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 crowdfunding campaign to send victims of child sex abuse to Rome to hear Vatican finance chief George Pell give evidence to an Australian inquiry has been overwhelmed by support, doubling its target in two days. https://www.thelocal.it/20160217/australians-club-together-to-send-child-abuse-victims-to-rome Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:43:13 +0100 australians-club-together-to-send-child-abuse-victims-to-rome The decaying bedroom of a Pompeii home, including a graffito perhaps scrawled by Emperor Julius Caeser's second wife, could finally get the restoration it deserves. If enough people donate online, that is. https://www.thelocal.it/20151020/italy-lovers-asked-to-help-save-crumbling-relics Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:07:01 +0200 italy-lovers-asked-to-help-save-crumbling-relics One Italian startup is finding success selling the simplest of Italian products – tomato passata – and is doing its bit to help migrants at the same time. https://www.thelocal.it/20150922/italys-tomato-startup-that-saves-migrants Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:13:15 +0200 italys-tomato-startup-that-saves-migrants Disgruntled doctoral student Mario Trifuoggi has given up on Italian academia and has decided to crowdfund a UK Sociology doctorate - he just needs to find €31,278. https://www.thelocal.it/20150921/italian-crowdfunds-uk-mafia-research Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:01:25 +0200 italian-crowdfunds-uk-mafia-research A Dutch woman has raised over €7,000 online to pay for damages wrought in Rome last week by scores of football fans from the Netherlands. https://www.thelocal.it/20150223/dutch-give-7k-to-apologize-for-rome-riot Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:06:00 +0100 dutch-give-7k-to-apologize-for-rome-riot