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 Genetic differences, painstakingly crafted by thousands of years of natural selection, explain why Europeans from the north tower over their southern cousins, researchers said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150915/why-are-the-dutch-taller-than-italians Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:55:47 +0200 why-are-the-dutch-taller-than-italians A 16-year-old Dutch tourist was caught trying to steal an artefact from the ancient ruins of Pompeii, with the aim of selling it on eBay to raise cash for the latest iPhone. https://www.thelocal.it/20150811/dutch-teen-steals-pompeii-tile-to-raise-iphone-cash Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:56:31 +0200 dutch-teen-steals-pompeii-tile-to-raise-iphone-cash Three tourists, including an Italian, appeared in a Cambodian court on Monday accused of taking photographs of their bare bottoms inside the country's famed Angkor temple complex, an official said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150511/italian-in-court-for-nude-snaps-at-cambodias-angkor Mon, 11 May 2015 15:56:41 +0200 italian-in-court-for-nude-snaps-at-cambodias-angkor Dutch students on Monday donated €3,200 to restore Rome's Barcaccia Fountain, which was damaged last month by rampaging football fans from the Netherlands. https://www.thelocal.it/20150310/dutch-students-raise-3k-for-rome-fountain Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:07:30 +0100 dutch-students-raise-3k-for-rome-fountain A Dutch restoration company has offered to help Rome with repairs after fans of Feyenoord football club wrecked havoc in the capital last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20150225/dutch-firm-offers-to-help-restore-rome-after-football-riot Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:55:00 +0100 dutch-firm-offers-to-help-restore-rome-after-football-riot A Dutch woman has raised over €7,000 online to pay for damages wrought in Rome last week by scores of football fans from the Netherlands. https://www.thelocal.it/20150223/dutch-give-7k-to-apologize-for-rome-riot Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:06:00 +0100 dutch-give-7k-to-apologize-for-rome-riot Two goals in the first ten minutes were enough to see Italy to a 2-0 friendly victory over World Cup semi-finalists the Netherlands and launch their new era under coach Antonio Conte in style. https://www.thelocal.it/20140905/contes-new-look-italy-see-off-10-man-dutch Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:43:00 +0200 contes-new-look-italy-see-off-10-man-dutch Netherlands defender Stefan de Vrij has left Feyenoord for Lazio, the Italian Serie A club has announced. https://www.thelocal.it/20140801/dutch-defender-joins-lazio Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:25:00 +0200 dutch-defender-joins-lazio Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring is going on show in the city of Bologna in Italy next month but the arrival of the celebrated painting of a young beauty is already causing a stir. https://www.thelocal.it/20140131/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-creates-stir-in-italy Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:55:00 +0100 girl-with-a-pearl-earring-creates-stir-in-italy Three fans of Ajax are in hospital, one in a serious condition, after being stabbed prior to the Dutch side's Champions League clash with AC Milan on Wednesday, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20131212/ajax-fans-stabbed-before-milan-clash Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:56:00 +0100 ajax-fans-stabbed-before-milan-clash Five Dutch yachties splashed out €13,098 after swilling champagne and eating lobster at a restaurant in the seaside town of Vieste, Puglia. https://www.thelocal.it/20130722/dutch-yachties-rack-up-13098-bill-in-vieste Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:28:00 +0200 dutch-yachties-rack-up-13098-bill-in-vieste