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 Sara Di Pietrantonio was just 21 years old. In what was described by a Rome police chief as the worst crime he'd seen in his 25 years in the role, the student suffered a torturous death at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. https://www.thelocal.it/20160620/how-can-italy-stop-violence-against-women Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:52:27 +0200 how-can-italy-stop-violence-against-women Italian gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.8 percent in volume last year after three years of negative growth, Istat, the national statistics agency said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160301/renzi-blasts-doomsayers-as-italy-finally-emerges-from-recession Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:08:32 +0100 renzi-blasts-doomsayers-as-italy-finally-emerges-from-recession A man in the northern Italian town of Pordenone has been sentenced to three years in jail following years of domestic abuse suffered by his wife, who in one incident was tied naked to a tree. https://www.thelocal.it/20150923/man-jailed-after-tying-wife-naked-to-a-tree Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:26:35 +0200 man-jailed-after-tying-wife-naked-to-a-tree