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 ranked alongside Saudi Arabia and Rwanda and below Malta when it comes to perceived corruption in an annual index by Transparency International. https://www.thelocal.it/20200124/despite-improvements-italy-is-still-seen-as-one-of-europes-most-corrupt-countries Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:02:26 +0100 despite-improvements-italy-is-still-seen-as-one-of-europes-most-corrupt-countries The head of Italy's far-right League, Matteo Salvini, could be investigated for the alleged unauthorised use of service aircraft for party business while he was a cabinet minister, Italian media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191212/italys-salvini-faces-investigation-over-misuse-of-state-aircraft Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:11:03 +0100 italys-salvini-faces-investigation-over-misuse-of-state-aircraft Italian health authorities sounded the alarm on Tuesday over Rome's rubbish crisis, as rat control services worked overtime and the waste collection company board resigned. https://www.thelocal.it/20191002/rats-and-resignations-plague-rome-as-rubbish-crisis-intensifies Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:07:29 +0200 rats-and-resignations-plague-rome-as-rubbish-crisis-intensifies Prosecutors seized "documents and electronic devices" on Tuesday, the Vatican said, from some of its highest offices as part of a finance probe. https://www.thelocal.it/20191002/top-vatican-offices-raided-in-finance-probe Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:06:38 +0200 top-vatican-offices-raided-in-finance-probe Italian premier Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday tried to answer parliament's questions about allegations that Matteo Salvini's League party had made a funding deal with Russia after the far-right minister refused. https://www.thelocal.it/20190725/italys-salvini-avoids-questions-over-alleged-russian-funding-deal Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:06:32 +0200 italys-salvini-avoids-questions-over-alleged-russian-funding-deal The Italian government avoided a crisis on Thursday after a junior League minister resigned following his conviction for fraud and embezzlement in what was known as the "crazy expenses" trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20190530/italy-minister-resigns-over-crazy-expenses-scandal Thu, 30 May 2019 18:31:23 +0200 italy-minister-resigns-over-crazy-expenses-scandal Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday sacked a graft-tainted junior minister close to populist leader Matteo Salvini, averting a government crisis weeks ahead of European elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20190508/italian-pm-sacks-armando-siri-minister-suspected-of-corruption-and-mafia-ties Wed, 08 May 2019 17:26:01 +0200 italian-pm-sacks-armando-siri-minister-suspected-of-corruption-and-mafia-ties A former mayor of Rome was sentenced to six years in prison Monday for his part in the infiltration of organised crime into the capital, and immediately vowed to appeal. https://www.thelocal.it/20190225/romes-former-mayor-gets-six-years-in-jail-for-corruption Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:25:32 +0100 romes-former-mayor-gets-six-years-in-jail-for-corruption Despite improvements, Italy still has a poor global reputation where corruption is concerned and is in danger of going backwards, according to a major new report. https://www.thelocal.it/20190129/italy-is-still-seen-as-one-of-the-most-corrupt-countries-in-europe Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:12:57 +0100 italy-is-still-seen-as-one-of-the-most-corrupt-countries-in-europe After arresting its new head, police said the Cosa Nostra are "having a hard time" in Sicily at the moment. https://www.thelocal.it/20181210/godfather-arrest-a-crucial-blow-to-italys-mafia-say-police Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:10:00 +0100 godfather-arrest-a-crucial-blow-to-italys-mafia-say-police Corruption is more costly to Italy than any other European country, leaving it lagging behind other western European nations. https://www.thelocal.it/20181207/italy-has-the-highest-levels-of-corruption-in-europe-study-shows Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:13:42 +0100 italy-has-the-highest-levels-of-corruption-in-europe-study-shows Journalists in all countries are increasingly becoming easy targets for organised criminals. https://www.thelocal.it/20181129/journalists-an-easy-target-for-mafia-says-watchdog Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:48:58 +0100 journalists-an-easy-target-for-mafia-says-watchdog Mafia experts said organised crime should be as high a priority as terrorism for intelligence services. https://www.thelocal.it/20181128/italys-ndrangheta-mafia-on-all-continents-and-still-growing Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:35:48 +0100 italys-ndrangheta-mafia-on-all-continents-and-still-growing An Italian court on Saturday cleared Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi in a trial that could have cost her her job. https://www.thelocal.it/20181110/prosecutor-calls-for-rome-mayor-to-be-jailed Sat, 10 Nov 2018 10:27:58 +0100 prosecutor-calls-for-rome-mayor-to-be-jailed The head of Italy’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ANAC), Raffaele Cantone, warned on Wednesday of the potential for the mafia to infiltrate the reconstruction of Genoa’s Morandi bridge. https://www.thelocal.it/20181010/genoa-reconstruction-at-risk-of-mafia-infiltration-italys-anti-corruption-chief Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:30:00 +0200 genoa-reconstruction-at-risk-of-mafia-infiltration-italys-anti-corruption-chief An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted energy major Eni and ex-CEO Paolo Scaroni of bribery in Algeria, but fined a subsidiary and jailed its former boss. https://www.thelocal.it/20180920/court-acquits-italian-energy-giant-eni-in-corruption-case Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:22:36 +0200 court-acquits-italian-energy-giant-eni-in-corruption-case Italy's League on Tuesday reached an agreement with prosecutors in Genoa that would allow the party to pay back millions of euros in illegally obtained funds over many decades. https://www.thelocal.it/20180919/italy-league-agrees-to-pay-back-missing-millions-slowly Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:56:53 +0200 italy-league-agrees-to-pay-back-missing-millions-slowly Rome's appeals court on Tuesday reduced lengthy prison sentences for the two ringleaders of a gang whose criminal tentacles reached into almost every department of City Hall. https://www.thelocal.it/20180911/italian-court-cuts-sentences-for-ringleaders-of-romes-mafia-capitale-gang Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:38:23 +0200 italian-court-cuts-sentences-for-ringleaders-of-romes-mafia-capitale-gang An Italian court on Thursday authorized the seizing of €49 million in assets from the League, a member of the ruling coalition under Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, after ex-leaders were convicted of fraud. https://www.thelocal.it/20180906/italian-court-oks-seizure-of-49-million-from-the-league Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:25:21 +0200 italian-court-oks-seizure-of-49-million-from-the-league Parma's five-point penalty, which was imposed as punishment in a match-fix row which sealed their promotion to Serie A, was lifted on appeal by the Italian football federation (FIGC) on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180810/parma-have-five-point-match-fix-penalty-lifted Fri, 10 Aug 2018 10:00:12 +0200 parma-have-five-point-match-fix-penalty-lifted