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 In a bid to improve its ailing fortunes in Italy, US transport startup Uber will soon have its drivers delivering pizza, pasta and more to hungry customers in Rome and Milan. https://www.thelocal.it/20160707/uber-plans-to-revive-italian-fortunes-with-pizza-deliveries-in-rome-and-milan Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:08:48 +0200 uber-plans-to-revive-italian-fortunes-with-pizza-deliveries-in-rome-and-milan A mafia chief in southern Italy has been arrested by detectives disguised as pizza boys who delivered food to his home as he was watching a football match, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160418/pizza-delivery-cops-nab-mafia-boss Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:30:41 +0200 pizza-delivery-cops-nab-mafia-boss A short letter written by an Italian soldier interred by Nazi forces in a German prisoner of war camp has finally been delivered to his next of kin in Villorba, Venice. https://www.thelocal.it/20160209/italy-soldiers-letter-sent-during-wwii-delivered-after-72-years Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:53:35 +0100 italy-soldiers-letter-sent-during-wwii-delivered-after-72-years Italy has the second highest caesarean delivery rate in Europe, mainly because doctors perceive the procedure to be safer as it allows them to mitigate problems that may arise during natural childbirth, the co-author of a report published on Monday told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20150309/italys-c-section-rate-secpnd-highest-in-europe Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:06:24 +0100 italys-c-section-rate-secpnd-highest-in-europe