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 Five Turkish warships threatened to engage an Italian drillship Friday and forced it to turn back after it tried to break a two-week blockade off Cyprus, Cypriot officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20180224/turkey-navy-forces-back-italian-drillship-cyprus Sat, 24 Feb 2018 11:59:32 +0100 turkey-navy-forces-back-italian-drillship-cyprus Mediterranean countries Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Italy on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to build the world's longest underwater natural gas pipeline to supply Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20171205/med-nations-sign-mou-to-build-major-gas-pipeline Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:50:18 +0100 med-nations-sign-mou-to-build-major-gas-pipeline Italian-South Korean energy consortium Eni-Kogas has failed to discover any exploitable gas reserves after deep-sea drilling off the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the energy ministry said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150326/eni-kogas-come-up-dry-in-cyprus-gas-drill Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:48:06 +0100 eni-kogas-come-up-dry-in-cyprus-gas-drill Italian-Korean energy consortium Eni-Kogas has begun exploratory deep-sea drilling off the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus for gas deposits, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/eni-kogas-begins-search-for-cyprus-gas Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:26:00 +0200 eni-kogas-begins-search-for-cyprus-gas Hundreds of mostly Syrian refugees rescued by a cruise liner were refusing on Friday to disembark at Cyprus's main port, demanding instead to be taken to Italy, the cruise company said. https://www.thelocal.it/20140926/saved-migrants-demand-to-be-sent-to-italy Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:23:00 +0200 saved-migrants-demand-to-be-sent-to-italy