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 The French Interior Minister said France and Italy "had to" work together on security issues, two months after a diplomatic spat led to Paris briefly recalling its ambassador. https://www.thelocal.it/20190405/france-we-must-work-with-italy Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:43:36 +0200 france-we-must-work-with-italy France's ambassador to Italy is set to return to Rome on Friday after being recalled for a week as a protest, but analysts warn that relations between the two neighbours are likely to remain rocky. https://www.thelocal.it/20190215/french-ambassador-to-return-to-italy-today Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:20:07 +0100 french-ambassador-to-return-to-italy-today The French ambassador will return to Rome "very soon" after being recalled last week during an unprecedented spat, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in an interview published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190214/france-to-send-its-ambassador-back-to-italy-very-soon Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:57:18 +0100 france-to-send-its-ambassador-back-to-italy-very-soon Italy on Monday blocked a bid to toughen the EU's common position on Venezuela, diplomatic sources said, even as a dozen of its member states recognized opposition chief Juan Guaido as interim leader. https://www.thelocal.it/20190205/italy-blocks-eu-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-juan-guaido Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:19:41 +0100 italy-blocks-eu-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-juan-guaido With diplomatic ties between France and Italy increasingly tense, some observers have reached for marital metaphors to describe the breakdown in relations between two countries at the heart of the European Union. https://www.thelocal.it/20190130/analysis-whats-behind-italy-spat-with-france Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:33:46 +0100 analysis-whats-behind-italy-spat-with-france Baguette in hand, beret tilted jauntily, the Parisian looks down at the rowdy, pasta-scoffing Roman: they may be stereotypes, but perceived French smugness is again being blamed for a falling out with Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190128/italy-row-with-france-is-getting-personal Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:27:24 +0100 italy-row-with-france-is-getting-personal Paris will not be drawn into a "stupidity contest" with the populist government of Italy, where officials have launched several verbal attacks on President Emmanuel Macron, France's Europe Minister Nathalie Loiseau said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190124/france-wont-get-into-a-stupidity-contest-with-italy-minister Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:00:59 +0100 france-wont-get-into-a-stupidity-contest-with-italy-minister North Korea's top diplomat in Rome is reportedly seeking asylum after going into hiding with his family, in another high-profile defection bid by one of Pyongyang's envoys. https://www.thelocal.it/20190103/north-korean-diplomat-seeking-asylum-in-italy Thu, 03 Jan 2019 11:00:04 +0100 north-korean-diplomat-seeking-asylum-in-italy Italy's foreign minister has cancelled a meeting with his Austrian counterpart over Vienna's plans to grant citizenship to the German-speaking minority in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol, his office said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180918/italy-cancels-meeting-with-austria-over-south-tyrol-passport-proposal Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:55:35 +0200 italy-cancels-meeting-with-austria-over-south-tyrol-passport-proposal France is partly to blame for the crisis in Libya, Italy's Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta said on Monday, ruling out Italian military intervention there. https://www.thelocal.it/20180904/italy-blames-france-crisis-libya-elisabetta-trenta Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:46:54 +0200 italy-blames-france-crisis-libya-elisabetta-trenta Italy's Giuseppe Conte met Emmanuel Macron of France this week for previously undisclosed talks about migration, the French president has revealed. https://www.thelocal.it/20180627/italy-giuseppe-conte-secret-meeting-french-president-emmanuel-macron Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:20:03 +0200 italy-giuseppe-conte-secret-meeting-french-president-emmanuel-macron A war of words between France and Italy over migrants has set the scene for a testy European summit this week after the latest spat between neighbours who have had complicated relations for centuries. https://www.thelocal.it/20180626/migrant-row-between-france-and-italy-caps-a-history-of-prickly-relations Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:05:02 +0200 migrant-row-between-france-and-italy-caps-a-history-of-prickly-relations French President Emmanuel Macron attempted to resolve tensions with Italy on Thursday, saying he never meant to cause offense by criticising its rejection of a migrant ship in remarks that sparked fury in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20180614/france-president-macron-italy-criticism-migrants Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:10:20 +0200 france-president-macron-italy-criticism-migrants Italy is not participating in international strikes on Syria, but that doesn't mean it's neutral, according to Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. Here's where the country (officially) stands. https://www.thelocal.it/20180418/what-is-italys-position-on-syria Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:32:13 +0200 what-is-italys-position-on-syria Italy plans to expel two Russian diplomats as part of a Europe-wide response to the poisoning of an ex-spy in the UK, in which Moscow is accused of involvement. https://www.thelocal.it/20180326/italy-expels-russian-diplomats-salisbury-uk-poisoning Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:50:01 +0200 italy-expels-russian-diplomats-salisbury-uk-poisoning Rome was up in arms Monday over a proposal by Austria's new conservative and far-right coalition government to offer passports to the German-speaking residents of the northern Italian province of South Tyrol. https://www.thelocal.it/20171218/italy-austria-passports-south-tyrol Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:40:13 +0100 italy-austria-passports-south-tyrol China's Forbidden City and the Vatican Museums are set to swap 40 works of art as part of efforts to bolster diplomatic relations between the Communist country and the seat of the Catholic Church. https://www.thelocal.it/20171121/vatican-art-china-forbidden-city Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:14:10 +0100 vatican-art-china-forbidden-city India's top court Thursday allowed an Italian marine accused of killing two fishermen to return home pending arbitration, the latest twist in a long-running case that has soured ties between the two countries. https://www.thelocal.it/20160526/india-allows-accused-italian-marine-to-go-home Thu, 26 May 2016 10:37:04 +0200 india-allows-accused-italian-marine-to-go-home Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will travel to Iran next week for a two-day trip that will make him the first major leader to visit since the lifting of international sanctions against Tehran. https://www.thelocal.it/20160404/italy-pm-matteo-renzi-to-visit-iran Mon, 04 Apr 2016 15:08:16 +0200 italy-pm-matteo-renzi-to-visit-iran As Rome rings alarm bells over the deteriorating situation in Libya, The Local investigates the ramifications of a conflict across the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.it/20150304/why-libya-is-ringing-alarm-bells-in-italy Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:21:00 +0100 why-libya-is-ringing-alarm-bells-in-italy