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 Florence's appeals court on Tuesday upheld the 16-year jail term for Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank off Italy in 2012 leaving 32 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20160601/italy-appeals-court-upholds-16-year-sentence-for-concordia-captain Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:15:58 +0200 italy-appeals-court-upholds-16-year-sentence-for-concordia-captain Discraced former captain, Francesco Schettino, will on Tuesday hear the verdict of an appeal against the 16-year jail sentence he was handed last February for his part in the Costa Concordia shipwreck which killed 32 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20160531/disgraced-concordia-captain-waits-on-appeal-hearing Tue, 31 May 2016 12:44:05 +0200 disgraced-concordia-captain-waits-on-appeal-hearing Disgraced skipper Francesco Schettino on Thursday began his battle to avoid prison for the 2012 cruise ship disaster off Italy in which 32 people died, his lawyers arguing that others should shoulder the blame. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/cruise-captain-shirks-blame-at-italy-shipwreck-appeal Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:23:34 +0200 cruise-captain-shirks-blame-at-italy-shipwreck-appeal Costa Concordia skipper Francesco Schettino on Thursday begins his battle to avoid prison for causing the 2012 cruise ship disaster off Italy which cost 32 people their lives. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/concordia-skipper-fights-to-avoid-prison-over-italy-disaster Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:13:39 +0200 concordia-skipper-fights-to-avoid-prison-over-italy-disaster Costa Rican police on Wednesday smashed a drug ring linked to the Italian mafia that smuggled cocaine hidden in shipments of vegetables to the United States and Europe, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.it/20151015/costa-rica-busts-cocaine-ring-linked-to-italy-mafia Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:39:56 +0200 costa-rica-busts-cocaine-ring-linked-to-italy-mafia Francesco Schettino, ex-captain of the Costa Concordia, has dedicated his new book, Le Verità Sommerse (The Sunken Truths) to the families of the shipwreck's 32 victims. https://www.thelocal.it/20150625/concordia-captain-dedicates-book-to-victims Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:31:24 +0200 concordia-captain-dedicates-book-to-victims UPDATED: Two cruise companies whose passengers were among the victims of a deadly attack on a Tunis museum on Thursday suspended stopovers in the city. https://www.thelocal.it/20150319/costa-crociere-suspends-cruise-stopovers-in-tunis Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:33:23 +0100 costa-crociere-suspends-cruise-stopovers-in-tunis Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino broke down in tears in court on Wednesday as he made an emotional last-ditch appeal to judges to clear him of causing the 2012 disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/schettino-in-tears-as-concordia-verdict-looms Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:10:00 +0100 schettino-in-tears-as-concordia-verdict-looms Francesco Schettino, the skipper of the ill-fated Costa Concordia, could learn on Wednesday whether he has been convicted of manslaughter and other charges over the 2012 disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/day-of-judgement-looms-for-concordia-skipper Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:13:00 +0100 day-of-judgement-looms-for-concordia-skipper Lawyers defending Costa Concordia skipper Francesco Schettino called on Monday for his acquittal on manslaughter charges, saying their client may have saved many lives in the 2012 disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20150209/schettino-saved-many-lives-in-concordia-tragedy Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:58:00 +0100 schettino-saved-many-lives-in-concordia-tragedy UPDATED: Italian prosecutors called on Monday for Francesco Schettino, the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia, to serve 26 years and three months in jail for the 2012 shipwreck which left 32 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20150126/prosecutors-seek-26-years-jail-for-concordia-captain Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:49:00 +0100 prosecutors-seek-26-years-jail-for-concordia-captain The Italian ex-captain of the doomed Costa Concordia claimed at his manslaughter trial Saturday that "with 30 more seconds" -- and warning from his crew -- the cruise ship's deadly crash could have been averted. https://www.thelocal.it/20141214/costa-concordia-captain-lays-blame-on-crew Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:10:00 +0100 costa-concordia-captain-lays-blame-on-crew UPDATED: The body of a missing waiter has been found in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia, according to Italian media reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20141103/body-of-missing-waiter-found-in-concordia-wreck-report Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:50:00 +0100 body-of-missing-waiter-found-in-concordia-wreck-report Italy's notorious shipwreck captain, accused of a fatal delay in sounding the alarm as his Costa Concordia cruise liner sank, has sparked outrage by giving a lecture to students on best emergency practices. https://www.thelocal.it/20140806/outrage-over-concordia-skippers-safety-talk Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:49:00 +0200 outrage-over-concordia-skippers-safety-talk