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 The boss of an Italian company celebrated his 80th birthday by giving all 200 employees in his company a cash bonus. https://www.thelocal.it/20160420/italian-boss-gives-workers-200k-of-bonuses-to-celebrate-80th-birthday Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:45:07 +0200 italian-boss-gives-workers-200k-of-bonuses-to-celebrate-80th-birthday Two members of the Marzotto family, owners of the Italian textile company of the same name, and a group executive were convicted on Wednesday of tax fraud, local media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20160218/italian-textile-magnates-convicted-of-tax-fraud Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:47:02 +0100 italian-textile-magnates-convicted-of-tax-fraud The Italian energy company, Enel, said on Wednesday that 2,000 new staff will be hired in Italy as part of its plan for the period between 2016 and 2019. https://www.thelocal.it/20151118/enel-to-hire-2000-staff-in-italy Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:41:46 +0100 enel-to-hire-2000-staff-in-italy An Italian company has banned staff from sending internal emails for a week in a bid to reduce stress as well as encourage them to speak to each other in person. https://www.thelocal.it/20151112/italian-firm-bans-email-to-reduce-stress Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:11:25 +0100 italian-firm-bans-email-to-reduce-stress Eleven former managers at the Italian tyre manufacturer, Pirelli, were convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday over the asbestos-related deaths of 24 workers. https://www.thelocal.it/20150715/ex-pirelli-managers-jailed-over-absestos-deaths Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:33:38 +0200 ex-pirelli-managers-jailed-over-absestos-deaths Hacking Team, a controversial Italian firm which sells surveillance ware to governments and agencies with dodgy rights records, has had more than 400 gigabytes of data breached and leaked, media reports said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150706/italian-spying-company-hacked-reports Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:39:45 +0200 italian-spying-company-hacked-reports With pools 85 times the size of the nearby pitches where Rugby Calvisano plays, the company Agro Ittica Lombarda is putting this northern Italian town on the map again - as the world's top caviar producer. https://www.thelocal.it/20150325/lombardy-the-new-caspian-for-caviar Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:30:13 +0100 lombardy-the-new-caspian-for-caviar The takeover of tyre maker Pirelli by a Chinese firm sparked feelings of bitterness and resignation in Italy on Monday, as the cash-strapped country prepared to relinquish an iconic part of its industrial heritage. https://www.thelocal.it/20150324/chinas-pirelli-deal-sparks-bitterness-in-italy Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:23:44 +0100 chinas-pirelli-deal-sparks-bitterness-in-italy Chinese investors have taken a controlling stake in the Italian tyre maker, Pirelli, famous for its Formula One car wheels and equally racy calendars. https://www.thelocal.it/20150323/china-firm-to-take-wheel-of-italys-pirelli Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:16:39 +0100 china-firm-to-take-wheel-of-italys-pirelli Europe's drugs watchdog on Wednesday said it found no evidence to link the Novartis flu vaccine Fluad to a scare in Italy, where 19 people are reported to have died after being given the jab. https://www.thelocal.it/20141204/drugs-watchdog-clears-novartis-flu-jab-in-italy-scare Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:25:00 +0100 drugs-watchdog-clears-novartis-flu-jab-in-italy-scare The Italian Pharmaceutical Agency (Aifa) said on Monday it has now been notified of 19 deaths among people who had recently taken a Novartis flu vaccine, but that initial testing had ruled out contamination of two batches of the drug which were taken out of circulation last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20141202/first-tests-rule-out-contamination-of-novartis-flu-jab Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:18:00 +0100 first-tests-rule-out-contamination-of-novartis-flu-jab Thirteen people in Italy may have died after taking a flu vaccine made by Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis. https://www.thelocal.it/20141201/italy-examinesd-13-deaths-in-novartis-vaccine-probe Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:02:00 +0100 italy-examinesd-13-deaths-in-novartis-vaccine-probe Italy has agreed to sell a 35 percent stake in its electricity grid to China's state power company for at least €2.1 billion ($2.8 billion) as part of its privatisation drive. https://www.thelocal.it/20140731/italy-agrees-to-sell-energy-grid-stake-to-china Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:05:00 +0200 italy-agrees-to-sell-energy-grid-stake-to-china Italy’s highest court has ordered the Swedish telecoms giant, Ericsson, to pay €859,000 in compensation to an Italian family after one of its employees died of a heart attack due to work-related stress. https://www.thelocal.it/20140509/ericsson-workload-killed-italian-man-high-court Fri, 09 May 2014 12:25:00 +0200 ericsson-workload-killed-italian-man-high-court The Norwegian company accused of running a "child kidnapping and human trafficking gang" in Italy has accused police in Palermo, Sicily, of deliberately seeking to smear it with false allegations. https://www.thelocal.it/20131105/italian-police-want-to-smear-us-norway-firm Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:43:00 +0100 italian-police-want-to-smear-us-norway-firm Italy has unlocked €15.7 billion in state debt arrears to private companies as part of the first of two 20-billion-euro tranches, the finance ministry said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130723/cash-boost-for-italys-struggling-companies Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:13:00 +0200 cash-boost-for-italys-struggling-companies