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 Italy's scandal-hit energy giant Eni said on Friday it was being probed by the Italian authorities for suspected corruption in Republic of Congo. https://www.thelocal.it/20180406/italy-probing-eni-corruption-in-congo Fri, 06 Apr 2018 19:14:37 +0200 italy-probing-eni-corruption-in-congo Still going strong at 81, Italian nun and midwife Sister Maria Concetta Esu recently asked Pope Francis to bless her hands, which have delivered more than 34,000 African babies. https://www.thelocal.it/20150703/italian-nun-brings-life-in-dr-congo Fri, 03 Jul 2015 10:53:27 +0200 italian-nun-brings-life-in-dr-congo Thirty-one Congolese children, adopted by Italian families, have arrived in Italy – nine months after their adoption was blocked by authorities in Congo. https://www.thelocal.it/20140528/tears-and-joy-as-congolese-children-land-in-italy Wed, 28 May 2014 18:25:00 +0200 tears-and-joy-as-congolese-children-land-in-italy 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 Twenty-four couples from the southern Italian region of Puglia, who between them have adopted 32 children from the Democratic Republic of Congo, are stranded in the African nation after authorities suspended the issuance of exit permits for children adopted by foreign parents. https://www.thelocal.it/20131209/italians-stranded-in-congo-amid-adoption-setback Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:01:00 +0100 italians-stranded-in-congo-amid-adoption-setback Italy’s Immigration Minister Cecile Kyenge has responded to remarks made on Thursday by a councillor calling for her to be raped, saying “everyone should feel offended” by the comments. https://www.thelocal.it/20130614/rape-comments-should-offend-everyone-minister Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:48:00 +0200 rape-comments-should-offend-everyone-minister An Italian far-right group unfurled a racist banner against Congolese-born Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge, who is Italy's first black minister, local media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130509/italys-first-black-minister-hit-with-racist-insult Thu, 09 May 2013 22:56:00 +0200 italys-first-black-minister-hit-with-racist-insult