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 Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli said on Thursday it had appointed Norwegian Peter Dundas as its new creative director. https://www.thelocal.it/20150320/cavalli-names-norways-dundas-as-creative-director Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:13:57 +0100 cavalli-names-norways-dundas-as-creative-director Italy has led a European sting operation against fraudsters suspected of tricking the elderly into handing over vast sums of cash. https://www.thelocal.it/20140723/italy-leads-eu-sting-on-grandchild-fraudsters Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:00:00 +0200 italy-leads-eu-sting-on-grandchild-fraudsters UPDATED: Three men were given life sentences on Tuesday for the murder of an Italian waiter in what was described as "an appalling and sickening group attack". https://www.thelocal.it/20140708/three-convicted-of-killing-italian-waiter Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:50:00 +0200 three-convicted-of-killing-italian-waiter UPDATED: A 31-year-old man killed his wife and two children because he was in love with someone else, it was revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140616/milan-man-killed-family-over-unrequited-love Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:31:00 +0200 milan-man-killed-family-over-unrequited-love Naples will begin registering the marriages of gay couples who wed abroad, the city’s mayor has said, prompting a backlash from the archbishop of Naples who has argued that there are "more urgent" issues at hand. https://www.thelocal.it/20140603/row-erupts-over-gay-marriage-in-naples Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:01:00 +0200 row-erupts-over-gay-marriage-in-naples Staff at Rome's Colosseum were outraged after catching an Australian man and his son - aged 45 and 12 - scrawling their names on the iconic monument in an attempt to leave their mark. https://www.thelocal.it/20140113/outrage-after-australian-tourists-deface-colosseum Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:25:00 +0100 outrage-after-australian-tourists-deface-colosseum He's been dubbed a hero, "the legend of Giglio". Salvage master Nick Sloane, tasked with raising the Costa Concordia ship upright from its watery grave off Italy's Giglio Island, emerged triumphant on Tuesday after a 19-hour operation. https://www.thelocal.it/20130917/the-mastermind-behind-the-concordia-salvage-operation Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:45:00 +0200 the-mastermind-behind-the-concordia-salvage-operation