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 Mediterranean countries Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Italy on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to build the world's longest underwater natural gas pipeline to supply Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20171205/med-nations-sign-mou-to-build-major-gas-pipeline Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:50:18 +0100 med-nations-sign-mou-to-build-major-gas-pipeline Italian police detained dozens of politicians and businessmen around Naples on Wednesday in a swoop that revealed the local mafia has got its tentacles into archaeology and the crematorium business. https://www.thelocal.it/20170315/police-swoop-reveals-mafia-involvement-in-naples-archaeology-and-crematoria-businesses Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:38:00 +0100 police-swoop-reveals-mafia-involvement-in-naples-archaeology-and-crematoria-businesses Two boys were injured in Milan on Friday morning when part of the roof of their school caved in - the second collapsed school roof in the region this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20160930/school-collapse-milan-two-students-injured Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:09:23 +0200 school-collapse-milan-two-students-injured Iraq announced on Tuesday that it has awarded Italian firm Trevi a contract to repair and maintain the country's largest dam, which is in danger of catastrophic collapse. https://www.thelocal.it/20160202/iraq-awards-italys-trevi-contract-to-fix-imperilled-mosul-dam Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:04:18 +0100 iraq-awards-italys-trevi-contract-to-fix-imperilled-mosul-dam An Italian construction group said on Tuesday it had signed a preliminary agreement with Iran to build five hospitals, just after the lifting of economic sanctions against Tehran in a deal over its nuclear programme. https://www.thelocal.it/20160120/italian-group-to-build-five-hospitals-in-iran Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:17:38 +0100 italian-group-to-build-five-hospitals-in-iran Contractors working on Rome's third metro line have suspended work over missing payments from the capital's authorities totalling over €200 million. https://www.thelocal.it/20151204/cash-trapped-rome-halts-metro-work Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:57:13 +0100 cash-trapped-rome-halts-metro-work Libyan security forces searching for four Italians kidnapped west of the capital this week have so far made no progress in finding them, an official said Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150724/no-progress-in-search-for-kidnapped-italians Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:24:19 +0200 no-progress-in-search-for-kidnapped-italians Renovators who restored pop legend Sting's Tuscan villa and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence were allegedly linked to an organized crime syndicate, Italian media reports said on Thursday, citing a police investigation. https://www.thelocal.it/20140116/mafia-linked-firms-worked-on-stings-italian-villa-reports Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:28:00 +0100 mafia-linked-firms-worked-on-stings-italian-villa-reports Energy giants Enel and ArcelorMittal will pull out of the construction of two nuclear reactors in Romania after a Chinese company entered the deal, Romanian officials said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131223/enel-exits-nuclear-project-over-china-input Mon, 23 Dec 2013 15:39:00 +0100 enel-exits-nuclear-project-over-china-input A Romanian worker's body was dumped by his boss after he died on an Italian building site, police said Friday, underlining Italy's record as one of Europe's worst for workplace deaths. https://www.thelocal.it/20130712/construction-workers-body-dumped-by-boss Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:41:00 +0200 construction-workers-body-dumped-by-boss Italian police on Friday placed 14 people under house arrest as part of a major investigation into alleged corruption in contracts to build a giant water barrier to protect Venice from flooding. https://www.thelocal.it/20130712/fourteen-arrested-in-venice-corruption-racket Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:25:00 +0200 fourteen-arrested-in-venice-corruption-racket The retail sector has been the hardest hit by the ongoing recession, according to a report by the Italian Chamber of Commerce. https://www.thelocal.it/20130708/businesses-go-bust-every-hour-in-italy Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:06:00 +0200 businesses-go-bust-every-hour-in-italy 2012 was the ‘worst year in history’ for Italy’s construction sector, a report by ANCE, the construction workers’ association, revealed today. https://www.thelocal.it/20130619/job-losses-in-construction-equals-entire-population-of-palermo Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:30:00 +0200 job-losses-in-construction-equals-entire-population-of-palermo