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 UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Italy to the Security Council under a deal that will see the Netherlands take over the seat in a year. https://www.thelocal.it/20160701/un-approves-deal-for-italy-netherlands-to-share-council-seat Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:34:55 +0200 un-approves-deal-for-italy-netherlands-to-share-council-seat Italy and the Netherlands agreed on Tuesday to split their term on the UN Security Council after a tie in voting forced them to reach a compromise. https://www.thelocal.it/20160629/italy-netherlands-offer-to-share-un-council-seat Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:47:14 +0200 italy-netherlands-offer-to-share-un-council-seat The Italian government has decided to dissolve the town council of Brescello for fear that its local institutions have been infiltrated by the mafia. https://www.thelocal.it/20160421/italy-dissolves-town-council-infiltrated-by-mafia Thu, 21 Apr 2016 16:37:12 +0200 italy-dissolves-town-council-infiltrated-by-mafia A district council in southern Rome has been dissolved due to concerns over mafia infiltration, Italy's interior Minister Angelino Alfano announced after a cabinet meeting on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150828/rome-district-council-dissolved-over-mafia-fears Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:20:13 +0200 rome-district-council-dissolved-over-mafia-fears The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting next week to discuss ways to address the crisis sparked by a relentless wave of thousands of Mediterranean boat migrants, diplomats said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150506/un-security-council-to-meet-on-migrant-crisis Wed, 06 May 2015 09:27:15 +0200 un-security-council-to-meet-on-migrant-crisis Italy's local councils are increasingly being intimidated by the mafia and other criminals, a new Senate investigation has found. https://www.thelocal.it/20150306/italys-councils-face-growing-intimidation Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:56:03 +0100 italys-councils-face-growing-intimidation Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino has banned the word “nomad” from all communications within the city’s council in a bid to overcome discrimination against Roma, Sinti and traveller communities. https://www.thelocal.it/20140409/rome-mayor-bans-the-word-nomad-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:44:00 +0200 rome-mayor-bans-the-word-nomad-2 Politicians from Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PdL) party in Emilia-Romagna have squandered three times as much on their lunch and dinners as their counterparts from the Democratic Party (PD). https://www.thelocal.it/20131105/berlusconi-party-racks-up-hefty-food-bill Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:26:00 +0100 berlusconi-party-racks-up-hefty-food-bill As a town council in the northern region of Padova closes its doors for the holiday period, a message on its website advises residents to only call if someone has died. https://www.thelocal.it/20130813/italian-council-closed-call-only-in-case-of-death Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:06:00 +0200 italian-council-closed-call-only-in-case-of-death A local politician in central Italy was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly assigning council homes to poor young mothers in exchange for sexual favours. https://www.thelocal.it/20130730/sex-for-housing-scandal-hits-italian-town Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:14:00 +0200 sex-for-housing-scandal-hits-italian-town An Italian mayor and his council members have decided to fight the economic crisis proactively, picking up paintbrushes and re-painting the walls of their offices themselves to spare the town budget. https://www.thelocal.it/20130708/italian-mayor-paints-walls-to-trim-budget Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:52:00 +0200 italian-mayor-paints-walls-to-trim-budget