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 Italy’s most artistic streaker is back. https://www.thelocal.it/20171024/adrian-pino-olivera-david-michelangelo-florence Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:21:27 +0200 adrian-pino-olivera-david-michelangelo-florence Guitarist David Gilmour will play the ancient Roman amphitheatre at Pompeii on July 7th and 8th, 45 years after recording a documentary there with former bandmates Pink Floyd, Italy's culture minister said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160317/gilmour-books-pompeii-summer-gigs-45-years-on Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:29:26 +0100 gilmour-books-pompeii-summer-gigs-45-years-on Michelangelo's world-famous statue of David got a clean-up Monday financed by a US non-profit group which has spent some €500,000 in recent years preserving such Renaissance masterpieces. https://www.thelocal.it/20160301/michelangelos-david-gets-expensive-clean-up Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:05:37 +0100 michelangelos-david-gets-expensive-clean-up As the world marked the death of music legend David Bowie on Monday, some fans are struggling to come to terms with the loss of their hero, with a woman from Rome setting up a petition calling on God to bring him back. https://www.thelocal.it/20160112/italians-petition-god-to-bring-back-david-bowie Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:59:56 +0100 italians-petition-god-to-bring-back-david-bowie Foreign investors might be wary of doing business with Italy, given the lacklustre growth and complex politics. But David Olson, a businessman from Michigan in the US, is undeterred, and is determined to help Italian firms spread their wings. https://www.thelocal.it/20150619/why-were-doing-business-with-italy Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:30:55 +0200 why-were-doing-business-with-italy Britain is to provide staff and other support for an Italian intelligence unit working on moves to resolve Europe's migration crisis, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150617/uk-to-support-italy-intelligence-effort-on-migrants Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:10:42 +0200 uk-to-support-italy-intelligence-effort-on-migrants Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday that a British exit from the EU would be a “disaster” for the UK after the Conservative party triumphed in the elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20150508/uk-exit-from-the-eu-would-be-a-disaster-italy-fm Fri, 08 May 2015 18:35:34 +0200 uk-exit-from-the-eu-would-be-a-disaster-italy-fm The Conservative party in the UK has made a bid to woo expat voters by pledging to end the controversial “15-year rule” that prevents millions of Brits abroad from being able to vote. https://www.thelocal.it/20140902/votes-for-expats-plan-to-end-uks-15-year-rule Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:19:00 +0200 votes-for-expats-plan-to-end-uks-15-year-rule Florence's museums authority on Tuesday played down the risk of Michelangelo's 500-year-old David statue falling down because of fractures in its ankles. https://www.thelocal.it/20140506/michelangelos-david-statue-wont-fall-down Tue, 06 May 2014 14:15:00 +0200 michelangelos-david-statue-wont-fall-down An Italian politician made an embarrassing linguistic gaffe in parliament on Tuesday when he reassured fellow MPs that he would be "brief and circumcised". https://www.thelocal.it/20140326/video-italian-mp-makes-circumcision-gaffe Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:39:00 +0100 video-italian-mp-makes-circumcision-gaffe Italy has tried to crack down on the sale of trashy souvenirs, with the city of Pisa imposing hefty fines on shops caught selling underpants with its famous tower resembling a penis, but others have been harder to weed out. https://www.thelocal.it/20140320/top-10-italys-tackiest-souvenirs Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:10:00 +0100 top-10-italys-tackiest-souvenirs