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 Flash floods wreaked havoc in Milan on Monday morning after a violent storm caused 90 litres of water to fall per each square metre of ground in just three hours. https://www.thelocal.it/20160530/severe-storms-and-flash-floods-wreak-havoc-in-milan-rain-weather Mon, 30 May 2016 18:35:00 +0200 severe-storms-and-flash-floods-wreak-havoc-in-milan-rain-weather Italy's prime minister said on Thursday that the country's banking system was "much more robust" than investors thought after three days of meltdown of banking shares on the Milan stock exchange. https://www.thelocal.it/20160121/italy-urges-calm-amid-bank-chaos Thu, 21 Jan 2016 11:08:36 +0100 italy-urges-calm-amid-bank-chaos Flights in and out of Rome's disaster-hit Fiumicino airport were seriously disrupted for a second day on Thursday after a fire in a nearby pine grove threw dense smoke across the runway. https://www.thelocal.it/20150731/disruption-ensues-at-romes-disaster-hit-airport Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:01:22 +0200 disruption-ensues-at-romes-disaster-hit-airport Rome Fiumicino airport’s Terminal Three, which was severely damaged by a fire in early May, will reopen by the end of July. https://www.thelocal.it/20150715/rome-airports-blaze-hit-t3-set-to-reopen-end-of-july Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:10:55 +0200 rome-airports-blaze-hit-t3-set-to-reopen-end-of-july Long-haul travellers departing from Rome’s Fiumicino airport described scenes of chaos on Sunday as one of the terminals, which was hit by a fire in May, remains partially closed. https://www.thelocal.it/20150629/chaos-deepens-at-romes-blaze-hit-airport Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:49:37 +0200 chaos-deepens-at-romes-blaze-hit-airport