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 Passengers and crew will return to the Italian island of Giglio on Thursday night to mark the moment the cruise liner sank off the coast a decade ago, leaving 32 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20220113/costa-concordia-survivors-mark-10-years-since-italian-cruise-ship-disaster Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:00:06 +0100 costa-concordia-survivors-mark-10-years-since-italian-cruise-ship-disaster The captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner turned himself in Friday after Italy's highest court upheld his 16-year prison sentence for the tragedy that killed 32 people. https://www.thelocal.it/20170513/costa-concordia-shipwreck-captain-jailed-as-appeal-fails Sat, 13 May 2017 15:46:47 +0200 costa-concordia-shipwreck-captain-jailed-as-appeal-fails The fate of the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner hung in the balance on Friday as his defence lawyers prepared to sum up and Italy's highest court readied its ruling. https://www.thelocal.it/20170512/costa-concordia-captain-awaits-fate-in-shipwreck-trial Fri, 12 May 2017 11:22:03 +0200 costa-concordia-captain-awaits-fate-in-shipwreck-trial Italian prosecutors called on the country's highest court on Thursday to drive home a guilty verdict against Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank in 2012 leaving 32 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20170421/italian-prosecutors-call-for-costa-concordia-shipwreck-captain-to-be-jailed Fri, 21 Apr 2017 11:03:11 +0200 italian-prosecutors-call-for-costa-concordia-shipwreck-captain-to-be-jailed Italy's highest court on Thursday began reviewing the case of Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank in 2012 leaving 32 people dead. https://www.thelocal.it/20170420/top-italian-court-reviews-costa-concordias-captain-coward Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:43:53 +0200 top-italian-court-reviews-costa-concordias-captain-coward Italian prosecutors have called for a tougher jail sentence for Francesco Schettino, captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner, arguing his "Titanic responsibility" over the disaster deserves more than 16 years behind bars. https://www.thelocal.it/20150922/prosecutors-demand-more-jail-time-for-schettino Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:46:41 +0200 prosecutors-demand-more-jail-time-for-schettino Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino has vowed that he will never accept his conviction for abandoning ship on the night of the 2012 cruise ship disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20150212/defiant-concordia-skipper-vows-to-clear-his-name Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:11:00 +0100 defiant-concordia-skipper-vows-to-clear-his-name UPDATED: An Italian court on Wednesday sentenced Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino to 16 years and one month in prison for causing the 2012 cruise ship disaster which claimed 32 lives. https://www.thelocal.it/20150211/costa-concordia-capital-schettino-verdict Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:00:00 +0100 costa-concordia-capital-schettino-verdict Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino claimed on Wednesday that his decision to delay evacuation of the stricken cruise ship may actually have saved lives in the 2012 disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20141203/schettino-claims-his-actions-saved-lives Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:18:00 +0100 schettino-claims-his-actions-saved-lives UPDATED: Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino told a court on Tuesday that he was showing off when he steered the cruise ship onto rocks off the Italian island of Giglio, triggering a disaster in which 32 passengers and crew died. https://www.thelocal.it/20141202/schettino-takes-to-the-stand-in-concordia-trial Tue, 02 Dec 2014 12:52:00 +0100 schettino-takes-to-the-stand-in-concordia-trial Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino said on Thursday he will report his ex-lover Domnica Cemortan for “false testimony”, after she made fresh claims about the cruise ship disaster. https://www.thelocal.it/20141003/schettino-blasts-ex-lover-over-false-testimony Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:11:00 +0200 schettino-blasts-ex-lover-over-false-testimony Domnica Cemortan, the former lover of Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino, said he has until tomorrow to “tell the truth” over the moments after the fatal cruise ship crash, or she will reveal all. https://www.thelocal.it/20140929/concordia-captains-lover-in-tell-the-truth-threat Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:19:00 +0200 concordia-captains-lover-in-tell-the-truth-threat Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino returns to court on Monday, where he faces manslaughter charges over the cruise ship sinking that killed 32 people, weeks after teaching students in Rome about emergency procedures. https://www.thelocal.it/20140922/schettino-back-in-court-over-concordia-crash Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:58:00 +0200 schettino-back-in-court-over-concordia-crash Tourists can now pay €10 to have a boat tour around the wreck of the Costa Concordia, a new venture since the cruise ship was taken to Genoa in July to be scrapped. https://www.thelocal.it/20140904/10-for-boat-tour-of-costa-concordia-wreck Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:45:00 +0200 10-for-boat-tour-of-costa-concordia-wreck A man who spent his honeymoon on the Costa Concordia is now part of a team dismantling the cruise ship wreck, two and a half years after it was holed and sank off Italy, according to La Stampa daily. https://www.thelocal.it/20140728/honeymoon-guest-in-concordia-scrapping-team Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:03:00 +0200 honeymoon-guest-in-concordia-scrapping-team UPDATED: The wreck of the Costa Concordia entered the Italian port of Genoa on Sunday, ending the cruise liner's final journey to be scrapped two and a half years after it capsized at a cost of 32 lives. https://www.thelocal.it/20140727/costa-concordia-set-to-dock-in-genoa Sun, 27 Jul 2014 13:09:00 +0200 costa-concordia-set-to-dock-in-genoa Italians on the island of Giglio have expressed their relief at the departure of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck, which on Wednesday embarked on its journey to a scrapyard in one of the biggest salvage operations in maritime history. https://www.thelocal.it/20140724/italians-reclaim-giglio-after-concordia-departs Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:10:00 +0200 italians-reclaim-giglio-after-concordia-departs The captain of Costa Concordia, which sunk off the Tuscan coast in January 2012, killing 32 people, partied on the island of Ischia on Monday night as the ship prepared to be towed away. https://www.thelocal.it/20140722/captain-coward-parties-as-shipwreck-is-towed-away Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:08:00 +0200 captain-coward-parties-as-shipwreck-is-towed-away When the ship horns sound out on Italy's Giglio Island, the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship will set sail in a solemn final adieu after a tragedy at sea in which 32 people died and which transformed this sleepy Eden into an international salvage site. https://www.thelocal.it/20140721/concordia-tragedy-finally-put-giglio-on-the-map Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:51:00 +0200 concordia-tragedy-finally-put-giglio-on-the-map It's nursing season in Europe's biggest marine sanctuary and schools of whales have brought their young to Italian shores - but environmentalists warn they are at risk from toxins leaked by the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship. https://www.thelocal.it/20140715/whales-and-dolphins-at-risk-as-concordia-is-moved Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:15:00 +0200 whales-and-dolphins-at-risk-as-concordia-is-moved