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 Sicilian "Cosa Nostra" mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano, dubbed "the tractor" for the way he mowed his victims down, died on Wednesday after a long illness. https://www.thelocal.it/20160713/italy-mafia-boss-bernardo-the-tractor-provenzano-dies Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:40:46 +0200 italy-mafia-boss-bernardo-the-tractor-provenzano-dies UPDATED: Around 40 migrants died when an inflatable boat carrying more than 100 people sank off the coast of Italy, Save the Children quoted survivors as saying on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150505/around-40-migrants-die-in-sinking-off-italy Tue, 05 May 2015 14:24:16 +0200 around-40-migrants-die-in-sinking-off-italy As many as 41 migrants drowned after a small boat carrying refugees sank in the Mediterranean, Italian media said on Thursday, days after 400 were lost in another shipwreck. https://www.thelocal.it/20150416/41-migrants-missing-in-new-boat-tragedy Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:48:05 +0200 41-migrants-missing-in-new-boat-tragedy Rescuers have found no more survivors from the shipwreck of a boat in which 400 migrants are believed to have drowned, the Italian coastguard said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150415/no-more-survivors-from-italy-migrant-shipwreck Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:48:09 +0200 no-more-survivors-from-italy-migrant-shipwreck An Italian and two Austrians are reported to have died in a massive avalanche that hit the French Alps on Wednesday afternoon - according to a report from Austrian broadcaster ORF. https://www.thelocal.it/20150402/italian-reported-dead-in-french-avalanche Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:36:58 +0200 italian-reported-dead-in-french-avalanche UPDATED: A boat transporting migrants has capsized off Sicily, killing at least ten people, while hundreds have been rescued in various incidents over the past day, the Italian coast guard said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150304/ten-dead-after-migrant-boat-capsizes-off-sicily Wed, 04 Mar 2015 10:53:00 +0100 ten-dead-after-migrant-boat-capsizes-off-sicily A three-year-old girl died on Wednesday night after being attacked by the family dog. https://www.thelocal.it/20140925/child-killed-by-family-dog-in-rome Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:57:00 +0200 child-killed-by-family-dog-in-rome A 20-year-old man and a woman, aged 19, died after falling seven floors from an apartment building in Milan. A British woman living opposite said the man appeared “to drag” the woman down with him. https://www.thelocal.it/20140916/two-people-plunge-to-death-from-milan-building Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:38:00 +0200 two-people-plunge-to-death-from-milan-building A 19-year-old tourist died on Friday morning after falling from a convent just metres from Rome’s Spanish Steps. https://www.thelocal.it/20140829/polish-tourist-dies-by-romes-spanish-steps Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:42:00 +0200 polish-tourist-dies-by-romes-spanish-steps Two German tourists, aged 48 and 70, died in a car crash on the Italian island of Ischia on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140826/german-tourists-killed-in-ischia-car-crash Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:45:00 +0200 german-tourists-killed-in-ischia-car-crash A 68-year-old man from Rome died of a heart attack as he tried to climb into his first-floor apartment to retrieve his keys. https://www.thelocal.it/20140702/rome-man-dies-after-forgetting-keys Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:31:00 +0200 rome-man-dies-after-forgetting-keys A three-year-old girl from Milan died and two other children were injured on a ski slope in the Aosta Valley after they were hit by a 17-year-old skier. https://www.thelocal.it/20140310/italian-child-dies-after-being-hit-by-skiier Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:44:00 +0100 italian-child-dies-after-being-hit-by-skiier A Spanish diver drowned on Saturday while taking part in preparations to re-float the shipwrecked Concordia cruise liner off the Italian coast, the ANSA news agency reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140201/diver-dies-in-costa-concordia-salvage Sat, 01 Feb 2014 22:51:00 +0100 diver-dies-in-costa-concordia-salvage A 17-year-old student died after falling through a skylight at a school in Lecce, in the southern Italian region of Puglia. https://www.thelocal.it/20140109/italian-student-dies-after-falling-through-skylight Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:40:00 +0100 italian-student-dies-after-falling-through-skylight A 28-year-old man who set himself alight after losing his job died of his injuries at a hospital in Naples on Christmas Eve. https://www.thelocal.it/20131227/jobless-man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:17:00 +0100 jobless-man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire A man has died while trying to steal copper - one of the fastest growing crimes in Italy - from a factory in the southern Italian region of Benevento. https://www.thelocal.it/20131209/man-burns-to-death-in-attempt-to-steal-copper Mon, 09 Dec 2013 10:24:00 +0100 man-burns-to-death-in-attempt-to-steal-copper Thirteen refugees drowned on Monday while attempting to swim ashore after their vessel ran aground off Italy's coast, the local mayor said. https://www.thelocal.it/20130930/thirteen-refugees-die-trying-to-reach-italy Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:00:00 +0200 thirteen-refugees-die-trying-to-reach-italy