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 The descendants of famous heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim will on Tuesday launch a court appeal over her sumptuous collection of works housed in an 18th century palace on Venice's Grand Canal. https://www.thelocal.it/20150518/battle-begins-over-guggenheims-venice-works Mon, 18 May 2015 10:32:47 +0200 battle-begins-over-guggenheims-venice-works An Italian appeals court prepared to issue a ruling on Friday in the case against ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi for having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power. https://www.thelocal.it/20140718/rubygate-jail-time-still-a-distant-prospect-for-ex-pm Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:34:00 +0200 rubygate-jail-time-still-a-distant-prospect-for-ex-pm A verdict on former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s appeal against a jail term for having sex with an underage prostitute and for abuse of power while in office is expected to be given on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140715/rubygate-appeal-verdict-expected-friday Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:38:00 +0200 rubygate-appeal-verdict-expected-friday Italy's top court on Thursday confirmed a prison sentence for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in his first ever definitive conviction, which could upset the country's fragile coalition government. https://www.thelocal.it/20130801/jail-term-for-berlusconi-as-pm-calls-for-calm Thu, 01 Aug 2013 21:48:00 +0200 jail-term-for-berlusconi-as-pm-calls-for-calm With his slick hair and macho man image, the captain of the Costa Concordia has been portrayed as a villain who crashed and then abandoned his cruise ship in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives. https://www.thelocal.it/20130705/ex-colleagues-say-concordia-captain-was-well-trained Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:51:00 +0200 ex-colleagues-say-concordia-captain-was-well-trained A court official has warned that national strike by Italian lawyers could delay the start of the manslaughter trial of the Costa Concordia's captain, charged for the cruise liner's deadly shipwreck in January 2012. https://www.thelocal.it/20130704/lawyers-strike-could-delay-costa-concordia-trial Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:10:00 +0200 lawyers-strike-could-delay-costa-concordia-trial