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 group of 162 "vulnerable" refugees were flown directly from Libya to Italy on Friday for the first time, a day hailed as "historic" by Interior Minister Marco Minniti. https://www.thelocal.it/20171223/refugees-directly-flown-from-libya-to-italy-in-historic-first Sat, 23 Dec 2017 19:08:50 +0100 refugees-directly-flown-from-libya-to-italy-in-historic-first The language of love it may be, but the passion we associate with Italian also makes for its fair share of arguments. https://www.thelocal.it/20160812/gestures-and-insults-how-to-argue-like-an-italian Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:10:00 +0200 gestures-and-insults-how-to-argue-like-an-italian Italy will not send troops to protect UN structures in conflict-hit Libya, according to reports in the Italian media on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160516/no-italian-troops-to-protect-un-in-libya Mon, 16 May 2016 11:35:53 +0200 no-italian-troops-to-protect-un-in-libya Syrians should be relocated from countries such as Italy to elsewhere in Europe, in order to evenly share the growing burden of new arrivals, the UN’s Refugee Agency told The Local on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150312/relocate-syrian-refugees-within-europe-un Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:29:52 +0100 relocate-syrian-refugees-within-europe-un As Rome rings alarm bells over the deteriorating situation in Libya, The Local investigates the ramifications of a conflict across the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20150304/why-libya-is-ringing-alarm-bells-in-italy Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:21:00 +0100 why-libya-is-ringing-alarm-bells-in-italy Libya's neighbour Tunisia and its former colonial power Italy issued a joint call on Wednesday for reconciliation among militias leading to a political settlement in the conflict-riven country. https://www.thelocal.it/20150226/put-libya-at-top-of-global-agenda-fm Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:15:00 +0100 put-libya-at-top-of-global-agenda-fm Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he was "really positive" on the prospects for a solution to the Ukraine conflict after talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko. https://www.thelocal.it/20141017/renzi-feeling-positive-over-ukraine-conflict-solution Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:11:00 +0200 renzi-feeling-positive-over-ukraine-conflict-solution Italy said on Tuesday it is expelling a Moroccan imam caught on video inciting violence against Jews during Israel's offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.it/20140805/italy-expels-moroccan-over-death-to-jews-rant Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:34:00 +0200 italy-expels-moroccan-over-death-to-jews-rant Italy's foreign minister and the mayor of Rome will on Friday participate in a candlelight vigil to mark three years since the start of the Syrian civil war, a conflict which has displaced 40 percent of the population and left more than 146,000 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20140314/italy-marks-three-years-since-start-of-syria-war Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:06:00 +0100 italy-marks-three-years-since-start-of-syria-war One of 48 Italians caught up in an adoption row in the Democratic Republic of Congo has expressed his fear at staying in the country, as fierce fighting rages in the capital Kinshasa. https://www.thelocal.it/20131231/italians-in-danger-in-dr-congo-capital Tue, 31 Dec 2013 11:16:00 +0100 italians-in-danger-in-dr-congo-capital The Italian foreign ministry on Monday denied a news report that top officials from countries that support the Syrian opposition planned to meet in Rome on Sunday, saying no such meeting was scheduled. https://www.thelocal.it/20130902/italy-says-no-friends-of-syria-meeting-planned Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:53:39 +0200 italy-says-no-friends-of-syria-meeting-planned Top diplomats from governments that support the Syrian opposition are to hold talks in Rome on Sunday, according to a news report. https://www.thelocal.it/20130902/friends-of-syria-to-meet-in-rome-report Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:17:00 +0200 friends-of-syria-to-meet-in-rome-report Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said on Friday that military strikes being planned against Syria risked escalating into "a global conflagration". https://www.thelocal.it/20130830/italy-warns-syria-strikes-could-turn-conflict-global Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:30:31 +0200 italy-warns-syria-strikes-could-turn-conflict-global