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 A notorious mafia boss, sentenced to life imprisonment for three murders, has instead been serving his time in a private hospital room - at a cost of €700 per day to the Italian taxpayer. https://www.thelocal.it/20160401/mafia-bosss-35-million-hospital-stay-funded-by-italian-taxes Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:53:06 +0200 mafia-bosss-35-million-hospital-stay-funded-by-italian-taxes Prosecutors in the Italian port of Bari on Monday opened a criminal investigation into how the car ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire at sea during a crossing from Greece to Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20141229/italy-opens-criminal-probe-into-ferry-fire Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:48:00 +0100 italy-opens-criminal-probe-into-ferry-fire Domenico Rancadore, the convicted Italian mafia boss who last week was told he was free to remain in Britain, has been arrested on a fresh international warrant, police said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140405/fugitive-italian-mafia-boss-re-arrested-in-britain-2 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:12:00 +0200 fugitive-italian-mafia-boss-re-arrested-in-britain-2 The Italian supreme court has ruled the adopted daughter of an Italy-based Congolese nun raped by a priest must be returned to her natural mother, Italian media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140208/italian-court-returns-daughter-to-raped-nun Sat, 08 Feb 2014 10:08:26 +0100 italian-court-returns-daughter-to-raped-nun A man in Tuscany has begged to be put in prison in a bid to escape his "unbearable" wife, local police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140102/drug-dealer-begs-for-jail-to-escape-nagging-wife Thu, 02 Jan 2014 11:25:00 +0100 drug-dealer-begs-for-jail-to-escape-nagging-wife Thousands protested Saturday in Naples over illegal waste dumps blamed on the mafia that generate toxic fumes, an AFP photographer said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131117/thousands-in-naples-protest-mafia-pollution Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:24:16 +0100 thousands-in-naples-protest-mafia-pollution Albanian police have seized more than a ton of cannabis destined for Italy and arrested a suspected smuggler, a spokeswoman said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130824/albanian-police-seize-italy-bound-cannabis-haul Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:00:00 +0200 albanian-police-seize-italy-bound-cannabis-haul Southern Italian mafia boss Pietro Labate, one of Italy's most dangerous fugitives, has been arrested after more than two years on the run, police said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20130714/mafia-boss-arrested-in-southern-italy Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:04:00 +0200 mafia-boss-arrested-in-southern-italy Italian investigators have said that the Vatican bank operated in a way that facilitated money laundering, according to leaked papers quoted by two Italian newspapers on Saturday following a three-year inquiry. https://www.thelocal.it/20130707/vatican-bank-open-to-money-laundering-report Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:10:00 +0200 vatican-bank-open-to-money-laundering-report An Italian former ultra-leftist wanted in his country for murder could face deportation from Brazil after a court upheld his conviction for use of a fake passport. https://www.thelocal.it/20130629/italian-exile-faces-expulsion-after-brazil-court-ruling Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:45:00 +0200 italian-exile-faces-expulsion-after-brazil-court-ruling