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 Thousands of Genoans marched across the northeastern Italian port city on Monday to protest their isolation following the collapse of the Morandi motorway bridge in August. https://www.thelocal.it/20181008/segregated-genoans-protest-government-inaction-after-morandi-bridge-collapse Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:45:04 +0200 segregated-genoans-protest-government-inaction-after-morandi-bridge-collapse Rescue workers toiled through a second night Thursday in a desperate bid to find survivors in the rubble of a Genoa bridge which caved in during a heavy rainstorm, killing at least 39 people and injuring 16 more. https://www.thelocal.it/20180816/anger-rises-in-italy-as-morandi-bridge-toll-hits-39 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0200 anger-rises-in-italy-as-morandi-bridge-toll-hits-39 Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge, a 200-metre (650-foot) portion of which collapsed on Tuesday killing dozens of people, has been riddled with structural problems since its construction in the 1960s, which has led to expensive maintenance and severe criticism from engineering experts. https://www.thelocal.it/20180815/genoa-bridge-collapse-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:15:00 +0200 genoa-bridge-collapse-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen Dozens died when the Morandi motorway bridge that connects Genoa to most of the rest of northern Italy collapsed during a storm around noon on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180815/genoa-bridge-collapse-in-pictures Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0200 genoa-bridge-collapse-in-pictures As many as 30 people were killed on Tuesday when a giant motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa in northwestern Italy. Here's what we know about the bridge, the collapse and the response: https://www.thelocal.it/20180814/genoa-bridge-collapse-what-we-know Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:15:00 +0200 genoa-bridge-collapse-what-we-know Hundreds of people were visiting the northern Italian waterpark when a building housing guest rooms and a bar suddenly collapsed. https://www.thelocal.it/20160809/building-collapse-at-water-park-northern-italy-brescia Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:45:22 +0200 building-collapse-at-water-park-northern-italy-brescia Three people died and nine were injured after a building partially collapsed in Milan on Sunday in an explosion that is believed to have been caused by a gas leak. https://www.thelocal.it/20160613/three-dead-in-milan-building-explosion Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:13:10 +0200 three-dead-in-milan-building-explosion Residents of an apartment building in Rome were astonishingly unscathed after the top three floors of their building, close to the Stadio Olimpico in the Flaminio area, collapsed in the early hours of Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20160122/residents-have-lucky-escape-after-rome-building-collapse Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:41:36 +0100 residents-have-lucky-escape-after-rome-building-collapse Rome's metro was plunged into chaos on Monday after a battery compartment smashed into the roof of a tunnel – causing a chunk to break off and shower a train with rubble. https://www.thelocal.it/20150928/ceiling-collapse-sparks-rome-metro-chaos Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:03:58 +0200 ceiling-collapse-sparks-rome-metro-chaos Two children and a teacher were injured after the ceiling of a school in Ostuni, a city in Puglia, collapsed during a lesson on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150413/three-injured-after-school-ceiling-collapses Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:39:55 +0200 three-injured-after-school-ceiling-collapses Heavy rain in Italy caused a wall in the ancient city of Pompeii to fall down, the latest in a series of weather-related collapses at the country’s most celebrated archaeological site. https://www.thelocal.it/20150205/pompeii-wall-collapses-amid-heavy-rain Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:09:00 +0100 pompeii-wall-collapses-amid-heavy-rain Seven children were injured on Thursday when plaster fell from the ceiling at their nursery school in Milan, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20150108/seven-kids-hurt-in-milan-classroom-accident Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:34:00 +0100 seven-kids-hurt-in-milan-classroom-accident A woman in southern Italy has survived falling one storey in her apartment block after the entire floor collapsed beneath her feet, Italian media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140624/italian-woman-plunges-through-apartment-floor Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:06:00 +0200 italian-woman-plunges-through-apartment-floor An Italian high school famous for educating the country's presidents has closed due to fears that part of the building could collapse, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20131212/italys-presidents-school-closes-over-fear-of-collapse Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:37:00 +0100 italys-presidents-school-closes-over-fear-of-collapse Debt-laden Italian flag carrier Alitalia said on Thursday it was confident it would raise enough cash by a December 8th deadline to avoid collapse, despite falling short of the desired-for capital increase. https://www.thelocal.it/20131128/alitalia-is-confident-it-can-avoid-collapse Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:38:20 +0100 alitalia-is-confident-it-can-avoid-collapse Despite signs of economic growth across Europe, there has been a boom in business failures in Italy this year as the country struggles to overcome the current crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20130823/rise-in-italian-businesses-going-bankrupt Fri, 23 Aug 2013 15:12:00 +0200 rise-in-italian-businesses-going-bankrupt Italian fashion house Benetton said on Tuesday it would sign an agreement to improve working conditions in Bangladeshi factories after a plant there collapsed killing more than 1,100 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20130514/italys-benetton-to-sign-bangladesh-safety-deal Tue, 14 May 2013 21:03:00 +0200 italys-benetton-to-sign-bangladesh-safety-deal