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 Portugal has put the brakes on the extradition to Italy of a former CIA agent over her role in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian imam who claimed he was subsequently tortured. https://www.thelocal.it/20160802/retrial-row-halts-extradition-of-ex-cia-agent-to-italy Tue, 02 Aug 2016 09:55:51 +0200 retrial-row-halts-extradition-of-ex-cia-agent-to-italy Five tourists from Belgium, Italy and Peru were killed in a car crash at Bolivia's famous salt flats, the Salar de Uyuni, authorities said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160801/italians-among-those-killed-at-bolivias-top-tourist-draw Mon, 01 Aug 2016 10:02:07 +0200 italians-among-those-killed-at-bolivias-top-tourist-draw Experienced Italian midfielder Daniele De Rossi has played down chances of success at Euro 2016, insisting Thursday that the Azzurri are "not among the favourites". https://www.thelocal.it/20160603/italy-not-among-the-favourites-in-euro-2016 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:39:45 +0200 italy-not-among-the-favourites-in-euro-2016 One of Italy’s most notorious football hooligans has been handed a 26 year jail term over the fatal shooting of a rival fan before the 2014 Italian Cup final. https://www.thelocal.it/20160524/italys-notorious-football-hooligan-get-26-years-for-rival-fans-murder Tue, 24 May 2016 16:01:50 +0200 italys-notorious-football-hooligan-get-26-years-for-rival-fans-murder Once you’re done with Rome’s numerous historical sites, take yourself off to the Rome Comedy Club for some laughter. https://www.thelocal.it/20160304/how-these-expats-and-one-italian-brought-laughter-to-rome Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:05:09 +0100 how-these-expats-and-one-italian-brought-laughter-to-rome Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it was still investigating the brutal killing of an Italian graduate student in Cairo, and suggested he may have fallen victim to criminals. https://www.thelocal.it/20160224/egypt-says-still-probing-italian-student-death Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:58:56 +0100 egypt-says-still-probing-italian-student-death Sombre ex-Ferrari chief Luca de Montezemolo admitted on Thursday that he did not have "good news" regarding the condition of stricken Formula One legend Michael Schumacher. https://www.thelocal.it/20160205/ex-ferrari-chief-has-no-good-news-on-schumacher Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:46:26 +0100 ex-ferrari-chief-has-no-good-news-on-schumacher Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi has apologized after coming under fire for racially abusing Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic during a 1-0 defeat to the champions in Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20160127/italy-fa-told-to-crack-down-on-roma-star-over-gypsy-slur Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:15:58 +0100 italy-fa-told-to-crack-down-on-roma-star-over-gypsy-slur Roma's Daniele De Rossi and the Serie A club were issued fines of €7,500 each on Tuesday after the midfielder made an "offensive" gesture to Lazio fans after victory in the city derby last May. https://www.thelocal.it/20151104/roma-de-rossi-fined-after-offensive-gesture Wed, 04 Nov 2015 08:30:12 +0100 roma-de-rossi-fined-after-offensive-gesture Two people were killed as storms and flooding struck Italy over the past few days. https://www.thelocal.it/20150812/two-dead-as-storms-batter-italy Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:43:59 +0200 two-dead-as-storms-batter-italy One person was killed Saturday in a powerful explosion that partly damaged the Italian consulate in central Cairo, health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150711/one-dead-in-blast-at-italy-consulate-in-cairo Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:23:40 +0200 one-dead-in-blast-at-italy-consulate-in-cairo Roma's Daniele De Rossi has joined Italy's growing injury list for their friendly against Portugal, four days after the Azzurri kept their Euro 2016 qualifying hopes alive in a controversial 1-1 draw away to Croatia. https://www.thelocal.it/20150615/de-rossi-joins-growing-azzurri-injury-list Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:32:53 +0200 de-rossi-joins-growing-azzurri-injury-list An Italian writer sent to trial for saying an environmentally controversial train link should be "sabotaged" plans to make freedom of expression the centre of his defence. https://www.thelocal.it/20150127/italian-writer-on-trial-pleads-freedom-of-expression Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:12:00 +0100 italian-writer-on-trial-pleads-freedom-of-expression Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi could miss the Serie A side's Champions League trip to Manchester City after the Italian club confirmed he has suffered a lesion to his left soleus muscle. https://www.thelocal.it/20140923/doubts-over-de-rossi-for-manchester-city-clash Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:08:00 +0200 doubts-over-de-rossi-for-manchester-city-clash A 33-year-old woman in Sicily is facing murder charges over the death on Monday of her five-year-old son, who reportedly overdosed on pills used to treat depression. https://www.thelocal.it/20140715/mother-faces-murder-charge-over-boys-overdose Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:03:00 +0200 mother-faces-murder-charge-over-boys-overdose An elderly woman from Conegliano in the Veneto region was robbed of her entire pension after being told the banknotes were contaminated by a deadly virus. https://www.thelocal.it/20140103/pensioner-robbed-as-money-contained-deadly-virus Fri, 03 Jan 2014 13:28:00 +0100 pensioner-robbed-as-money-contained-deadly-virus