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 Italians make great pizza, but where can you find the very best? According to a national survey, the honour goes to a pizzeria run by residents of a rehab centre, where people recovering from drug addictions train as kitchen or waiting staff as part of their treatment. https://www.thelocal.it/20161007/italys-best-pizza-is-made-in-a-rehab-centre Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:48:20 +0200 italys-best-pizza-is-made-in-a-rehab-centre An Italian priest arrested at a drug-fuelled party in Milan, for allegedly dealing cocaine, is facing a fast-track trial. https://www.thelocal.it/20141112/italys-cocaine-priest-set-for-fast-track-trial Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:18:00 +0100 italys-cocaine-priest-set-for-fast-track-trial A highly organized crime ring is behind the distribution of stolen and fake anti-cancer drugs throughout Europe, an Italian official told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140502/mafia-is-behind-stolen-anti-cancer-drugs Fri, 02 May 2014 19:51:00 +0200 mafia-is-behind-stolen-anti-cancer-drugs A two-year-old boy who died last year in north-west Italy was killed by the heroin-replacement drug methadone, according to a new toxicology report. https://www.thelocal.it/20140422/toddler-dies-from-methadone-overdose Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:48:00 +0200 toddler-dies-from-methadone-overdose Police in the city of Perugia have confiscated a €100,000 haul of cocaine, of a purity not seen before in Italy, found stuffed in religious statues. https://www.thelocal.it/20140109/cocaine-haul-stuffed-in-religious-statues Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:28:00 +0100 cocaine-haul-stuffed-in-religious-statues Italian police said Monday they had busted a ring of smugglers who attempted to traffic cocaine from Latin America to Europe by hiding it in surf boards and a sailing boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20131203/italy-busts-surfer-drug-smuggling-ring Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:55:00 +0100 italy-busts-surfer-drug-smuggling-ring A grandmother has been arrested in Rome after allegedly selling cocaine and methadone through the window of her home in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20131115/year-old-grandmother-sold-cocaine-and-meth Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:50:00 +0100 year-old-grandmother-sold-cocaine-and-meth Italian men now have access to Viagra chewing gum, which costs up to 70 percent less than the traditional version of the impotence drug, after it was launched by a Milan-based company. https://www.thelocal.it/20131017/viagra-gum-launches-in-italy Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:55:00 +0200 viagra-gum-launches-in-italy Sales of Viagra in Italy have shot up since pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's patent expired in June, paving the way for rivals to produce cheaper versions of the impotence drug. https://www.thelocal.it/20131015/viagra-sales-shoot-up-in-italy-as-price-slashed Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:19:00 +0200 viagra-sales-shoot-up-in-italy-as-price-slashed Three Italians and two Britons were charged on Tuesday with smuggling 1.3 tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated €200m into Paris on an Air France flight, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.it/20130925/three-italians-charged-over-france-cocaine-haul Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:09:00 +0200 three-italians-charged-over-france-cocaine-haul Police at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Thursday found 65kg of cocaine hidden in boxes of sweets, cooking pots and blankets. https://www.thelocal.it/20130801/cocaine-stashed-in-sweets-seized-in-rome Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:21:00 +0200 cocaine-stashed-in-sweets-seized-in-rome