match-fixing-scandal Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:14:00 +0200 fc-catania-rocked-by-match-fixing-scandal A Dutch tourist in Catania, Sicily, has refused to leave his hotel room after being insulted and pushed by a group of youths, despite the city’s gay-friendly reputation. https://www.thelocal.it/20150617/dutch-tourist-in-homophobic-attack-in-sicily Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:05:58 +0200 dutch-tourist-in-homophobic-attack-in-sicily