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 If you're not able to visit Italy's sights in person just yet, you can take a tour of the country from the comfort of your sofa. https://www.thelocal.it/20200605/take-a-drone-tour-of-italy-with-these-13-stunning-videos Fri, 05 Jun 2020 17:37:40 +0200 take-a-drone-tour-of-italy-with-these-13-stunning-videos It will soon be possible to cycle around Italy's largest lake on an incredible 'floating' bicycle path. https://www.thelocal.it/20180417/stunning-drone-footage-lake-garda-floating-cycle-path Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:17:49 +0200 stunning-drone-footage-lake-garda-floating-cycle-path Italy's fire service have been honoured in the first edition of the Rome Drone Awards, a contest aimed at recognizing innovative and useful drone use. https://www.thelocal.it/20170220/video-italys-firefighters-win-prize-for-use-of-drones-in-earthquake-recovery Mon, 20 Feb 2017 11:50:41 +0100 video-italys-firefighters-win-prize-for-use-of-drones-in-earthquake-recovery With the last of the missing accounted for, emergency services have begun the task of rebuilding central Italy's damaged towns - with the help of high-tech drones and robots. https://www.thelocal.it/20160906/how-robots-and-drones-are-helping-post-earthquake-recovery Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:35:14 +0200 how-robots-and-drones-are-helping-post-earthquake-recovery A tourist was fined on Tuesday after his camera drone crashed into Venice’s iconic St Mark’s Square. https://www.thelocal.it/20160706/tourist-fined-after-drone-crashes-in-st-marks-square-venice Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:10:04 +0200 tourist-fined-after-drone-crashes-in-st-marks-square-venice A French tourist was arrested by police in Rome on Thursday afternoon after piloting his camera drone over the iconic Colosseum. https://www.thelocal.it/20160408/french-tourist-booked-for-colosseum-drone-flight Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:00:00 +0200 french-tourist-booked-for-colosseum-drone-flight Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher was furious on Tuesday after a camera drone dropped from the sky mid-race, missing him by centimeters. https://www.thelocal.it/20151223/falling-drone-almost-kills-champion-skier Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:12:31 +0100 falling-drone-almost-kills-champion-skier The iconic cathedral of Milan has been damaged after being hit by a camera drone on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.it/20150622/rogue-drone-slams-into-milan-cathedral Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:12:18 +0200 rogue-drone-slams-into-milan-cathedral A European project to build a military drone by 2025 took wing on Monday as Germany, France and Italy signed a deal to start technical work and end their reliance on US- and Israeli-made models. https://www.thelocal.it/20150518/italy-signs-euro-drone-deal-to-challenge-us Mon, 18 May 2015 15:45:31 +0200 italy-signs-euro-drone-deal-to-challenge-us Italy's navy on Tuesday said it had rescued more than 1,000 migrants over the past 24 hours, spotted by a helicopter and a drone, as new data showed a sharp rise in asylum claims, mostly from Syrians. https://www.thelocal.it/20140408/rescued-migrants-were-spotted-by-a-drone-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:13:00 +0200 rescued-migrants-were-spotted-by-a-drone-2 A UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has launched the organization's first drone, an unmanned aircraft, made by a subsidiary of Italian aerospace and defence firm Finmeccanica. https://www.thelocal.it/20131204/italys-finmeccanica-builds-uns-first-drone Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:07:00 +0100 italys-finmeccanica-builds-uns-first-drone