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 Prime Minister Matteo Renzi faced calls to resign on Friday after one of his ministers was forced to quit over allegations she tweaked the country's 2015 budget to suit her businessman boyfriend. https://www.thelocal.it/20160401/italian-minister-quits-as-waste-scandal-embroils-partner Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:33:19 +0200 italian-minister-quits-as-waste-scandal-embroils-partner A 54-year-old man from Palermo committed a horrific suicide on Wednesday by setting himself on fire in his car at a busy fruit and vegetable market. https://www.thelocal.it/20160211/unemployed-italian-burns-himself-to-death-at-sicily-market Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:59:24 +0100 unemployed-italian-burns-himself-to-death-at-sicily-market Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has praised Italy's economic recovery after the OECD raised its growth forecast for the economy in 2016 and 2017. https://www.thelocal.it/20151109/italian-recovery-gathering-pace-oecd Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:37:01 +0100 italian-recovery-gathering-pace-oecd The European Commission has revised Italy’s growth forecast upwards for 2015, saying on Thursday that the country is “moving towards more self-sustaining growth”. https://www.thelocal.it/20151105/italy-moving-towards-self-sustaining-growth Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:43:47 +0100 italy-moving-towards-self-sustaining-growth Despite signs of improvement in the Italian economy, a growing number of young nationals are among the surge of immigrants settling in the UK this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20150827/italians-help-fuel-surge-in-uk-immigration Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:11:27 +0200 italians-help-fuel-surge-in-uk-immigration Property prices in Italy dropped a further 0.7 percent during the first three months of this year as the country’s housing market struggles to recover from the economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20150702/italys-property-sector-struggles-to-recover-from-crisis Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:57:59 +0200 italys-property-sector-struggles-to-recover-from-crisis With its picturesque towns, monuments and scenery, Italy ranks eighth in the world, and sixth in Europe, for travel and tourism competitiveness, according to a new report from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum. https://www.thelocal.it/20150507/italy-among-europes-leaders-for-tourism Thu, 07 May 2015 12:17:20 +0200 italy-among-europes-leaders-for-tourism The archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio has blamed Italy's economic crisis on abortions, while also describing the country's anti-homophobia law as a "crime against humanity". https://www.thelocal.it/20150204/archbishop-blames-italys-crisis-on-abortions Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:03:00 +0100 archbishop-blames-italys-crisis-on-abortions Italy’s luxury brands defied the country’s economic downturn to record impressive growth in 2014, according to the latest research by a Milan consultancy firm. https://www.thelocal.it/20150102/italys-luxury-brands-defy-economic-crisis Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:02:00 +0100 italys-luxury-brands-defy-economic-crisis 1,749 people have so far applied for 30 jobs at a fourth McDonald's fastfood outlet set to open in the Venice suburb of Mestre. https://www.thelocal.it/20141028/1749-apply-for-30-jobs-at-mcdonalds-in-venice Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:08:00 +0100 1749-apply-for-30-jobs-at-mcdonalds-in-venice Italy's top luxury brands show off their latest collections at Milan Fashion Week starting on Wednesday with high hopes for a recovery of the sector this year even amid the latest government crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20140219/fashion-sector-pins-rebound-hopes-on-fashion-week Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:35:00 +0100 fashion-sector-pins-rebound-hopes-on-fashion-week A survey shows economic problems are forcing Italians to be less fussy when it comes to food, so they're reducing waste and paying less attention to sell-by dates. https://www.thelocal.it/20140117/crisis-forces-italians-to-waste-less-food Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:37:00 +0100 crisis-forces-italians-to-waste-less-food Italy is failing to cut debt quickly enough but is past the worst of its crisis, the EU's Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said in an interview in La Repubblica newspaper on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131203/italy-failing-to-cut-debt-quickly-enough Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:10:00 +0100 italy-failing-to-cut-debt-quickly-enough There has been a rise in the number of Italians committing suicide as they grapple with money problems amid a recession that is showing little sign of letting up, with 119 taking their lives since the start of 2013, new figures reveal. https://www.thelocal.it/20131122/money-woes-drive-more-italians-to-suicide Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:02:00 +0100 money-woes-drive-more-italians-to-suicide Italy's government on Tuesday approved a 2014 budget that will have "less spending, less debt and less tax" to help sustain a gradual economic recovery it hopes will start later this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20131016/italy-unveils-draft-budget-to-spark-economic-growth Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:19:00 +0200 italy-unveils-draft-budget-to-spark-economic-growth Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano said the country is slowly recovering from its longest ever recession, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130924/economic-recovery-is-in-sight-napolitano Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:52:00 +0200 economic-recovery-is-in-sight-napolitano