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 A cemetery worker has been charged for allegedly stealing gold teeth from a body dug up at a graveyard in a town near Siena. https://www.thelocal.it/20160502/italian-cemetery-worker-caught-stealing-gold-teeth-from-corpse Mon, 02 May 2016 14:50:43 +0200 italian-cemetery-worker-caught-stealing-gold-teeth-from-corpse A dead homeless man will have the rare honour of being buried in the Teutonic cemetery at the Vatican after Pope Francis gave his permission, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20150225/homeless-man-to-be-buried-in-vatican-cemetery Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:49:00 +0100 homeless-man-to-be-buried-in-vatican-cemetery Human remains unearthed in a Tuscan cemetery could reveal vital clues as to how Italians died of cholera, in turn helping scientists combat the deadly disease. https://www.thelocal.it/20150216/tuscan-cemetery-could-help-cure-cholera Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:12:00 +0100 tuscan-cemetery-could-help-cure-cholera An elderly Italian man died after falling over in a cemetery near Treviso while visiting his wife’s grave, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/italian-man-dies-while-visiting-wifes-grave Mon, 09 Feb 2015 13:25:00 +0100 italian-man-dies-while-visiting-wifes-grave A cemetery in southern Italy was plunged into darkness over the weekend after a trio of thieves ran off with €25,000 worth of copper from the lighting system. https://www.thelocal.it/20140324/copper-thieves-leave-cemetery-in-darkness Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:40:00 +0100 copper-thieves-leave-cemetery-in-darkness Five coffins containing corpses have been found in an abandoned room in a cemetery in the southern Italian province of Caserta. Police suspect the corpses were dug up and placed there as part of a "personal vendetta" against families of the deceased. https://www.thelocal.it/20140317/corpses-found-abandoned-in-caserta-cemetery Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:20:00 +0100 corpses-found-abandoned-in-caserta-cemetery Nine rabbits, found skinned and gutted in a cemetery in the northern Italian city of Vicenza, are believed to have been sacrificed as part of a Satanic ritual. https://www.thelocal.it/20140310/rabbits-slaughtered-as-part-of-satanic-ritual Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:02:36 +0100 rabbits-slaughtered-as-part-of-satanic-ritual The family of a woman who died in 1994 was shocked to discover her body had been removed from a cemetery in Turin and cremated without them knowing. https://www.thelocal.it/20130913/grandas-body-dug-up-without-family-knowing Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:27:00 +0200 grandas-body-dug-up-without-family-knowing