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 fresh controversy over the construction of the high-speed Turin-Lyon‘Tav’ rail line has once again raised tensions in Italy’s coalition government, which is divided over whether the half-completed project should go ahead. https://www.thelocal.it/20190308/dispute-over-high-speed-trainline-causes-fresh-schism-in-italys-government Fri, 08 Mar 2019 12:06:00 +0100 dispute-over-high-speed-trainline-causes-fresh-schism-in-italys-government The CEO of troubled Italian bank BMPS, Fabrizio Viola, resigned Thursday, six weeks after unveiling plans to reverse its ailing fortunes, the bank said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160909/ceo-of-troubled-italian-bank-resigns Fri, 09 Sep 2016 11:57:22 +0200 ceo-of-troubled-italian-bank-resigns The Italian coastguard on Monday said rescuers had recovered the bodies of 15 migrants in search and rescue operations which saved nearly 2,700 people making the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20160905/italian-navy-recovers-six-dead-migrants Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:23:30 +0200 italian-navy-recovers-six-dead-migrants A further 16,109 jobs will be lost in Italy’s banking sector by 2020, Lando Maria Sileoni, the secretary general of the banking trade union, Fabi, said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160810/italys-banking-sector-to-shed-over-16000-jobs-by-2020 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:07:35 +0200 italys-banking-sector-to-shed-over-16000-jobs-by-2020 Shares in Monte Paschi di Siena (BMPS) soared on the Milan stock exchange Friday, boosted by a possible new lifeline tabled by a veteran Italian banker and Swiss giant UBS. https://www.thelocal.it/20160729/new-rescue-plan-sends-shares-italys-oldest-bank-soaring Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:31:05 +0200 new-rescue-plan-sends-shares-italys-oldest-bank-soaring Stress test results for Europe's top banks come out Friday and all eyes will be on Italy's embattled Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS) - the world's oldest bank. https://www.thelocal.it/20160728/stress-tests-could-show-worlds-oldest-bank-is-italys-newest-problem Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:24:28 +0200 stress-tests-could-show-worlds-oldest-bank-is-italys-newest-problem An online project seeking to discourage migrants dreaming of a better life in Italy from making the dangerous journey to central Europe was launched by the Italian government on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160728/italy-launches-internet-campaign-to-put-off-would-be-migrants Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:55:54 +0200 italy-launches-internet-campaign-to-put-off-would-be-migrants German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced optimism on Tuesday that Italy will be able to head off a banking crisis and insisted the situation would not snowball into a new eurozone emergency. https://www.thelocal.it/20160712/merkel-sees-no-eurozone-crisis-developing-over-italys-banks Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:17:40 +0200 merkel-sees-no-eurozone-crisis-developing-over-italys-banks Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco said on Friday that public intervention in the country's banks was not to be ruled out amid growing fears the sector's €360 billion ($398 billion) in bad debt would trigger a potentially contagious banking crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160708/bank-of-italy-head-hints-at-public-invervention-in-ailing-sector Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:13:57 +0200 bank-of-italy-head-hints-at-public-invervention-in-ailing-sector Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena prides itself on being the world's oldest bank but could, along with its peers, turn into Europe's newest problem as some analysts fear its bad debts may trigger a bank crisis in Italy and eurozone turmoil. https://www.thelocal.it/20160706/worlds-oldest-bank-could-become-europes-newest-problem Wed, 06 Jul 2016 14:46:51 +0200 worlds-oldest-bank-could-become-europes-newest-problem Around 2,000 migrants were plucked to safety off the coast of Libya in the latest series of rescue operations in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160610/some-2000-migrants-saved-in-latest-rescue-operation Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:27:11 +0200 some-2000-migrants-saved-in-latest-rescue-operation Rarely a day goes by without news of migrant rescues or drownings. https://www.thelocal.it/20160603/why-italys-facing-another-tough-summer Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:25:43 +0200 why-italys-facing-another-tough-summer At least 1,000 people are thought to have drowned or are missing in nine migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean over the last six days, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160531/1000-feared-dead-in-migrant-tragedies-within-six-days Tue, 31 May 2016 18:16:50 +0200 1000-feared-dead-in-migrant-tragedies-within-six-days Italy says it is making headway in its bid to persuade African countries to help close migrant routes to Europe and take back some of those arriving via Libya in exchange for increased aid and investment. https://www.thelocal.it/20160519/italy-says-africa-nations-back-plan-to-close-libya-migrant-route Thu, 19 May 2016 10:38:27 +0200 italy-says-africa-nations-back-plan-to-close-libya-migrant-route Four African refugees arrived in Cyprus from Italy on Tuesday as part of an EU relocation programme for asylum seekers to help ease Europe's migration crisis, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/italy-sends-sylum-seekers-to-cyprus-under-eu-scheme Wed, 18 May 2016 10:27:29 +0200 italy-sends-sylum-seekers-to-cyprus-under-eu-scheme Italy's coastguard has coordinated the rescue of another 1,800 migrants, lifting the total plucked from stricken boats since the start of 2016 to more than 30,000, the navy announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160506/migrant-arrivals-in-italy-top-30000-for-2016-navy Fri, 06 May 2016 19:55:21 +0200 migrant-arrivals-in-italy-top-30000-for-2016-navy AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani has played down claims of an impending crisis following a shareholders meeting at which the struggling Serie A giants came under attack amid reports of nearly €90 million euros in losses for 2015. https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/milan-play-down-crisis-as-shareholders-rage Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:07:52 +0200 milan-play-down-crisis-as-shareholders-rage Italy told Austria on Thursday it would prove Vienna was "wasting money" on anti-migrant measures and closing the border between the two countries would be "an enormous mistake". https://www.thelocal.it/20160429/italy-brands-austrias-migrant-fence-a-waste-of-money Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:50:22 +0200 italy-brands-austrias-migrant-fence-a-waste-of-money Italy is to introduce the fingerprinting of migrants crossing the Mediterranean as soon as they are picked up by rescue boats, officials say. https://www.thelocal.it/20160428/italy-to-start-fingerprinting-migrants-at-sea Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:30:06 +0200 italy-to-start-fingerprinting-migrants-at-sea Italy's navy said Monday that work to salvage a sunken trawler stuffed with the corpses of migrants was progressing but that the wreck would not be brought to port before next month. https://www.thelocal.it/20160419/italy-says-close-to-raising-migrant-disaster-ship Tue, 19 Apr 2016 10:28:50 +0200 italy-says-close-to-raising-migrant-disaster-ship