The Local Italy 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 Italian mourners bid farewell to literary giant Umberto Eco Hundreds of mourners flocked to Milan's Sforza Castle on Tuesday to pay their respects to Italian literary giant Umberto Eco, the intellectual phenomenon behind the best-selling "The Name of the Rose". https://www.thelocal.it/20160223/italys-castle-farewell-to-literary-giant-umberto-eco Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:50:30 +0100 italys-castle-farewell-to-literary-giant-umberto-eco Umberto Eco's final book to be released on Friday The last book from Italian literary giant Umberto Eco, who died last week, will be published on Friday, his publishers said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160222/umberto-ecos-last-book-to-be-released-friday Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:32:40 +0100 umberto-ecos-last-book-to-be-released-friday Italy’s jobless rate slides again in September Italy’s unemployment rate fell for the third consecutive month in September, the national statistics agency, Istat, said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151030/italys-jobless-rate-slides-again-in-september Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:09:25 +0100 italys-jobless-rate-slides-again-in-september 'Isis is like Nazism': Italian philosopher Italian philosopher and author Umberto Eco compared Isis (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) to Nazism on Thursday, saying they shared an "apocalyptic desire to take over the world." https://www.thelocal.it/20150108/isis-is-like-nazism-italian-philosopher Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:27:00 +0100 isis-is-like-nazism-italian-philosopher Italy industrial output in shock slump Italy's industrial production dropped unexpectedly in May in the biggest slump since November 2012, national statistics data showed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140710/italy-industrial-production-in-shock-slump Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:36:00 +0200 italy-industrial-production-in-shock-slump Italy denies seeking EU budget rule change Italy and France denied any intention of calling for changes to Europe's strict budget rules on Thursday, a day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel flatly said any modification was impossible. https://www.thelocal.it/20140619/italy-and-france-deny-seeking-eu-budget-rule-change Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:49:00 +0200 italy-and-france-deny-seeking-eu-budget-rule-change Why are Italians so miserable? Italy might be famous for 'la dolce vita', but life is not so sunny for the people who live here, according to a recent survey which positions Italians among the unhappiest in Europe. https://www.thelocal.it/20130925/why-are-italians-so-miserable Wed, 25 Sep 2013 16:59:00 +0200 why-are-italians-so-miserable