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 As a new rock musical sets out to tell the story of controversial emperor Nero's life, who exactly was the man who legend says played the fiddle while Rome burned? Caillan Davenport and Shushma Malik from the University of Queensland explore the facts and the fiction. https://www.thelocal.it/20161020/mythbusting-ancient-rome-the-emperor-nero Thu, 20 Oct 2016 12:19:54 +0200 mythbusting-ancient-rome-the-emperor-nero After a successful operation to remove his kidney, doctors wondered why the patient was showing no signs of recovery. https://www.thelocal.it/20160926/italian-doctors-remove-wrong-kidney-from-sick-man Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:37:57 +0200 italian-doctors-remove-wrong-kidney-from-sick-man June is jam-packed with all manner of fun things to keep you busy as summer rushes in: from discovering rose-based snacks to dancing at silent discos. https://www.thelocal.it/20160601/things-to-do-in-italy-in-june Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:00:53 +0200 things-to-do-in-italy-in-june The owner of a popular nightclub in Bologna has denied that a ban on black people entering the club is in place after a bouncer refused to let black clubbers in. https://www.thelocal.it/20150309/bologna-nightclub-owner-denies-black-people-ban Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:46:58 +0100 bologna-nightclub-owner-denies-black-people-ban The €99,000 salary offered to long-serving barbers at Italian parliament is “excessive”, a Rome barber who boasts the president as a client told The Local on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141002/presidents-barbers-says-others-wages-exaggerated Thu, 02 Oct 2014 13:42:00 +0200 presidents-barbers-says-others-wages-exaggerated A radiologist at a hospital in Liguria has been told to pay €150,000 in compensation to an Italian family after missing a tumour on an x-ray of a patient who later died of cancer. https://www.thelocal.it/20140609/italian-doctor-missed-clearly-visible-cancer-tumour Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:36:00 +0200 italian-doctor-missed-clearly-visible-cancer-tumour